The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 08, 2006

Outlook on monsoon has guarseed counter ticking
Guarseed futures prices may firm up further this week on continued speculative buying support amid reduced supply at major centres. "Some traders have shifted their trading interest from pulses to guarseed last week, after IMD's prediction of ... More

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Cellphones may rock MP3 player sales
Handset firms bet big on music phones in India More

ECONOMY

IT/ITES driving realty, telecom, hospitality sectors
Nasscom cites numbers to reflect impact on other businesses More

Global imbalances: What can the IMF do?
While the IMF has been truly a reservoir of economic information and analysis, it has been dominated too long by the concerns of the West. And if the Fund cannot be reorganised to take account of Asia's legitimate rights, it is time to revive the con cept of an Asian Monetary Fund, says S. VENKITARAMANAN. More

`Organised' status for street vendors proposed
Panel suggests town vending committees, issue of ID cards More

ENVIRONMENT

`ADB must quit coal or Asia'
Greenpeace has asked the Asian Development Bank to quit coal or quit Asia, urging the multi-lateral financial institution to stop funding "dirty projects". After four days of campaign both within and outside the 39th annual ... More

Blacksmith to tackle pollution in India
Blacksmith Institute, the US-based organisation that assistslocal communities in tackling pollution, plans to expand its operations to Central Asia and Central America. Giving a presentation on `Addressing pollution in India' at the ADB meeting ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

Myanmar gas: India works out route bypassing Bangladesh
India has finally worked out a route bypassing Bangladesh for importing gas from Myanmar. India, which has been facing competition from China for gas from Myanmar, has presented eight alternative routes including one via North-Eastern part of ... More

Intra-Asian trade to explode
Business leaders from Asia's SMEs expect intra-Asia trade to explode, according to a new survey by UPS. Almost 70 per cent of the survey respondents say they expect trade across Asian nations to outpace even the robust trade between Asia and the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Union Ministry to hold meet on Sabarimala development
Works held up due to Forest Dept `interference' More

PSU

MMTC sets Rs 20,000-cr turnover target
Plans to set up wind energy farm by September More

POWER

US-India nuke deal would go through: Rice
The US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, has expressed hope that the civil nuclear deal between India and the US would go through in the future. In her meeting with a delegation of Members of Parliament, which was on a six-day visit to ... More

CERC paper on power exchange soon
S. Asia is beset with power problems like uneven quality, shortages, and poor health of utilities. More

RADIO/TV

DD to launch Malayalam radio channel
Prasar Bharati Corporation will launch a 24-hour Malayalam radio channel on the direct-to-home mode by the end of this month. The programmes will be available on the DD Direct Plus Service, according to Mr S.K. Sarma, Chief Executive Officer of ... More

EDUCATION

`B-schools need hands-on courses'
The India MD of McKinsey & Company on the corporate world today and the role of Indian global managers. More

BITS to set up three more campuses
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani would establish three more campuses in addition to the existing three in the next five years and simultaneously the strength of all the three institutes, at Pilani, Goa and Dubai taken ... More

Need to increase seats in technical institutions: PM
`Quality of education must be enhanced' More

Tap gyan from eGranary
A US project offers students just what they need from the Internet's vast resources. More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

Karnataka draws up major housing plan
To build 3 lakh Ashraya houses in 2006-07 More

MINING & QUARRYING

Jindal Steel's Bolivia mine acquisition in limbo
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd' (JSPL) plan to acquire the El Mutun iron ore mines in Bolivia is suddenly faced with uncertainty due to the recent policy changes of the Bolivian Government. Last week, the Bolivian Government sent in the army and ... More

GENDER

Climb the career ladder
eWIT seeks to motivate women in the tech sector. More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Revised norms dim rural electrification
Out of 138 m rural households, 78 m yet to get power More

EVENTS

Property expo in Gulf
The Kerala Builders Forum (KBF) is organising a Kerala Property Expo in the Gulf from May 11 - 20 in Kuwait, Doha and Dubai. The expo with the theme "Invest in Kerala's Growth" is being held to attract NRI investments to the ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Oilmeal exports rise 81% in April
The country's export of oilmeals has reported an increase of 81 per cent to 3,99,225 tonnes during April compared with 2,20,900 tonnes in April 2005 due to sharp increase in soyabean meal export. Export of soyabean meal increased from 99,250 ... More

Duty exemption allowed under new import authorisation scheme
Exporter has to give technical characteristics, specifications of materials in shipping bill More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Indo-Pak grey market trade worth $965 m in 2005-06: Study
The grey market trade between India and Pakistan was higher by 37.85 per cent than the official trade between the two countries at the end of 2005-06, according to a study conducted by Assocham. The official bilateral trade figure for the ... More