INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
Climate in north `just good' for rabi wheat
North and northwest India continue to enjoy near-perfect winter weather conditions considered `just good' for rabi wheat crop. Winter weather in the region is dictated by western disturbances (WDs), which are low-pressure systems originating ...
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ECONOMY
PM pitches for further reforms
`Major development challenges remain to be solved'
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FOREIGN TRADE
JDS Tech in pact with German body to boost investments
Lower Saxony cos suffering from obsolete management
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Concor: Miles ahead on multi-modal track
Concor has entered a strategic partnership with eight players, ensuring good earnings for some time to come.
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Lack of accord hampers Sabarimala development
TDB chief says non-cooperative attitude of the Forest Department and non-availability of a master plan have impeded the creation of essential infrastructure facilities for pilgrims.
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PETROLEUM
Cairn pins hopes on CB-X, Ambe fields
To maintain supplies to Gujarat Gas, Gujarat Paguthan
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India, China to co-operate in oil exploration
India and China have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for strategic co-operation in exploration and production (E&P) activities in Third World countries. This MoU signifies expanding co-operation between the two countries in the ...
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PHARMACEUTICALS
Scientist seeks Indian platform for his novel drugs
To be a new innovative product line for global market
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POWER
Manipur power projects
The Union Minister of Power, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, laid down the foundation stones for Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Project (66 MW), a joint venture of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and the Government of ...
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Reliance Energy plant work
Reliance Energy said that its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) arm has completed 63.5 per cent work on the 600-MW greenfield thermal power plant in Haryana in just 11 months. Construction work on plant coming up in ...
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EDUCATION
ICAI proposes to introduce biometric smart cards
Reducing paper work
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MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
MMM speciality hospital
Madras Medical Mission on Saturday announced plans to set up a 200-bed multi-speciality hospital-cum-nursing college in Chennai. The project is expected to cost Rs 100 crore. The current year is the not-for-profit hospital's ...
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Crisil rating for Abad builders
Kerala-based Abad builders has won the Crisil rating DA-3, becoming the first real estate developer in the State to get this distinction. The Abad group has a made a mark in the hospitality and fisheries sectors and Abad Builders ...
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CERAMICS
Vizag to host global meet on ceramics
`At present there are 200 or so ceramic units in Andhra Pradesh but there is scope for many more.'
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Mobile Web for rural India
Industry players on what might click in this direction.
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`Provide microfinance to pep up rural infrastructure'
NCAER report also moots better targeting of subsidies
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EVENTS
`Physically challenged should be part of mainstream industry'
"Will you give me a chance?" one heard a young man ask a company executive as one walked through a job fair for the physically challenged. That is what the Union Minister for Finance, Mr P. Chidambaram, too urged companies to do. "We need to ...
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Agenda for the week
INCOME TAX
What's the rationale behind share buyback?
There seems to be some confusion. Section 77 of the Companies Act does not allow a company to buy its own shares but the subsequent Section 77A permits buyback subject to certain conditions. What is your view on this? Tara Ramachandran, ...
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ECONOMIC OFFENCES
MSEB supply arm suspends 11 officials
Irregularities in leasing of capacitors
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