The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 25, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS: Durables steadfast
Market players in the consumer durables sector shrug off slowdown worries, boost ad spends.. The slowdown in the economy has started to weigh heavily on the durables industry. So far insulated from the impact of the slowdown, the latest Index of ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: ISRO’s proposal for manned mission submitted to Govt
CII felicitates India’s space scientists for moon mission. New Delhi, Dec. 24 The success of the Chandrayaan-1 is now going to be a stepping stone for India’s space science team which has its eyes set on ...

ECONOMIC OFFENCES: Alerting auditors on fraud
Abraham Lincoln once remarked “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” The quote seems so relevant in these times when there is only ...

RADIO/TV: DTH players told to work together, pool resources
ISRO may not be able to accommodate growing number of players. New Delhi, Dec. 24 The DTH industry is wasting spectrum on the Ku Band, and can work together and pool resources, said Dr G. Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman and Secretary, Department of ...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EDI entrepreneurship meet
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EDUCATION: IPE extends last date for PG Diploma
The Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad has extended the last date for submission of filled-in applications for admission into the two-year post graduate diploma programmes in management (marketing, retail & BFSI) to February ...

EDUCATION: C. Mahalingam, Executive Vice-President and Chief People Officer, Symphony Services Corporation; City Engineering College’s Department of Management Studies, Bangalore
Bangalore, Dec. 24 The Executive Vice-President and Chief Peoples’ Officer of Symphony Services Solutions, Mr C. Mahalingam, has asked young managers to have realistic aspirations during these difficult times, which he termed as ...

POWER: Allot hydro power projects along a river to single developer, States told
For optimal development of resources. New Delhi, Dec. 24 The Centre has asked States with hydel potential to follow a policy of bundling hydroelectric projects along a single river to one agency, so that development of the resources is done ...

POLLUTION: Walking the power corridors to get early bail for jailed seamen
2 Indian seamen in Korean prison after oil spillage. Mumbai, Dec. 24 Never had she thought that she would have to move through the corridors of power in Delhi to get the Government to listen to her plea. But today, Ms Jaswinder Chawla is doing ...

PSU: HC says ‘no’ to PSU’s contention
Right to challenge cancellation of biz agreement. Chennai, Dec. 24 The Madras High Court has ruled that if there was a doubtful proposition whether one of the two parties to a business agreement was a ‘public’ authority or not, this ...

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS: Auto parts makers seek govt support
New Delhi, Dec. 24 To stave off the impact of the crises faced by the US auto makers on the Indian component suppliers, the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association has sought a series of relief measures from the ...

SECURITY: High alert
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ENVIRONMENT: Energy saving, now part of building design, says Trane
With heating and cooling accounting for significant part of costs in large buildings such as hotels, hospitals, IT establishments, the focus now is on design innovation that could potentially save up to 20 per cent of power costs, according ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Exporters urged to make better use of NMPT
Mangalore, Dec. 24 The exporters of Karnataka should make better use of the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), according to Mr P. Tamilvanan, NMPT ...

READYMADE GARMENTS: Crucial season ahead for garment makers
Bangalore, Dec. 24 The scenario for textiles and apparel looks bleak in 2008-09, but producers of top apparel brands have orders till March or April. The impact of the recession in the US, India’s main buyer of readymades, is expected to ...

TERRORISM: UTV suspends plans for Pakistan
UTV Software Communications Ltd has announced that it has temporarily withdrawn all its plans for dealings with the Pakistan market in an endeavour to support the Indian Government in demanding stricter action against terrorism emanating ...