INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
SOCIAL SECURITY
Dept of Post wants its `commercial' tag removed
`Most products are subsidised, resulting in deficits'
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
GO on re-employment of retrenched workers upheld
The Madras High Court has upheld a GO MS No 41 Transport (C.1) department dated July 13, 2006, ordering preference, in appointment of drivers and conductors by TN State Transport Corporation, to persons who were retrenched from service but ...
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HEALTH
As safe as it can be
An expert on mobile users' health fears
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POWER
Plan panel wants role of technology in energy assessed
The energy scenario concerning global warming highlights the need to be abreast with the technology options in each sector.
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TAXATION
VAT on MRP: Kerala dealers on collision course with trade body
`The decision of the Government to impose VAT on MRP is applicable to all packaged goods, but the KVVES decided to boycott only tobacco products.' State Govt urged to ensure security for legal businesses
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VAT on coconut oil, tender water to go
The Kerala Government has decided to withdraw Value-Added Tax applicable to coconut oil as well as processed tender coconut water. Announcing this, the State Finance Minister, Dr Thomas Isaac, said here that the decision on withdrawal of the 4 ...
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SSI
`CII will focus on needs of SMEs'
Launches `Affirmative Action' in Eastern Region
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EDUCATION
Microsoft's Imagine Cup finalists
The three finalists of Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2007, the competition for student innovators, were Aabha from IIIT, Allahabad; Blue leaf from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of technology (DAIICT), Ahmedabad; and Gras, from Goa ...
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PG course in insurance
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched a specialised course in management and insurance - Post Graduate Programme in Management and Insurance. This is a first of its kind programme in India that offers intensive training ...
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`This is India's moment'
No better time for job entrants: S. Gopalakrishnan
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ELECTRICAL GOODS
Surya launches star-rated tubes
Surya Roshni Ltd has launched new range of tube lights authorised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency under the Star Rating Programme. The company is the first in the lighting industry to have received authorisation from BEE for ...
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
States drag their feet on rural electrification policy
Yet to prepare, notify rural electrification plan
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Pilot-less, ports flounder
Major ports in the country are facing acute shortage of pilots as most of them are taking up assignments either in foreign harbours or on ships. The situation is so alarming at the Kochi and the Jawaharlal Nehru Ports that it is becoming ...
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OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS
`Startling' portion of India's new reserves in US treasuries
As recently reported, Indian financial institutions and the central bank have been investing heavily in US treasury securities. Total investment stood at close to $20 billion in February. Are there any patterns or trends in the investment by ...
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EVENTS
Technology Day celebrations
The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Hindustan Latex Ltd (HLL) and surgicals major Terumo Penpol are coming together to celebrate the National Technology Day here on May 11. A full day ...
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Agenda for the Week
TOURISM
KMC to come out with fresh list of heritage structures soon
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) plans to come out with a fresh list of heritage structures in the city within next three to four months, according to sources in KMC. The current list, which was prepared in 2001-02, consists of nearly 1,300 ...
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