The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 10, 2007

Ban on plastic items from Sept 1 in Kerala
The Kerala Government will strictly enforce the ban on plastic items such as carry bags, glasses and cups from September 1.The decision, taken by a high-level committee, comes in the context of serious threat posed by piling garbage to ... More

AUTOMOBILES
Auto sector witnesses sluggish sales in July
Bike sales down 17%, car sales up 11% More

CHEMICALS
Mott MacDonald to identify site for chemical hub
‘Site selection will be completed within a month’ More

ECONOMY
It doesn’t figure!
Reports of Commissions set up by the Government often turn out interesting and vital nuggets of information. The latest such report to come out is from the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, which was set up in ... More

Tryst with market force
The booming consumerism in today’s India bears little resemblance to the early years of Independence when there were few shops and fewer things to buy. More

ENVIRONMENT
JK Paper ties up with UN to sell carbon credit of farmers
Six districts of AP, Orissa to benefit from the programme More

IBM’s ‘Project Big Green’
IBM will consolidate thousands of computer servers onto mainframes as part of Project Big Green, a broad commitment that the company announced in May to sharply reduce energy consumption for IBM and its clients. It will save an estimated $250 ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
‘Huge public investment must in basic needs’
Public-pvt partnership model alone not enough: Sachs More

PETROLEUM
ONGC will hire 17 onland drilling rigs by Dec
Kolkata, Aug 9 ONGC is hoping to complete hiring of 17 onland drilling rigs within this calendar year. This is the first time an Indian E&P major will be hiring onshore rigs. While contracts for four rigs are expected to be awarded in next ... More

POWER
CERC seeks more clarifications on Mundra power project tariff
‘Anomalies in application for adoption of tariffs’ More

RADIO/TV
Freedom in the AIR
An integral part of Independence Day used to be the radio broadcast. Hope Gaur has heard and seen it all, as a programmer with AIR over long years. More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
BNP trouble hurts stocks; Sensex drops 442 intra-day
Sub-prime shadow: On a day of high volatility, early gains wiped out More

Puravankara IPO price fixed at Rs 400
Mumbai, Aug. 9 Real estate company Puravankara Projects Ltd has fixed the issue price of its IPO at Rs 400 per equity share of Rs 5 each. The issue closed on August 8 and was subscribed 1.91 times.The company had extended its initial ... More

The land was his life
Farmer suicides in Singur have been driven by the loss of fertile lands long held dear by them. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Organised sector throwing up only informal jobs: Study
New Delhi, Aug 9 The employment growth in the organised sector between 1999-00 and 2004-05 has been almost fully in the nature of informal jobs that have no employment benefits.This has been found in the third report of the National ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
No compensation to operators for spectrum delays: DoT
New Delhi, Aug. 9 The Department of Telecom has decided that it was not liable to pay any compensation to operators for delay in allocating spectrum. This comes after Idea Cellular had asked DoT to pay Rs 83 crore as compensation for delay in ... More

EVENTS
Tata business quiz kicks off on Aug 11
Mumbai, Aug. 9 The ‘Tata Crucible-The Business Quiz 2007’ kicks off on August 11 in Chennai, the first in a series of 12 regional rounds that will culminate in the national final to be held in Mumbai late September.This ... More

Talk on financial inclusion today
Dr C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, will deliver a lecture on ‘Financial inclusion: Some key issues’ at the Mangalore University on Friday. The lecture will be organised by the ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES
Rains hit factories in Gujarat
Mumbai, Aug. 9 Heavy rain lashed Gujarat crippling operations of manufacturing units in Saurasthra, Surat and Jamnagar.The rains have affected Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, Ambuja Cements and Essar Oil in Gujarat.Aditya Birla Nuvo told ... More

TOURISM
Andhra Pradesh gets more tourists
Hyderabad, Aug. 9 Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the top destination for domestic arrivals with over 11.17 crore people visiting the State in 2006. Talking to presspersons here, Ms Chitra Ramachandran, Secretary (Tourism) of Andhra ... More