The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 03, 2006

FOREIGN TRADE
WTO members may meet again to rescue Doha round
With the mini-ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva ending in an impasse, key trading nations of the world may make another attempt by July-end to hammer out an agreement for completion of the Doha round of ... More

Intec-2006 to open on July 7
Engineering fair at Peelamedu More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Mega project
THE CHIEF MINISTER, Mr V.S. Achuthananthan, inaugurates the Lulu International Convention Centre, said to be the largest in the State and the second largest in the country, in Thrissur on Sunday. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Oommen Chandy, ... More

EDUCATION
Internet training for students
A special programme for giving Internet training to school students in Malappuram district through the Akshaya e-centres will be launched on Monday. The Education Minister, Mr M.A. Baby, will inaugurate the programme, named ... More

New fee structure for AP private professional colleges
The private unaided engineering colleges based in Andhra Pradesh will have a new fee structure for academic years 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. The Committee for Fixation of Fee Structure has fixed the fee for not just engineering ... More

Mumbai University to have own radio station
President to open festivities to commemorate 150 years of the varsity More

AIR-CONDITIONERS & REFRIGERATORS
Call to upgrade AC technology
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FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Sahai urges Karnataka to set up food park
`Replicate info-tech, biotech success in food processing sector' More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
`Real estate prices set for 20% correction'
Land cost surges above Rs 80 cr/acre in Chennai More

Fix ceiling on stamp duty, says Kanara Chamber
The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the Karnataka Government to fix a ceiling while levying stamp duty of 0.5 per cent on all equitable mortgages. In a letter to the Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Finance ... More

Old-age home coming up at Vadakkenchery
Aimed at offering a comfortable and homely accommodation to senior citizens, the Bangalore-based Sobha Developers has set up a modern facility - Sobha Hermitage - at Vadakkenchery in Palakkad district. The resort like home, set up at an ... More

City Tiles sees 20 pc growth on construction boom
To launch new range of vitrified tiles in metros More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold may test resistance level
Gold futures rallied sharply higher on Friday on short-covering finishing at a three-week high in a holiday-shortened session. Month-end and quarter-end window dressing and speculative buying before a US market holiday on Monday and Tuesday, also ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Sriharikota gearing up for new launches
Has three major missions over the next eight months More

WTO
CII backs India's stand at Doha round
`CII believes that unless domestic support, export subsidy and market access are addressed simultaneously along with flexibilities, the round will not progress' G-20 should continue to remain firm on special products, special safeguard measu res and sensitive products, it says. More

Pat for Kamal Nath
FICCI has expressed disappointment over the lack of progress and results of the mini-ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation . The chamber, however, complimented the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, for ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE
Welcoming CM
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Ms Sheila Dikshit, being welcomed by Dr Bharat Ram, Chairman, Sir Ganga Ram Trust Society, at the interactive session on `Community: Thanks Giving' in the Capital on Sunday. Also seen are Mr Anil K. Agarwal (right), ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
`Sustainable micro financing needs governance, regulation'
Majority of stakeholders at a Round Table meet on micro finance organised by the Indian Institute of Economics (IIE) here have favoured the adoption of governance and regulation for an orderly, healthy and sustainable growth of micro finance ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Tea Board to join hands with Colombo auction centre
For introduction and implementation of electronic auction More

EVENTS
Agenda for the week
FICCI India-Spain Business Meet at 10.00 a.m. at Hotel Taj Mahal, Mansingh Road, New Delhi. CII Business Meeting with Mr José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Government of Spain at 1200 noon at Hotel Taj Mahal, Mansingh Road, New ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Rs 175.45-cr aid for 75 projects in AP
The Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation (APSFC) sanctioned about 75 projects involving financial support of Rs 175.45 crore on Saturday at its interactive programme with entrepreneurs. The APSFC received 78 projects worth Rs 190.43 crore ... More

INCOME TAX
Time limit extended for investments in bonds
To accommodate those who could not avail themselves of this provision More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Textile exporters opting for `speed to market' route
For making inroads into target markets by leveraging basic synergies More

`Textile sector exports can reach $85 b by 2010'
Average annual growth is put at 11 per cent More

VENTURE CAPITAL
KVCF decides to return funds to contributors
The Board of Directors of Kerala Venture Capital Fund has decided to return funds to its contributors, out of the profits that it has been able to generate on its investments. Steps to return the contributors' funds have already been set in ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES
Prevention is better than cure for Mumbai drug cos
They take guard lock, stock and barrel against any unexpected downpour More

PEOPLE
Purohit is new FKCCI chief
Mr R. C. Purohit has been named the President of the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) for the year 2006-07. Mr Purohit, Managing Director of Bhoruka Power Ltd, succeeds Mr. S. Babu, whose term ... More