The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 14, 2006

Rains to continue in peninsula
Rains in the southern peninsula are set to continue for another 4-5 days as the zone of east-west wind shear is holding strong. An upper air cyclonic circulation is expected to descend as the next `low' over northwest Bay of Bengal. ... More

OUTSOURCING
Tutorial help for school kids on call now
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ECONOMY
Thingalaya to head sub-group for 11th Plan
The Planning Commission of India has appointed Mr N. K. Thingalaya as the Chairman of the sub-group on innovative finance and micro finance for the 11th five-year plan. A press release by the Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of ... More

World Bank begins process to sanction loan for AP
$200 m for economic reforms likely to be sanctioned in Jan More

ENGINEERING
Coimbatore pump industry suffers a jolt
Good monsoon drives down sales More

ENVIRONMENT
`India will not compromise on right to recycle spent N-fuel'
It is required from an environmental point of view: Kakodkar More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Palmolein being imported from Bangla at concessional duty
UNDER SAFTA PACT More

FOREIGN TRADE
Trade pact signed with Bosnia
India and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday signed a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPPA) to promote and protect investments from either country in the territory of the other country. The BIPPA is expected to serve as ... More

US sees 'pause' in Indian reforms process
The US, on Wednesday, said that there was a "pause" in India's economic reforms process and that this loss of momentum could have serious economic costs attached to it. However, the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Muherjee, said that the economic ... More

`IBSA trade may touch $15 b by 2009'
Trade facilitation under IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) could achieve a target of $15 billion trilateral trade by 2009, estimates the Confederation of Indian Industry. In 2005, trilateral trade between the countries ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Ansal API gets nod for SEZ projects
Ansal API on Wednesday said it has bagged a "formal" approval to set up a new SEZ at Murthal, Haryana, and an "in principle" approval for a project being planned at Neemrana, Rajasthan. A company release said that at Murthal, ... More

PETROLEUM
Rs 400-cr investment okayed for PY-3 oil field in Bay of Bengal
To raise production to 8,000 barrels a day More

HPCL's Visakha refinery is one of the safest, says ED
To set up desalination plant at Rs 15-18 cr More

Deora seeks more crude from Nigeria
India has pressed its case for more crude oil supplies from Nigeria with the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Mr Murli Deora, taking up the issue during a bilateral meeting with Dr Edmund Daukoru, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of More

POWER
AP power bill shoots up to Rs 11 crore a day
State Govt promises 7-hour power supply to farm sector More

TEXTILES
Cotton textile exports up 26 pc
`Exports are up due to the abolition of quotas' More

Crisil-CITI meet reviews first vision document progress
The current exercise has been undertaken as `reality testing' on all the vision statements of Crisil-CITI's first study. More

SSI
EMC India logistics office in Chennai
EMC India, an information management and storage systems provider, is setting up a customer support and logistics office in Chennai. EMC India is the wholly owned subsidiary of USA-based EMC Corporation. The Chennai centre will target small and ... More

TERRORISM
Govts urged to start work on Arms Trade Treaty
To stop illegal possession of arms and their easy availability More

RADIO/TV
MAX in talks with cable TV distributors in Chennai
For telecast of ICC Champions Trophy matches More

EDUCATION
Govt stresses on need to ensure access to loans for students
Releases consultancy paper on higher educational services More

Workshop for PG dental faculties
The Dental Council of India (DCI) and the Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS) jointly organised a three-day national workshop on `Pedagogic and personal effectiveness' for postgraduate dental faculties from September 11 to ... More

Diagnostic test for NTS exams
Aspire Learning Company Pvt Ltd is planning to conduct a diagnostic test for students in class 8 and 10, who plan to appear for National Talent Search Scheme this year. This 45-minute duration test will be on NTSE syllabus and ... More

Bengal to review JEE system
Review to bring possible changes to benefit the State tech education system More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Gold retailers looking beyond T. Nagar
Problems of congestion and lack of parking space More

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING
Newspapers told to adopt newer tools
Mobile services, search engines playing crucial role More

Facsimile edition of `The Independent'
Jagran Prakashan Ltd (JPL), publishers of Dainik Jagran on Wednesday announced an in-principle agreement that would see it publish the facsimile edition of The Independent (International edition) from here. An ... More

IPR
Dutch court favours Ranbaxy on atorvastatin
Ranbaxy Laboratories today announced that a district in the Netherlands has handed down a decision in Ranbaxy's ongoing patent litigation against (Pfizer) Warner-Lambert over the cholesterol-lowering drug `atorvastatin', which is marketed by ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
NGO shows the way for craftswomen in Kutch
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Nabard to hike aid to SHGs
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development plans to support creation of 1.5 lakh self-help groups and provide credit to 1.25 lakh more groups during 2006-07 in Tamil Nadu, according to Mr K.V. Raghavulu, Chief General Manager, ... More

EVENTS
Delhi Book Fair from Sept 16
The Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, will declare open the week-long 12th edition of Delhi Book Fair, the flagship show of Indian Publishing Industry, here on September 16. Presenting the best of Indian books in a large number of ... More

TOURISM
Home-stays in Wayanad to be networked
NGO bids to promote community-based tourism in Kerala More