The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 15, 2006

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Will the cloud burst?
RAIN CLOUDS gather over Hyderabad on Thursday, raising hopes of a downpour. Many places in Telangana received heavy rain.

Rain belt propagates north in peninsula
The rain belt in the extreme south peninsula moved slightly north leaving southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu more or less clear, but became concentrated over north Kerala, coastal and north interior Karnataka, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS
Tourism project gets Unesco award
Kerala Tourism has won an Honourable Mention award at the 2006 Unesco Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards. The award was conferred on Kerala Tourism for a project to conserve and restore the Arakkal Kettu palace in the State's Kannur ... More

CEMENT
Cement stocks rally on price rise expectations
Rates expected to increase by Rs 15-20 per bag More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Nalsar team wins moot court contest
A three-member team from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) here has emerged champions at the South India rounds of the 2006 Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition. The competition was organised by ... More

ST tribunal bench in Vizag
The additional bench of the sales tax tribunal is being established here and it will start functioning from Monday. At a press meet here on Thursday, Mr K. Sanjeeva Rao Naidu, the district judge, said the bench would deal with ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Pennsylvania opens office in Hyderabad
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a State in the US, has opened its second office in India at Hyderabad. The first office was opened in Bangalore in 2001. The Hyderabad office has been opened due to increasing interest in ... More

HEALTH
Karnataka bans formulation made for Elder Pharma
The Karnataka Government on Thursday said it has banned an injection formulation made by a Himachal Pradesh-based contract manufacturer for Elder Pharma. In an apparent case of mislabelling, the injection used against infections had the label ... More

Free dental check-ups
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd in association with the Indian Dental Association (IDA) is organising free dental check-ups in Hyderabad throughout the month of September. These check-ups at specific dental clinics are aimed at ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
`SEZ Act may allow agri land acquisition for real estate'
Will cause large-scale displacement of farmers: CPI(M) More

PETROLEUM
ONGC may bid for 50 blocks in NELP VI
57 cos buy data; large no of foreign cos participate More

`Oil producing, consuming nations need to work together'
Mr Murli Deora, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas in his address at the third OPEC international seminar at Vienna made an appeal for greater cooperation between oil producing and consuming nations to ensure sustainable development, meet the ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Policies must be proactive, transparent: Drug Controller
Regulations should be evolved through a consensus, besides being aligned to global standards, said Dr M. Venkateswarlu, the recently appointed Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). Speaking at the CII-Pharma meet, he said that policies needed ... More

Indo-US working group on quality medicine soon
A joint Working Group of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) and the United States Pharmacopoeia Convention (USP) would be constituted shortly to work towards evolving standards for quality, safety and efficacy of medicines in the ... More

TAXATION
11th Plan approach paper moots tax on pvt hospitals in Kerala
Proposal to mobilise resources for public healthcare system More

TEXTILES
`Cotton yarn price increase may hurt textile exports'
Especially the home textile goods made from handloom sector More

SSI
SSI expo in South Africa
Small-scale industries (SSIs) engaged in manufacture of textile-related products, footwear and machinery based in Andhra Pradesh can participate in the upcoming exhibition in South Africa during November 12-14, 2006. The Small Industries Services ... More

RADIO/TV
`Broadcast Bill provisions must apply to DD also'
Indian Media Group says Doordarshan competing with other channels More

EDUCATION
Missing class
The Commerce Ministry has slipped on a significant point about outsourcing and job losses in the US in its discussion paper on offering higher education services to foreigners, at the on-going services negotiations at the World Trade ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
FOOD STATION
Happiness (un)Ltd
The transformation of Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani in western Maharashtra from a tourist destination to food-processing zone. More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
SC stay on Dunlop House demolition comes after it is demolished
Pataka Group plans to construct new head office More

Residential flats for senior citizens
Brigade Group, a leading property developers, on Thursday launched Brigade Serenity, its premium residential flats for senior citizens. The first of its kind, Serenity offers an opportunity to the aged to own a modern, compact, ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
Health Ministry moots Central Tobacco Regulatory Authority
To take up issues like taxation, liaisoning with NGOs on tobacco-related issues More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
CITU plans campaign in AP
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has decided to organise a State-wide campaign to press for solutions for problems faced by more than one crore workers in the unorganised sector. Mr S. Veeraiah, General Secretary of CITU, ... More

EVENTS
Jewellery show from Sept 30-Oct 3
The 8th edition of the jewellery exhibition `Jewels of India' will be held from September 30 to October 3 at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in the city. The exhibition will showcase jewellery from over 100 jewellers across ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship training programme
The MADITSSIA Business Information Centre (BIC) is organising an "Entrepreneurship Training Programme for the Unemployed Youths" on September 23. The programme will provide details on potential opportunities available in the ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Cashew Export Promotion Council sets Rs 5,000-cr target for 2015
The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CECPI), which is celebrating its Golden Jubilee, is targeting exports worth Rs 5,000 crore by 2015. The council is also aiming at employment generation of 10 lakh by that year, according to Mr ... More

`Third-party exports eligible for DTA sale entitlement'
Under third-party exports, goods manufactured by an EOU are directly sent to a port for export even though a third party obtained the order. In such cases, the foreign exchange is realised in the name of the third party. More

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES
Healing breath
Master Choa Kok Sui's mission is to empower ordinary people with pranic healing abilities. More

TOURISM
Agro-eco tourism initiative
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has developed an agro-eco tourism complex within the institute premises. It is located at the site that once housed Manmool village. Opening the ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
IBM offers `Intelligent Grid' to check power theft, T&D losses
Called `Intelligent Grid', the IBM solution helps utility companies track power consumption and leakages through sensors deployed at various sections of the infrastructure. More