The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 25, 2006

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Hind Dorr bags Navi Mumbai project
Hindustan Dorr Oliver Ltd has announced that it has received a prestigious order worth Rs 16.49 crore from City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd for design, engineering and construction of 25 MLD Sewage ... More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Rs 40-cr project to make power from poultry litter
Plant set up at Tiruchengodu will go on stream tomorrow More

HEALTH
Natco launches cancer drug
Natco Pharma Ltd (NPL) has launched a drug for the treatment of multiple myeloma in the injection form under the brand Bortenat (Bortezomib) in 3.5 mg dosage. Multiple myeloma (characterised by the abnormal plasma cell in the bone marrow) is ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
To cap or not to cap SEZ
Differences between Finance, Commerce Ministries More

Cabinet approves SPV for rail freight corridor
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), under the Railway Ministry, for the execution of the dedicated rail freight corridor project. However, an inter-ministerial Committee would oversee the ... More

PETROLEUM
Aegis Logistics to set up chemical tanks at 5 ports
To invest Rs 77 cr to create more storage capacity of 75,000 tonnes More

Ravva crude sought for Visakha Ref
Mr N. Janardhana Reddy, Member of Parliament from Visakhapatnam, also Chairman of the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, has urged the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to allocate the entire crude produced in the Ravva ... More

POWER
Dabhol project to be restarted by October
LNG supply to be tied up by April 2007 More

Future of India-US nuclear deal
Despite the Prime Minister's clear enunciation of what precisely India will and will not accept in any legislation passed by the US Congress, it is clear that it will be difficult to conclude a mutually acceptable agreement with the US on nuclear c ooperation in the face of several ground realities. It would be useful, though, to find the diplomatic space to conclude such an agreement, says G. PARTHASARATHY. More

Power pact
JOINT PROJECT: The Union Minister for Power, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, flanked by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Ms Sheila Dikshit, and the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, during the signing of MoUs for setting up a joint power ... More

TAXATION
Meet on VAT compensation package soon
Keen to sort out difference of opinion More

SSI
HAL plans to outsource Rs 500-cr works to SMEs
`Nearly double last year's job-work worth Rs 285 cr' More

COAL
Reform process in coal mining to gain momentum
CIL plans to develop series of new projects More

RADIO/TV
Blackout makes Mumbaikars discover old-world charms
Moved `couch potatoes' to mobility; for others, it was a trip to yore More

TRAI issues rules to amend CAS norms
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday issued a regulation to amend the interconnect regulations to provide standard forms of interconnect agreements for the Conditional Access System (CAS) areas. In a statement the ... More

EDUCATION
IIM-A launches certificate course for armed forces
Beginning the current academic year, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is launching a `Certificate Course in Business Administration' for the Officers of the Indian Armed Forces. The programme has been specially designed by IIM-A at the ... More

IPE management programme
The Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) is conducting a two-day Management Development Programme (MDP) on `Market-Oriented Strategic Planning' from August 25 at its campus. The programme is targeted at senior and middle-level ... More

BEVERAGES
Public health concerns: Confined to colas?
How safe is the potable water in most parts of the country? When certain soft drinks which, maybe, one to five per cent of the population consumes, are banned, what about the water available to the masses, say 90 per cent of the over one billion popu lation, in this country? More

Outsourcing protests?
With two major protests going on in India — against changes in the Right to Information (RTI) Act and cola companies — journalists in the capital came across a curious phenomenon. A series of press releases providing updates on the ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
HM gets Bengal nod to sell surplus land
The West Bengal Government has permitted Hindustan Motors Ltd to sell 314 acres of surplus land at the company's Uttarpara plant in Hooghly district. An application made by the company has been pending with the State Government. ... More

Chennai landlords cashing in on expat demand
FURNISHED APARTMENTS More

Indiareit invests in BKC project
Indiareit Fund, the real-estate fund promoted by Piramal Enterprises, has made its maiden investment in the Rs 400-crore residential complex to come up at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in the Western suburbs of Mumbai. The project ... More

LABOUR REFORMS
Move to amend textile labour laws
Flexibility will boost competitiveness, capacity utilisation, says Vaghela More

EVENTS
Seminar on nano materials
Nano materials, the new excitement in science and industry, is the focus of a one-day national seminar to be hosted by the B.M. Birla Science Centre here on Saturday. Dr Rainer Adelung of the University of Kiel, Germany, will ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Tea shipment to Poland rejected
ADULTERATED CONSIGNMENTS More

Oil products consumption up 0.4 pc in July
The month of July saw a 0.4 per cent increase in consumption of oil products in the country. According to a Union Petroleum Ministry data, fuel sales rose to 8.97 million tonne (mt) in July from 8.93 mt in the same month last year. Sale of ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES
Weavers too hit by Godavari floods
2,600 looms damaged, raw materials lost: Survey More

TOURISM
Hyderabad to host travel convention from Sept 1
1,500 delegates, industry captains to attend meet More

Express Eco-tourism ropes in VC firms
Firms to pick up 50 per cent equity stake More