The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 21, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ENVIRONMENT: Tech lends a hand
Software-aided study looks at sustainable livelihood for dwellers of Sunderbans that will not impact the environment.. It is an exercise that can go a long way in ensuring the sustained livelihood of 4.2 million island dwellers in the Sundarbans, ...

POWER: Karnataka plans 2,000 MW power plant in Chattisgarh
Yeddyurappa protests diversion of power from Central pool. Power-hungry Karnataka has turned to Chattisgarh to meet its energy requirement. It plans to set up its own 2,000 MW pithead thermal power plant in Janjgir district and has also sought ...

PETROLEUM: IGL’s legality issue to be resolved soon: Deora
New Delhi, July 20 CNG retailer Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) may soon overcome a regulatory hitch on its operations front. The Petroleum Minister, Mr Murli Deora, on Sunday said that he had spoken to the oil regulator to allow IGL to expand its ...

SSI: It’s all on lease
Tech majors offer their customers some financing options.. Businesses need to constantly upgrade the technology they invest in even while keeping costs down. What is the way out?Networking technology major Cisco says it helps out small ...

ACCOUNTANCY: ICAI’s Coimbatore branch plans expansion
Project estimated at Rs 5 cr, land finalised. Efforts are on to expand the Coimbatore branch of SIRC of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ...

POWER: Global collaborations get Nepal hydel power project rolling
Primary evacuation to be taken up by PTC India. New Delhi, July 20 A $1.25-billion hydroelectric project is coming up in Nepal, which is being promoted by an Australian engineering firm, with design and building work to be carried out by a ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: Software body working on anti-piracy task force
Business Software Alliance is working towards creating an anti-piracy task force in coordination with industry bodies such as FICCI (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry), Nasscom (National Association for Software and ...

GOLD & SILVER:

Gold may test support levels
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS: Gastroenterology Institute sets up research centre
In a few years from now, doctors could unravel the mysteries behind ulcerous diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases and the cause of lower prevalence of H. Pylori induced gastric cancer in ...

ECONOMY: ‘No need to rely on foreign funds for executing projects’
India need not entirely depend upon foreign funds for execution of projects in the pipeline for the next five years, according to Mr Nilesh Shah, Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund. ...

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS: Multi-speciality hospital opened in Salt Lake
Kolkata, July 20 Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt Ltd, India, the Indian arm of the Malaysia-based Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt Ltd, has launched a new 100-bed multi-speciality hospital in Salt Lake area of the city. This is the company’s ...

EVENTS: Karnataka to hold global investors’ meet
Karnataka Government will be organising a global investors’ meet in January. ...

TAXATION: ‘Make plans to meet GST regime’
Chennai, July 20 In three years the Goods and Services Tax Act (GST) will come into force and the process has begun, according to Mr Gautam Bhattacharya, Commissioner, Service Tax, Central Board of Excise and Customs. ...

EVENTS: Meet on pain management
The University of Hyderabad will host a three-day national workshop on ‘Trauma and pain management’ beginning August 2. The workshop will focus on multi-disciplinary approaches to pain and trauma management. ...

EVENTS: `Focus on skill development'

EDUCATION: Education Initiatives e-learning program
Ahmedabad, July 20 Education Initiatives Pvt Ltd of the ASSET test fame has launched a computer-based adaptive self-learning programme Mindspark after soft testing it for six months in seven ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: CSIR award for NGRI scientist

BUDGET: Karnataka budget based on 5% inflation rate
Bangalore, July 20 The Karnataka Budget for 2008-09 has based its fiscal deficit and revenue deficit estimates on a 7 per cent real rate of growth of the gross State domestic product (GSDP). This is no different from the ...