The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 24, 2007

CHILDREN & PARENTING
Kids below 16 may find it hard to own a mobile
DoT formulating guidelines to protect users against electromagnetic radiation More

LIC readying plan for girl child
The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is in talks with several State Governments on introducing an insurance scheme for the girl child. "We have devised a tailor-made insurance scheme for the Karnataka Government, specially for girl children ... More

GENDER
Her viewfinder
Women directors sure call the shots… as the recent Osian film festival proved. More

EVENTS
Courier firms provide rakhi delivery services
Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, courier firms such as XPS and Blue Dart have launched special rakhi delivery offers. XPS, which delivered about 22,000 rakhis last year through its Anmol Rakhi scheme, hopes to deliver over ... More

Matrimony meet on Sept 22
TeluguMatrimony.com, part of matrimonial portal BharatMatrimony.com, today announced its plan to host one of the largest Telugu matrimony meets in Hyderabad. Christened Mega Swayamwaram 2007, this event will be hosted at RTC Kalabhavan Complex ... More

SHOPPING
Night shopping comes to Kochi
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ARTS & CRAFTS
Joshi's museum of miniature railways
THE JOSHI'S MUSEUM OF MINIATURE Railways in Pune has added yet another feather to its cap by manufacturing a scale model of Switzerland's popular Jungfrau Railway, which is Europe's highest railway and named after the Jungfrau mountain. "We ... More

SPORTS
Cricket can learn ‘packaging’ from Chak De!
Chennai, Aug 23 The ICL-BCCI issue is hot in the Indian cricket world. Belligerent sound bites fill the airwaves in talk shows and other programmes about the ongoing tussle between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Zee ... More

TOURISM
Abatement rate hiked for service tax on packaged tours
Finance Ministry issues notification More

Forum calls for steps to save Vizag beach
‘Coastline under threat from erosion’ More

On the right course
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