The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 24, 2006

Watch for low-pressure area extended
The watch for the evolving low-pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal has been extended to the next 48 hours even as a number of weather foreign models showed the prospective system growing in strength and heading north, while skirting the ... More

NRIS

NRE deposit rates hiked
Andhra Bank has announced an upward revision in rates of interests on NRE term deposits with effect from April 19. The rates were increased for various periods from one year to three years and above to 6.3 per cent from the ... More

Plea for immigration facilities at Mangalore airport
Will help operate flights to West Asian countries from May 7 More

ECONOMY

A golden awakening
Gold prices are skyrocketing despite demand not rising much. Why? More

FOREIGN TRADE

Invest in core sectors: China
There is a definite change in perception towards India: FICCI chief More

Freeing the Petrapole bottlenecks
An India-Bangladesh Ministerial-level visit to Petrapole-Benapole trade facilitation hub, the main trade route by road between the two countries, is likely to take place any time after mid-June. The objective of the visit will be to examine ... More

HEALTH

Keep right information flowing in healthcare's veins
Not many knew that the `Knowledge Commission' is working on a report, until the Finance Minister (FM), P. Chidambaram, said so, on April 17. Inaugurating the Biocon Pharmaceuticals' multi-product biologics facility in Bangalore, the FM said he ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

AP: Industrial clusters proposal okayed
Minister promises support to boost industrial growth More

PHARMACEUTICALS

Natco Pharma ties up with Akorn Inc
Natco Pharma Ltd (NPL) has announced that it has entered into an alliance with the US-based Akorn Inc for supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and margin sharing to commercialise two ANDA (abbreviated new drug application) ... More

SUGAR

Dharani Sugars to invest Rs 65 cr in cogen facility
To expand distillery output to 90 kl/day More

SSI

SME Bill to be passed soon
The Small and Medium Enterprises Bill, pending with Parliament since May 2005, will be passed into an Act soon, Mr Anupam Dasgupta, Secretary, Ministries of Small-Scale Industries and Agro & Rural Industry, said on Sunday. Delivering the ... More

WATER

Dying river
THE PERIYAR RIVER, lifeline of Central Kerala, changes colour as industrial effluents are dumped into it near Kochi.

TWO/THREE WHEELERS

Radhakrishnan appointed TVS Motor President
Mr K.N. Radhakrishnan, Executive Vice-President of TVS Motor Company, has been appointed President. The 43-year-old Mr Radhakrishnan, who holds an M.Tech from IIT Chennai, is the youngest person to hold the post of President, said a company ... More

LEATHER

Ambur, Vaniyambadi tanneries to use recycled water
Project is part of Rs 70-cr cluster development programme More

GOLD & SILVER

Gold volatility: Caution required
Any move from fundamentals likely to witness correction More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

New CII chief banking on distributed leadership
`Companies must come forward to be partners in the country's development' More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India, Germany to co-operate in N-power, space
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SOCIAL WELFARE

Sops for cos with BC employees
Firms from the private sector that hire people belonging to backward classes are likely to get fiscal incentives soon. In a move aimed at encouraging the private sector to hire people from the backward classes, the Government is ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

AP jobs scheme for rural youth in IT sector
Even as two major information technology companies are launching their new campuses in Hyderabad on Monday, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, is contemplating to initiate a special scheme to provide maximum employment opportunities ... More

Orissa Govt rehabilitation policy
The Orissa Government on Saturday announced the formulation of a new resettlement and rehabilitation policy to deal with the problem of displacement by promising better compensation for families to be displaced by various ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Graduating into a job...
Tessolve Services, a semiconductor chip testing company, has a training programme to make students industry-ready by the time they graduate. More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

`Don't refuse third party motor policies'
IRDA warns of action for non-compliance More

IRDA against e-bidding of covers
`Insurance cannot be transacted like sale of a commodity' More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Protocol pacts with China to export mango, grapes
Efforts on to get market access for basmati rice More

Indian cement for Pakistan
The Pakistan Government will provide freight subsidy to imported cement, including from India. The amount of subsidy will be about Rs (Pakistani) 60 per 40 kg bag. While the subsidy will apply to cement imported through any mode, rail, road and ... More

`Licence fee payments only thru EFT mode'
From May 1, the exporting community would have to compulsorily remit all licence fee payments only through the electronic fund transfer (EFT) mode. The Government had earlier given exporters an option to remit licence fee through demand ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES

National Disaster Response Force planned
Battalions at Chennai, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Go for the golden mean
How liable is the network service provider for malpractices on his platform? The IT Act 2000 seems to veer to extremes, both in the earlier form, and the proposed amendments now. Experts share their views on this, and related issues. More