The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 23, 2008

EMPLOYMENT
Location, easy commuting top criteria for jobs: Survey
Bangalore, May 22 Location and convenience of commuting are primary criteria for accepting and keeping jobs among the younger generation. This followed by ‘stress and life-work imbalance’, which motivates young people to look for a ... More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Centre chalks out plan to develop 60 ‘solar cities’
Aims to promote renewable energy in urban areas More

TN wind power producers get relief on captive use
Chennai, May 22 The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has given a three-month extension to wind energy producers to use the unutilised energy generated for captive consumption in 2007-08.According to an official press ... More

Nandan Bio in pact for jatropha plantation
Rs 150-cr refinery, cultivation in Ethiopia part of plans More

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
White goods set for 5-7% hike
Fallout of heavy input costs, weak Re More

ECONOMY
Crude zips past $135
Govt discussing all possible steps to help and protect oil companies: Deora More

PM pins hopes on Govt measures, good monsoon to curb inflation
The steps taken by the Government and an expected good monsoon will bring down prices and inflation would return to moderate levels, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said here today while releasing the four year report card of the UPA ... More

Demand could slacken if high inflation continues: Kamath
‘Challenges offset by cost cuts, productivity increase’ More

ENVIRONMENT
‘Dredging for Sethusamudram will affect eco system’
Mangalore, May 22 The massive dredging activities in the Sethusamudram project will affect the sensitive eco system in the Gulf of Mannar, according to Dr N.G.K. Pillai, Director of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute ... More

Coastal management draft proposals
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has invited suggestions on the Coastal Management Zone draft finalised in accordance with the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The draft was issued on May 9 and within a period of 60 days from the date ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
India signs investment protection pact with Brunei
New Delhi, May 22 India has signed a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPA) with Brunei Darussalam here on Thursday. While the Union Finance Minister Mr P. Chidambaram signed the agreement on behalf of India, Mr ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Green lights for Bengaluru airport on Saturday
Like it or lump it, the air waves over Bangalore will inevitably shift northwards five minutes past midnight on May 24. All those flying abroad out of Bangalore in the wee hours of Saturday will get a feel of the spanking new airport at ... More

Ras al-Khaimah plans Educational City in Anantapur
Proposed city will be spread over 10,000 acres More

PSU
Cabinet nod for Sponge Iron merger with NMDC
New Delhi, May 22 The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for the merger of public sector enterprise Sponge Iron India Ltd (SIIL) with National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), Hyderabad, through acquisition of SIIL shares by ... More

PETROLEUM
Crude impact: Drug cos to take a hit
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POWER
‘Panang hydro-electric project will destroy Dzongu’
Gangtok, May 22 The six-member Independent Committee on Big Hydro Projects has said that the 280-MW Panang Hydro Electric Project will completely and permanently destroy the environment of Dzongu in North Sikkim.At a press conference ... More

EDUCATION
Ten students win contest, take off to NASA
Hyderabad, May 22 Ten student winners of the ‘Destination NASA’ contest, boarded the flight to the NASA Space Centre along with their parents and teacher from Delhi on Thursday.This was a moment of cheer and celebration for ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
‘Export tax on steel may affect auto part makers’
ACMA seeks exclusion of semi-finished products from the levy More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
EsVee Group plans townships
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GKS Construction setting up facility for readymade steel
Chennai, May 22 The Chennai-based GKS Construction Aids Pvt Ltd (GCAPL) is setting up a project to provide readymade steel for the construction industry.The company is setting up rebar cut and bend facility in the city’s ... More

RMZ exits HTL deal
Chennai, May 22 The Bangalore-based developer RMZ Corp has exited from the Rs 328-crore deal to buy HTL’s land in Chennai following the Tamil Nadu Government’s decision to buy back the property.Meanwhile, HTL has obtained a ... More

CINEMA
Adlabs enters Hyderabad
Hyderabad, May 22 Adlabs Cinemas, an arm of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has announced its entry into the Hyderabad exhibition business by launching three screens at Ameerpet. “The 45,000-sq ft exhibition facility would mark our ... More

WTO
‘More work needs to be done to narrow differences’
Revised agri, non-agri market access texts More

WTO’s twin draft modalities on agriculture not formal proposals
The twin draft modalities on agriculture and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) released in Geneva on Tuesday by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the instant disappointment voiced by India are nothing unusual because as the WTO ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Centre doubles support to States for rural development schemes
The UPA Government has more than doubles its financial support for rural development to the State Governments during the last four years 2004-08, the Minister for Rural development, Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, said here.A total of Rs ... More

EVENTS
‘Explore opportunities in dual-use product exports’
Chennai, May 22 Business houses should explore opportunities in exporting high technology products meant for ‘dual-use’ — civilian and military purposes — since it is more lucrative. Similarly, they should ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Withdraw steel export duty: FICCI
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