The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 28, 2007

EMPLOYMENT
Looking for opportunity
FAIR JOB: Aspirants throng the The Hindu Opportunity Job Fair at the Trade Centre in Export Promotion Industrial Area in Bangalore on Sunday.

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Future Energy's SEZ may get $500-m investments
It would have a technology park and an industrial park More

TN clears Rs 1,300-cr Malavalli Power SEZ
Tata Steel and NLC projects also get approval More

SOCIAL SECURITY
EPFO defers decision on interest rate till July
The Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) today deferred a decision on the interest rate payable to its subscribers for fiscal 2006-07 and 2007-08. The next meeting would be held tentatively in the ... More

AUTOMOBILES
Logistics — a gear for auto industry to cut costs
The Indian economy is on an upsurge and the auto sector has a key role to play in its growth. It is one of the core sectors of the economy, which has forward and backward linkages with several key segments. It therefore has a strong multiplier ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Limited liability partnerships Bill not enough for foreign law firms
Ancillary services possible only if Advocates Act, Bar Council rules are modified More

ECONOMY
Decentralised planning in Kerala will focus on local growth
Priority will be given to revitalising agricultural sector More

FOREIGN TRADE
India, Thailand umbrella trade pact likely by June
Calling for stronger Indo-Thai trade relations in the wake of the `Look West' policy adopted by Thailand, Mr Manop Mekprayoonthong, Consul General of Thailand, Kolkata has said here that the Umbrella Agreement based on the Free Trade Area ... More

PETROLEUM
Reliance firms up plans for gas supply in Bengal
20 mscmd likely from K-G, Mahanadi-NEC basin by 2009-10 More

WATER
Malayala Manorama bags award
Malayala Manorama Group of publications has bagged the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Award for 2004 for its Pala Thulli (many drops) campaign. The campaign took up the cause of water conservation in Kerala and resulted in installation ... More

COAL
Coal India, Rlys will jointly clear pithead stocks
The meeting held here recently between senior executives of Coal India Ltd (CIL) and the Railways to find out ways to liquidate pithead coal stocks of CIL ended with a commitment that both CIL and the Railways will act jointly to overcome the ... More

RADIO/TV
Going for the action
Tata Sky says it has made rapid strides in the direct to home digital TV space. More

EDUCATION
Back to school
Tips to derive the most from management courses More

Industry-oriented technical skills training proposed
Technical skills should be imparted through industry-oriented training, said Prof Damodar Acharya, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). While speaking at the signing of memorandum of understanding between the ... More

Tutors Worldwide to hire more
Tutors Worldwide India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Socratic Learning Inc of the US, is planning to increase its headcount to 1,000 by the end of this year from its present 380. The KPO is an online educational service provider offers ... More

CARS
Drive into the future
Today, Auto Expos in different parts of the world encapsule the stupendous industrial transformation that the automobile signifies. Industrial design has been one of the great art forms of our times and cars, the very acme of industrial ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Global Hospitals firms up plans for Kolkata facility
Plans to set up a hospital in Delhi next year More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Don't grab land, Minister tells Opposition in AP
"There is no need for the Opposition parties and people's organisations to conduct raids, occupying lands in several parts of the State." More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold could test resistance, drop
Gold futures ended marginally higher on Friday helped by firm crude oil prices, softer dollar and news that North Korea fired some short-range rockets triggering some safe-haven buying, before a three day week-end in the US. Heavy gold sales by ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
New initiative to identify competencies for HR jobs
NHRD, CII and XLRI team up to find solution to talent problem More

TOURISM
Karnataka tourism co-op plans packages for farmers
`Our plan is to take farmers from southern Karnataka to northern Karnataka and vice-versa on a tour.' More

Plan to develop ghats along Hoogly for promoting tourism
Following its plans to promote water sports in the River Hoogly, the West Bengal Government is also looking at promoting river cruise tourism through public private partnership, according to Dr G.D. Gautama, Principal Secretary of the West Bengal ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Reliance Comm files FIR on tampered handsets
Reliance Communications has filed an FIR with the Economic Offence Wing of the Delhi Police alleging that some of the handsets, supplied by Nokia, meant for its own subscribers were being used by Tata Teleservices' users. Reliance has claimed ... More