The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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TAMIL NADU: Aloka Trivitron Chennai facility goes on stream
To roll out a range of medical equipment. Chennai, Feb. 10 Aloka Trivitron Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd, a medical equipment manufacturing company, announced the commencement of the production of Aloka SSD 500, portable black and white ...

OTHER STATES: Sikkim’s annual Plan finalised at Rs 1,045 cr
State lauded for performance in social sector. Gangtok, Feb. 9 The 2009-10 Annual Plan for Sikkim has been finalised at Rs 1,045 crore against Rs 852 crore in the previous ...

KERALA: Inkel plans to improve Kochi transport system
Proposals submitted to State Govt. Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 10 Infrastructures Kerala Ltd (Inkel) has drawn up several proposals to improve Kochi’s public transport ...

TAMIL NADU: Madras HC refers MRF lock-out issue to Industrial Tribunal
Chennai, Feb. 10 The Madras High Court has referred to the Industrial Tribunal issues pertaining to the indefinite lock-out declared by the management of the Chennai-based tyre giant MRF Ltd in December, 2007 following work stoppages by a ...

OTHER STATES: Nagaland’s annual Plan for 2009-10 pegged at Rs 1,500 cr
New Delhi, Feb. 10 The annual Plan outlay of Nagaland for 2009-10 has been pegged at Rs 1,500 crore here on Tuesday at a meeting between the Chief Minister of Nagaland, Mr Neiphiu Rio, and the Planning Commission, Deputy Chairman, Mr ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Govt considering independent regulator for geospatial sector
Sees prospects for capturing significant part of outsourcing market. Hyderabad, Feb. 10 The Union Government is considering bringing in a National Geospatial Data Authority Bill, which will enable users to access requisite data and promote the ...

GUJARAT: NDDB to provide support for dairy sector in Africa
Ahmedabad, Feb 10 Following the visit of specialists from National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to Uganda and Tanzania, NDDB on Tuesday said it would support the World Bank initiative for South-South exchange in ...

KERALA: Muthoot Group launches commodity futures trading
Kochi, Feb. 10 The Kerala-based Muthoot Group has entered commodities futures trading with the launch of Muthoot Commodities Ltd by using the trading platform of MCX, NCDEX and ...

KERALA: Aircel launches GSM services in Kerala
Kochi, Feb. 10 Aircel, the telecom operator, has entered the Kerala market with the launch of its GSM mobile services thereby enhancing its network to 11 circles in the ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘Time for industries to make use of energy exchange’
Coimbatore, Feb. 10 It is time for industries to come on board the Indian Energy Exchange Ltd as participation of stakeholders in the power sector is increasing and the operations of the exchange ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Decision on Hyderabad Metro Rail depends on financial closure: CM
Hyderabad, Feb. 10 The fate of the Rs 12,132-crore Hyderabad Metro rail project awarded to the Maytas Infra-led consortium will be decided based on whether it manages to achieve financial closure in the stipulated time, that is within six ...

MAHARASHTRA: Maharashtra builders seek stimulus plan
Mumbai, Feb. 10 With shrinking sales and rising inventory, the 600-member Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry has sought abolition of value-added tax and reduction in stamp duty and property tax, besides other facilities to ...

MAHARASHTRA: Investopedia seminar today
Mumbai, Feb. 10 The fourth edition of “Investopedia” hosted by Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) students of SVKM’s Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management will be held at the BSE Building on ...

KERALA: Stone laid for Kollam IT park
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ANDHRA PRADESH: AP Agri Dept launches portal
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MAHARASHTRA: Meet on cancer research
Pune, Feb. 10 The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), here, in collaboration with cancer – Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG), USA, is organising a technical event titled ‘Meet on Cancer Biomedical ...

TAMIL NADU: Nichi-In signs pact with Jeevan Stem Cell Bank
Chennai, Feb. 10 Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), an Indo-Japan joint venture, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jeevan Stem Cell Bank, a unit of Jeevan Blood Bank and ...

TAMIL NADU: Jyothi Menon, Senior Vice-President, HR Shared Services Centre, Scope International; Vael’s Institute of Business Administration
Chennai, Feb. 10 Times are a changing in the field of human relations. HR managers today are more concerned about HR transformation within the organisation, says Ms Jyothi Menon, Senior Vice-President, HR Shared Services Centre, ...

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