The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, July 19, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

TERRORISM: Clinton builds on commonalities
Mumbai, July 18 The images were striking, as the US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton, sat at the round table, flanked by Mr Ratan Tata and Mr Mukesh Ambani, at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Expanding serviced apartments
Enkay Condominiums, a part of the Enkay group based in Delhi, has announced plans to expand its chain of serviced ...

EVENTS: She came, she saw, she conquered
A four-line e-mail from Mr Ratan Tata invited us to meet the US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Housing for industrial workers
Industrial estates promoted by the Tamil Nadu Government will, from now on, include social infrastructure as an integral part, with facilities for housing, education and healthcare, says a senior ...

GOLD & SILVER: Falling gold yields pose technical challenges
Recently in Johannesburg Global gold production has been on a decline over the last six years, as extracting the precious metal from greater depths becomes costlier and more difficult, said Mr Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive Officer, ...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: Good returns, key to attract project funds
Hyderabad, July 18 Foreign direct investment (FDI) will flow into infrastructure, particularly roads, if the project finance is made attractive ensuring good returns, Mr J. P. Nayak, President, Operations, Larsen & Toubro, has ...

ENVIRONMENT: Ministry wants Centre to pay for upkeep of sewage plants along rivers
New Delhi, July 18 The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests wants the Centre, instead of the urban local bodies, to pick up entirely the operation and maintenance (O&M) cost of the sewage treatment plants along major national ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Indian goods to head for new shores
New Delhi, July 18 The concerns of exporters and trade bodies will be looked into while formulating the Foreign Trade Policy next month. The Government will also focus on diversifying the country’s merchandise exports to untapped ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Big rise in RHFL’s loan offtake
The Chennai-based Repco Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) has registered significant growth in home loan offtake during the first quarter of the ...

EDUCATION: PanIIT submits five-point action plan to reform higher education
New Delhi, July 18 The PanIIT Alumni team, led by its Chairman, Mr Ashank Desai, has submitted to the President, a ‘whitepaper’ outlining a five-point agenda for reforms in higher education. It has set an ambitious target for ...

INCOME TAX: CBDT rules to address anonymous donations to electoral trusts
New Delhi, July 18 The Centre plans to address the issue of taxation of anonymous donations to electoral trusts in the rules to be framed for such trusts by the ...

COAL: CIL’s social initiative precedes coal concession deal in Mozambique
Pre-bid meet tomorrow to develop closed mines. Kolkata, July 18 As a first step towards securing exploration and development rights in two coal blocks in Mozambique, Coal India Ltd will shortly initiate social development programmes ...

EVENTS: Weekly news round up
Tata Consultancy Services beat market expectations with a 19-per cent rise in the net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2009 in spite of the challenging macro economic conditions. This was achieved mainly through growth in key ...

BUDGET: Budget lacks in allotments for women-centric schemes
New Delhi, July 18 “The Budget 2009-10 is a step backward as compared to last year’s progressive Budget which reminded India of women’s fundamental right to an equal share in all programmes and schemes,” ...

Columnists: • B Venkatesh • C Gopinath • Bhanoji Rao • P.V. Indiresan