The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 06, 2006

NRIS
Corpn Bank hikes NRE, FCNR (B) rates
Corporation Bank has increased the rate of interest offered on NRE term deposits and FCNR (B) deposits with effect from November 1. A bank release said here that the interest rate on NRE term deposits has been revised to 6.34 per ... More

ECONOMY
AP economy back on rails: CM
Mid-term review predicts 7 pc growth during 10th Plan More

Financing growing GDP a major concern: Chidambaram
The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidamabaram, said on Sunday that one of the major concerns of the Government was financing a galloping GDP. "My concern is how to finance a growing GDP; my concern is financing an economy which will be the ... More

Growing paradox
For too long has Kerala depended on the State apparatus to deliver its developmental needs. It is now time to explore public-private partnerships to take the State forward. More

ENVIRONMENT
Special cells for forest conservation
Each of the four southern States will create a special cell within their respective forest departments to ensure better cooperation and coordination in the efforts to conserve forests. This was decided at a two-day meeting of Forest Ministers ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
`Belgium gateway to EU for India'
The Prime Minister of Belgium, Mr Guy Verhofstadt, has invited Indian industry to invest in his country, saying Belgium will be a gateway to the EU and a global logistics and distribution hub. While speaking at a meeting ... More

Finland's € 500-m fund for research
Finland has earmarked € 500 million, through Sitra, the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development, to fund technological collaborations of Finnish companies with global partners including India, according to Mr Esko ... More

India made `Country of Honour'
India has been accorded the `Country of Honour' at the Fundamentals of Investment summit, the fourth edition of which was announced by the Moroccan Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr Rachid Talbi El Alami, and the Director of ... More

HEALTH
`More clarity on health cover needed'
There is still a wide gap between what we know about health insurance and how to go about implementing it," said Ms K. Sujatha Rao, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. "We need to be clear about the kind of More

INFRASTRUCTURE
BMICP promoter awaits land transfer
The promoter of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project says it will start vigorously pursuing land transfer with the State Government now that a Supreme Court Bench has upheld the project. The ball, according to its spokesman, is ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Transgene Biotek makes vaccine for meningitis
A development project for a type of meningitis vaccine of Transgene Biotek Ltd here has been cleared by the Institutional Ethical Committee in the US on the completion of Phase III trials in Africa. The vaccine has been developed in ... More

TAXATION
A case of serious disability?
About two years ago I had a major stroke and I lost my voice completely and lost sight in one eye. My question is: a) How about deduction under Section 80U for me? When I retired in 2001, the experienced Army doctors diagnosed the ... More

Service tax: Govt simplifies registration norms
The Finance Ministry has simplified the procedures for grant of centralised registration to service taxpayers who are providing services from multiple locations. It has also amended the service tax rules to extend the facility of centralised ... More

TEXTILES
Plea to scrap special duty on ELS cotton imports
Rs 50-cr research fund sought More

`TN has taken up TUFS issue with Centre'
`Textile sector expansion will create more jobs' More

SSI
Nokia to unveil network security products for small cos
To enter Unified Threat Management space next year More

Kerala meet on SSIs
The Kerala Industries Minister, Mr Elamaram Kareem, will hold a meeting in the city on Tuesday to discuss the various problems facing the small-scale industries sector in the State. The meeting, to be held at the Residency Tower ... More

EDUCATION
A manageable ordeal
Mix: Of the 100 marks 56 per cent constituted on the topics of valuation and consolidation, 24 per cent on Accounting Standards and the balance 20 per cent on the topics of impact EPS, EVA and ROI. Nature of questions: Questions ... More

VTU meet at Nitte
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, in association with NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, will conduct `VTU Youth Festival' at Nitte in Udupi district from November 8-11. A press release by NMAM Institute ... More

`Helps to handle pressure'
Dinesh Kumar is a Team Member, Marketing, in float glass maker Saint Gobain Glass India. He takes care of the brand building and product management areas. In his early 30s, he has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from ... More

Established theories not sacrosanct for this mathematician
For Sir Roger Penrose, renowned mathematician and physicist, it is a depressing thought that we might be close to the `Theory of Everything' that will explain all the mysteries associated with the universe, down to the minutest detail. "A final ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold could test resistance level
Gold futures rose to eight-week highs on Friday, shrugging off a pullback in the dollar and latching on to recovering oil prices. Dollar strengthened against the major currencies after the US Labour department said unemployment rate fell to 4.4 ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Field trials of Bt rice must not be stopped
In a strange alliance, three seemingly disparate entities — a trade association of rice exporters, a farmers' body and a private activist organisation with worldwide affiliation — have come together to oppose the proposed field trials ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISRO to hold debate on manned mission
Scientists to make presentations at closed door talks More

SOCIAL WELFARE
Innovation award for Gujarat
Intel gets accolade for `rugged community PC' More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Identifying talent: The Britannia way
Britannia Industries is sponsoring the marketing challenge at `Prerana', the National Institute of Industrial Engineering's annual management event that is being held on the NITIE campus. Marketing Plan "It is a ... More

Tell a corporate tale
How stories help an organisation to reach out to its employees More

EVENTS
3-day seminar on gooseberry prospects
A national seminar on production and processing of gooseberry is scheduled during November 21-23 in Ahmedabad. The event organised jointly by the Aonla Growers Association of India (Tamil Nadu), National Horticultural Board, Directorate of ... More

INCOME TAX
I-T help desk
A help centre to assist corporate taxpayers in electronic filing of returns at Aaykar Bhavan, Mumbai will function from 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. till November 30. ... More

Help desk for e-filings
The Centre has made it mandatory for companies to furnish their returns of income electronically (e-filings) for the first time. The returns are to be filed through the Web site of the department - More

BOOKS
No missing books
RFID systems can bring efficiency into the library. More