The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 30, 2006

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Rain bath
A SHEPHERD TAKES COVER under a tree along with his herd on the Banjara Hills - Hi-tech City Road in Hyderabad as intermittent showers hit the twin cities on Sunday ... More

NRIS
Change mindset: Vayalar Ravi
The Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Mr Vayalar Ravi, has said that the mindset of the people of Kerala should change for attracting foreign investments into the State. He was inaugurating a seminar on `Overseas ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS
Mangalore college bags Carter award
The former US President, Mr Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Ms Rosalynn Carter, handed out the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration to St Agnes College (Mangalore University) for its watershed development and ... More

AUTOMOBILES
Govt sets up centres for auto, component exports certification
National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP), a Department of Heavy Industry venture, has tied up with the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) of the Government of UK to test and certify vehicles and components to be ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Lanka woos investors
Offers sops to cos to set up centres More

`Ease curbs on Indo-Pak cargo flows'
Says bilateral trade will increase if 1975 protocol is amended More

HEALTH
Obesity a major concern among children
Seven per cent of Delhi's school children are likely to develop serious heart problems by the time they are in their early thirties. According to a study conducted by the Diabetes Foundation of India, there has been a 13 per cent rise in the ... More

Diabetes on the rise in children
An increasing number of children in the age group of 8 to 15 years have been found to be suffering from Type 2 Diabetes, generally common in adults, according to the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI). The prevalence ... More

Beauty queen lends glamour to AIDS awareness drive
Through the medium of fashion, entertainment and celebrity power, IG International aims to promote public awareness about AIDS. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Insurance cos to be allowed to invest in SEZs
Insurance companies can invest in special economic zones (SEZs), particularly in infrastructure such as roads and power plants and other facilities. Mr C.S. Rao, Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), said that ... More

New convention centre in Coimbatore
The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, is expected to lay the foundation stone for a convention centre at the GV Fair Grounds here on November 1. "The project, estimated to cost about Rs 10 crore would be complete in a span of two ... More

`Land acquisition for SEZs not to affect farmers'
TN to follow the Centre's guidelines which said only uncultivated, fallow and dry land should be acquired for SEZs. More

Petrapole infrastructure: Bengal takes up issue with Centre
To aid trade with Bangladesh More

PETROLEUM
Ethanol supply: Oil cos to start price talks this week
Bidding process completed; Nov 1 deadline may not be met More

TAXATION
Assocham for removal of anomaly on profit taxability of SEZ units
Profit of the unit is calculated dividing export sale of the SEZ unit by the total turnover of the assessee. More

SSI
Package for micro, small, medium enterprises likely
Aimed at enhancing competitiveness More

MANAGEMENT
Retail mgmt meet on Nov 1
The Department of Business Administration, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, is organising a one-day national conference on `Knowledge powered retail management' on November 1. Styled Kalpatha '06, it will be the fourth in the annual ... More

EDUCATION
Test your costing skills
A CA (Final) model paper on cost management More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Realty sector on high growth curve in West Bengal
The real estate sector in West Bengal never had it so good, and things are getting better by the day. This is primarily due to the unique and innovative public-private partnership model that has been put in place by the West Bengal Government. ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
KMML-ISRO tie up for titanium sponge
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EVENTS
Messe Munchen plans subsidiary in India
Likely to be set up in Mumbai, will help host trade fairs More

Agenda for the week
Indo American Chamber of Commerce: 36th AGM; 4.30 p.m.; Bengal Club, Kolkata. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company: Media conference to share a new business initiative; 12.00 noon; The Park, Kolkata. IIT Kharagpur: ... More

`Halloween Screams'
The Muthoot Plaza, Thiruvananthapuram, is hosting `Halloween Screams', an exclusive Halloween Scare Fest, on November 3 and 4. Halloween is a traditional festival celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children ... More

Children's animation workshop
The Principal of the Fine Arts College, Prof Ajaya Kumar, inaugurated a children's animation workshop organised here by the Toonz Animation Academy. The workshop was held on Sunday at the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club to ... More

Agenda for the week

INCOME TAX
I-T collections rise 43%
Income-tax collections have registered a growth of 43 per cent so far this year and the Finance Ministry is confident of meeting this year's Budget estimates, according to the Union Revenue Secretary, Mr K.M. Chandrasekhar. This growth is due ... More