INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
INSIGHT
Is leisure, pleasure?
Think about this. How would you feel if your employer were to ask you to take a month off? Would you be happy that you will have more leisure time? Or would you feel depressed that you will be away from work? If you are like most of us, you ...
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ECONOMY
‘Need to find better ways to manage inflows’
Current account deficit may go up: Finance Secretary
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ENGINEERING
Construction equipment — Building on the boom
Demand for infrastructure and construction equipment is set to increase. The Eleventh Plan, entailing an investment of about $492 billion on infrastructure projects alone, is likely to be the main growth driver.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Hind Latex to be frontrunner in setting up medical park
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 24 Hindustan Latex Ltd will play a major role in setting up a ‘medical park’ at Chengalpattu in Tamil Nadu, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss. At the ...
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PLASTICS
Call for innovative projects in plastic sector
Mumbai, Nov 24 Plastic industry should innovate and find solutions for collection, segregation, recycling and reuse of waste, said the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr B.K. Handique, at the Plexconcil Export Award ...
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POWER
‘Ultra mega power developers should not bid for another project’
A Parliamentary Committee has suggested that developers of ultra mega power project (UMPP) who have already bagged one project should not be allowed to bid for another on the basis of the same balance sheet on which the earlier project was ...
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PowerGrid signs pact with Reliance Energy
New Delhi, Nov. 24 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has entered into an agreement with Reliance Energy Ltd to set up a joint venture firm for executing transmission projects associated with two hydel projects. The two ...
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TEXTILES
Spinners’ plea to TN Govt
India Spinning Millowners Association (ISMA), a textile spinners body here, has asked the Tamil Nadu Government to either waive the four per cent sales tax collected on the energy consumed by the textile industry or bring down the rate to just ...
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FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Strong global presence at Foodpro
‘Post-harvest processing continues to be weak’
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MINERALS
PE investors betting big on natural resources cos
Origo appointed consultant to raise $100 m for the fund
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
India is hot for global realtors
Mumbai, Nov. 24 Indian realty appears a one-stop destination for global real estate developers if the overseas participation in the recently concluded ‘Cityscape India’ expo here is anything to go by.No less than 50 ...
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WTO
Balancing local, global forces
Every country faces a dilemma — how to match domestic priorities with international obligations. A judicious reconciliation calls for sagacious leadership.
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Take inspiration from visionaries to be competitive: Kalam
Mumbai, Nov. 24 Lauding late Seth Walchand Hirachand as a creative genius on the occasion of the industrialist’s 125th birth anniversary celebrations in Mumbai, former President Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam suggested that the group now set up a ...
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