The Hindu Business Line : Friday, July 25, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

TECHNOLOGY: Clean up with technology
The G8 leaders flew in on personal jets… and talked of saving energy.. Just about everything that you need to do can be done with a dollop of technology. At least that is what the Japanese seem to think. Take the hotel room in Sapporo, ...

POWER: Adanis will supply Mundra power to Gujarat, Haryana
Sale through long-term PPAs and on merchant basis. Ahmedabad, July 24 Adani Power Ltd, which plans to invest Rs 43,139 crore to build 9,900 MW of electricity generation capacity, has tied up for evacuation of 3,311 MW, out of the 4,620 MW ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Sobha Developers to raise Rs 300 crore thru rights issue
Issue could face some difficulty due to market conditions. Banglaore, July 24 Sobha Developers has decided to raise Rs 300 crore through rights issue to meet its long-term capital needs. The company informed the BSE today after its board ...

EDUCATION: IIMC to seek global accreditations
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) has planned to seek international accreditations from leading American and European agencies that rate business schools. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the institute’s ...

ANTI-DUMPING: Ministry moots dumping duty on hydrogen peroxide
The Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended definitive dumping duty on imported inorganic chemical hydrogen peroxide from China, European Union, South Korea, Indonesia and ...

ELECTRICAL GOODS: High input costs stifle electrical cable makers
Mumbai, July 24 Faced with a sharp rise in prices of raw materials, especially aluminium and copper, the electrical cable manufacturers in the country, like their counterparts in other sectors, are struggling to stay afloat. ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: Chamber protests move
Kochi, July 24 The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has protested the move to impose 25 per cent power cut for industries in Kerala, saying that it would upset the working of industrial units in the State. ...

PETROLEUM: Oil production down 4.6% in June
New Delhi, July 24 The domestic crude oil production declined 4.6 per cent in June this year at 2.64 million tonnes (mt) as against 2.77 mt produced during the corresponding period in the previous year. ...

PHARMACEUTICALS: ‘Raw material shortage key risk for pharma cos’
Mumbai, July 24 Shortage of raw materials and rising price of input material from China are the key risk factors facing the pharma industry, said Mr Ajay Piramal, Chairman of Piramal Healthcare. ...

ELECTRICAL GOODS: Power crisis

PSU: Shift in venue?

CLIMATE & WEATHER: All for rain

PSU: Energy-saving projects for Kerala PSUs
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) of the Kerala Government and the Energy Management Centre (EMC), the State-designated agency to enforce Energy Conservation Act 2001, have joined hands to implement energy efficiency improvement projects ...

POWER: 25% cut in power supply to heavy users in Kerala
The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has issued an interim order restricting power consumption by high tension (HT) and extra high tension (EHT) consumers in the State to 75 per cent on a monthly ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Chamber for national climate change insurance fund
Kolkata, July 24 The Indian Chamber of Commerce is in favour of a national climate change insurance fund, with a cap on paid losses. Releasing a report entitled ‘Business Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change’ to newspersons ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: Meet on oil prices, inflation
Hyderabad: A panel discussion on “Oil prices, inflation, effects on Indian economy” is being organised by FAPCCI on July 26. ...

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Invited to Bali credit meet
Dr L.H. Manjunath, Executive Director of the Dharmasthala-based NGO microfinance institution the Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), has been invited by the ‘Micro Credit Summit’ to be held at Bali in ...