The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 22, 2007

FOREIGN RELATIONS
Al Gore may visit India later this year
Former US Vice-President, Mr Al Gore, is likely to visit India in October-November this year to meet leaders and members of industry to formulate acceptable policy solutions that could advance the millennium development goal. Mr Ashwani Kumar, ... More

POLICY
Central Drug Administration to become reality soon
Parliament likely to amend Drugs Act in monsoon session More

Cabinet allows Mittal to pick up 49% stake in Bhatinda refinery
Overall cap of 26% FDI in public sector refineries remains More

Govt approves 14% hike in royalty on coal, lignite
Increase in consumer power tariffs may be marginal More

Govt approves amendments to Merchant Shipping Act
The Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval to amend the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2004 on the basis of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee. The Bills aims to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and the Indian ... More

POLITICS
All the Congress wo(e)men
Now that it has been made public that the Prime Minister had a list of 10 eminent women who can be considered for the post of the President, there is understandably some heartburn among Congress members of the fair sex who feel they too could ... More

Mullaperiyar report tabled in Assembly
The State Minister for Water Resources, Mr N.K. Premachandran, on Thursday tabled in the Assembly an expert committee report on the health of the Mullaperiyar dam. Headed by Dr Dhrubjyoti Ghosh, Senior Fellow (Sustainable Development) with the ... More

Land allotment for Jindal plant flayed
The decision of the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, allotting 1,048 acres to the proposed Jindal alumina refinery project in the S.Kota mandal of Vizianagaram district, has been condemned by the CPI (M) as "utterly undemocratic". The Cabinet announced ... More

SECURITY
ECIL hands over BrahMos system to Army
The first land-based BrahMos missile Weapon Complex System, developed indigenously under a public-private partnership mode, is being inducted into the Indian Army from on Thursday. The Hyderabad-based, Electronics Corporation of India Ltd ... More

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