The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 04, 2003

Cement majors' despatches increase in September
THE quartet of cement majors has reported increased despatches for September, as compared to the despatches during the same month last year. . Larsen & Toubro has reported a 2.29 per cent increase to 8.9 lakh tonnes from 8.7 lakh tonnes. At ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Kalam calls for laws to facilitate cyber economy
"THE Indian judicial system has to gear up to the challenges of the cyber economy in the digital era and we need to design systems and laws that will be able to tackle such issues as we head towards the year 2020," the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul ... More

ECONOMY

`India among emerging powers in 21st century'
INDIA, China and Russia are the emerging powers in the 21st Century, according to Sir Rob Young, British High Commissioner to India. Delivering his valedictory lecture on "India and the UK: Reflections on a Modern Partnership" at the ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Study into weakening `chakara' occurrence in Kerala
`CHAKARA' or mud bank formations have become a rarity in Kerala and when sighted, they are of weak intensity and recur very infrequently. In earlier times, such mud bank formations were quite frequent, bringing rich and bounteous harvest to the ... More

Call for meeting to discuss CRZ implementation norms
DR V.S. ACHARYA, MLC and Vice-President of the State BJP, has demanded that a meeting of the MLAs and MLCs of the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada and the officials of the Ministry of Environment be held in ... More

HEALTH

Kalam urges scientists to develop combined vaccine
THE President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has urged scientists to develop a combination vaccine as there was a need to reduce the number of times a child is administered vaccines under the immunisation programme. He also said that developing an ... More

HOTELS

Hoteliers decry high incidence of tax
THE Hotel & Restaurant Association of Eastern India (HRAEI), affiliated to the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), is of the view that the tourism industry, of which hotels and restaurants form the most important ... More

TAXATION

National Tax Tribunal cleared
IN a slew of decisions, the Union Cabinet today approved setting up of a National Tax Tribunal, a commission to work out modalities for reservation for economically weaker sections, the auto fuel policy and a 24-hour television news channel by ... More

TECHNOLOGY

`Manufacturing lags in tech update'
WHILE companies around the world have made unprecedented levels of investment in technology, the Indian manufacturing sector has not kept pace in incorporating technology in its processes, Mr Vijay Kumar Janjua, Director, Department of Industrial ... More

SSI

`38 pc of small industry units staying closed'
AROUND 8.68 lakh small-scale industry units, constituting about 37.65 per cent of the total 23.5 lakh units in the country, have been found closed, according to the quick results of the third census of small-scale industries (SSIs). Among the ... More

WATER

Kinnerasani Reservoir is full to the brim
AFTER more than 30 years, the water level at the Kinnerasani Reservoir touched the designed full reservoir level (FRL) of 407 ft early this week, increasing the availability of water for both irrigation and power. The Andhra Pradesh Generation ... More

MANAGEMENT

`Performance evaluation vital for success'
IN today's business context, with the focus on performance increasing, businesses must have systems that strongly differentiate for performance so that the organisation's best performers get significant rewards, said Mr S. Gopalakrishnan, Chief ... More

New BMA chief
BANGALORE: Mr A.K. Saxena, Managing Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bangalore Complex, has been elected President of the Bangalore Management Association (BMA) for the year 2003-04. The association, which is celebrating its golden ... More

TERRORISM

AP: SIT to probe mine attack; heads roll
CONSTITUTION of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), a Commission of Enquiry, suspension and transfer of the Superintendent of Police (SP) and Collector of Chittoor district respectively, were a series of major decisions announced by the State ... More

Attack on CM condemned

EDUCATION

Shimla: Bishop Cotton school anniversary

GEMS & JEWELLERY

Canada emerging as diamond centre of N. America
IN 2004, two Canadian diamond mines — Ekati and Diavik — situated in the North West Territories (NWT) of Canada are expected to supply 12 per cent of the world total of $7.9 billion in 2004, equalling South Africa in diamond ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Bullion futures trading launched
THE Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Sharad Yadav, on Friday launched futures trading in gold and silver by the National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE). Speaking on the occasion, the Minister ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

PHDCCI plea on property tax evaluation in Delhi
THE PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has stressed the need for adopting a more reasonable area rate under the `Unit Area' method of property tax assessment. Responding to the suggestions invited by Municipal Corporation of Delhi on ... More

CEOs team to accompany PM to Indonesia
A DELEGATION of CEOs drawn from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will accompany the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on his five-day visit to Indonesia beginning on October 4. In a statement, the chamber has said that the ... More

DISINVESTMENT

IOC split among the three options mooted for sell-off
THE Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment (CCD) on Friday mooted an ingenious solution to the vexed issue of disinvestment of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, following the Supreme Court halting the ... More

SMALL SAVINGS

EPFO adalat session

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

KVIC to launch rural industry consultancy
IN a bid to guide the first generation entrepreneur, the Khadi and Village Industries Corporation (KVIC) is launching a `Rural Industry Consultancy Service' from next month. At a press conference here, the KVIC Chairman, Dr Mahesh Sharma, said ... More

EVENTS

Dredging seminar in Mumbai on Oct 7
THE Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), with its headquarters here, is holding a one-day technical seminar on October 7 in Mumbai at Hotel Oberoi and it is being organised in accordance with the memorandum of understanding reached between the ... More

TOURISM

Tourism Dept gears up for Afro-Asian Games in city
EVEN as the city is gearing up to host the upcoming Afro-Asian Games, scheduled to be held from October 24 to November 1, the Tourism Department is busy making arrangements to entertain the 4,000-odd delegates congregating from two ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Rs 15 lakh worth heroin seized at Thiruvananthapuram airport

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