The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 11, 2007

PCB awareness drive in Kerala
The State Government has drafted the State Pollution Control Board in its efforts to launch an awareness campaign against the spread of chikungunya in the State. The board has constituted a special action team to pilot the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Hydel cos offer States equity stake in projects
Aimed at faster clearances; sops also include additional free power More

PSU
Lecture on PSUs
Mr K.S. Rajasekhara Rao, Chairman and Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of India Ltd, will be delivering a lecture on `The Potential of Indian PSUs - ECIL's Experience' at Indian Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) ... More

SSI
Belgium's Flanders region woos Indian SMEs
By setting up a joint venture business/industry in Belgium's northern federal state of Flanders, an area dominated by small and medium enterprises, entrepreneurs from India could get the benefit of pitching shop in Europe's manufacturing hub. ... More

EDUCATION
`Align the education system with business verticals'
Companies must provide opportunities for personal and professional development of employees - in-house or offsite - if they have to battle attrition. Alongside, they must build a network of open communication so that employees interact with ... More

Training in event management
The Kochi-based Impresario Event Management India Ltd is introducing an event-management training institute in Kochi to train professionals in marketing, client servicing, creative operations, celebrity management, public ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Prajay Syndicate launches housing project in Vizag
Prajay Syndicate is taking up two housing projects - one at Parawada and the other at Madhurawada - and the construction of a budget hotel here, according to its Director, Mr N. Ravinder Reddy. The foundation stone for the Rs 110-crore ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold futures could test support
Gold futures ended lower on Friday on the back of a fall in stocks and bond markets. Gold futures fell nearly 3 per cent to a one-month bottom as the firmer dollar weakened the precious metal's standing as an inflation hedge. Markets, took their ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
`India, a hothouse for biotech R&D'
"Before entering a new market, a proper planning, clear focus and flexibility are key to success." More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
New research lab
Dr R.A. Mashelkar, former Director-General CSIR and former Secretary, DSIR, flanked by Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman Atomic Energy Commission (right), and Mr T. Ramasami, Director-General CSIR, and Secretary DST, at the forty-third foundation day ... More

MINING & QUARRYING
Digging up tax
What is the scope of `mining services' introduced by the Finance Act, 2007? Does it include actual mining activity? Rajesh Kumar The Finance Act, 2007 imposes service tax on mining services, that is, services outsourced for mining of ... More

Shangri La threatened
KATIKI WATERFALL in the vicinity of Borra caves in the agency area of Visakhapatnam district, where the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation plans to take up bauxite mining for the proposed Jindal alumina refinery. The project will ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
`85% of rural road projects up to the mark'
Punjab, Himachal, Orissa roads most satisfactory More

HUMAN RESOURCES
CII, Marg Constructions join hands for skills development
Preparing school dropouts, agriculture labour join industrial workforce More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship programme
The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) is organising an entrepreneurship development programme for women and youth from June 11 to June 20 at the facilitation cell of ALEAP, AP Housing Board, JNTU Main Road, Kukatpally ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Spices export rises 44% in April
Chilli contributed the highest in earnings at 38% More

TOURISM
Treading lightly, travelling responsibly
The imminent policy to promote `responsible tourism' in Kerala will benefit the economy and development profile of the State in innumerable ways. More

Heritage Wall - still standing
The Eden Gardens in Kolkata was planned and first set up by the two sisters, Emily and Eden, of Lord Auckland, Governor-General of the British possessions in India during 1836-42. Clearly, when a garden of this sort is set up, there has to be ... More

China, Pak tourists increase
China and Pakistan are emerging as major tourist-source markets in Asia for India, with visitors from the two countries registering sizeable increase in the past few years. Tourist arrival from China witnessed a 32 per cent ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Bamboo float
OUTWARD BOUND: Racks of bamboo being smuggled to Bangladesh through the Barak River in Silchar district of Assam on Sunday. Due to lack of bamboo-based industries in this region, the majority of the bamboo produced goes out of the region. The ... More