The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 26, 2007

ECONOMY
What is ICT's contribution to economic growth?
The national income from the ICT sector remains unestimated. Neither the corporate sector nor the policy-makers seem serious about this in the context of the booming ICT-led New Economy. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Centre okays Rs 13 cr for Nathula checkpost
Infrastructure development for border trade More

INFRASTRUCTURE
`Clear-cut policy key to attracting private funds into infrastructure'
Political issues shadow projects, says Suresh Prabhu More

India rebuts world trade body's scepticism on SEZs
SEZs has so far provided direct employment to over 31,000 people and this is expected to rise to one-lakh by the end of the calendar year and to 4 million by the end of 2010. More

`Automation' of SEZ planned
The Union Minister of State for Finance, Mr Palanimanikkam, said on Thursday that the Government plans to extend automation to the Special Economic Zones during the year. Adoption of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Risk Management System ... More

No political vendetta: Mayawati
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government's move to recommend cancellation of the approval granted to the Reliance ADA Group's special economic zone (SEZ) in Noida was not due to political vendetta but because of violation of ... More

PETROLEUM
Paradip-Haldia crude pipeline to be ready soon
IOC replaces Iranian SPM project contractor More

POWER
Karnataka power supply cos may not get higher subsidy support
Cross-border purchases in view of shortfall in both thermal and hydel generation More

EDUCATION
Axill plans investment in education Web site
Axill Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of Northgate Technologies Ltd, has announced plans to invest up to Rs 25 crore (about € 3 million ) in bharatstudent.com, a social networking site addressing issues relating to higher education and ... More

Educational institutions under I-T Dept scanner
Focus on curbing tax evasion in commercially important towns More

Georgia varsity campus soon
In a move that can further strengthen the technical education scenario in Andhra Pradesh, the Georgia Tech University will soon set up its campus in Hyderabad. A decision to this effect had been taken at a high-level meeting ... More

ELECTRICAL GOODS
Electrical trade fair begins
The three-day electrical trade fair, being organised by the Visakhapatnam Electrical Dealers' Association, was inaugurated by Mr C.V.S. Rao, General Manager (Electrical) of the Vizag Steel Plant, here on Friday. He said the ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Another Vasan hospital in Kerala
Vasan Eye Care Hospital has announced the launch of its operations in the city. With this, the company now has eye care hospitals in five cities in Kerala. The hospital in Thiruvananthapuram has been launched in association ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
ETA Star ties up with TN for township project
Joint venture will invest Rs 3,750 crore More