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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY POLLUTION Get tough with polluting units, Reddy tells PCB The Chief Minister, however, cautioned the officials not to harass the industry in the name of checking pollution. More LOTTERY Protest against lotteries ban THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Service organisations in the State have expressed themselves strongly against the ban imposed on lotteries by the State Government. A joint meeting of the organisations held here demanded the immediate withdrawal of ... More ECONOMY NCAER pegs GDP growth at 6.7% THE National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) foresees the gross domestic product (GDP) growth to be 6.6-6.7 per cent in 2004-05, against 8.2 per cent in 2003-04, taking due note of developments, internal and external, while revising ... More HEALTH Free hearing camps for senior citizens `SAY no to noise pollution' is the special theme for this year's fourth Rotary Day for the deaf, on January 30. In Mumbai, the day will be marked with free hearing-related camps for senior citizens above 50 years. Rotary International District ... More PSU Enterprises reforms panel to be stalled THE State Government has decided to suspend the functioning of Enterprises Reforms Committee (ERC), which was set up for restructuring the public sector undertakings. In his address to the State Assembly on Thursday, the Governor, Mr R.L. ... More PETROLEUM FICCI seeks level-playing field for Indian, foreign cos in oil and gas sector THE Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has underlined the need for a multi-pronged fiscal agenda to ensure a level playing field for Indian and foreign companies in the oil and gas upstream sector, both in terms of the ... More POWER PPA for Nagarjuna Power's Mangalore project cleared THE 1,015-MW inter-State Nagarjuna Power Project coming up in Mangalore has overcome all the development risk hurdles with the clearance of the revised power purchase agreement (PPA) by Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. The revised ... More
Resolve issues plaguing power sector: US cos EDUCATION Courses in foreign trade HYDERABAD: Badruka Institute of Foreign Trade (BIFT) is planning to start short-term courses in foreign trade to cater to the needs of the industry. "We will talk to corporates and industries to find their requirements and views on ... More SILK
NHDC opens `SilkFab' expo in HyderabadTHE National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC), a Government of India undertaking under the aegis of Ministry of Textiles, is organising a 15-day exhibition-cum-sale of reputed varieties of silk fabric products, `SilkFab-2005', at Satya Sai ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Kerala Science Congress to focus on medicinal plants THE 17th Kerala Science Congress will be held at the Kerala Forest Research Institute at Peechi in Thrissur district from January 29 to 31. Announcing this at a press conference in the city today, Dr A.E. Muthunayagam, Executive ... More PAINTS Paint industry adspend on TV up 44 pc CHENNAI: Asian Paints dominated television advertising by paint companies in 2004, as the category spends on TV ads grew 44 per cent over the previous year. The companies spent an estimated Rs 78 crore in 2004 on television ads, Rs 24 ... More DISINVESTMENT
Investment fund set up to park divestment proceeds UPA Govt unveils new policyWITHOUT ruffling feathers, the Congress-led UPA Government on Thursday unveiled its new disinvestment policy. It involves selling minority stakes in both listed and unlisted profitable public sector enterprises without ceding management ... More LABOUR REFORMS
Kerala to fix floor-level wages in all sectorsTHE State Government is planning to fix `floor-level minimum wages' for employment in all sectors. In his customary address to the State Assembly on Thursday marking the beginning of the Budget session, the Governor, Mr R.L. Bhatia, said this ... More EVENTS EXPORTS & IMPORTS India for talks with US on shrimp duties INDIA has asked for a consultation with the US in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) under the Dispute Settlement Mechanism regarding the anti-dumping duties imposed by Washington on shrimp imports from the country. India informed the WTO that ... More NATURAL CALAMITIES Karnataka Bank donates Rs 50 lakh to PM's Relief Fund THE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Karnataka Bank Ltd, Mr Anantakrishna, handed over a demand draft of Rs 50 lakh to the Chief Minister, Mr Dharam Singh, in Bangalore recently. A bank release said here on Thursday that this was bank's ... More
TOURISM Tourism award for The Park KOLKATA: The Park, Kolkata has been awarded the National Tourism Award for the year 2003-04 for outstanding performance as the Best Boutique Hotel in the country by the Department of Tourism, Government of India. The award was presented ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Jan. 16-Jan. 22 Indirect tax collections up 12.23% in April-Dec `India must stop harping on US-Pak ties' ICFAI B-school to allow students vend financial products Coal India ready to buy from captive mine owners `Controlling fiscal deficit is the biggest concern' Dr Raghuram G. Rajan, Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, IMF Cairn Energy to invest $200 m in developing new oil finds NHB to launch housing index FMCG unlikely to show value growth this year Saudi Aramco may partner IOC to build crude reserves ONGC to bid for refinery project in Equador Same drugs with multiple price prints? Extreme climates to extend to more areas, warns study Spices exports top 2.5-lakh-t target Gem, jewellery exports rise 38 pc Cruise cos scout for Indian staff `Molecular medicine next big opportunity' Agrochem industry answers Jammu call Exports under deferred payment deals to get advance licence benefits |
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