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ELECTRONICS


Global electronics exhibition in Mumbai
ELECRAMA - 2006, an international exhibition of industrial electronics in Asia and Africa, will be held in Mumbai from January 18 to 22. A mascot called IEEMA has been created to promote the event. A thousand companies are expected to ... More

FOREIGN TRADE


`Speed up SAARC energy sector reform'
TRADE between India and Pakistan could grow to as much as $6-10 billion a year with a liberal trade regime, said Mr Praful Patel, Vice-President-South Asia, World Bank. In order to benefit from regional trade, SAARC nations would have to ... More

PETROLEUM


Behuria discusses investment proposals with Bengal CM
INDIAN Oil Corporation (IOC) on Saturday discussed prospective investment opportunities in upstream and downstream petrochemicals sector at Haldia in West Bengal. The company had previously offered to invest Rs 5,000 crore in Haldia ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


Uniform retail drug prices across country by year-end: Paswan
THE Government has initiated steps to ensure that the maximum retail price (MRP) of drugs, as printed on the packets, are "inclusive of all taxes" as against the present practice of "local taxes extra." This would eventually lead to uniform drug ... More

POWER


PowerGrid in talks with pvt cos for transmission biz
A SLEW of private sector players including Reliance Energy, Essar Power Ltd and Jaiprakash Associates Ltd could be in line to mark an entry into the power transmission business. State-owned transmission major, Power Grid Corporation of India ... More

STEEL


Aggressive China, CIS drag down steel rates
NOVEMBER and December may be a desperate couple of months for commodity hot-rolled coil suppliers to the international markets. Increasingly aggressive prices from CIS and Chinese mills are dragging down prices from higher-quality mills in ... More

TAXATION


Shipping cos yet to ride out `service tax' storm
The companies now have less than two weeks to convince the DGST to withdraw the summons, failing which they will have to comply with the directive of the tax authorities. More

TRAVEL & PLACES


It's 1 in 3: India score in L visas
INDIA cornered 32.4 per cent of the total 1,22,981 intra-company transfer visas (L visas) issued by the US in the financial year ended September 2005, followed by Great Britain and Japan. "The country sending the most intra-company transfers ... More

METALS


Mettle only in frontline metal stocks now
SPURRED by bullish forecasts from global investors such as Marc Faber and Jim Rogers, commodities and commodity stocks have become the hot new investment destination for those seeking to diversify their portfolio. ... More

MINING & QUARRYING


Panel to study feasibility of steel, mining PSU mergers
THE Government is considering merger of three mining companies, namely Kudremukh Iron and Steel Company (KIOCL), Manganese Ore India Ltd (MOIL) and National Mineral Development Corporation. Another proposal is to merge Steel Authority of India ... More

WTO


Left parties meet Kamal Nath on WTO
THE Left parties met the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr Kamal Nath, on Saturday and discussed matters relating to the Hong Kong Ministerial meet next month of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Left parties said India's role ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS


Govt extends operation of export promotion schemes to new areas
THE Government has extended the applicability of various export promotion schemes to the Lucknow (Amausi) airport, Inland Container Depots (ICDs) at Kundli, Bhadohi and Raipur, Land Customs Stations (LCS) at Nepalganj Road, Agartala and ... More



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