The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, March 21, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

WATER: Water woes
It is a paradox that the world is inexorably moving towards an era of water shortage despite water constituting three-fourths of the earth’s surface. Together with climate change, emerging water scarcity, it is increasingly believed, has ...

HEALTH: Kuttanad region in the grip of waterborne diseases
Rat fever, hepatitis and typhoid virulent. High incidence of waterborne diseases in Kerala’s Kuttanad region does not seem to have caught the attention of ...

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY: Tirupur’s effluent treatment issue goes to apex court
Dyers seek speedy action by TNPCB on new plants. Coimbatore, March 20 The impasse over the operation of the newly established Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) in the Tirupur knitwear cluster seems to continue with the matter being ...

INCOME TAX: New tax rule to usher in clarity on TDS credit
Procedure spelt out for persons other than deductees to avail TDS credit. New Delhi, March 20 Tax deducted at source (TDS) credit can now be availed by persons other than the deductees. This has been clearly articulated by the Central Board of ...

PSU: Shipping Ministry to seek over Rs 1,000 cr from Defence
For transferring control and assets of Hindustan Shipyard. New Delhi, March 20 The Shipping Ministry plans to seek around Rs 1,000-1,500 crore from the Defence Ministry for transferring the administrative control and assets of Hindustan Shipyard ...

TAXATION: Direct tax collections up
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WATER: Ground water pollution in Chennai above BIS limits
Heavy toxic metals content in industrial areas: Study. Chennai, March 20 The ground water in areas around Chennai such as Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chrompet and Manali have large content of toxic heavy metals many times exceeding the Bureau of ...

TYRES: ‘Tyre imports threatening rubber market’
Rubber Board chief seeks measures to curb shipments from China. Kottayam, March 20 Apart from demand-supply relations, factors such as crude oil prices, futures trading, and weather changes control the rubber market. Now, one more threat most ...

EMPLOYMENT: 228 offers for IIM-K students
Braving the global recession, the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode has bagged a total of 228 offers for its current batch of 185 students. The largest batch from the Institute has offers from an array of financial and ...

GENDER: Women’s groups set agenda for political parties
New Delhi, March 20 One of the many things the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance government promised was the enactment of 33 per cent reservations for women in Parliament and State Legislative ...

ECONOMY: Unctad stresses on monitoring of financial instruments
Proponents of financial deregulation or financial market liberalisation may not relish the key finding of the latest UN report which concluded that “a sustained process of financial deregulation — within countries and ...

BIO-TECH & GENETICS: Govt moots innovative funding for biotech, pharma sectors
Mumbai, March 20 Innovative funding is the latest buzzword for Government arms like the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) that are looking to bolster research and make India a destination ...

ECONOMY: Dabur to go slow on retail biz
Mumbai, March 20 FMCG major Dabur India will be going slow on expansion of its retail business in the wake of a decrease ...

COAL: Fuel supply issue may be resolved today
The long standing impasse over signing of fuel supply agreement (FSA) between the power sector and Coal India Ltd may be resolved ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: BSCPL Infra to launch township in Chennai
Chennai, March 20 BSCPL Infrastructure Ltd is launching its first residential project in ...

ECONOMY: Ashok Leyland’s cost-cutting initiatives yield Rs 1.67 crore
Chennai, March 20 The slowdown is creating opportunity for companies and employees to do things differently, especially when it comes ...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: FIPB turns down ICP’s plea to buy shares in Umang Realtech
New Delhi, March 20 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has once again turned down a proposal by ICP Investments, Mauritius, to acquire the shares held by 2i Capital, Mauritius, in Umang ...

POWER: ‘Power sector set to meet capacity addition targets’
New Delhi, March 20 The Power Secretary, Mr V.S. Sampath, said on Friday that the domestic power sector was geared to meet the annual capacity addition ...

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS: Soya oil duty waiver raises doubts; windfall gains for some traders
Mumbai, March 20 Should a bureaucrat or for that matter a Minister jump the gun to announce changes in customs tariffs? What is the sanctity of such announcements when not backed in good time by an official notification from the ...

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS: CREMA campus in Hyderabad
The Clinical Research Education and Management Academy (CREMA) has opened its campus here. The Mumbai-based institute would offer three part-time post graduate diploma programmes in clinical research, pharmaco-vigilance and clinical data ...

TOURISM: Global tourism award for Sikkim
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HEALTH: `Slow Food' team to visit Kerala
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MANAGEMENT: Management award
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Columnists: • B Venkatesh • C Gopinath • Bhanoji Rao • P.V. Indiresan