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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
FOREIGN TRADE:
India-China trade scales new heights in first half
New Delhi, Sept. 8 Sino-Indian bilateral trade continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with the trade value in the first half of calendar year 2008 hitting the $ 29-billion mark, recording a 69 per cent jump over the corresponding period last ...
ENVIRONMENT:
NCCL sewage treatment plant
POWER:
LNG supplies: GSPC-Adani receives EoIs from 13 parties
May delay financial closure till inclusion of third partner. Kolkata/Ahmedabad, Sept. 8 GSPC-Adani combine seems to be making steady progress towards commissioning the proposed LNG terminal at Mundra. The company has received expression of ...
POWER:
Karnataka drawing on thermal plants to meet power demand
State facing shortfall in coal supplies. Bangalore, Sept. 8 Hit by low inflows into hydel storage reservoirs, Karnataka has begun drawing on its thermal plants for meeting the power demand. ...
POWER:
Nuclear action to kick off at Jaitapur, Koodankulam
To be set up by NPCIL with French, Russian collaboration. New Delhi, Sept. 8 Post the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group) waiver, action on the Indian nuclear space is likely to kick-off at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, where up to six imported reactors ...
PSU:
Gujarat Govt order weakens State PSUs
Cos may have to share profit for social responsibility. Mumbai, Sept. 8 With Gujarat Government requesting State-owned companies to contribute up to 30 per cent of their profit before tax towards welfare activities, sentiment has turned ...
POWER:
‘US biz lobby will ensure nuke deal is approved by Congress’
Mumbai, Sept. 8 The large American business community would use its lobbying powers to ensure that the Indo-US nuclear deal is ratified by the US Congress in this session, said Mr Frank G. Wisner, Vice-Chairman, American International Group. ...
GEMS & JEWELLERY:
JDTI, Italian design firm tie-up
INFRASTRUCTURE:
MPSEZ: HC dismisses application
EVENTS:
Symposium on automation in food microbiology
Mumbai, Sept. 8 For the first time in India, a workshop and symposium on rapid methods and automation in microbiology has been organised. ...
EVENTS:
IIM-K finance meet discusses patterns in M&A deals
Kochi, Sept. 8 Mergers and acquisitions are a two-way process, with Indian giants like the Tatas acquiring global brands like Jaguar and Land Rover while global players like Daiichi acquires Ranbaxy, Mr Kamlesh Gandhi, Country Head, Investment ...
FOREIGN TRADE:
UK India Business Council opens Delhi office
To support and facilitate UK firms to do business here. The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) announced its presence in India with the opening of its office in New Delhi on Monday. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) also plans to open ...
POWER:
Kerala electricity regulator for continuing curbs on power supply
Will review situation before November. Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 8 The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has decided to continue with the restrictions on power supply already in force in the State, till further ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Recruiters convention discusses tomorrow’s people
Hyderabad, Sept. 8 The Orange World or ‘Small is beautiful’— companies breaking down into collaborative networks of smaller organisations — is the most likely scenario in the near future. Specialisation would be a key ...
POWER:
Tea Board embarks on an energy conservation project
UNDP, Board invest $1 m each to cut carbon emission. Coonoor, Sept 8 The Tea Board has embarked on a four-year project to help plantations conserve energy and cut energy consumption costs by at least 20 per cent. ...
ECONOMY:
Assocham looks to boost manufacturing growth
New Delhi, Sept. 8 With a slowdown in manufacturing sector, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry has recommended a series of measures to pull the growth upward to 15 per cent. ...
EDUCATION:
Server breakdown hits TOEFL tests
HEALTH:
Discussing health
NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY:
Kerala to become partner of REEEP
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 8 Kerala is set to become a permanent partner of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), an international movement for efficient use of renewable ...
INVESTMENTS:
We’ve learnt from Singur impasse, says Tripura CM
Kolkata, Sept 8 Wiser from the unpleasantness surrounding the Tata Motors’ Nano project at Singur in West Bengal, Tripura, the other Left-ruled State, has decided not to acquire agricultural land for industrial purposes, according to ...
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS:
Hindujas plan 250-bed hospital in Chennai
Chennai, Sept. 8 The Hinduja Group is planning to put up a Rs 300-crore, 250-bed hospital in ...
EVENTS:
ITPO, Codissia in pact to organise trade fairs
Coimbatore, Sept. 8 India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) has for the first time signed up with Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia), an industry association, to build the strength of both these organisations, ITPO ...
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