The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 24, 2007

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Publication of award by labour courts in gazette dispensed with: HC
The stipulation that awards of labour courts should be published in Government gazette has been dispensed with, and power had been delegated to the State Government under Section 17(1) of Industrial Disputes Act to publish the same on notice ... More

ECONOMY
Cement: The hardening impasse
The Centre, convinced that cement is one of the contributors to the inflation, wants the industry to cut prices and has initiated several measures to that end. Defending this argument, the industry thinks the Government must let the market rule as it had when the industry was in the doldrums. More

AP growth rate rose by 12.23% last fiscal
Agriculture sector contributed Rs 62,405 crore, which is 23.93 per cent of GSDP. More

Commodity prices to remain strong, forecasts IMF
Copper, zinc likely to weaken More

`Governance of financial system needs radical change'
A lot has to be done to improve Mumbai's infrastructure for the city to become an International Financial Centre. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Luxembourg keen on double taxation accord with India
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is keen to enter into a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with India to improve trade and investment ties. The elements of the proposed DTAA are likely to figure in the talks between the visiting Minister ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Notification on changes to SEZ rules `in 10 days'
The Government plans to amend its special economic zones rules within the next 10 days to specify a minimum processing area of 50 per cent for all SEZs and also to limit the size of multi-product SEZs to 5,000 hectares. "We will notify the ... More

Bhagyanagar buys 50 acres in SEZ
Bhagyanagar India Ltd has informed the BSE that the company has acquired a 50-acre land in a multi-product special economic zone (SEZ) near Chennai, which has received an in-principle approval from the Government. ... More

PETROLEUM
3-day meet on hydrocarbon safety begins
Petro Safe 2007, the three-day conference on hydrocarbon safety organised by Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO) along with National Safety Council (Kerala Chapter) and other professional bodies, began here on Monday at Le ... More

POWER
Industries in Maharashtra may face `staggering' load shedding every week
Regulator asks them to reduce power consumption More

PFC transfers Mundra project SPV to Tata Power
Gets performance bank guarantee of Rs 300 cr More

TEXTILES
Naidupet Textile Park: SIMA hopeful of starting work soon
Envisages investments to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore More

SSI
Codissia begins work on phase II of fair complex
Estimated cost of project is Rs 24 crore More

SAP India upbeat on SME biz
SAP India sees significant momentum for its SME solutions. The company has registered an addition of over 430 mid-sized enterprise customers over 2006, translating to more than one new customer per workday in 2006. SAP ... More

WBSIDC plans joint venture for setting up 10 estates
The West Bengal Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (WBSIDC) plans to develop 10 industrial estates for the SSI sector in the State in joint venture with private real estate developers. Among the private developers in fray are ... More

Bharti joins Nortel to offer SMBs solutions
Bharti Airtel Ltd on Monday announced the pan-India launch of comprehensive telecom and networking solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs). These include fixed line, mobile, broadband, long distance and data managed services. Airtel ... More

RADIO/TV
GBN's entertainment channels
Global Broadcast News (GBN) could soon offer entertainment channels. The group, which owns the English news channel CNN-IBN, and IBN 7 in the Hindi news category, is planning to expand its bouquet of channels in the future, and ... More

EDUCATION
B-schools set to use podcasting
Following the trend set by Stanford and Berkeley universities, Welingkar Institute of Management, a Mumbai B-school, is planning to record lectures and make them available to its students over iTunes. "We are in talks with the institute to ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Changing face
NATURAL LANDSCAPES and rocky terrains in and around Hyderabad are giving way to concrete jungles.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SHGs: Men take the lead in northern States
Male Self Help Groups gaining prominence More

EVENTS
Stress on protection of IP rights
The Intellectual Property Week has begun. It is aimed at raising awareness on growing social evils such as piracy and counterfeiting. The FICCI - NIAPC (National Initiative Against Piracy and Counterfeiting) along with the Department of ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Alphonso output down by 50%
WEATHER HIT More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Regulator soon for monitoring data security standards
Nasscom working on new initiative More