INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
BUDGET
CII pitches for raising savings limit under Section 80C
In order to mobilise personal savings for the purpose of infrastructure creation in the country, the limit of savings under Section 80C should be raised from the current level of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh, provided the additional Rs 1 lakh saving is ...
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HEALTH
New surgical techniques for Torticollis evolved
A city-based neurosurgeon has perfected techniques, which could bring smiles back on children suffering from Torticollis (short neck) and spinal injuries. Dr Atul Goel, Neurosurgeon, KEM Hospital, can now set right problems associated with ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Much ado about a loan
The sooner the controversy over the Asian Development Bank loan is settled, the better the prospects for the social and economic development of Kerala.
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Delhi Metro's new link project expected to cost Rs 3,800 cr
Project estimated to cost Rs 3,800 cr; civil works to be handled by DMRC
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POWER
Govt will bear additional power cost burden: Andhra CM
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Monday said that the additional burden created on the power sector due to purchase of power from Central generating stations and other utilities would not be passed on to the ...
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TN power regulatory panel seeks public views on new tariff plan
Effort to maintain grid discipline, use resources optimally
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Unlocking alternative sources for electricity
Power from jatropha, tidal waves, coconut shells, hydrogen on test
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TAXATION
No VAT dampener on Chennai New Year sales
Retailers see 20-30 per cent growth in business
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RADIO/TV
Demand for set-top boxes on the rise
With the New Year, people across the three metros of New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai have finally woken up to the reality of the Conditional Access System (CAS). Resisting huge discounts and aggressive marketing from DTH operators, viewers had so ...
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CAS push to set-top boxes
Demand outpaces supply; MSOs taken by surprise
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EDUCATION
`High self-belief leads to better productivity'
The IT/ITES industry is growing. I want to get into this industry. But how do I get into this industry? Is this what you guys are thinking? The answer is simple. Even if you want to see a movie, you need to take some effort. Similarly if you want ...
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`Strengthen commerce education'
The Indian Commerce Association (ICA) is of the view that commerce education should be strengthened in the country and it should be combined with management studies at the postgraduate level in view of the changing trends in the ...
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A model for biz schools
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) management and project execution techniques, which has resulted in Phase-I of the project being completed before schedule and within budgeted cost, has attracted the attention of top business schools from ...
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Panel wants setting up of Tagore heritage institute
`Free Rabindra Bhavan from bureaucratic procedures of Visva-Bharathi'
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Youngsters hung up on 5-day work week
After flexi-hours and temp employment, the latest American work-style to hit India Inc is the five-day workweek, say HR practitioners and recruiters. The 22-year-old who has grown up on a five-day week in school and college is now hesitating ...
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INCOME TAX
Tax exemption facility on capital gains in 2007-08 too
Investors with long-term capital gains from sale of immovable property can breathe easy. The Finance Ministry has indicated that even in the next fiscal, investors would get the facility of parking such gains in government approved bonds to ...
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Gems, jewellery exports may have beneficial fiscal regime
Bush signs legislation extending GSP till December 31, 2008
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Specialty coffee exports stage recovery
Increase in volume, value; record ground coffee shipments
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TOURISM
Post-explosion: Biz as usual for Indians travelling to Bangkok
The series of explosions that rocked the Thai capital Bangkok on the New Year eve has not deterred Indians from travelling there. A cross-section of travel industry officials including airlines and tour operators say that there have been very few ...
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