The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 13, 2007

SOCIAL SECURITY
Second pension option: AIBOC threatens indefinite strike
Mangalore, Aug. 12 The All-India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) has threatened to go on an indefinite strike, if the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) fails to come for discussion with the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on ... More

ECONOMY
‘Globalisation a plus point for developing economies’
Innovation is key to success: Narayana Murthy More

ENGINEERING
‘Karnataka must cash in on lead in aerospace’
$40-b shower of engineering services predicted More

HEALTH
WHO registry to inject transparency into clinical trials
Clinical trials undertaken by drug companies are often cloaked in secrecy and popular perception is one of suspicion. Drug companies are seen to be unwilling to disclose details of the drug they are testing on humans, especially when the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Port capacity expansion is a priority issue
For an economy growing at nine per cent and sea-cargo accounting for 95 per cent of the foreign trade, the present port capacity is clearly inadequate. More

Set aside SEZ Act, says social activist
Mangalore, Aug. 12 Ms Aruna Roy, social activist and Magsaysay Award winner, has opposed the SEZ Act and asked the Government to set it aside.Speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of the 17th all-India conference of Corporation Bank ... More

Panel moots ‘growth poles’ to develop unorganised sector
Special purpose vehicle with Rs 500-cr corpus planned More

WATER
New desalination plant to come up at Nemmeli
Chennai, Aug. 12 Tamil Nadu will set up a second desalination plant at Nemmeli, about 35 km south of the city, next year at an initial cost of around Rs 500 crore, according to the state Chief Secretary, Mr L.K. Tripathy.The State ... More

EDUCATION
Picasso Digital degree course in animation
Visakhapatnam, Aug. 12 Picasso Digital Media Private Limited, a Delhi-based company, is offering degree course in animation to intermediate students at its colleges in New Delhi and Hyderabad, and the company is planning to set up colleges in ... More

Seats at Badruka College
Few seats are vacant in one-year post graduate diplomas in international business and taxation at the PG centre of Badurka College affiliated to the Osmania University. Graduates of any discipline with a minimum of 45 per cent of marks are ... More

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT
FPTA national meet in Hyderabad
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
‘Treat shares bought for delivery as capital assets’
New Delhi, Aug. 12 The Confederation of Indian Industries has called for a clear methodology to distinguish between shares held as investment and shares held as stock-in-trade.In a statement, the chamber said that share or security ... More

TRADING
Plea to implement national policy for street vendors
Mumbai, Aug. 12 A trade body of Maharashtra on Thursday demanded the implementation of the National Policy for Urban Street Vendors 2004.In a meeting of vendors from across the State, the Vyapar Rozgar Suraksha Kriti Samiti stressed the ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
FICCI on UP’s pvt sector quota
The FICCI has questioned the current initiative of the Uttar Pradesh Government of “voluntary” reservation of 30 per cent of jobs in the private sector for fresh investment in the State. “The effectiveness of the measure, for ... More

EVENTS
Sixty years after Freedom
When an individual attains his 60th year and celebrates the occasion, invariably thoughts turn to what has been achieved during the period. Has he progressed economically, meaning has he improved his overall economic status? Has he improved his ... More

Media impact
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Workshop on IPR
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Rice exports booming at Kakinada old port
More than a million tonnes of rice have been exported from the port to different countries this financial year, and the number is expected to go up in the next few months. More

‘Hike duty credit for non-timber forest produce export earnings’
Countering impact of rupee appreciation More

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES
Ayurveda super speciality hospital
Kandamkulathy Vaidyasala, one of the leading ayurvedic vaidyasalas, is all set to open its new ‘super speciality’ hospital in Thiruvananthapuram next month. A premium hospital of its kind, the new venture will provide speciality ... More

TOURISM
M.P. gearing for pvt role in tourism
Hyderabad, Aug 12 The Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC) is gearing to rope in the private sector to harness the State’s tourism potential. “We are involving the private sector in a big way to ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
A checkpost sans corruption?
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