The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 01, 2005

`Protect world ecosystems or perish'
A LANDMARK study on the rapid change in ecosystems and its consequences on the world's support systems and services, including business and industry, has been released at the World Bank headquarters here. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ... More

LIFESTYLE

The warm afterglow
Develop non-work related interests early on... such pursuits would add to a happy retired life. More

Exercise caution
Addiction of any kind is unhealthy... so with exercising too! Fitness overdrive could land you in trouble, as it did G.R. Khairnar. More

Gourmet's favourite
There is a perceptible shift among chicken meat freaks in the State from exotic broilers to home-grown breeds. This shows in the prices they command in and around Thiruvananthapuram - Rs 80 a kg for the locals and around Rs 40 a kg for the ... More

CINEMA

Child-care lounge at Sathyam Cinemas
WANT to go for a movie but don't know what to do with the children? Sathyam Cinemas has a solution — it has allied with childcare experts to open Magic Hat, a transit play lounge where parents can leave their children aged between 6 months ... More

GENDER

She means business
As the Finance and Budget minister of a debt-ridden country, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has a mammoth task at hand and every reason to take a firm stand. More

EVENTS

Flowering charm
Ms Sindhura Gadde, who was crowned Miss India World in Mumbai recently, poses at a press conference in Hyderabad on Thursday. She was born in Vijayawada and raised in New Zealand. A student of pharmacology and physiology, she has been engaged in ... More

ARTS & CRAFTS

New chief for Delhi art commission
NEW DELHI: Mr Charles Correa has been appointed as the Chairman of the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC). The other three members of the newly constituted DUAC are Mr Jasbir Sawhney, Mr Mohammad Shaheer and Ms Narayani Gupta. Mr P.K. ... More

AP Handicrafts development corpn to double Lepakshi showrooms
THE Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation (APHDC) is planning to double the number of its showrooms, from 17 to 34, and take up sales promotion drive. At a press meet here on Thursday, Mr B. Anjan Babu, new Chairman of the ... More

SPORTS

Testing the Olympic waters
After producing several national gold medallists, a swimming academy on the outskirts of Chennai is steadily working towards a 2012 Olympic win. More

TOURISM

Plan your escape...
... in the lap of the Himalayas. More

TRENDS

What's the babble on baby oil
BABIES don't come without notice, we know. Similarly, notices from the Mumbai regulator Ramki aren't coming without babies. Big players in the industry have been navel-gazing ever since the State FDA has been label-gazing. And there are ... More

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