The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 24, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

POWER: 3 PSUs to form joint venture for export of nuclear reactors
Chennai, Oct. 23 Three public sector companies have decided to set up a joint venture for the export of nuclear ...

PETROLEUM: Fuel for large aircraft may be ‘declared goods’
Move to attract uniform sales tax of 3%. New Delhi, Oct. 23 The Government may provide ‘declared goods’ status to aviation turbine fuel (ATF) being sold to Boeing and Airbus aircraft being operated by domestic carriers, thereby ...

PETROLEUM: Rupee dip to have mixed impact on gas cos
Kolkata, Oct. 23 Rupee depreciation has left a mixed impact on the gas industry. While producers of dollar denominated non-APM gas witness an unexpected increase in their revenues, city gas distribution (CGD) companies procuring LNG or ...

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: The light of hope
The potter community in Chhattisgarh faces many challenges including threat from designer lamps and lack of clay. Yet they believe that this ancestral business will keep their hearths burning.. Ethnic and designer wear are the buzzwords today, ...

CREDIT RATING: KSIDC introduces credit rating for projects
Special package announced for tourism projects. The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has introduced a credit rating mechanism for ...

SSI: CII moots 200% weighted deduction on research fund for SMEs
‘Private sector can contribute voluntarily and get deduction’. Hyderabad, Oct. 23 The Confederation of Indian Industry in its pre-Budget memorandum for the Union Budget 2009-10 has recommended provision of 200 per cent weighted ...

POWER: ‘Power PSU issues only after markets stabilise’
New Delhi, Oct. 23 The Government will consider the follow-on public issue for thermal power major NTPC Ltd and the proposed initial public offering for state-owned hydro power firm NHPC Ltd as and when the market conditions ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Radha Realty unveils Rs 12-cr luxury home
Hyderabad, Oct. 23 A four-storeyed home with a built up area of 11,800 sq. ft, five-bedrooms, a private swimming pool, private elevator, five car parking spaces, a designer home entertainment room and accommodation for up to eight ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Nuclear scientist dead
Noted metallurgist and nuclear scientist, Dr N. Kondal Rao passed away on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 84 and survived by wife and three sons. Dr Rao, who was personally picked by Dr Homi Bhabha for the Atomic Energy Department in ...

HOTELS: ‘Accent now on budget hotel sector’
Bangalore, Oct. 23 There is a shift of focus in the hospitality sector, and the accent now is clearly on the budget segment. Hoteliers now feel that the budget and economy segment is resilient to what happens in the market and ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Lunar impact: Big business may take time
Bangalore, Oct. 23 Will Chandrayaan-1 fetch some more and bigger business ...

EVENTS: ITPO to organise two new expos from this year
Hyderabad, Oct. 23 The India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) will be organising two new exhibitions this year – Envirotech 08 and Energy Tech 08 – from December 14 to 17 in ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘Professionals must keep honing skills in respective field’
Chennai, Oct. 23 Budding professionals should not expect promotions in a short time and hop jobs for meagre gains. Instead, they must keep honing their skills in their respective field of expertise so that better opportunities dawn on them at ...

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY: Tirupur exporters seek removal of energy consumption ceiling
The Tirupur Exporters’ Association has appealed to the State Government to remove the ceiling on energy consumption for ...

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: ISRO starts raising mooncraft orbit
Bangalore, Oct. 23 The day-old lunar craft Chandrayaan-1 is doing well in its early orbit and all systems onboard are functioning normally, ISRO ...

FOREIGN TRADE: India, Nepal resolve to reinforce trade ties
New Delhi, Oct. 23 India and Nepal have resolved to work towards reinforcing bilateral economic ties with a view to help generate employment opportunities and enhance industrialisation ...

EVENTS: SAARC level meet on architecture
Chennai, Oct. 23 Zak Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd, a leading exhibition and event managers in the country, has teamed up with the National Association of Students of Architecture to organise a SAARC level convention for ...

URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Task force on the cards for Mangalore city
Mangalore, Oct. 23 Nirmala Mangalore Task Force with representatives from non-governmental organisations and citizens will be formed for the overall development of ...

EVENTS: Seminar on crime and terrorism
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PETROLEUM: Fuel price revision will depend on OPEC decision
New Delhi, Oct. 23 All eyes are on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meet slated for Friday, as any decision on revision of domestic retail selling price of auto fuels and domestic LPG would depend on what ...

EVENTS: Mr Vikram Srinivas, Member - Transaction Services, KPMG India: Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai
Chennai, Oct. 23 Inorganic growth strategies of leading corporates are the key to exploiting market power and economies of scale, said Mr Vikram Srinivas, Member – Transaction Services, KPMG ...