The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 21, 2006

HEALTH
Dengue: Pvt players join fight
Companies that are players in the mosquito repellent segment have launched several initiatives to help the Government fight the spread of dengue in the country. Godrej Sara Lee Ltd, a leader in the category of mosquito ... More

WHO eye care programme
The L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) here has been selected as one of the three Global Resource Centres by the World Health Organisation's `Vision 2020: The Right to Sight Programme'. In this role, the LVPEI will be involved in ... More

Expert joins LifeCell board
Dr Amit N. Patel, Director, Centre for Cardiac Cell Theory, and an internationally acclaimed cardiothoracic surgeon and pioneer of stem cell research, has joined the board of directors of the Chennai-based LifeCell. LifeCell will utilise Dr ... More

`Operation Dengue'
THE ANDHRA PRADESH Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, administering a pledge to keep the surroundings clean after launching the Statewide `Operation Dengue' along with the State Health Minister, Mr K. Rosiah, at Dhoolpet in Hyderabad on ... More

Subsidised HIV tests
A consortium of Mediciti Hospitals, Sujana Industries and Gati have partnered to bring a cost effective testing facility that could help patients infected with HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus). They have announced the launch of the CD4 ... More

`High cost of congenital hearing device limits reach'
Unlike the western countries, where national health programmes supported even the sophisticated implant device for correcting hearing loss, Indian beneficiaries' struggle to find such munificence limiting the adoption of by a large number of ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
KIADB to acquire land for tiny, small industry
Relocation to help ease congestion, pollution More

PETROLEUM
Piped gas: IOC, RIL may form 50:50 joint venture
The city gas distribution joint venture project between IOC and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which had got stuck on the issue of who would get to be majority partner, may finally move ahead. Speaking to Business Line, senior IOC ... More

RasGas to supply LNG to Dabhol plant from April
Qatar-based RasGas Company Ltd will supply LNG to the Dabhol power plant of Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd (RGPPL) from April 2007. RasGas will supply 1.2 million tonnes of gas per annum. Price negotiations for gas supply is currently ... More

Joint venture pact for Assam gas cracker signed
The site has been identified and necessary environmental clearance has been obtained. More

STEEL
Ministry to set up panel to look into steel issues
May outsource study on demand assessment More

TEXTILES
`Hi-tech weaving parks will enhance capacity of textiles'
Clusters to bring in culture of corporate governance More

SSI
Women get loan for garment units
A batch of 21 women got sanction orders for loan for starting garment units under the Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development (STED) project of the Tiruchi District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association ... More

RADIO/TV
AIR series on micro irrigation
The Hyderabad station of All India Radio (AIR) will air an eight-week series on micro irrigation practises. The programme will be broadcast on Saturdays beginning on October 21, Mr V. Gopichand, Programme Executive (Agriculture ... More

EDUCATION
US programme for agri students
About 20 students pursuing agriculture science courses in Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University and University of Agriculture Sciences (Dharwad) will leave for the US for a two-week exposure ... More

`Purpose of a company should excite young managers'
"When you join a company, you need to understand the purpose of the company. The purpose of the company should excite you. Explore and find the purpose, go along with it and enjoy it. If you don't conform to the norms of the company, then you ... More

House of Pearl setting up business school in Delhi
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Management students' meet
The Institute of Public Enterprise, the city-based management education and consultancy institute, will organise a two-day rendezvous for business schools across the country on October 23 and 24. About 800 students are expected ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Option to renew lease deed for housing can't lead to enhanced stamp duty: HC
`Registration authorities should act within legal framework' More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AP mulls natural resource plan
The Andhra Pradesh Government will evolve an integrated Natural Resource Management Planning in order to avoid duplication of works under different schemes. A review meeting, chaired by Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister, ... More

Plea to provide loans to SHGs at 4 pc
The President of the Karnataka State Apex Cooperative Bank, Mr M.N. Rajendra Kumar, has urged the Karnataka Government to provide loans to self-help groups (SHGs) at four per cent interest rate. Presiding over `Kudlotsava' — a ... More

INCOME TAX
When courts take differing views
The judgment of one High Court is not considered binding on another. And interpretations of Supreme Court pronouncements vary from one court to another. More

Whither simplification?
The new return forms are lengthy and voluminous More