The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 31, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
AP, Orissa to get more showers
The low-pressure area brewing in the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by Sunday is seen as being `poorly endowed' that its foray into central India could be limited.

Instead, the system is likely to wax and wane along ... More

SEEDS
Kaveri Seed fixes IPO band at Rs 150-170
Issue open from Sept 6 to 11 More

INSIGHT
The changing flavour of tea
People write all kinds of histories, usually exceedingly dull histories about kings and such like people, but to be far more interesting, history deals with human wants and things like tea… Tea has played a very important part in the ... More

FERTILISERS
Coal linkages: Fertiliser, power remain core sectors
New distribution policy drops steel, rlys, defence and cement More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
‘Efficient tech, value addition vital for fruit, vegetable processing’
Pune, Aug. 30 With a potential for 200 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables in the next five years, the country should focus on shelf life extension of the products, value addition and by-product utilisation, Dr V. Prakash, Director, ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
AP may grant extension for irrigation engineers
Hyderabad, Aug. 30 Call it do-or-die or carrot-and-stick, irrigation engineers in Andhra Pradesh have been left with only one option. The State Government, which has launched the Rs 1 lakh crore Jalayagnam to conceive and complete a ... More

PLANTATIONS
Arecanut import only via Mangalore port
Will help improve market, says Campco More

RUBBER
Tight supplies help spot rubber gain
Kottayam, Aug. 30 The rubber market gained smartly on Thursday. The market mood was catalysed mainly by bullish global indices and extremely tight domestic supplies amidst intensified rains over most of the plantation areas. RSS 4 flared up ... More

SUGAR
Oil firms step up lifting of ethanol from sugar cos
Programme makes headway as States rationalise duties More

TEA
Assam to tie up with select tea gardens for medical facilities
Initiative to be taken up under the National Rural Health Mission More

11-week low volume at Coonoor tea auctions
Coonoor, Aug 30 A volume of 9.58 lakh kg has been catalogued for the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) taking place here this week. This is the lowest volume of the last 11 weeks. It is some 57,000 kg lower than the ... More

GOLD & SILVER
China’s gold imports rise
Mumbai, Aug. 30 Contrary to popular perception, it is not India but China which is the growth market for gold. This is the conclusion one would come to after an analysis of the latest data released by the World Gold Council, which showed that ... More

TOBACCO
Tobacco research body working on organic variety
Hunsur (Mysore), Aug. 30 Growing organic Mysore FCV leaf tobacco, having less harmful substances, may not be too far away going by the pace of research being undertaken by soil scientists at the regional station of Central Tobacco Research ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper improves on buying interest
Kochi, Aug. 30 Pepper futures market on Thursday improved after falling in recent days on some buying interest. All the contracts moved up by over Rs 200 a quintal.Those sold earlier wanted to buy back but they could not do so, as the ... More