The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 04, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

TERRORISM: Ten Sports revenues may not be hit
Mumbai: Ten Sports holds the telecast rights for the Pakistan-Sri Lanka test match, which was called off following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan players in Lahore. Mr Subhash Chandra, Chairman of Zee Group, which holds ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Now, pharma exports facing recession blues
Forex losses, delayed payments. Hyderabad, March 3 The adverse impact of the recession has started showing on the pharma industry with the value of exports in dollar terms down 2 per cent, perhaps for the first time in recent years, during ...

EDUCATION: Dr R.R. Pujari, Director of Totem Infrastructure Ltd; Siva Sivani Institute of Management
Hyderabad, March 3 The remittances from abroad are likely to decrease significantly due to the ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Pune builder launches ‘rent today, own tomorrow’ scheme
Pune, March 3 The Pune-based Mont Vert group is launching a new scheme that offers buyers the choice of first hiring homes and then deciding whether they wish to convert it into a ...

STEEL: Changes in Tata Steel board
Tata Steel said its board of directors has approved the appointment of Mr H.M. Nerurkar, Chief Operating Officer, as an Additional Director of the company and that he would be designated as Executive Director, India and South East Asia from April ...

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Lighting up rural homes
Over 1.6 billion people in the world lack access to electricity even today. As per the Ministry of Power, 4.9 lakh out of the six lakh villages in the country were electrified as on March 31, 2008. Even today, in more than a ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Hind Zinc to facilitate Metal Park in Rajasthan
Mumbai, March 3 Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company, has approached the Rajasthan Government with a proposal to set up a ‘Metal Park’ for ancillary units, downstream metal product manufacturers and silver ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: CII releases Orissa vision document
The Orissa State council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Tuesday released the vision document “Orissa@2022”, according to a press release issued by the ...

AUTOMOBILES: Auto recovery
If the auto industry is not quite over the moon with the smart turn around in sales in February, it is understandable. . The industry’s confidence had been badly dented by the falling sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles, with ...

STEEL: Siemens VAI Metals bags €200-m order from SAIL
Mumbai, March 3 Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) to build an LD converter steel mill at the Bhilai Steel ...

HEALTH: ‘Sedentary life-styles lead to rise in spinal disorders’
Kochi, March 3 Changing life-styles, lack of exercise and working long hours in sedentary jobs are leading to a rise in the incidence of spinal disorders in Kerala, according to a surgeon attached to a speciality hospital ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Light Logics develops holographic weapon sight elements
Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 Light Logics, a Technopark-based start-up specialising in holographic imaging and photonics, has developed professional grade holographic weapon sight ...

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT: Workshop on paper manufacturing
Coimbatore, March 3 The Indian Agro & Recycled Paper Mills Association is organising a two-day workshop on ‘Automation in Paper and Board Manufacturing’ on March 13 and 14 in ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘Improving skill sets vital for survival’
Bangalore, March 3 In their battle against the slowdown, companies, along with cuts in salaries, are adding more responsibilities to job roles to get maximum value from their ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘Indian workers ready for lower income if work is meaningful’
New Delhi, March 3 People in India derive a greater sense of pride and self-confidence in their jobs than workers in any other ...

TEXTILE MACHINERY: Recession hits industrial sewing machines sale
Kolkata, March 3 There has been a 40 per cent drop in the sale of industrial sewing machines in the last three-to-four months because of the global recession, according to Mr Sanjay Mehta, Secretary, Sewing Machine Traders Association, ...

PETROLEUM: ‘Out-of-box ideas must for finding more hydrocarbons’
Hyderabad, March 3 There is a need for finding more hydrocarbons in matured and semi-matured basins with the aid of innovative strategy and technology, said Mr P.K. Bhowmick, Head of KDM Institute of Petroleum ...