The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 24, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Finding her feet
Women in local governance — the first step towards gender equity in Bihar.. Winds of change are finally blowing through Bihar and a lot of credit for this is being given by political analysts, researchers and social scientists to a sincere ...

HCV/LCV/TRACTORS: Commercial vehicles sector gets a booster dose
Accelerated depreciation benefit extended by six more months. New Delhi, April 23 The commercial vehicles industry has got a booster dose from the Government through extension of the validity of the ‘accelerated depreciation’ ...

GEMS & JEWELLERY: Gem & jewellery exports post 1.45% growth
New Delhi, April 23 India’s gem and jewellery exports posted a modest growth of 1.45 per cent during 2008-09 at $21.1 billion, primarily driven by gold jewellery exports, including medallions and ornaments. The country exported ...

HEALTH: No refuge from sanitary woes
Kashmiri Pandits, especially the women, living in unhygienic refugee camps risk serious illnesses.. Usha Pandita, 45, feels tired even after finishing the smallest of chores. But that’s not unusual for her. She suffers from Pelvic ...

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY: GE Hitachi in talks with L&T for nuke plans
New Delhi, April 23 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is in talks with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to engage the engineering and construction firm as a potential vendor for its nuclear power plants in ...

PETROLEUM: Reliance reopens Jamnagar outlets; to retail petro products
Ahmedabad, April 23 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) re-entered the petroleum products retail business by reopening two outlets in Jamnagar ...

EDUCATION: PUMBA to laud industry achievers
The Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune, (PUMBA) the city’s first B-School, will felicitate five industry stalwarts as part of Achievers 09, an annual event, on April 25. The entrepreneurs are Prof Indira Parekh, ...

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY: Fair winds for power producers
Wind generation provides support to TN power grid. Chennai, April 23 Wind speeds have picked up over the last few days enabling wind generation to provide support to Tamil Nadu ...

POWER: End of rabi farm operations to partly ease AP power situation
Hyderabad, April 23 With the demand from the rabi crop set to be done by the month-end, the overall power scenario in Andhra Pradesh is likely to improve and partially ease the tight demand-supply ...

POWER: NHPC registers 4.6% rise in fiscal 2009 profit
Initial public offer after market improves. New Delhi, April 23 Hydro power firm NHPC Ltd on Thursday reported a 4.6 per cent rise in its provisional net profit at Rs 1,050 crore for the fiscal ended March 31, ...

FOREIGN TRADE: Open sky agreement with ASEAN to be delayed beyond 2011
Inability to firm up pact among members. New Delhi, April 23 The open sky agreement between India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which was to allow unlimited access to airlines from India and the ASEAN countries to each ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Dept of Space raises concern over using 2.5 Ghz for broadband wireless service
New Delhi, April 23 The Department of Space (DoS) has raised concerns with the Department of Telecom’s proposal to allow the use of 2.5 Ghz band for broadband wireless access services on the ground that it could create interference with ...

ECONOMY: Goldman Sachs CEO sees hopeful signs of US recovery
There are some `hopeful signs' of the recovery of the US economy, according to Mr Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Goldman ...

EDUCATION: HP India digital library tool for Kerala colleges
Kochi, April 23 Hewlett-Packard India is in the process of installing its new DSpace Solution also known as digital libraries in several educational institutions in Kerala, as part of supporting the recent initiative of the HRD Ministry ...

IPR: Intellectual property report favours conditional patenting of micro-organisms
Mumbai, April 23 Without much ado, the Technical Expert Group on Patent Law Issues headed by Dr R.A. Mashelkar has resubmitted its report to the Union Ministry of ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Fast track to growth
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Import rules for telecom equipment relaxed
New Delhi, April 23 The Directorate-General of Foreign Trade on Thursday said the import of key communication hardware such as radio equipment will only require a licence from the Ministry of Communication and IT. No additional approval of ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Sabari Realtor launches housing project
Chennai, April 23 Sabari Realtor Pvt Ltd, part of the Sabari Group (a diversified business entity with interests in hotels, retail and real estate), has announced the launch of its new housing project, ‘Sabari’s ...

HEALTH: Hyderabad to host 3-day meet on cardiology
Dr K. Sarat Chandra, Chairman of National Interventional Council, has said that drug eluting stents are not dangerous and do not pose any threat to the ...

EMPLOYMENT: ‘Job outlook better for this quarter’
The bleak sentiment witnessed in the last two quarters would continue in the April-June quarter but the employment outlook for this period is better than the last quarter, says TeamLease Services in its latest Employment Outlook ...