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EMPLOYMENT: Tide turns: Infrastructure PSUs attracting more talent
New Delhi, April 7 Core-sector PSUs, which have faced a manpower crunch over the years, are finally seeing a reversal of ...

TOURISM: Kerala registers double-digit growth in tourist arrivals
16% rise in foreign visitors, 14% domestic growth. Kochi, April 7 Kerala has bucked the trend in the crisis-hit global tourism industry, registering 16.11 per cent rise in international tourist arrivals and 14 per cent in domestic arrivals in ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: ADB expands trade finance facilitation programme to $1 b
Maximum maturity permitted under the scheme raised to 3 years. New Delhi, April 7 With trade finance drying up due to the worst global economic downturn, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has come to the rescue of exporters in developing ...

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS: Fortis to expand network to 40 hospitals by 2012
Bangalore, April 7 Fortis Healthcare Ltd expects to expand its network to 40 hospitals and almost double to 6,000 beds by 2012, the economic slowdown not quite pinching it or the ...

ENVIRONMENT: BARC ‘Nisargruna’ tech eligible for carbon credits
The ‘Nisargruna’ (repaying of Nature’s loan) technology developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, for decentralised processing of biodegradable waste is now eligible for carbon ...

POWER: ‘APEPDCL ahead of private peers’
The Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited (APEPDCL), formed 10 years ago with its headquarters here, is far ahead of private companies in the country, though its capital investment is much less, and has succeeded in reducing ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: CII to submit proposal on land acquisition to new Govt
Task force analysing States models. Kolkata, April 7 The task force set up by the Confederation of Indian Industry on land acquisition is expected to submit its recommendations after the elections to the new Government, according to the CII ...

ECONOMY: `India can bounce back faster than developed economies'
Chennai, April 7 India’s success story is very much on track. GDP is growing, albeit at a lower rate of 6-7 per cent; core sectors are on the upswing; and IT companies are still recruiting. So there is no need to be disheartened by ...

PEOPLE: Raja Chelliah passes away
Chennai, April 7 Dr Raja J. Chelliah, noted economist and Chairman Emeritus, Madras School of Economics, passed away here today. He ...

TAXATION: Arun Shourie favours green taxation system
The Rajya Sabha MP and former Union Minister, Mr Arun Shourie, has stressed the need for India to move ahead in introducing green taxation ...

ECONOMY: Chamber call to implement stimulus package, relief measures
Madurai, April 7 The Tuticorin-based All India Chamber of Commerce and Industries has called for proper implementation of the stimulus package and relief ...

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS: Fortis faces tax issues at Mumbai hospital
Mumbai, April 7 Even as Fortis Healthcare makes no bones about its intentions to acquire Wockhardt Hospitals, it seems to be facing property tax-related trouble at its first hospital in Mumbai — the Hiranandani Fortis hospital at ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Lower volume hits tea exports
The Tea Board has not yet announced the target for tea exports in calendar 2009 or fiscal ...

ANTI-DUMPING: Dumping duty mooted on cold rolled flat stainless steel imports
In the case of Spain and also for the Spanish product exported from Malaysia, it is $550.23 per a tonne for 300 series and $12.74 per a tonne for 400 series being exported by ...

EDUCATION: Leeds to offer courses in India
UK-based Leeds Metropolitan University and Jagaran Social Welfare Society (JSWS) have come together to offer courses and degrees in India. The partnership has set up its campus – Leeds Met India in Bhopal – and will offer ...

HEALTH: CII poster for World Health Day
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Madurai Zone, released a poster on Tuesday, as part the celebration of World Health Day. The poster to be displayed in all hospitals seeks to drive home the healthcare parameters needed to keep ...

Columnists: B Venkatesh C Gopinath Bhanoji Rao P.V. Indiresan




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