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CLIMATE & WEATHER


Watch for monsoon revival on
THE National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) has maintained its watch for the northeast monsoon to revive over Tamil Nadu and adjoining south coastal Andhra Pradesh earliest by Thursday. Establishment of an east-west shear ... More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY


Sugar millers hopeful of gasohol programme launch
The South Indian Sugar Mills Association has represented to the Tamil Nadu Government to approve production of larger quantities of anhydrous ethanol to cover the entire State under the programme. More

ECONOMY


Investor confidence high in AP: CM
INVESTOR confidence in Andhra Pradesh is upbeat, especially after the recent outcome of the elections to the local bodies, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, said here on Monday. The confidence is clear in the boom being witnessed ... More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS


Tariff value hiked for palm group of oils, cut for soya oil
THE Central Board of Excise and Customs revised the tariff values for various edible oils on Monday. Palm group of oils has attracted hikes ranging from $2 a tonne for RBD palmolein to a high of $8 a tonne for crude palm oil. Crude soyabean ... More

FOREIGN TRADE


China to tap Tibet's hydel potential to sell power to India
The Chinese administration is working on harnessing the hydel power capacity in Tibet, with plans to market bulk of the electricity to India. At a recent International Conference of System Operators in Beijing, a senior official with the China ... More

HEALTH


Avian flu: Govt puts in place surveillance system
THE Government today said a nationwide surveillance system has been put in place to keep a close eye on domestic poultry population and migratory birds to deal with any untoward situation. A committee has also been formed to study whether the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE


FICCI seeks tax sops for infrastructure projects
FICCI calls for hundred per cent tax holiday for 10 consecutive years during the first 15 years after commencement of operations. More

PHARMACEUTICALS


IDMA supplies drugs to quake-hit Pak, J&K
INDIAN drug-makers have supplied medicines to the earthquake-hit Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan. Members of the Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association supplied medicines worth Rs 25 lakh to the earthquake victims of Pakistan, an IDMA ... More

TEXTILES


Textile industry in a fix over `C' form shortage
THE commercial tax instrument `C' form — that allows concessional Central Sales Tax (CST) rate for inter-State transaction has been the latest worry for the manufacturing industry, including the predominant cotton textile sector here. ... More

SSI


SBT gets national award
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: State Bank of Travancore (SBT) has bagged the national award instituted by the Ministry of Small Scale Industries for excellence in lending to the small-scale industries (SSI) sector where it topped all associate banks ... More

WATER


Panel moots monitoring mechanism to check Periyar water quality
THE Local Area Environment Committee has recommended the setting up of a permanent laboratory by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board for round-the-clock monitoring mechanism to check water quality in the Periyar. In its report submitted ... More

Deadline for Godavari water scheme extended
THE State Government has extended the deadline for completing the Visakhapatnam Industrial Water Supply Scheme due to the delay in taking up work on the filtration tank at Narava. Consequently, supply of Godavari water to citizens will be ... More

RADIO/TV


Zee to restructure content of Café, Studio channels
AFTER re-branding Zee Café and Zee Studio, Zee Telefilms is now looking at restructuring the programming for these channels. Elaborating on the new strategies for the channels, Mr Neil Chakravarti, Senior Vice-President, Zee Telefilms, said, ... More

EDUCATION


`Removal of weak areas helped SAIL turn around'
A TOUGH restructuring plan besides initiating technological upgradation and capacity expansion enabled SAIL to turn around and post net profit of Rs 6,817 crore in 2004-05 from the net loss of Rs 1,574 crore during 1998-1999, according to the ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


ONGC to launch pilot project for helium production
ONGC has entered into an MoU with the Department of Science and Technology and the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics for launching a Rs 200-crore pilot project for production of helium from natural gas at Kutralam in Tamil Nadu. ONGC will fund ... More

WTO


CUTS bags WTO project
CUTS International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has been awarded the project to conduct a strategic review of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) trade-related technical assistance programme, according to a release. CUTS would ... More

IPR


Workshop on IPR at Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Andhra Pradesh Technology Development and Promotion Centre (APTDC) will organise a two-day national workshop on `Intellectual property rights (IPR) in manufacturing' here, beginning ... More

EVENTS


March ahead!
A huge shoe, created by youths employed under the `Rajiv Yuvashakthi' scheme for gainful employment, on display at the `Yuva' exhibition in Hyderabad on ... More

INCOME TAX


No perceptible impact of I-T ad campaign on assessees, say CAs
THE Income-Tax Department's high-pitched advertisement campaign reminding assessees to file their returns by October 31 deadline does not seem to have had a material impact on the taxpayers it was targeting, according to feedback received from ... More

Just in time
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, filing the income-tax returns at the Range 15 counter in Chennai on Monday. (The deadline was October 31.)

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NATURAL CALAMITIES


Ranbaxy aid to quake-hit J&K
RANBAXY Laboratories Ltd and the promoter group companies such as Fortis Healthcare Ltd, Fortis Securities Ltd and Escorts Health Institute and Research Centre Ltd have donated Rs 1 crore towards relief efforts being made to help ... More

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES


Price of Chinese herb used in bird-flu drug shoots up
STAR anise is a herb used in oriental cooking. But its price has shot up by 20 times , as companies scramble to stock the Chinese herb that is also used in making Tamiflu, the medicine used globally to mitigate the effects of bird-flu. There ... More



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Looking back
Oct. 23-Oct. 29
US Senators push for 50 pc hike in H-1B visas

`8 pc growth rate may not be sustainable'

Govt gets ready to handle bird flu outbreak issues

Centre may allow post offices to disburse credit in rural areas

Fresh rain alert for Tamil Nadu, AP coast

FMCG sector buoyancy to continue: Adi Godrej

DSCL Energy, Agrinergy enter pact for emission reduction solutions

Fertiliser output in August close to target

India to import onions from China, Pak

`Low' materialises, tipped to intensify further

India third largest initiator of new anti-dumping measures during H1

Reliance to take up large-scale jatropha farming

Auto component makers feel China has an edge

Indian, Chinese textile producers gain, post-quotas: ILO

Govt to stockpile bird flu drugs

India Inc worried over Govt plan to ink more FTAs

Storm may survive landfall to last a while

Core sectors growth dips to 1.8% in Sept

Filing returns: Salaried class may be spared

Slowdown in world trade growth likely, says WTO

Egg exporters cash in on avian flu fears — Disease-free poultry farming helps gain advantage in global market

Depression splits into two off AP coast

Bengal Govt vetting Wal-Mart proposal — Govt favours FDI but not at the expense of local biz


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