INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
FOREIGN TRADE
Holland to offer expertise in water management
May look at investment opportunities in AP, TN
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HEALTH
AIPPEA welcomes India's `avian flu-free' status
The Namakkal-based All India Poultry Products Exporters Association (AIPPEA) has welcomed the Centre's notification declaring India as avian flu-free country. The AIPPEA officials expressed the confidence that based on the Ministry notification, ...
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PETROLEUM
Staring down the barrel
There is unlikely to be a sea-change in the operating dynamics of refining and marketing companies and things can only get worse if oil prices move further up, as they are projected to.
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`Crude prices to persist at current levels till 2007'
Geo-political tensions could lead to major escalation
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COAL
Dubai firm to acquire coal mine in Indonesia
The Dubai-based Coal and Oil Company LLC, which supplies imported coal to various industrial units and power producers in the country, is in the process of acquiring a coal mine in Indonesia. Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, Mr Ahmed ...
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EDUCATION
At IIT-D
CALL TO STUDENTS: Mr Azim Premji, Wipro Chairman, addressing the students during the 37th Convocation of IIT Delhi on Saturday. He exhorted the students, "Business is getting more competitive now and there is an overdrive. Don't lose your pace. ...
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Teen auctions future earnings on eBay
Ron Steen, a 19-year-old youth from the US, has found an innovative way to support his college education. Not a loan or a charity. He has decided to use eBay, the online auction site, to sell part of his future earnings in return to a lump sum ...
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CARS
A safer drive with HUD vision
What Head-up Display does is project and display critical engine and vehicle data on the windscreen of the car. The projected image is focused along the line of sight of the driver, thereby giving him the impression that the image is floating just ab ove the bonnet line.
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`Safety standards should be uniform for all cars'
Every year 80,000 people die on Indian roads. Every five accidents leave one person dead; the average age of a crash victim is 31 years. The economic cost of road crashes in India is 2-3 per cent of GDP. It is less than one per cent ...
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BEVERAGES
Pesticide Row — This battle finds cola rivals on the same side
For a change traditional competitors seem to have a common agenda, with both companies coming out with advertisements in newspapers claiming that their products are safe for consumption. PESTICIDE ROW
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Coca-Cola test results show `lower pesticide residue levels'
Pepsi open to working with CSE also
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Bhagyangar India plans Rs 325-cr capex
To raise money through FCCB issue, internal accruals and debt
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Banning colas will send wrong signals: Assocham
To initiate steps for new standards in food safety
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IPR
Novartis challenges rejection of patent application
Cancer drug Glivec not significantly different, says patent office
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SECURITY
Higher security may drive up air travel costs
But additional surcharges unlikely now
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EVENTS
Coal conference in December
The McCloskey Group, world leaders in coal information, and Coaljunction, the coal e-marketing division of Metaljunction Services Ltd, will jointly organise the "Indian Coal Conference 2006" at New Delhi on December 3-5. ...
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INCOME TAX
Tax cuts and missus
I own a house and it is registered in my name. I have taken a housing loan jointly with my wife. I have sought a tax deduction in respect of interest up to the maximum amount of Rs 1,50,000 and, in respect of the principal, up to the maximum ...
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VENTURE CAPITAL
Lok Capital to invest $12 m in microfinance
The firm has raised funds from leading institutional investors
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