The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 09, 2008

HEALTH
Apollo Hospitals plans liver facility in Kolkata
Kolkata, June 8 The setting up of a liver transplantation facility in Kolkata by Apollo Hospitals Chennai is “in the pipeline”, according to Ms Ishita Basu, Regional Head of Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.Speaking to newspersons ... More

PETROLEUM
Asian stock markets brace for impact of spike in crude prices
Sensex likely to move close to the 15000-mark in initial trades More

RUBBER
Madurai rubber units hike product prices
Madurai, June 8 Slipping into doldrums due to an increase in raw material costs, the emerging rubber hub in Madurai, Rubber Park (Madurai) Ltd., a consortium of rubber product manufacturers here, has announced a hike in the prices of finished ... More

TAXATION
VAT panel meeting may discuss sales tax compensation issues
States asked to give details on petro products taxes More

Cost of direct tax collection at all-time low
Higher growth, tax compliance lead the way More

EDUCATION
NIIT partners Maharashtra, Bihar
Talent development company NIIT has clinched a mandate for providing computer and computer-aided education to 1.9 million students in 900 State Government Schools in Maharashtra and Bihar. The two projects are worth Rs 71 crore over a five-year ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold to test the resistance levels
Comex gold futures ended sharply higher on Friday after the release of non-farm payroll data. The US unemployment rose to 5.5 per cent in May from 5 per cent, its highest since October 2004. Some 49,000 jobs were cut from payrolls in May, up from ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
New office-bearers for FICCI FLO
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A robot for every need
Hyderabad, June 8 Do you like to see your grandparents enjoying an evening in the lawns while operating a semi autonomous robot to cut the grass?Are you not excited to deploy a robot to clean your home effortlessly while another helps ... More

MINERALS
‘Tax sops needed to lure funds into mining’
Mumbai, June 8 Incentives, such as ‘Mineral Exploration Tax Credit’, that are being provided in Canada have been suggested to attract more private investments in mineral exploration in India. Under the tax credit scheme, ... More

GENDER
Women in Andhra Pradesh better off, says report
Hyderabad, June 8 The first-ever Human Development Report of Andhra Pradesh prepared by the Hyderabad-based Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) states that women in Andhra Pradesh were better placed compared with the all-India ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Ayurvedic drug makers oppose Govt move to test products for exports
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