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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY EXCISE AND CUSTOMS: 24% fall in indirect tax revenues worries Govt Effect of lower imports and sharp fall in excise collections. New Delhi, Nov. 4 With revenues from indirect taxes recording a 24 per cent decline in the first-half of the current fiscal, the Centre is now betting on economic growth in the ... EMPLOYMENT: Unfinished job There is something rather strange about the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). By the Union Labour Ministry’s own admission, it generates employment of fewer than 40 days per household, much less than the legal entitlement ... PSU: State Govt shuts down Karnataka Agro Corn PSU was supplying energy food to anganwadis in the State. Chitradurga, Nov. 4 The Karnataka Government has ordered the closure of the nearly four-decade-old Karnataka Agro Corn Products Ltd Company, which supplies energy food to Anganwadi ... COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Legal fraternity divided over Mr Justice Raveendran’s move New Delhi, Nov. 4 The decision of Supreme Court judge Mr Justice R.V. Raveendran to withdraw from hearing the Ambani brothers’ gas row on moral grounds on Wednesday sparked off a similar ... EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Sharma sees positive export growth in last quarter Ministry to conduct survey to judge effectiveness of export sops. New Delhi, Nov 4 Even as the country’s export growth has been declining for the twelfth month in a row till September, the Government is confident of seeing a turnaround in ... PAINTS: Growing paints Paint companies turned up the pitch during the festival season and reaped rich rewards.. It has been a happy Diwali for most businesses, thanks to increased consumer demand. The same holds true for paints and emulsion paints manufacturers who ... EVENTS: Tata Steel to run Corus facilities at full capacity by year-end Demand in Europe picking up, says company. New Delhi, Nov.4 Tata Steel is set to ramp up the capacity use of its European operations under Corus to 100 per cent by the end of this fiscal. This was stated by the Tata Steel Vice-Chairman, Mr B. ... COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: State Govt has powers to recover workmen’s dues from employers: Court The Tamil Nadu Government could grant a certificate under Section 33©(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act to a workman for amounts due from his employer, enabling the authorities to recover the said amount from the employer as arrears of ... PETROLEUM: Fuel consumption up marginally in Sept Domestic fuel consumption saw a marginal growth of 0.8 per cent in September, the lowest since May. This was mainly due to lower demand for naphtha. According to the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), oil product sales were 10.697 ... FOREIGN TRADE: Indo-Swedish eco, defence pacts India and Sweden are likely to exchange of understanding (MoUs) on environment cooperation and defence on Thursday, the Swedish Ambassador to India, Mr Lars-Olof Lindgren, has said. The Swedish Prime Minister, Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt, and the ... EVENTS: 2-day international IEEE conference Tamilnadu College of Engineering has joined hands with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to conduct the two-day international IEEE Conference in December 2010. The college would be organising the 2010 IEEE ... HEALTH: AP revamping Health Works Dept The Andhra Pradesh Government is working on a comprehensive human resources policy to revamp the way the Department of Health Works. Mr K. Rosaiah, Chief Minister, said the revamp was necessitated to effectively tackle the spread of diseases such ... EVENTS: Tackling terror The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, flanked by the Minister of Tribal Affairs, Mr Kanti Lal Bhuria (left), and the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, at the Conference of Chief Ministers ... ECONOMY: IT sector is a major contributor to quality of life in Kerala: Study The information technology sector has contributed to the quality of life across all sections of society in Kerala with its huge employment potential for the educated ... EDUCATION: Dell to connect classrooms digitally In talks with schools, universities. Pune, Nov.4 Technology and services provider Dell India is set to launch a service to digitally connect classrooms across the country and enable the use of technology to deliver quality ... CONSUMER ELECTRONICS: Consumer durables: Sales growth accelerates Even as most of India Inc has struggled to match its sales growth of last year, consumer durable makers have managed to do ... STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: Underwriters Lab to test new markets with TTC buy Bangalore, Nov. 4 India’s growth story has enabled Underwriters Laboratories chart a 40 per cent growth in its product safety and certification business that has seen new portfolios such as water, renewable energy and now plastics ... PETROLEUM: Cairn inks pact with RIL for crude supply New Delhi, Nov. 4 Cairn India has reached initial agreement for crude supplies from the Mangala field in Barmer, Rajasthan, to private sector refiner Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). Official sources told Business Line ...
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ONGC close to resolving logistics block on Tripura project
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