The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 10, 2006

ANTI-DUMPING
Tyre dealers oppose move for dumping duty on imports from China, Thailand
All India Tyre Dealers Federation believes that imports are here to stay and is going to have a long-term impact on trade and services. More

Transparent film imports from China may invite dumping duty
The Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imported cellophane transparent film (CTF) originating in or exported from China. Transparent film is a re-generated cellulose film ... More

ECONOMY
Infrastructure growth rate down to 6.2 pc in June
Slowdown in electricity generation coupled with lower steel and cement production pulled down overall infrastructure growth rate to 6.2 per cent in June 2006 compared to 8.3 per cent in the same month last fiscal, according to an official ... More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Excise duty collections up 7.8 pc in April-July
The Centre appears to be well on course to achieving the budgeted targets for indirect tax collections for 2006-07 if one goes by the latest data put out by the Government on Wednesday. The Finance Ministry said today that excise duty ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
African Union bids to lure investments
African countries have expressed hope that they could resolve the inter and intra-country differences by effectively using the African Union (AU). Besides helping the strife-ridden member countries to find solutions, the AU is actively working ... More

TN may be Taiwan's biz destination choice
`Quality of manpower makes the State more favourable location' More

HEALTH
Tackling AIDS at grassroots level
In an attempt to engage the grassroots level leadership in fighting AIDS, the First National Convention of Zilla Parishad Adyakshs and Mayors was held at Vigyan Bhawan in the Capital. The convention is a joint initiative mooted ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Urban chaos
Over the years, cities and towns have become terribly chaotic. The progressive degeneration of urban infrastructure questions the fundamentals of the urban development concept. Most Indian cities are ... More

Parsvnath gets in-principle nod for SEZ projects
Leading real estate developer Parsvnath Developers Ltd on Wednesday said that the company has obtained "in-principle" approvals for the development of special economic zones (SEZs) at various locations across the country. These include ... More

Orissa gets nod for five SEZs
Orissa has bagged approval for five special economic zones (SEZs) and is poised to attract investments of Rs 12,000 crore in manufacturing, IT and ITES sectors. Of the 45 proposals formally cleared on Tuesday by the Board of Approval for ... More

PETROLEUM
ONGC gas output, Hazira supplies suffer for second day
Fertiliser, power plant operations in North face the effect More

CPCL to pick up stake in SPV for Chennai-Bangalore pipeline project
To invest Rs 50 crore in the 290-km pipeline More

`Hurricanes may push crude beyond $80'
Crude is back to $77 per barrel and that could be a worry for all financial markets. Mr Victor Shum, Senior Vice-President, Purvin and Gertz, believes that the West Asian crisis and Alaskan supply trouble supports high crude oil pricing. ... More

POWER
Stage II of NTPC project inaugurated
Union Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, inaugurated NTPC Ltd's 1,000 MW Stage II of the Rihand Super Thermal Power Project in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. With this, the overall capacity of the Rihand station has reached ... More

NTPC's 6 gas stations hit by supply disruption
NTPC Ltd's six gas-fired power stations in the North and the West are facing fuel supply disruptions following the flooding at ONGC's Hazira gas complex. According to company officials, operations had to be scaled down due to the gas supply ... More

EDUCATION
`TechTop' winners to be announced on Saturday
Winners of the TechTop 2006, a nationwide multidisciplinary engineering contest for the engineering student community, will be selected on Saturday from an array of 10 projects that have made it to the final list. In what is claimed to be the ... More

Renault Nissan, Omnex tie up
The Renault Nissan Institute has signed a partnership agreement with Omnex India, enabling the institute to extend their global business improvement consultancy footprint into India. The first step of this partnership will be ... More

Mohandas Pai joins IPE board
Mr T.V. Mohandas Pai, Director (Human Resources, Education and Research & Administration), Infosys Technologies Ltd, has joined the Board of Governors of the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), here. According to a press ... More

BEVERAGES
Cola sales may lose less fizz this time round
Within days of a fresh controversy on the issue, both companies have unleashed a media communication campaign. More

Soft drinks safe, say manufacturers
Reacting to the Karnataka Government's decision to ban the sale of soft drinks in educational institutions and hospitals from August 14, the spokesperson of the Indian Soft Drink Manufacturers Association maintained that their products were ... More

AP, Karnataka Govts curb sale of soft drinks
The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to ban sale of soft drinks in educational institutions and hospitals with immediate effect. Addressing a press conference here today, the State Health and Finance Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, said the ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Spirit Global to develop malls in Punjab
Investment put at Rs 2,000 cr More

TN Govt to cancel land allocation to 5 IT cos
`Public interest litigation for CBI inquiry pending in HC' More

CREDAI to hold real estate summit
CREDAI NCR, a Delhi-NCR chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), will focus on problems facing developers in the Delhi NCR region at the Real Estate Marketing Summit 2006 being ... More

Way to the top
NEW `HIGH' WAY: The concept of high-rise is here to stay. Labourers at work at one such building, in the Capital on Wednesday.

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
`Desi' semiconductor biz is `all chip shape'
ISA's membership now 88 strong More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
CSIR on catch 'em young mission
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is now offering the CSIR Programme on Youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS) with a view to enlisting best young school students into science and handholding them to an exciting and rewarding ... More

IPR
Protecting retail brands
This is necessary to not only sustain operations but also to generate new profit avenues. More

LABOUR REFORMS
CII-Govt interaction on labour
The Confederation of Indian Industry, Kerala State, is organising an interactive session on labour-related issues with Mr K.V. Mohandas, Additional Labour Commissioner, here on Friday at Hotel Abad Plaza. The session will ... More

EVENTS
CII conference on role of CIOs
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising a one-day conference - CIO's Forum on August 11 here. The CIO's Forum aims to address issues like the ever-challenging role of CIOs in building business value through ... More

INCOME TAX
`Tax returns mandatory on income over Rs 1 lakh'
I-T return valid even if Form 16 is not enclosed More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Bunching of imports driving up wheat prices
September futures rate up Rs 37/quintal since July 28 More

NATURAL CALAMITIES
Hazira, Surat units still flooded
Telecom services paralysed; Modi seeks Rs 2,000 cr as interim relief More

East Coast Rly restores 2 major freight routes
Landslides blocked movement last week More

Centre sanctions Rs 200 cr for AP flood relief work
Sonia Gandhi, Patil visit flood-hit areas in the State More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Kerala Govt bans Coke, Pepsi production, sale
The Kerala Government has decided to ban the production and distribution of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the State. The Kerala Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, told newspersons after a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the decision was taken in ... More