The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Contractors for State projects must implement PF laws: HC
Those who were submitting tenders for supply of goods and services to the State-owned undertakings should be responsible to implement the provident fund law in respect of employees engaged by them, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has held. ... More

ECONOMY
Brace up for stronger Re, Kamath tells India Inc
Mumbai, Nov. 19 Mr K.V. Kamath, Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank, on Monday advised Indian companies to prepare themselves for a stronger rupee.He felt that the rupee was likely to strengthen by one to two rupees a year against ... More

ENVIRONMENT
‘Chemplast units will be ‘zero discharge’ from January’
Chennai, Nov 19 Chemplast Sanmar is investing Rs 50 crore over its three manufacturing units — at Mettur, Karaikal and the upcoming one at Cuddalore — so that they are all ‘zero discharge’ units. They will be, from ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
MSEZL gets final notification
Mangalore SEZ Ltd (MSEZL) has secured the final notification for the sector-specific special economic zone (SEZ).A statement by the President of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Mr K. Narasimha Prabhu, said here on Monday ... More

PETROLEUM
NCR Corp to automate HPCL, BPCL outlets
Offers petrol stations end-to-end solution deployment More

House panel for independent assessment of ethanol availability
‘Make ethanol scheme mandatory for pvt oil marketing cos’ More

TAXATION
Direct tax collections up 42.9%
New Delhi, Nov. 19 Continuing the trend of better tax compliance, direct tax collections increased 42.9 per cent to Rs 1,40,373 crore from April 1 to November 15, 2007 from Rs 98,216 crore recorded in the corresponding period last ... More

Kerala opposes VAT cut by other States
Kochi, Nov 19 The State Government has protested against the practice of certain state governments for fixing the VAT rates below the benchmark level, Mr T. Thomas Issac, State Finance Minister, has said. He pointed out that Union ... More

SSI
SIDBI to help Ludhiana’s steel forging units adopt cleaner technologies
World Bank backs the project by agreeing to purchase CER units More

‘Software as a service’ poised for growth in India
Satyam, Oracle, SAP see scope in this segment More

RADIO/TV
The showman arrives on a horse back
Fever FM launch More

EDUCATION
HP, Vinayaka Missions tie up
Vinayaka Missions University (VMU) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Hewlett Packard to offer technical and soft skills training to about 2,500 undergraduate students belonging to two engineering colleges under the ... More

IIM-A placements: All 263 students get plum offers
Investment banking firms enrolled the highest number More

In pact with Korean varsity
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Honeywell, VTU initiatives
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Realty consortium to raise $100 m from London AIM
Hyderabad, Nov. 19 A group of real estate companies are poised to come together as a consortium aimed at raising $100 million from the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM).There is huge appetitive for investments in real estate ... More

Offer unique properties, Trump tells realty cos
Mumbai, Nov. 19 The key challenge for Indian property developers is to ensure they continue to meet the expectations of high net-worth global investors, said Mr Donald Trump Junior, Executive Vice-President of Development and Acquisitions at ... More

MINERALS
Russia offers India investment option in uranium project in Siberia
In lieu of payment for Koodankulam fuel supplies More

Uranium plant to come up in Kadapa
Hyderabad, Nov. 19 The foundation stone for the Rs 1,106.25 crore uranium mining and processing plant will be laid by the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, in Thummalapalle in Kadapa district on Tuesday. The plant proposed to ... More

CINEMA
A film screening with a difference
Hyderabad, Nov. 19 Sai Prasad, Mahesh, Akhilesh and Tejaswi are among the 200 school children who have visualised the movie Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail in 200 different ways. They could only imagine as they are visually ... More