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KERALA: Mixed performance by Kerala’s top five sectors
CII call to address lack of skilled manpower. Kochi, Nov. 18 The findings of the Industry Monitor Survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry Southern Region for April-September revealed that the top five industry sectors of Kerala ...

TAMIL NADU: TNEB seeks regulator nod to raise charges 4-fold for HT units
Also plans to levy three times the normal rates for excess energy consumed. Chennai, Nov. 18 The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board plans to charge four times the normal rates for high tension industrial and commercial consumers exceeding their quota ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Steps soon to boost coastal shipping, box cargo in eastern ports
Clear guidelines sought on private investment in ports. There is an urgent need to correct the imbalance between the western ports and the eastern ports with regard to container cargo and to develop coastal shipping, according to several experts ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Sanguine launches jewellery range
Sanguine Industries, Mumbai-based distributors of moissanite jewellery in the country, announced the launch of its exclusive brand Fiona in Hyderabad at Durga Jewels. Addressing a press conference here, Mr Parag Agrawal, Director, ...

WEST BENGAL: IIM, Calcutta plans financial lab
The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, will soon set up a Financial Trading and Research Laboratory to provide students analytic and model-building experience through access to real time national and international financial data. The ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: IT quiz competition at Badruka College
Bankatlal Badruka College for Information Technology will be organising a State-level annual inter-collegiate IT quiz – Abacus 2008 – on November 28 at its premises in Kachiguda here. The competition is open to all undergraduate ...

OTHER STATES: ‘IITF turning focus on B2B’
New Delhi, Nov 18 India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) is making a serious bid to convert its flagship global trade fair from a consumer-oriented thrust to a business-to-business (B2B) fair largely because Indian industry is maturing, ...

TAMIL NADU: Hotel industry seeks exemption from power cut
Following the directives from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) to hotels in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi, and Salem on imposing power cut, the South India Hotels and Restaurants Association has appealed to the State Power ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Paddy in 1.5 lakh ha affected in AP
Cotton crop also suffers. Hyderabad, Nov. 18 Paddy production in Andhra Pradesh is set to come down significantly this season with crop in 1.5 lakh hectares severely ...

KERALA: BEL to set up unit at Kinfra Hi-tech Park
Kochi, Nov. 18 Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is planning to set up a unit at Kinfra Hi-tech Industrial Park, Kalamassery, ...

KERALA: Free software training centre of C-DIT soon
The Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT), a State Government institution, in collaboration with Kerala State IT Mission, is setting up a Centre for Advanced Training in Free and Open Source Software (CATFOSS) at ITes ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Hitex sees more trade expos despite slowdown
Hyderabad, Nov. 18 Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Ltd (Hitex) is quite upbeat on attracting global expos to Hyderabad, despite the ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Stone to be laid for mega lift irrigation project today in AP
Hyderabad, Nov. 18 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, today announced that the foundation stone for one of the biggest lift irrigation projects in the country —Pranahitha-Chevella Srujala Sravanthi — ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: EU team visits Vizag fishing harbour
A team from the European Union visited the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour on Tuesday, as a part of its State tour to inspect the sanitation facilities and hygiene at the fishing harbours and ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: CII targets to cover 50 firms under HR audit
Hyderabad, Nov. 18 The Confederation of Indian Industry, Southern Region (CII-SR), is planning to rope in at least 50 companies for assessment under its human resource excellence model in the current ...

KERALA: Kerala builders seek VAT exemption
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 18 The Kerala Builders Association (KBA) has urged the State Government to fully exempt the construction sector from the purview of value-added ...

KARNATAKA: Captive beauties
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KERALA: Panel to go into effect of slowdown on tourism
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 18 Kerala Tourism will set up a committee to study the impact of the global economic slowdown on the State’s ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Small, medium units want moratorium
Visakhapatnam, Nov. 18 Small and medium enterprises, badly hit by the global economic recession, are in no position to pay back bank loans and, therefore, the banks should declare moratorium for a year, the Federation of Andhra Pradesh ...

MAHARASHTRA: KSH group sets up ICD at Talegaon
Pune, Nov. 18 The Pune-based KSH group has made a foray into the logistics infrastructure space and set up a modern inland container depot (ICD) at Talegaon. The company, which is engaged in manufacturing, auto parts servicing and ...

KARNATAKA: AI service to Bangalore
Bangalore, Nov. 18 Air India will reintroduce day-return flights between Bangalore and Chennai from Thursday, ...

GUJARAT: IIM-A workshop on e-governance projects from today
Ahmedabad, Nov. 18 The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad will conduct a two-day workshop on the impact of e-governance projects in collaboration with Department of Information Technology on November 19 ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Abhirama Krishna, Global Business Director, Satyam School of Leadership, Satyam Computer Services Ltd; Guru Nanak Engineering College, Department of Management Studies, Ibrahimpatnam
Hyderabad, Nov. 18 There is no unemployment problem in India. It is more of a problem of un-employability, feels Mr Abhirama Krishna, Global Business Director, Satyam School of Leadership, Satyam Computer ...

OTHER STATES: Ajoy Shah, Chief Product Manager, JK Tyre; Galgotias Business School, Greater Noida
Companies should monitor their brand constantly and evolve itself according to the consumers needs. The essence of a good brand lies in managing customer expectation even while keeping an eye on ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: BPA Tech opens centre in Vizag
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KERALA: Customs seizes contraband rice
Kochi Customs on Tuesday seized 54 tonnes of rice of a city-based company from the port here for declaring the consignment as coconut. Sources in the port said the company has violated the DGFT’s notification banning export of all ...

KERALA: IFFCO-TOKIO insurance scheme
IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Co Ltd has launched its Janata Bima Yojana micro-insurance policy in Kerala. The policy offers two types of coverage, property insurance cover and critical illness cover, with a sum of Rs 10,000 assured in both ...

KERALA: Thought process workshop
Mind Parlour, a Kochi-based human resource development company, is organising a 2-day workshop on a new concept, Thought Process Re-engineering, targeted at students, entrepreneurs and executives. Mr Sajeev Nair of Mind Parlour said the workshop ...






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