The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 10, 2007

HEALTH
‘Sale of sweets down by 40% during Diwali’
New Delhi, Nov. 9 Despite a decline in input costs of sweets, their sales on an average have dropped by over 40 per cent during the current Diwali celebrations as the consumption patterns have shifted towards dry fruits, cookies, chocolates, ... More

New treatment for back and neck
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PSU
Kerala Supplyco registers growth in turnover
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 9 The turnover of the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) is set to cross Rs 1,200 crore in the current year.According to Supplyco officials, this has been made possible through efficient ... More

POWER
Poor grid discipline sparks power crunch
Maharashtra forced to go for unscheduled load shedding More

WATER
JUSCO, Voltas, Bengal Govt tie up
A tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed between the Government of West Bengal, JUSCO and Voltas Ltd at the Writers’ Buildings on Friday, the first such BoT project in the country in the Water Sector, where the public-private ... More

COAL
Call for raising underground coal output
Hyderabad, Nov. 9 The demand for coal in the country will rise significantly over the next two decades and there is need to increase underground coal production, said Mr Dasari Narayana Rao, Union Minister of State for Coal. Speaking ... More

EDUCATION
‘E-marketing vital for online commerce’
Bangalore, Nov. 9 The dotcom era has revolutionised the way we do business. Now, products and services are bought and sold over electronic systems such as the Internet and the amount of trade conducted electronically is growing at a rapid ... More

AIR-CONDITIONERS & REFRIGERATORS
Is refrigerator a `packaged commodity'?
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MEDICAL & SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS
Chinese company keen to launch testing equipment in India
Hyderabad, Nov. 9 A Chinese company is keen to enter the Indian analytical testing devices market, which has been dominated by the US, Japan, UK & Germany in terms of imports. The $6 million turnover, small and medium enterprise ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Prestige group buys Balaji property in Chennai
Plans to construct 5-lakh sq ft IT park More

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT
Kraft paper prices go up by Rs 2,000 a tonne
Paper makers launch campaign for reusing waste paper More

Contract tree planting gaining momentum
Chennai, Nov. 9 Pulp and paper units have begun promoting agro and farm forestry-based industrial wood plantations, especially in Tamil Nadu through technological support from the Forest College and Research Institute in Metupalayam near ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Realty pay hits the roof on manpower shortage
Mumbai, Nov. 9 The realty bubble may not have burst, but manpower shortage and increasing wage bills are set to belt projects’ schedules across the country.Civil engineers are in demand and salaries have more than doubled. A ... More

EVENTS
Darsana Book Fair from Nov 29
Kottayam, Nov. 9 The 24th Darsana International Book Fair will be held here from November 29 to December 8. The organisers expect more than 10,00,000 titles to be put on display. About 200 publishers from in and abroad will participate ... More

Economic conference in Delhi
A two-day high-level Conference on Asian Economic Integration is being held here from November 12 to provide substantive inputs for the forthcoming Third East Asia Summit (EAS), scheduled to take place in Singapore on 21, as part of the ASEAN ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Ministry to bring out paper on export competitiveness
Rising Re hits margins; textile and handicrafts segments most affected More