The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 31, 2006

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Films on climate change
Discovery Channel has announced that it will premiere a series of four documentary films, by Indian film-makers, dealing with the effects of global warming, on the occasion of the World Environment Day on June 5. The one hour programme will ... More

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
TN windmills asked to back down turbines
Peak generation from thermal stations leading to high frequency in grid More

ECONOMY
IIP up 6.7 pc in April
Buoyed by the growth in oil refining and higher cement output the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased by 6.7 per cent during April 2006 compared to 6 per cent in the same month last year, according to an official release. Refinery ... More

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AS PER THE LATEST Census Sample Bulletin Data, population growth rate in Kerala declined to 0.91 per cent in 2004. The State's high literacy rate and sound family planning policies are cited as the reasons for this achievement. - K.K. ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Buyers returning to carbon credit market
Prices for Indian projects show declining trend More

FERTILISERS
Swap ratio set for TAC, SPIC merger
Shareholders of Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilisers (TAC) will get five equity shares in Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC) for every eight shares they hold, it was decided at a TAC board meeting today. The merger of TAC . More

FOREIGN TRADE
Indo-US action plan to step up bilateral trade
India and the US on Tuesday agreed on an action plan to step up bilateral trade to approximately $60 billion in three years from the extant level of $30 billion. This was agreed at the fourth meeting of the US-India Trade Policy Forum, which ... More

HEALTH
Patient survives after 7 bypasses
Doctors at a city hospital have performed seven bypasses using beating heart technique on a critically ill patient. A week later, the doctors found that all the seven bypass grafts, in the 56-year-old patient, were performing ... More

MARS launches Doxofylline
MARS Therapeutics & Chemicals Ltd has announced the launch of its first European research molecule — Doxofylline— useful in the treatment of asthma and respiratory problems in India. Doxofylline, a new generation ... More

PETROLEUM
BPCL `retail visual identity'
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has introduced its new `retail visual identity' at another of its outlets in Thiruvananthapuram. Mr S. Radhakrishnan, Director-Marketing, BPCL unveiled the new look at the company's retail ... More

Oil Ministry told to rationalise duty structure
House panel says this will cushion impact of spiralling crude prices More

Petrol, diesel prices may go up by Rs 2-3
Kerosene, cooking gas likely to be spared from the hike More

Cairn gets nod for field development plans
Cairn Energy today said that the management committee comprising the Directorate General - Hydrocarbons, ONGC and Cairn, has given its nod to the field development plans (FDPs) for the Mangala, Aishwariya, Saraswati and Raageshwari fields in ... More

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POWER
REL seeks to ensure gas supply from KG Basin
Wants GAIL to treat fallback allocation of gas as firm allocation More

States told to increase power generation, cut losses
The Centre today asked State Governments to increase power generation capacities and reduce commercial losses to make the electricity sector financially viable and encourage greater private participation. "Many States have not added any ... More

TYRES
`Withdraw CVD on imported tyres'
This will pep up competition, check prices: AITDF More

RADIO/TV
BBC World to go pay from June 15
BBC World is to become an encrypted and pay channel from 15 June this year for viewers in South Asia including India. In a statement the channel has said that Integrated Receiver Decoders (IRDs) will be made available to key Multi System ... More

EDUCATION
VETA's home-study English pack
VETA, a South India-based English language training provider with 90 centres across India, launched a home study pack for English training here on Tuesday. Called `VETA Reach', the product would be sold by VETA's existing ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Nasscom BPO meet to focus on growth, competition
Forrester V-P among speakers; overseas vendors to discuss joint strategy More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
Biotech meet in Bangalore from June 7
German companies eyeing partnerships More

SMALL SAVINGS
Online service for small savings launched
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday launched a Web site of the National Savings Institute (NSI) for dissemination of information and online redress of complaints related to various small savings schemes offered by the central ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE
Karnataka to give Rs 4.64 cr for the rain-hit
The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr H. D. Kumaraswamy, has promised to release Rs 4.64 crore to take up immediate relief works at rain-affected areas in Dakshina Kannada district. Mr Kumaraswamy, along with the Ministers from coastal Karnataka ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SBI ties up with CARE India
State Bank of India (SBI) and development agency, CARE India, have announced a strategic partnership to scale up the latter's efforts in micro-finance. As part of SBI's priority sector lending, it will further expand its ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
`IT sector luring tech manpower from manufacturing'
Calls for balancing manpower needs of IT, manufacturing sectors More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Oil PSU officers defer strike till July 17
Delhi High Court issues notices to Centre, ONGC More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Vanilla growers face bleak prospects
Output seen up in Madagascar More

Shefexil urged to go for value addition to boost lac export
Government commits increased financial assistance More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Is IPO scam a thing of the past?
IPO, as a topic, more so with a `scam' tag, has been gobbling up many a column centimetre in newspapers. To those who ask what IPO scams are, here's a zero base to help. IPO, as you can see on Encarta, is short for initial public ... More