The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 30, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ECONOMY: Export decline decelerating
From 39% in May to 13.3% in Sept. New Delhi, Oct. 29 From a peak 39 per cent decline in May this fiscal, the country’s export fall seems to ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Liquidity squeeze fear hits realty
Recent recovery not backed by real demand. Kolkata, Oct. 29 Real estate stocks are seeing marked hammering. On Thursday, BSE realty index lost 6.4 per cent on significant sell off. The index, which hit its year-high October 21, has declined by ...

COAL: CESC scouting for coal assets abroad
Net profit grows marginally, turnover up 26%. CESC is scouting for acquiring coal mines in Indonesia and South Africa. The company will source 30 per cent of its total requirement for coal for the proposed 600 MW thermal power plant at Haldia ...

POWER: CESC unhappy with Bihar SEB tendering process
Bids for franchisee power distributorship. The RPG Enterprises flagship CESC Ltd today criticised the tendering process of Bihar State Electricity Board for appointing franchisee power distributors for Patna and a few other ...

SOCIAL WELFARE: AP rolling out new scheme for women, girl child
Hyderabad, Oct.29 The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet announced its decision to implement a programme named after former chief minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, which seeks to empower self-help groups and girls providing them financial ...

ECONOMY: Core issues
When policymakers point out that month-wise data on critical indicators such as industrial output or core sector performance are oftentimes not representative of trends powerful enough to determine policy adjustments, they are perhaps right; ...

EDUCATION: US scholarships for college studies
Hyderabad, Oct. 29 The US Consulate General, with the support of the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, has launched the Community College Initiatives ...

EDUCATION: ISEC signs pact with Dutch university
Bangalore, Oct. 29 The Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), an inter-disciplinary research institute in social sciences, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maastricht University, the ...

ENVIRONMENT: ‘National project’ tag for EPTRI
Hyderabad, Oct. 29 The Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has agreed in principle to treat the Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) at Hyderabad as a ‘National ...

HOTELS: Hospitality sector ‘unaware’ of infrastructure tag
The Government has accorded infrastructure status to the hospitality industry almost two months ago, but most players in the sector are unaware of this ...

HEALTH: ‘108 emergency service’ saves 10,000 lives in a year
Madurai, Oct. 29 The ‘108 Emergency Response Services (ERS)’, a State Government initiative under the aegis of the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP), has saved up to 10,000 in ...

POWER: Mahatransco plans power transmission corridor linking Nagpur, Aurangabad
Mumbai, Oct. 29 Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (Mahatransco) plans to construct a Rs 2,000-crore power transmission corridor for connecting Nagpur with Aurangabad with 765 ...

EDUCATION: Mr Richard Kemp, Co-Director, The Open University, UK; Madras Management Association’s M.O.P. Vaishnav College chapter, Chennai
Chennai, Oct. 29 The Madras Management Association (MMA) Students chapter at M.O.P Vaishnav College for Women (MBA department) was flagged off by Mr Richard Kemp, Co-Director, The Open University, UK, in association with ...

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: ‘NREGS engagement below par’
The Minister for Local Administration, Mr Paloli Mohammed Kutty, has said that the engagement trend in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the State left a lot to be desired. Addressing the first meeting of the ...

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

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