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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
INFRASTRUCTURE:
On growth track
A multi-product special economic zone being developed by GVK Infratech Pvt Ltd, part of the GVK group, and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, a State Government undertaking, is expected to give a major boost to industrialisation ...
ECONOMY:
On growth track
A multi-product special economic zone being developed by GVK Infratech Pvt Ltd, part of the GVK group, and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, a State Government undertaking, is expected to give a major boost to industrialisation ...
COAL:
CIL plans coal imports to meet surging demand
Targeted at small players who can’t import on their own. New Delhi, Sept. 5 Coal India Ltd plans to import coal for the first time to meet surging domestic demand and could source up to 4 million tonnes (mt) of thermal coal from overseas ...
ECONOMY:
Reddy highlights dilemma of monetary and public policy
‘Stint as RBI Governor was gratifying learning curve’. Mumbai, Sept. 5 At his farewell meet with the Mumbai media on Thursday evening, the outgoing Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Dr Y.V. Reddy, made it clear that he would ...
ECONOMY:
Growing economy to transform organised retail in India
Professionalism and people will make a difference, says expert. Chennai, Sept. 5 In India, though modern retail is in its initial stages, the progressively transforming economy stands clearly as evidence of the evolution of organised retail. ...
HEALTH:
We need to build on capacities created in health sector: PM
Launches Apollo Reach hospitals; annual premium under UHIS down. Chennai, Sept. 5 The Universal Health Insurance Scheme (UHIS), to cover 10 lakh people from families below the poverty line, has been liberalised further to take medical care to ...
TAXATION:
TDS for shipping cos: Final hearing put off till November
Mumbai Sept. 5 Shipping companies will now have to wait till November for the final hearing on the tax deducted at source (TDS) issue before the Supreme Court, which was slated to give out its final judgment on September 3, ...
ECONOMY:
Step up productivity: PM
Salem, Sept. 5 The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has said that inflation control has emerged as major concern particularly after the steep increase in the international prices of petroleum products and primary commodities. ...
FOREIGN TRADE:
‘EU, India FTA may be concluded by year-end’
Kolkata, Sept. 5 The Foreign Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union is expected to be concluded by the end of this year, said Mr G.K. Pillai, Union Commerce Secretary, here on Friday. ...
PETROLEUM:
Oil cos keen on Colombian hydrocarbon sector
New Delhi, Sept. 5 Domestic companies in the hydrocarbon sector have expressed interest in pursuing various business ventures in Colombia. While public sector undertakings ONGC and Oil India Ltd envisaged interest in acquiring oil and gas ...
PETROLEUM:
Oil marketing companies gain from fall in crude prices
It helps them reduce under-recoveries. Mumbai, Sept. 5 Oil marketing companies saw their stocks rise through the week as crude oil prices weakened. ...
ECONOMY:
India in downturn mode: OECD
Mumbai, Sept. 5 Continued weakening outlook for all the major seven economies is what the latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLI) signal. The July 2008 data confirm continued slowdown in the US and in the euro area. On the other hand, ...
EXPORTS & IMPORTS:
Tea exports breach 100-mkg mark
Chennai, Sept. 5 Tea exports continued to increase and topped the 100 million kg (mkg) mark up to July this year. Production too has maintained an uptrend, thus brightening the prospects for the tea industry with auction prices also looking ...
CEMENT:
Cement output at Aditya Birla group cos, ACC dips in Aug
Mumbai, Sept. 5 Cement production at the Aditya Birla Group companies — Grasim Industries and UltraTech Cement — was down 8.87 per cent at 2.12 million tonnes (mt) in August. ...
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS:
HP aims to sign up with 2,000 hospitals
Mumbai, Sept. 5 Technology solutions major Hewlett-Packard has set a target of signing up with about 2,000 small and medium-sized hospitals in the country by the end of the current fiscal. The US-based company will provide IT infrastructure ...
NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING:
Newspaper publishing outsourcing industry on growth mode
Mumbai, Sept. 5 Shrinking profits and across-the-board cost cutting by newspaper organisations globally are acting as a propeller for the nascent newspaper publishing outsourcing industry in ...
EDUCATION:
IIM-K annual finance seminar on Sept 6, 7
Kochi, Sept. 5 Arthanomics, the annual finance seminar of the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode, will be held on September 6 and 7 at the Institute’s campus. ...
NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY:
NeST, EPV Solar to set up silicon panel unit in Kochi
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 5 The Kochi-based NeST Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with EPV Solar of the US for setting up a facility in Kochi for manufacturing silicon ...
EDUCATION:
Forum for better schooling
Hyderabad, Sept. 5 Butterfly Fields, an initiative of IIT-IIM graduates to make learning, easy, has formed a forum for improving school ...
EVENTS:
Seminar on global citizenship
The Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management at Nitte in Udupi district will conduct a seminar on ‘Towards global citizenship’ on September 6. A statement said here that Mr K.K. Pai, Registrar of Academy of General Education, ...
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