The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 14, 2008

LINGUISTICS
Delhi Telugu Academy awardees
The Chairman and Managing Director of the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd, Mr K.S. Rajasekhara Rao, and Monsanto India head, Mr Sekhar Natarajan, have been selected by the Delhi Telugu Academy (DTA) for an Excellence Award for Industrial ... More

ECONOMY
Industrialists protest against raw materials price rise
Seek Govt intervention to bring down prices More

‘Vision Kerala’ calls for green and sustainable development
CM releases CII document More

Bond yields continue to rise on inflation woes, high oil prices
Traders await policy intervention from RBI More

ENVIRONMENT
Greenpeace campaign highlights coastline crisis
Kochi, April 13 Citizens, celebrities and politicians joined the Blue Alert Campaign organised by Greenpeace here to highlight what could be the coastline of the future, if the climate crisis was not prevented. Kochi campaign is part of ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
London biz delegation on India tour
Chennai, April 13 The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Mr Alderman David Lewis, is in India, leading a business delegation, comprising around 50 city representatives. The delegation is on 11-day tour of India starting from Sunday and Chennai ... More

HOTELS
Soon, top hotels’ bars may stay open past midnight
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Reliance gets ready to test east-west gas pipeline
Project to be completed by May; connection to Chennai, Bangalore later More

‘Chennai-Bangalore industrial corridor has potential’
Chennai, April 13 The Government will consider establishing an industrial corridor linking Chennai-Bangalore-Mumbai, according to an official press release.The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, had written to the Prime ... More

EXIM POLICY
DEPB scheme extension welcomed
Mumbai, April 13 The Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council welcomed the provisions of the annual supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy announced on Friday.Mr Sanjeev Saran, Chairman, welcomed the extension of duty ... More

‘Speedy implementation of trade policy is key to growth’
New Delhi, April 13 Industry chambers have welcomed the annual supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09 and said its speedy implementation is a key to the country’s economic growth.The President of the Confederation of ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS
FMCG sales growth at 16% in April-Feb: FICCI survey
Rising demand, fiscal sops main drivers More

RADIO/TV
‘It is customer service that sets us apart’
Deepa Watsa, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Sky, on the unique challenges of rolling out DTH services More

EDUCATION
Assessment time
This UK organisation is hosting workshops in India to enable companies to assess effective delivery of their learning systems. More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Building contractors say Govt formula for price escalation inadequate
Steel prices have seen 70 per cent hike over the last one year; from Rs 28,300 a tonne in January 2007 to Rs 48,000 a tonne this April. More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Chambers welcome trade policy
Chennai, April 13 Industry chambers and trade bodies have welcomed the annual supplement to the foreign trade policy.The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry - Tamil Nadu Council has described the trade policy as a ... More

MINING & QUARRYING
‘VSP must have captive mines’
The new mining policy spelt out by the Union Government, with emphasis on exports, is dangerous and the domestic industries such as the Visakhapatnam steel plant will suffer as a result, according to the CPI(M). At a press meet here on Sunday, Mr ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FIPB puts on hold Daltotrade's plans to hike stake in Meta Telecom
Home Affairs Ministry sought deferment More

EVENTS
Navy seminar on indigenisation
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TOURISM
Wayanad Tourism makes inroads into Gujarat
Kochi, April 13 Wayanad Tourism Organization, the non-profit society striving for the last eight years to spot the marginalised northern hill district Wayanad in the tourism map of the “God’s Own Country” Kerala, has made its ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Setting high standards
Devi Vallabhaneni on her efforts to improve management practice through certification More