The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 10, 2007

Call to frame biodiesel policy
The State would need to come out with a comprehensive policy to give a clear direction to biodiesel programmes and promotional activities. Cultivation of jatropha shall, in the first phase, be undertaken on available wastelands of upto 1.44 ... More

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
MP3 mela in Mumbai
`xplore', a digital experience lounge, is organising a 21-day free entry demo event called MP3 mela in Mumbai. The event, which began started on April 26, will be on till May 20. Over 21 MP3 brands are on display for live demos ... More

ECONOMY
Livestock, construction, trade and real estate rev up GSDP
Marginal fall in share of agriculture More

Recreation, tailoring sectors on a roll
Recreation, tailoring, sewage disposal and hairdressing might look small as the juggernaut of State's economy rolls on. But gross value added from these activities showed significant improvement last year. At current prices, hairdressing ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
New member on US-India biz board
The US-India Business Council has appointed Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice-Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions, an American IT company with development centres in India, to its board of directors. The council is the premier business advocacy ... More

HEALTH
Matrix in pact with Clinton Foundation
It significantly lowers the cost of AIDS treatment More

INFRASTRUCTURE
`Most Indian airports not geared for A380'
Kolkata will have to wait till post-modernisation More

PETROLEUM
Gas transmission foray: Source tie-up unlikely to be pre-condition
Norms for smooth implementation of gas pipelines soon More

TAXATION
Meet on service tax
Mr A.K. Raha, Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs, will address a seminar on `Service Tax and Central Excise' on May 25, organised by the Tax Law Research Group and taxindiaonline.com here. As service tax is growing ... More

SSI
Small, medium firms may spend $330 m on printers
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India are likely to spend $330 million on printers in the current calendar year. This would be an increase of 19 per cent over an expenditure of $280 million incurred by Indian SMBs on printers in 2006, ... More

TERRORISM
Air Sahara suspends flights to Colombo
As operations from India are during curfew hours More

EDUCATION
ICA opens centre in Madurai
The Kolkata-based Institute of Computer Accountants (ICA) has opened its training centre here. Already seven of its centres are functioning in Chennai and one at Tiruchi in the State. Overall, 275 centres across the country are ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Mumbai's Metropolis Health partners Sanket in Ahmedabad
The Mumbai-based Metropolis Health Services (India) Ltd, leading corporate chain of diagnostic centres, has entered into a joint venture with Sanket Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad, to form Sanket Metropolis to provide a gamut of healthcare ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Office space rentals may remain constant in near future: Study
`Oversupply will lead to correction in rental values' More

Arihant Housing, JP Morgan Property in tie-up
Plan Rs 400-cr housing project near Chennai More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
SICA plan for raising cotton output in TN
Interactive meet on May 12 with Avinashi farmers More

CINEMA
A Ta Ra Rum Pum of brands
For these automobile products, the movie is a tailor-made opportunity. More

DISINVESTMENT
36 bids received for Govt's stake in Maruti
Floor price at Rs 760; allotment likely today More

SOCIAL WELFARE
Work on Rajiv Swagruha urban housing project to begin soon
8,506 acres required; land acquisition in progress More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SBI funds SHGs to assist urban poor
Access to raw material, large market an advantage More

Citibank ties up with SKS Microfinance
The programme will deliver loans ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 in over 7,000 un-banked villages in the country where SKS is present through its 49 branches. For providing Rs 180-cr micro credit in rural areas More

EVENTS
Rural marketing
SELLING POINT: The Minister for Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs & Sports and Development of North Eastern Region, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, with the FICCI President, Mr Habil Khorakiwala (left); and the Chairman, FICCI-Agriculture & Rural Developm More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
`Efforts on to depress local rubber prices'
Farmers holding back produce for a parity price More

Govt, software industry worried over rising rupee
Kamal Nath hopeful of meeting $160-b export target More

NATURAL CALAMITIES
State Govt sets up Disaster Management Authority
The Kerala Government has constituted a Disaster Management Authority as per a legislation passed by the Union Government. The Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, inaugurated the authority, the first of its kind in the country, here on May ... More

TOURISM
More tourism potential in Dooars seen
Bengal has `special plans' for the region More