The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 29, 2006

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Open forum on Thiruvananthapuram development
The Kerala State Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India), jointly with fellow professional organisations, hosted an open forum on Thiruvananthapuram city development here on Wednesday. The co-sponsors were the ... More

EMPLOYMENT
India Inc divided over quotas
CII, Assocham promise results in a year; no commitment from FICCI More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Cloudy halo
MONSOON CLOUDS hang over the Secretariat building in Thiruvananthapuram, heralding a renewed wet spell in the State.

`Low' beats forecasts, intensifies rapidly
Monsoon may be in an `active to vigorous state' More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
AP panel to fix tariff for renewable power
The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to constitute a committee to fix power purchase tariff for renewable energy based power projects. It would constitute officials from Finance Ministry, A.P. Transmission Corporation and The ... More

Minister's fiat to ANERT
The Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Development (ANERT) has been asked to find new sources of renewable energy to solve the problems Kerala is facing on the power front. The Minister for Electricity, Mr A.K. ... More

ECONOMY
Inflation falls marginally on cheaper manufactured items
WPI for the week ended July 15 up at 203.7 points More

FOREIGN TRADE
Cabinet nod for framework pact with SACU
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for entering into a framework agreement with the South Africa Customs Union (SACU). This agreement is expected to help expand trade and provide a mechanism to negotiate and conclude a comprehensive FTA ... More

New trade, transit agreement signed with Bhutan
The protocol to the new pact provides for four more exit/entry points in India More

HEALTH
Infosys health line
NEW LAB INAUGURATED: The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy (right), with the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, Ms Sudha Murty, and the Medical Education Minister, Mr V.S. Acharya, at the inauguration of the `Infosys Foundation ... More

PETROLEUM
Assess viability of Kakinada refinery, Ministry tells ONGC
Second project that ONGC would be revisiting More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Purchase preference policy for pharma CPSEs' products cleared
Policy applicable in the case of 102 drugs/pharmaceuticals More

POWER
NLC inks pact with Gujarat for mine, power project
Total project cost estimated at Rs 7,500 crore More

Kerala Minister warns of power cut
The State will be thrown back to a regime of load-shedding and power-cut if the domestic generation capacity is not augmented on a war-footing, according to Mr A.K. Balan, Minister for Electricity. He said here on Friday that the daily ... More

Tehri hydro plant to go on stream tomorrow
After nearly three decades since the commencement of construction, the Tehri hydroelectric plant is slated to finally start commercial generation from July 30. The Union Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, will formally commission the first ... More

TEXTILES
Rs 125-cr Komarapalayam weaving park project to be launched on Aug 20
Promoted under private-public partnership; IL&FS to be consultants More

BREWERIES
India's trade barriers on spirits violate WTO norms: EC
The complaint concerns trade barriers maintained by India on imported wines, spirits. More

EDUCATION
Think big, Ratan Tata tells IITians
Think big. That was Mr Ratan Tata's advice to the new graduates at the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, in his convocation address here today. Mr Tata, Chairman of the Tata group, who was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of ... More

CARS
Tata Motors, Hyundai eye used car market
Hyundai calls new biz `Hyundai Advantage' More

MINERALS
NMPT may face shortfall in iron ore handling
KSPCB prohibits storage, transportation within port premises More

DISINVESTMENT
Balco: Govt may return cheque to Sterlite
In a further twist to the Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) divestment saga, the Government is likely to return the Rs 1,098-crore cheque given by strategic partner Sterlite Industries for the purchase of the residual 49 per cent stake in the ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE
Affirmative action report will help sharpen focus: CII chief
To reconcile differences between industry, political leadership on social initiatives More

EVENTS
CMPi to host food ingredients meet
CMP Information (CMPi), a division of United Business Media, is launching its first food ingredients event in the country this September in Mumbai. The event, called Food Ingredients Business Meeting & Conference, will be a one-day affair and ... More

Pan-African e-network project launched
EEPC plans multi-product delegation to Africa in Oct More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Aluminium die-casters bullish on exports
Demand from Europe coupled with higher domestic consumption More