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FERTILISERS: Reliance set to ink pact with fertiliser cos for KG block gas
New Delhi, March 22 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is set to sign gas sale and purchase agreement (GSPA) with the identified urea plants sometime next ...

EDUCATION: Tech professionals turn to teaching
WHEN CHIPS ARE DOWN. Bangalore, March 22 The shrinking moolah has prompted technology professionals to switch to ...

TYRES: Revolutions in wheels and tyres
Wheels India, a TVS group company, worked closely with Tata Motors in developing the wheels for the Nano, challenging a number of assumptions along ...

NRIS: Builders wooing NRI buyers
Pitch affordable realty prices, discounts back home. New Delhi, March 22 The global property meltdown may have cast a shadow on foreign roadshows by Indian developers over the last few quarters. But some builders are now going all out to woo ...

ECONOMY: When prices retreat
Wonders never cease, even in a downturn. Barely six months ago, the annual Wholesale Price Index-based inflation rate had scampered to 12 per cent with the index for iron and steel recording a rise of 30 per cent; primary articles climbed 11 ...

LINGUISTICS: ‘I get what you are saying’
This service helps Americans understand the English spoken by Indian partners.. Ah, the vagaries of the English language! Sometimes it seems you have to eat a dictionary before you can even think of improving vocabulary. For all those who grew ...

GRANITE & MARBLE: Granite industry seeks fiscal relief to survive recession
‘Service tax on agents’ commission erodes competitive pricing’. Chennai, March. 22 The Indian granite and natural stone industry is in dire straits. With its major market - the US - badly hit by recession, the industry is ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: For the HR manager
First Advantage says it offers a candidate background screening service.. It’s easy to hate the HR department in your company. But recruitment is an onerous process. Checking out and getting together a pool of work-ready employees ...

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS: Re-tuning the engine components
Bangalore, March 22 Bosch began work on the Tata Motors’ Nano project in 2004, with a simple brief: Components should be low cost, adhere to regulatory requirements and achieve performance targets such as fuel efficiency and ...

PHARMACEUTICALS: Drug makers get ready to work on vaccine for cervical cancer
Indian pharma companies plan for more. Mumbai, March 22 Domestic drug makers Emcure, Serum Institute and Shantha Biotec have initiated efforts towards developing vaccines against cervical ...

CARS: Fiat watching it with interest
Mumbai, March 22 As Tata Motors gears up for the Nano launch, its joint venture partner, Fiat ,will be monitoring the progress of the car with great ...

TOURISM: Houseboat operators in dire straits
Global recession takes the wind out of their sails. Houseboat operators in Kerala are feeling the pinch of the global economic slowdown with a 40 per cent decline in their business this ...

CARS: A turning point for the car industry
Mumbai, March 22 One man did not join the sceptics when Mr Ratan Tata made public his intention to manufacture a people’s car costing Rs 1-lakh. Mr Carlos Ghosn, Chief Executive Officer of Renault and Nissan, sat up and took notice ...

EMPLOYMENT: ISB Dean sees new trends in recruitment
B-school to teach more subjects on Mohali campus. Large recruiters may be going for smaller numbers in campus recruitment but there are more recruiters now, says Mr Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of ...

ECONOMY: ‘India’s response to slowdown seems misdirected, may stoke inflation’
Hyderabad, March 22 India’s policy response to the economic slowdown “seems misdirected and could end up stoking inflation,” according to Prof T.N. Srinivasan, Professor of Economics, Yale University and Visiting ...

HEALTH: ‘Youth falling prey to cardio vascular disease’
Call for multi-dimensional approach to prevention. Hyderabad, March 22 It is not just the Government that needs to take action to prevent cardio vascular diseases (CVDs). A multi-dimensional approach is required as the magnitude of the problem ...

EDUCATION: Vimta Labs in pact for Ph.D. programme
Vimta Labs Ltd has tied up with Deakin University, Victoria, Australia to offer Ph.D programme for post-graduates in biology, chemistry, biotechnology and other relevant areas. During the four-year programme, the research scholars would also ...

CARS: A new story in every component
Two-wheeler parts inspire instrument cluster module. Pune, March 22 If you went hunting for the key materials on which the world’s cheapest car is built, the most prominent would be intangible. That is the confidence of Team Nano that ...

COAL: Coal India eyeing one more block in Mozambique
Kolkata, March 22 Coal India Ltd is eyeing one more block in Mozambique, this time through International Coal Ventures Ltd ...

CARS: Softening raw material prices smooth the ride
Mumbai, March 22 Unveiling the Nano at the Delhi Auto Expo last year, Tata Motors Chairman, Mr Ratan Tata, had warned of the consequences of inflation and rising raw material costs on the price tag of Rs 1 lakh (ex-factory ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Dunlop workers opt for conciliation
Chennai, March 22 The Dunlop Factory Employees Union and the management are to go for a State Government-mediated conciliation to arrive at a ...

TOURISM: Cruising in
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GENDER: For the girl child
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CARS: Cutting on costs, not technology
New Delhi, March 22 “We are very excited about the car getting launched. Though it is a low-cost car, there has been no compromise on technology. This is for the first time we supplied aluminum engine blocks. This helps to reduce ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: ‘Stimulus package may boost MSMEs’
New Delhi, March 22 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) claims the first stimulus packages announced by the Government will have a beneficial impact for the Micro, Small & Medium ...

HEALTH: ‘Surgery can cure backbone disorders’
Hyderabad, March 22 Minimally invasive spinal surgery can give relief from spinal disorders such as slipping of the backbone and spinal stenosis, according to Dr Manas K. Panigrahi, Professor of Neurosurgery, Nizams Institute of ...

EDUCATION: Latha Rajan, Director, Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd; Stella Maris College, Chennai
Chennai, March 22 The new generation of CEOs have to be quick to understand what is required and adapt to change. They should be at home in an unpredictable work environment and be good people managers given that 60 per cent of all ...

EDUCATION: Abacus training centres
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EDUCATION: Safety management college
S afety Technical Service Co Ltd, Oman, has opened a Safety Management College in Kanjoor near Kochi to impart training in fire fighting, health and safety training, underwater diving, security training, welding fabrication etc required for ...

EDUCATION: IcfaiTech's B.Tech programme
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Columnists: B Venkatesh C Gopinath Bhanoji Rao P.V. Indiresan




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