The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 17, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

POWER: D6 gas may flow to ready-to-start power plants
New Delhi, Aug. 16 The Government may soon take a decision on further allocation of gas from the Reliance Industries Ltd-operated Krishna Godavari Basin D6 ...

FOREIGN TRADE: More pain than gain
After six long years India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) finally managed to get their acts together and sign an FTA as part of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement. This is no doubt an important landmark ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Affordable housing now on radar of PE funds
Demand likely to come in Rs 20-30-lakh space. Builders are not the only ones climbing onto the ‘affordable housing’ bandwagon. With premium housing and commercial realty market still in near comatose, the affordable housing projects ...

URBAN DEVELOPMENT: ‘Namma Metro’ phase I to be commissioned by end-2010
Task force constituted to monitor quality of public works: CM. Bangalore, Aug. 16 The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa, said that the first stage of the ‘Namma Metro’ project will be commissioned by December-end 2010. ...

TOURISM: ‘Incredible India’ heads for Oscar, Grammy
New Delhi, Aug. 16 ‘Incredible India!’, the award winning brand campaign of the Ministry of Tourism, will be buying advertising spots during the Oscar, Grammy and BAFTA Award Functions on E! Entertainment Channel this financial ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Export situation could improve by year-end
FICCI survey sees optimism among exporters. New Delhi, Aug. 16 A survey on exports by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) reveals that most exporters are optimistic of an improvement in scenario by ...

TAXATION: Kerala against single rate for States under dual GST
The Kerala Finance Minister, Dr Thomas Isaac, has said that any attempt to impose a single, uniform rate for States under the dual-structure Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be firmly ...

HEALTH: Maharashtra to get 5 lakh more doses of Tamiflu
Mumbai, Aug 16 The death toll from swine flu in Maharashtra has remained unchanged in the last 48 ...

EDUCATION: Co-op Dept plans more colleges
The Cooperative Academy of Professional Education (Cape), a self-financing educational institution in the cooperative sector, is embarking on an expansion spree as it completes 10 years in ...

EVENTS: Info guides
...

EVENTS: CMs’ meet
...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Speedy justice
...

HEALTH: New treatment for arthritis
An indigenously developed cytotron device has emerged as a promising tool to treat patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee joints, spine and ...

EVENTS: `TechTop 2009' from today
...