The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 06, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ECONOMY: Sharing news makes IT better
Tech companies are handling slowdown trauma by keeping employees — and their families — in the information loop. To know what’s happening is reassuring.. At 24, Samir (name changed) has just taken a hard knock — ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Cumin exports surpass target
Shipments in April-Feb period up in value, volume terms. Kochi, April 5 Squeeze in supply from other origins due to crop failure has pushed up exports of cumin from India to a record, with the shipments from April-February 2008-09 surpassing the ...

EMPLOYMENT: Poor placements take sheen away from ISB graduation day
Over 100 students yet to find jobs. Hyderabad, April 5 The Board of Director of Indian School of Business (ISB) will take special measures to ensure placements to all the students who graduated this year, according to Mr Rajat Gupta, Chairman, ...

SOCIAL WELFARE: Free IT training for differently abled
Thiruvananthapuram, April 5 The Kerala State IT Mission is preparing to constitute a technical committee to evolve programmes under the Insight project to impart free IT training to individuals with mental and ...

POWER: Damodar Valley plans super critical power stations
Kolkata. April 5 Damodar Valley Corporation has initiated discussions with power equipment major BHEL and Coal India Ltd (CIL) to build two super critical thermal power stations as a joint ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Coming soon: ISRO’s ‘see-all’ radar imaging satellite
EYE IN THE SKY. Bangalore, April 5 At a time when the country grapples with terror threats and security concerns have peaked, a radar imaging satellite that is due to be put in orbit later in April is expected to give extra teeth to the ...

MINERALS: KMML develops titanium dioxide nano particles
The State-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML) has developed titanium dioxide nano particles that have a wide range ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: Panel on corporate governance may submit report in six months
Kolkata, April 5 The core group formed by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in the wake of the Satyam scam is expected to come out with its recommendations on corporate governance issues in six months, according to ...

EVENTS: Car show in Mumbai
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TOURISM: Tough sailing
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PSU: Mangalore airport posts Rs 7.5-cr profit
Mangalore, April 5 Mangalore airport, a major non-metro airport in Karnataka, has made an operating profit of Rs 7.5 crore during 2008-09 as against the operating profit of Rs 8.61 crore for ...

PSU: APMDC nets Rs 45 cr profit in 2008-09
Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (APMDC) has recorded a turnover of Rs 150 crore with a net profit of Rs 45 crore ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Connecting India from every corner
The two sanctioned Dedicated Freight Corridors are only a part of a larger plan of building a quadrilateral of railway lines connecting the country’s four metro cities. The traffic between Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai is ...