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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
AUTOMOBILES:
More banks reviewing auto loan rates
New Delhi, Feb 21 State Bank of India’s limited period offer of lower auto loan rates is likely to force other banks to review their lending ...
EVENTS:
Don’t let China seize Indian market, say experts
Call to protect domestic industry; long term prospects seen intact. Chennai, Feb. 21 Looking just beyond the immediate economic crisis, what could be India’s primary ...
BUDGET:
Annual Budget versus vote-on-account
Surprised that there were no tax or duty cuts in the ‘Budget’ announced the other day? It being an election year, you would have expected some populist measures by the government to woo the voters. While the government did come ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Ahmedabad woos the middle-income group
The Ahmedabad realty market is gearing up to offer affordable houses for the middle income group, and it is happening for the first time in many years, said Mr Kishor Dedhia, Joint Managing Director, Space Management ...
INFRASTRUCTURE:
Something in it for India Inc
Interim Budget. The BSE Sensex has crumbled by nearly 800 points after the Interim Budget was unveiled last Monday. But pencil that down to the global cues — an about-turn in the US indices and fresh doubts about the health of the global ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
‘Intelligent Bengaluru’ is the goal
An intelligent and sustainable Bangalore: This is what a pilot programme unveiled recently in the city plans to ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Tiruchi airport gets new terminal
Tiruchi international airport has got a new integrated terminal building at a cost of Rs 46 ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Real estate market looking positive: Sobha Developers
Signs of improvement in sales seen. Bangalore, Feb. 21 With interest rates falling and market sentiments getting better, Sobha Developers claims the real estate market is looking positive with its sales now showing signs ...
REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS:
SEBI, IRDA flout norms on surplus funds: CAG
New Delhi, Feb. 21 The capital market and insurance sector regulators — Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) — are flouting Finance Ministry instructions by ...
STEEL:
‘Slowdown an opportunity for steel sector’
SAIL enlarging capacity, distribution network. Kolkata, Feb. 21 The current economic downturn provides the steel industry with an opportunity to expand capacity and strengthen its distribution network, according to Mr Shoeb Ahmed, Director ...
BUDGET:
A prudent budget
The unprecedented slowing of the global economy had raised expectations about an additional round of measures, including tax sops, in the Interim Budget. The significant fiscal stimulus already provided in the current year is established by ...
ECONOMY:
Books, stationery biz bucks the trend
RECESSION-PROOF. Kolkata, Feb. 21 The books and stationeries business seems to be relatively insulated by the economic downturn with the demand and sales of books and stationeries almost doubling this year, as compared to the same period last ...
PETROLEUM:
Robotics at work for under-sea installations
Gadimoga, Feb. 21 The country’s first deepwater oil and natural gas project of Reliance Industries Ltd, in the Krishna Godavari basin region, set for commissioning shortly, has several ...
ECONOMIC OFFENCES:
CBI registers case against Ramalinga Raju
New Delhi, Feb. 21 The CBI on Friday registered a case against Satyam’s former chairman Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, and others for their alleged involvement in the massive accounting fraud at the Hyderabad-based IT ...
HEALTH:
‘Healthcare system way below acceptable norms’
Chennai, Feb. 21 “The biggest challenge the country is facing today is accessibility and affordability of quality healthcare services,” said Ms Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals. She was addressing the Health ...
RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
Microfinance outreach grew 40% in 2007-08: Report
Hyderabad, Feb. 21 The microfinance institutions (MFIs) outreach grew by 40 per cent and credit portfolio outstanding by 72 per cent during 2007-08, a report on the microfinance sector in India ...
POWER:
‘Nuclear industry can provide clean energy’
Hyderabad, Feb. 21 The nuclear industry is uniquely positioned in the midst of the global economic recession to provide something that the world desperately and always needs, Mr Gerald W. Grandey, President and CEO, Cameco Corporation, ...
PETROLEUM:
Panna-Mukta gas leak to be fixed today
Mumbai, Feb. 21 The gas leak in the sub-sea pipeline of Panna-Mukta Tapti (PMT) fields would be brought under control by Sunday, a spokesperson of BG ...
ECONOMY:
Bottom of the pyramid demographics
Chennai, Feb. 21 It makes no difference if we focus on average individuals or households, or their total expenditure, while examining the percentage by which the consumption of the middle-third exceeds the consumption of the lowest third in ...
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B Venkatesh
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C Gopinath
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Bhanoji Rao
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P.V. Indiresan
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