Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, January 21, 2006
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER 
Cold spell to extend for another day, fog forecastMERCURY has dropped by two to four degrees Celsius in the north and the northwest during the last 24 hours ending Friday morning in tandem with the eastward movement of the existing western disturbance. An India Meteorological Department (IMD) ... More NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY BHEL commissions one more solar plant in Sunderbans THE Bangalore-based electronics division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has said it has commissioned one more 110-KWp standalone solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plant in the backward Sunderbans in West Bengal. This is the fourth of five solar ... More BUDGET 
TN presents tax-free interim budget — Revenue expenditure put at Rs 34,254 crThe budget has provided an allocation of Rs 3,529.90 crore for the roads sector and Rs 861.23 crore for agriculture. More COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES YSR launches portal for legal services THE Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Friday launched a portal www.ejustice.org.in that seeks to provide all information and support required in legal matters. Dr Reddy said at the click of ... More ECONOMY India cannot go back on reforms: Goh THE former Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Goh Chok Tong, now a senior minister, said here on Friday that India cannot turn its back on reforms, "no matter which party comes to power at the Centre." Delivering the valedictory address on the ... More
Govt may set up Secys panel to fix terms for 6th pay commission
ENVIRONMENT TNPL becomes eligible to trade carbon credits TAMIL Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL) has become eligible to trade carbon credits. It has got its bio-methanation plant registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) as a clean development mechanism, ... More FOREIGN TRADE Czech, India target $1-billion bilateral trade CZECH Republic and India want to build on their friendly relationship and increase the bilateral trade to $1 billion in future, according to Mr Jiri Paroubek, the Prime Minister of Czech Republic. He was addressing a plenary session at the CII ... More
Czech Republic keen to invest in power, infrastructure
Taiwan keen to diversify investment options
Irish trade mission HEALTH Wockhardt introduces new surgical procedure for slipped discs BACKACHES are virtually becoming the norm, given the erratic lifestyles that people lead. But in what may bring relief to people suffering from the commonest cause of backache, "prolapsed intervertebral disc" (better known as the slipped disc) ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Maharashtra may repeal Urban Land Ceiling Act "For the transformation of Mumbai, the State needs Rs 40,000 crore over the next 10 years. Of which, we are seeking Rs 10,000 crore from the Union Government. Therefore, if we don't repeal the Act, major infrastructure projects in the city could be a ffected." More PETROLEUM Ministry examining OVL demand for increasing investment limit — Company plans to spend about Rs 6,700 cr in 2005-06 Since investments beyond the permissible limit need to be approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the company often lost emerging investment opportunities More
`India still open to Saudi participation in Vizag refinery project'
GAIL urges Govt to have re-look at LPG marketing PHARMACEUTICALS 
Indian cos not worried over WHO directive on malaria drugMAJOR malaria-drug makers from India may not be caught on the back-foot by the treatment guideline on a malaria medicine outlined recently by the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, some of them do feel that the WHO guideline has not ... More
Cabinet to take up proposal for national drug authority — 10 basic divisions to look into various issues PLASTICS 
`India will become third largest plastic consumer by 2010'INDIA is poised to become the third largest consumer of plastics by 2010, with the industry growing at a rapid pace. In fact, industry officials point out that the industry has registered a 20 per cent growth last year. ``Currently, the ... More POWER World Bank nod for $400-m loan to PowerGrid THE World Bank today approved a $400-million loan to Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) to be used for the strengthening of power transmission system in the country. The loan extended by the International Bank for Reconstruction and ... More TEXTILES IFFTEX 2006 draws large foreign buyers INDIAN Furnishings, Floorings and Textiles Expo'06 (IFFTEX'06), which was opened on Thursday at India Expo Centre & Mart at Greater Noida has attracted 2200 foreign buyers. These buyers have come from 30 countries including the US, Canada, the . More
Textile stamping regulation may cover garment, made-ups too WATER CAP unveils `Suraksha Dhara' HYDERABAD: The Child and Police (CAP) project has unveiled `Suraksha Dhara,' a community project to ensure supply of safe and reliable drinking water to the urban poor here on Friday. The Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board ... More MANAGEMENT IIM-K fest today IN a bid to bring together students from leading business schools and Indian corporates, the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, is organising its annual management and cultural festival Backwaters 2006 on January 21 and 22. From the ... More EDUCATION 
IIMB board seeks to change MoA to set up campuses abroadTHE board of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, has set in motion a process to seek an amendment in the Memorandum of Association drawn up more than 30 years ago. After a board meeting here on Friday, Dr Prakash G. Apte, Director, ... More
CADD Centre scholarship
Call for more pvt capital in higher education AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS Pune auto cluster project begins operations The first phase of the much-awaited Pune auto cluster project commenced operations at Chinchwad on Friday. The Rs 67-crore first phase would have prototype making facility, CAD/CAM/CAE centre, CNC matching centre, research and development ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Prestige Estates to expand biz in hospitality sector PRESTIGE Estates Projects has announced its expansion plans in its newly diversified area of hospitality business. The company, which had completed 120 developments covering 10 million sq ft since its foray into the business in 1985-86, ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Nasscom signs MoU with Irish software body SOFTWARE association Nasscom and Irish Software Association (ISA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on issues that would support the development of the software sector in India and Ireland. Under the MoU, the two ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Czech Republic to invest $1 b in AP CZECH Republic has promised investments to the tune of $1 billion into Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a press conference at the airport here on Thursday, , the Czech Prime Minister, Mr Jiri Paroubek, said the State was suitable for investments. He ... More SOCIAL WELFARE States accused of diverting safai karamcharies' funds THE National Commission for Safai Karamcharies (NCSK) has observed that many of the States in the country were found guilty of diverting the funds sanctioned by the Central Government towards liberation and rehabilitation of safai karamcharies. ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Nabard projects Rs 32,574-cr credit potential for AP THE State Focus Paper (SFP) for Andhra Pradesh prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has projected a credit potential of Rs 32,574 crore for farm and non-farm sector activities for the next fiscal. This ... More
Nabard to provide funds for Swarojgar awareness scheme
CII ties up with Celebrity Fashions EVENTS Some M&A gyan for Indian cos "The big ticket items will start happening in the M&A space once more as Indian companies become larger and actually reach the $2-5 billion mark." More
Reliance Life Science meet starts today
Portfolio management seminar TOURISM India among top five markets for Singapore tourism IN 2005, India emerged as one of the top five markets for Singapore tourism with 5.83 lakh visitors to the island nation. The other countries are Indonesia (1.8 million visitors), China (858,000), Australia (620,000) and Japan (588,000). These ... More ECONOMIC OFFENCES Jet-Sahara deal makes RSP see red — Alleges insider trading, seeks SEBI probe THE Left allies of the Manmohan Singh Government have sought a probe into the Jet Airways and the Air Sahara deal by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Left sources said that the issue would be discussed in the next meeting of ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Jan. 8-Jan. 14 Hard choices ahead for Govt: PM Knowledge network, voting rights for overseas Indians soon: PM Easy remittance facility, special insurance planned FM radio: Will ad flow be music to bidders? ISRO in sight of foreign satellite contract Govt working towards zero-based Budget: Montek Suguna group to export 'portion' chicken to Japan Carbon credit: Rs 15,000-crore investments likely Copters to clean power lines in Northern Grid — But consumers may have to shell out more `Big' small cars to miss fair action Reliance demands compensation for selling petro products below cost price India in six-nation clean energy initiative US rate hikes near end? Agriculturists seek stepping up of farm sector investments Edible oil imports down in April-October Textile sector needs more reforms, investment — IMF study scenarios give little cause for cheer ONGC submits report on discoveries Left seeks restoration of 9.5% interest rate on EPF Volvo may bag another order for 25 buses SEBI unearths another IPO scam in IDFC Indirect tax collections up 15.73 pc in April-December Modernisation of airports by AAI will be okay, says Left Sugar coops to supply ethanol to oil PSUs Govt to invite EoIs for five `ultra mega' thermal power projects Cars drive up 8.8 pc growth in Dec — Two-wheelers stay flat; commercial vehicles down |
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