The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 20, 2006

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Law firms' plea for space
The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) has called upon the Government to create alternative commercial space for law firms before sealing their current offices in the Capital. The SILF has also drawn the Government's attention ... More

ECONOMY
Perceptions in deficit?
Media watchers in the capital are veering round to the view that there is a tendency among some sections of the press to hype up so-called differences between various wings of the government. In recent weeks, there have been reports about the ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Greed leads to global ruin
Market economists, as neo-colonisers, compel developing nations to risk their ecosystems for a bigger share of the market. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Canada varsity team on visit
A five-member team from Canada's York University is on a two-week visit to India for forging relationships for joint research and reciprocal exchange of student and faculty members. On Wednesday, the delegation signed a MoU ... More

HEALTH
IT crowd has no time for sex
In conversation with Dr D. Narayana Reddy, Consultant - Sexual Medicine. More

Honour for transplant surgeon
Dr S. Sahariah has been elected National President of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) for the next two years. With more than 3,000 renal transplant, he is among the top kidney transplant surgeons in the ... More

PETROLEUM
Rs 16,522-cr capex outlay for ONGC
Budget estimate for 2007-08 also raised to Rs 18,359 cr More

TAXATION
AP I-T collection target raised by 27 pc
Having emerged as the only State in the country to have exceeded the targeted tax collections during the last fiscal, the Income Tax Department here has set a higher budget target of Rs 8,479 crore for the current fiscal, which is 27.12 per cent ... More

TERRORISM
Will the nightmare ever end?
The occupation of Iraq has cost the US nearly $300 billion, and, since there is no knowing when it will be able to pull out of the quagmire, the drain on its coffers might swell to astronomical proportions. More ... More

RADIO/TV
Discovery Channel leads the pack
Discovery Channel has taken the top slot amongst the international channels broadcast in India as per TAM viewership data for the last 13 weeks. According to a company release, the channel has earned itself 1.5 times higher ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Assocham seeks more time for filing returns
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has urged the Finance Minister to extend the due date for filing of income-tax returns till December as against October 31. In a representation to the Finance Minister, Mr P. ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
`Audit should be enabler, not fault-finder'
President lays foundation stone for new CAG building More

EVENTS
Farm product exports will empower farmers: Kamal Nath
Farm exports up 12 pc More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Rs 2.8 crore seized from Delhi hoteliers
The Air Intelligence Unit of the Income-Tax Department here seized Rs 2.8 crore in cash from a father-son duo belonging to the hotel industry after they disembarked at the Begumpet airport here on Thursday morning. Addressing newspersons, the ... More