The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 01, 2004

CLIMATE & WEATHER
MET SIGNS
Summer rains have satisfactory run in Kerala
The summer rain had a mostly satisfactory run through the two-month season beginning March 1 in Kerala, according to the Agromet Advisory dated April 29 issued by the Met Office, Thiruvananthapuram. The season's ... More

INVESTMENTS
Single investor must have control over ARCs: Report
`Investments by independent investors have been a key driver of success for the structure for asset reconstruction in other countries.' More

AWARDS & HONOURS
Award for coir institute product
THE National Research Development Corporation under the Ministry of Science and Technology has conferred an award on Coir Board's Central Coir Research Institute for the development of an improved mild steel handloom, Anugraha, for weaving coir ... More

Sami Labs chief among Ellis Island Medal winners
DR Muhammed Majeed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New Jersey-based Sabinsa Corporation, is among the four Indian Americans to have been selected by the US-based National Ethnic coalition of Organisations (Neco) to receive the Ellis ... More

ECONOMY
New Govt must take up fiscal deficit, reforms seriously
IN less than a fortnight, the country will have a new Government after the completion of all phases of polling for the 14th Lok Sabha. Both in the fiscal year 2003-04 and in the current one, the mid-point of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, economic ... More

ENVIRONMENT
`Pesticides exposure can affect mental development of kids': Greenpeace India
The study, which was carried out from April to December last year, covered 18 villages in six cotton-growing States — Gujarat, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. More

Ragpickers, NGOs to help collect household plastic waste
THE Indian Plastics Federation (IPF) has finalised the blueprint for a proposal to collect and dispose plastic waste from households. A similar programme is already in operation in Mumbai, Pune and Delhi. The proposal, which has been submitted ... More

Meet highlights steps to combat pollution problem in Vizag
POLLUTION — vehicular, industrial and of other types such as the one caused bio-medical wastes — is on the rise in Visakhapatnam city limits and in the vicinity and urgent remedial steps are called for to arrest it, according to ... More

HEALTH
`Changes in lifestyle necessary to control health disorders'
KASTURBA Medical College (KMC) Hospital at Attavar in Mangalore has come out with a concept clinic, "Lifestyle Modification Clinic", to control health disorders related to poor lifestyle. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, the Chief ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
IL&FS invites Exim Bank, HUDCO to pick stake in MiSEZ
IL&FS would invest Rs 20 crore in MiSEZ towards project development. It also plans to promote a real estate mutual fund that would participate in the equity capital of MiSEZ. More

`Top priority to infrastructure must'
THE US Ambassador to India, Dr David Mulford, on Friday said that India would need to look at various issues, including the question of sectoral cap on foreign direct investment (FDI), development of infrastructure such as ports, roads and ... More

POWER

Mescom office shifted

SSI
`Wire products units on the verge of closure'
THE wire products manufacturing units in and around Madurai, using mild steel wire rods as basic raw material, are on the verge of closure as they are forced to procure their requirements from steel traders paying higher prices, instead of ... More

TRAVEL & PLACES
Olympics is just not cricket for Indians!
GRANTED that 2004 is the centenary year of the Olympics. And it is returning to Greece, the historic country where it all began 100 years ago. Despite this, the Indian traveller is not much enthused. After all, it's not cricket. Although the ... More

WATER
Industries in Manali may opt for desalination plants
AS water supply situation tightens, industrial units in Manali north of Chennai are looking to alternatives to piped water and tanker lorry supplies. The State Government and the Metrowater, bowing to contingency, are considering permission to ... More

EDUCATION
IIITM-K course on Computers in Radiology
THE Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) will be conducting a one-day course on "Computers in Radiology" (RAD - INFO2004) on May 9. Announcing this, an IIITM-K spokesman said here that the course was aimed ... More

Fair & Lovely scholarship for Project Saraswati

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Auto parts sector moves in top gear on higher vehicle sales
THE combination of a spurt in vehicle sales and increased sourcing of components from India last fiscal has had the domestic auto components industry cruising along at top speed. While domestic production jumped by 20 per cent to Rs 30,640 ... More

BEVERAGES
Pepsi, Coke in the dock again — And this time it's Aspartame
COCA-COLA, PepsiCo and a whole bunch of other big companies are in the dock again, this time around because of their use of the artificial sweetener, aspartame. It all started with a Miami longshoreman, Mr Bartimous ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Shriram Propcare offers consultancy, transaction services
WALK the BPO way and you can never go wrong is the country's mantra for success. Following the transport, security, catering, education and recruitment industry's path, is the country's realty industry. And in an innovative move, Shriram ... More

Chasing the skyline on its way up in Chennai
THEIR business has grown and changed with the city's skyline. Appaswamy Real Estate Ltd, which started in 1959, is today a Rs100-crore company and a leading player in the real estate market in Chennai. Mr Ravi Appasamy, Director, Appaswamy Real ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
CII sets up call centre to increase voter awareness
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is doing its bit to encourage voters to exercise their franchise. In Chennai, the organisation has set up a call centre, five touch-screen kiosks in important post offices and put up banners and posters ... More

PACKAGING
Govt working on warning tags for cigarette packs
IF catchy jingles and attractive taglines are a strict no-no for tobacco companies from May 1, there could be some more news. The companies may have to change the designs on their packs to include the skull-and-bones signage and other warning ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SISI to conduct Entrepreneurship programme in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The Small Industries Service Institute (SISI), Hyderabad, is organising a month-long Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) on "DTP & Screen Printing", from June 1-30 for the benefit of educated unemployed youth. The ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
IICT plans to get GLP recognition
THE Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) is planning to go for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) accreditation for its animal house facility as per the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) guidelines. This will ... More