The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Call to promote tea as health drink
REPRESENTATIVES of the tea industry from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India attending the four-week Commonwealth-sponsored programme for the Executives of the Commonwealth nations held in Coonoor under the aegis of the Plantation Management Academy ... More

No immediate plan to hike prices, says P&G
PROCTER and Gamble India said on Tuesday that it was not contemplating any more price initiatives immediately despite a steep rise in input costs. The company raised the price of Ariel and Tide detergent by 5-7 per cent for most SKUs (except ... More

IPR

`Patents Act will not lead to hike in drug prices'
THE Government has reiterated that the passing of the Patents (Third Amendment) Act 2005 will not lead to any hike in drug prices as there are enough safeguards in the legislation. The Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, in a message ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Surya Food bid to promote PriyaGold biscuits
SURYA Food & Agro Ltd, maker of PriyaGold brand of biscuits, has unveiled a contest titled PriyaGold Khaao Aur Khelo. According to the Chairman and Managing Director, Mr B.P. Agarwal, on every purchase of Rs 50 and above worth of ... More

Newport ropes in Saif Ali Khan
NEWPORT, a mass priced jeans from Arvind Brands Ltd, has roped in Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan as brand ambassador. It will soon break a new campaign revolving around the theme `Saif's Style Fundas'. "Indian youth are more fashion conscious ... More

Pune tour planners reinvent travel idiom
For an estimated Rs 2.50 lakh, the Khatus promise clients a 19-day holiday, which will take them across and beyond the Arctic Circle. More

PIRACY

Nigeria blacklists 11 Indian drug cos
THE bogey of a fake medicines has surfaced again, but this time, on Nigerian shores. Eleven Indian companies have been blacklisted by the Nigerian regulatory authority for the alleged supply of counterfeit drugs. However, the Indian ... More

Pharmexcil steps in for trouble-shooting
FOLLOWING the decision of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control of Nigeria (Nafdac) to place some Indian pharmaceutical companies on an `alert list of banned suppliers' for supply of counterfeit drugs to Nigeria, the ... More

OUTLOOK

Channel 7 hopes to reach 28 m homes in first month
DEDICATED to news and infotainment, `Channel 7' from the Dainik Jagran stable is hoping to reach out to 28 million households in the first month of operations. As part of this, it is also available on Zee's DTH platform Dish ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Bharti ties up with BSE for live quotes — Plans Rs 4,000-cr capex to be met mostly through internal accruals
BHARTI Tele-Ventures on Tuesday announced the launch of the country's first stock and portfolio tracker on the mobile in association with the Bombay Stock Exchange. The service named Airtel Portfolio Manager is made available nationally to both ... More

Reva launches new concept car
ELECTRIC carmaker Reva launched a new concept car, Reva-NXG, in Monaco on Monday. The Reva-NXG was launched by the Union Minister for Science & Technology, Mr Kapil Sibal. The new concept car is the result of a collaborative effort between RECC . More

Gemplus optic smart cards
MUMBAI: Gemplus International SA, a smart card solutions provider, has delivered over 1,00,000 GemSCOSTA optical smart cards to the Delhi Government in the first phase of India's vehicles registration card programme, according to a press ... More

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