The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 08, 2007

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Charge-sheeted Govt staff could seek promotion if punitive action fails: HC
If a Government servant got a verdict in his favour through a court, still authorities could decide as to the effect of that verdict and on finding that such a verdict was only technical in nature, could take further action. Till such time action ... More

Kerala plea to review HC order on Vallarpadam
The State Government has moved the High Court with an appeal to review the order of the court directing authorities to examine the viability of the Vallarpadam project. In an affidavit filed before the court, the Ernakulam District Collector, ... More

ECONOMY
Making globalisation work
If Kerala continues with State-driven actions to "reconcile the exigencies of achieving growth through globalised markets with genuine democracy and social equity," it may well be able to make globalisation work. More

ENGINEERING
Pump makers in a bind over ISI marking norms
Stocks worth Rs 6 cr pile up as manufacturers suspend billing More

FOREIGN TRADE
ASEAN summit to set direction for free trade agreement
Leaders are expected to break the logjam in negotiations More

India chosen as `focus country' for trade promotion with Italy
Italy has chosen India as a `focus country' for trade promotion in 2007, the Italian Minister for Foreign Trade, Ms Emma Bonino, has said here. She said her Ministry would organise special trade promotion events in India focusing on ... More

HEALTH
When it hurts to wait...
... technology flashes your x-ray on the surgeon's screen, ensuring start of treatment with minimum loss of time. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Banks urge Govt to restore tax waiver on infrastructure investments
They say removal of such a cut would discourage investments More

Jostle for space
A VIEW OF Vyttila Junction in Kochi, which is one of the busiest road junctions in the State.

POWER
15 coal blocks spotted for merchant power units
They have an estimated reserve of 3.6 billion tonnes More

Power crisis: AP seeks Centre's help
`Non-compliance of gas supply pact major factor' More

TAXATION
Leveraged buyout for the layman
When a controlling interest in a company's equity is acquired principally through borrowed funds, it is called a leveraged buyout. Tata Steel's acquisition of Corus is a classic example of leveraged buyout. Typically, in such a buyout as much as ... More

TN Chamber calls for reducing rate of service tax
`No rationale behind continuous expansion of tax base' More

TRAVEL & PLACES
Passport verification certificate
Thanks to a decision by the Union Government to simplify the process for issue of passports, Presidents and Chairpersons of CII, FICCI and Assocham have been empowered to issue verification certificate for owners, partners and ... More

EDUCATION
Preparing for Group Discussion
Performance in the GD and interview can have a significant effect on a candidate's chances of qualifying for an MBA programme More

Great Lakes to sign MoU with IIT Madras, IISc
To offer executive MBA programme More

Bhavan's Silver Jubilee celebrations
The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir Silver Jubilee celebrations ended here on Sunday. The celebrations coincided with the birth centenary of Girdharilal Mehta, a former president of the Bharatiya Vidya ... More

CERAMICS
Vizag to host meet on ceramic industry
Ceratec 2007, a three-day international conference on ceramic industry and science, begins here in Andhra University on Monday and the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy, will inaugurate the meet. At a press meet here on ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Meet on rural development
The National Institute of Rural Development is going to organise a four-day Retreat for senior policy makers from Ministries of Rural Development from 25 Afro-Asian countries beginning Monday. The meet is aimed at reviewing the ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
CAREER CROSSROADS
No tears for failures
You must have gone through the first four rules of the career market (Business Line, December 4, 2006). We now complete the other four. Rule 5: Loyalty vs job hopping: In the 1970s and even later, people thought a lot ... More

EVENTS
Air fare sops for Overseas Citizenship cardholders
Felicitation centre for investment advisory services to be set up More

Top honchos
CHEERFUL TIMES: Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, CMD, Bharti Enterprises, Mr Brij Mohan Lal , Chairman, Hero Honda Motors, Dr Naresh Trehan, Executive Director, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, and Mr Pawan Munjal, MD and CEO, Hero Honda ... More

Agenda for the week

CONSUMERISM
An empty threat
I am a college lecturer. I have filed my returns along with Form 6 issued by my employer. Recently, I received a letter from income-tax office stating that tax was due and if I failed to make payment, the department would attach my salary. I ... More

TOURISM
Centre sanctions Rs 38 cr for Kerala tourism projects
Tie-up with Bengal to promote tourism More

Good tidings
CRUISE LINER `Island Sky' anchored at Vizhinjam port on Sunday. It carried over 100 senior citizens, mostly from the UK, the oldest of them a 92-year-old lady. The liner left the UK last month, had been to Mumbai and then to Colombo, from where ... More

Kolkata-Sundarbans luxury river cruise service soon
Two weeks from now, West Bengal can boast of the first luxury river cruise service from Kolkata to the Sundarbans. Vivada Cruises, in collaboration with the West Bengal Forest Development Corporation, will launch a three days-two nights luxury ... More

Ponmudi eco-tourism project
The Forests Minister, Mr Binoy Viswam, will inaugurate the Ponmudi eco-tourism project coming up in rural Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The Department of Forests has joined hands with the Thiruvananthapuram Forest Development ... More