The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 14, 2006

NRIS
StanChart NRI Swagat account
Standard Chartered Bank has launched its NRI Swagat account, which addresses specific banking requirements of NRIs with roots in Kerala and Punjab. The account comes in two variants - one targeting NRIs/PIOs with their ... More

ICICI Bank NRI deposit scheme
ICICI Bank has introduced a new product `NRI SmartSave Deposits', a fixed deposit scheme for non-resident Indians. Under this scheme, a customer who has a fixed deposit in any bank's overseas branch can get the amount transferred ... More

CHILDREN & PARENTING
UP has most working children
There were 1.26 crore working children in the country, as per the 2001 Census, up from 1.12 crore in 1991, but down from 1.36 crore in 1981. Uttar Pradesh accounted for the largest number of working children with 19.27 lakh in 2001. Andhra ... More

ECONOMY
Chidambaram seeks more Arab investments
Sees GDP growth at over 8 per this year too More

The elixir of life
It is remarkable that Kerala is mentioned six times in this year's Human Development Report. More

ENVIRONMENT
Pollution threatens Digha sea resort
Sea water fit only for gardening, say experts More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Tariff value on edible oil: A tool to fight inflation
Originally to check under-invoicing by importers More

HEALTH
Novo Nordisk survey to take stock of diabetes control
Starting January 2007, Novo Nordisk will take a hard look at how Indian diabetics are keeping their disease in check. `IMPROVE,' a year-long survey of awareness and disease control, will involve 1,200 doctors, 18,000 patients and camps across ... More

World AIDS Day to be observed
State Bank of India Officers' Association (Kerala Circle) and Terumo Penpol are jointly planning to observe World AIDS Day on December 1. The aim is to highlight the fact that voluntary non-remunerated blood donors are the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
SC clears land acquisition for Reliance SEZ
The Supreme Court today dismissed a special leave petition (SLP) challenging land acquisition procedure by the District Collector for the Jamnagar-based special economic zone (SEZ), being set up by Reliance Industries Ltd. According to a ... More

PETROLEUM
Coal-bed methane: BP to begin exploration in 2007
Exploring underground coal gassification in India, China More

PHARMACEUTICALS
New Pharmacopoeia edition provides fresh insights
Exclusive monographs of 32 new molecules included More

POWER
L&T teams up with Mitsubishi
To manufacture equipment for mega power projects More

STEEL
Steel industry urged to upgrade product offerings to auto sector
Current growth is pegged around 15 pc per annum More

SSI
UK team meets Ashwini Kumar
A delegation from the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) on Monday called upon the Minister of State for Industries, Mr Ashwini Kumar, to explore the areas of mutual co-operation between the small and medium ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS
Kirana stores, getting refashioned by Hind Lever
COMPETITION THREAT More

TERRORISM
Adobe Senior Vice-President's son abducted
Family denies personal enmity as the reason behind the crime More

RADIO/TV
Govt cautious on FM radio phase III rollout
FM radio's phase III expansion is not likely to take off until the new radio channels that earned licences under phase II bidding start beaming programmes and turn in their balance sheets. "We are waiting for the results of phase-II. Let's ... More

EDUCATION
Students need better `finish' to succeed in corporate world
There is a huge `fitment' gap with a large section of potential candidates for corporate employability. The gap between the selected and the rejected is very big. A lot of native talent goes untapped for want of "finish" in terms of confidence, ... More

LEATHER
Bengal's footwear sector seeks full VAT exemption
Vendor sourcing shifting to other States; lakhs of jobs threatened More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Scientist bags Ranbaxy award
Dr Ahmed Kamal, a scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, has been awarded the Ranbaxy Research Award for 2005 by Ranbaxy Science Foundation. The award is in recognition of his excellent scientific ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Grameen Phone — doing things with a difference
Is also the highest tax payer in Bangladesh More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
No compromise on workers' rights: CITU
There can be no compromise when workers are denied their rights in situations where there is "a smooth aggression on existing labour laws in the name of flexibility," the President of the State unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Mr ... More

EVENTS
Uncertainty over trade fair venue irks Bengal chamber
Industrial India Trade Fair not to be held in the Maidan More

Meet on natural products
With increase in demand for natural products, big pharma companies across the globe have shifted their attention towards them and are increasing efforts to finding new bioactive molecules from them. The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Vaghela pegs cotton production at 270 lakh bales
CCI may step in if prices dip to support level More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Cell cos fare poorly in quality survey
Cellular service providers have once again fared poorly in the survey on quality of services conducted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Only five per cent of the operators across the various circles have been able to satisfy ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Crackdown at Kochi port yields results
The initiatives taken by the Kochi port on curbing illegal collection of money appears to have yielded results as the number of trailers arriving at the port from outside has increased substantially since the introduction of new measures. The ... More