The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 02, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

COAL: Centre may auction captive coal blocks
Kolkata. Nov. 1 The Centre is planning to take the auction route to award the captive coal blocks to private ...

COAL: Clean coal tech gets leg-up from oil cos
New Delhi, Nov. 1 India’s move to adopt clean coal technologies is making steady progress through a collaborative effort, with Coal India Ltd (CIL) getting much-needed support from its counterparts in the oil sector — GAIL (India) ...

ECONOMY: Cost of State borrowings high despite hike in SLR
Low interest in State-owned securities. Bangalore, Nov. 1 The costs of State borrowings remained high despite the one percentage point hike in Statutory Liquidity ...

SOCIAL SECURITY: ‘Abhaya Hastham’ pension, insurance scheme launched
1.25 cr women to benefit; State celebrates its formation day. Hyderabad, Nov. 1 The Andhra Pradesh Government is committed to continue all schemes initiated by late Chief Minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy with efficient delivery mechanism, ...

ECONOMY: WTO-compliance, easing liquor licence rules help raise Goa revenue
Goa Government’s decision to become WTO-compliant by resorting to MRP-system for liquor taxation coupled with a major exercise to simplify the ‘licence raj’ and reduce the licence fees for different categories of liquor ...

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING: World Newspaper Congress from Nov 30
The city will be hosting World Newspaper Congress between November 30 and December 3. Mr Hormusji and Mr Pratap Pawar, President and Vice-President of Indian Newspaper Society, respectively called on Dr J. Geeta Reddy, Minister for Information ...

PETROLEUM: Russian hydrocarbon cos keen to partner GSPC
Ahmedabad, Nov. 1 Russian hydrocarbon companies, including Gazprom, have evinced interest in working with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPC) and other sectoral entities in India ...

EDUCATION: C.N.R. Rao laments fetish for low-end engineering courses
One of India’s best-known scientists, Prof C.N.R. Rao, has lamented the trend among the brightest talent in the country to seek out engineering courses merely to serve the needs of low-level technology and ...

ECONOMY: India, along with Asia, will re-emerge after crisis: Y.V. Reddy
India, along with Asia will “re-emerge” as a major player in the aftermath of current global financial crisis, according to Dr Y.V. Reddy, former governor of Reserve Bank ...

STEEL: Miners’ strike may hit steel production
Kolkata, Nov. 1 The production in public sector steel plants may be hit in the next few days due to poor availability of iron ore, according to a statement issued by the Steel Workers’ Federation of ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Godrej’s residential project in Kolkata
Mumbai, Nov. 1 Godrej Properties has launched its first residential project in Kolkata. The project in Sodepur has both rail and road connectivity and advantages such as schools, hospitals and educational institutions in close proximity, ...

EVENTS: Thumbs-up to Malayalam
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MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS: Apollo Group launches knee clinics
Hyderabad, Nov. 1 Apollo Group of Hospitals launched exclusive knee clinics on ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Tie-up for courses on oil field jobs
Kochi, Nov. 1 The Kochi-based Rig Tech Oil Field Training Centre has tied up with Yennai Hydro Carbon Services Pvt Ltd, Rajasthan, to offer courses on oil ...

EDUCATION: K Ramakrishnan, Country Head (Marketing), Lenovo India; EBET Group of Institutions
“Management education is like a jig-saw puzzle with gaps here and there. It is non-linear, has no sequence and is unlike any other stream of education,” Mr K. Ramakrishnan, Country Head (Marketing), Lenovo ...

EDUCATION: VJIM convocation today
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management (VJIM) is conducting its 15th convocation at its campus in Bachupally near here on November 2. On the occasion, post-graudate diplomas would be conferred on the management students. Ms Meher ...

EVENTS: Stress on managerial ability
The key factors of the global economy such as finance, human resource, political architecture and global trade are interwoven in exerting stabilising influence and every entrepreneur should look at the discontinuity of any action before ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Vijayshanthi Builders’ Faber Hills
The Chennai-based Vijayshanthi Builders unveiled recently its project of Faber Hills in the foot hills of Yercaud near Salem. Constructed on 19 acres at Kondappanaikanpatti village near Golden Gate School, the project consists of 99 ...

EVENTS: Seminar at Albertian Institute
A two-day seminar on ‘India 2050 : Vision and Strategy’ was inaugurated by Mr Suresh Joseph, General Manager, DP World, at the Albertian Institute of Management, a unit of St. Albert’s College, Ernakulam. Mr Joseph stressed ...