The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 13, 2007

‘Confidence running high in Asia ’
“As things have started to slow in the West, people have started to look at Asia and see that the attractions that are here in terms of growth remain,” says Mr Michael Gordon of Fidelity International More

Industry grows at 10.7% in August
Manufacturing, power, mining drive growth More

ENVIRONMENT
US grant for 23 clean tech projects
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Nobel honour
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EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Court ruling on levy of interest on excise duty
Chennai, Oct 12 The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has ruled that under Central Excise Rules, 2003, levy of interest for failure of payment of duty by due date should only be at rate of 2 per cent per month. Levy at Rs 1,000 per day for ... More

HEALTH
NACO, UNAIDS launch package for North East
New Delhi, Oct. 12 National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), and the UNAIDS, the United Nations organisation working for the cause of AIDS, have launched a special programme for the North Eastern region of the country. A $8.9-million ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Return SEZ land, we’ll put it up: Pune farmers to Govt
SPELL OF MAGARPATTA MAGIC More

Automation City coming up in Pune
Project to be ready in 5 years More

POWER
UPA Govt will finish its term: PM, Sonia
New Delhi, Oct. 12 Setting at rest mounting speculation over early polls, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, on Friday asserted that the Government would last out its full term. Dr Singh also ... More

Safeguard pact can be worked out in weeks: IAEA chief
New Delhi, Oct 12 A safeguard agreement with India can be worked out in weeks after the Indian Government decides to go ahead with it, the Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Dr Mohammed El Baradei, said on ... More

TAXATION
Panel to suggest model for settling disputes in GST regime
New tax to come into force from April 2010 More

Will the lottery agent fall into service tax net?
A bumper draw of sorts is currently on, with more than Rs 2,000 crore as the sum at stake. And, the amount seems to be only a teaser of what can be bigger jackpots that the taxman is gunning for, from the lottery ... More

TEXTILES
SIMA deplores cut in DEPB rate on yarn
‘Adds to the woes of rising rupee impact’ More

EDUCATION
EMRI launches new programme
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Core Projects, CHL ink pact
Mumbai, Oct. 12 Education solutions provider Core Projects & Technologies Ltd has inked an agreement with the Centre of Higher Learning (CHL) at NASA’s space centre for delivering educational content internationally.CHL ... More

Dale Carnegie facility near Bangalore soon
Bangalore, Oct 12 Dale Carnegie Training will launch a finishing school for graduates in Bangalore on October 22 this year.The training school has been set up in partnership with the State Government and will train close to 10,000 ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Propmart Tech to diversify into layout development
Propmart Technologies Ltd, a Bangalore-based real estate solutions company offering marketing outsourcing to real estate developers, is diversifying into layout development with its first project near Chennai.Announcing the launch of ... More

DLF Home may bet on aggressive pricing
Chennai, Oct. 12 DLF Home Developers, which has started its prelaunch advertisement campaign in Chennai for its residential projects, has evoked interest in the market because of the aggressive pricing that it is contemplating.According ... More

Construction meet opens
Mumbai, Oct 12 The 9th Total Infrastructure Construction Show 2007 – popularly known as Constru India Summit and Expo is being held here from October 12 to 14. The expo was inaugurated by Mr Jayantrao Patil, Maharashtra Minister for ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
‘Gas production in K-G basin by June 2008’
Western India to be next focus area, says Sibal More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Procedural relief for exporters on duty drawback claims
Cutting down paper work More

ECGC to host AGM of Berne Union
T he Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) is to host the annual general meeting of the International Union of Credit and Investment Insurers, known as the Berne Union, at New Delhi from October 14-20. The Berne Union, having ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
CBI files chargesheet against 22 in IPO scam
New Delhi, Oct. 12 The Central Board of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against 22 persons/entities involved in the IPO scam. The chargesheet relates to two criminal cases registered on a complaint from the Securities and Exchange Board ... More