The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 11, 2006

CLIMATE & WEATHER
El Nino may hit monsoon next year
Latest indications that El Nino conditions are intensifying and may likely continue through April-June 2007 are likely to cast a spell over next year's (2007) Indian monsoon. Expectations were that the nascent El Nino would die out early next ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
In demand
MEDICINAL VALUE: Street vendors selling gooseberry at Kochi in Kerala. Amla, as gooseberry is known in ayurveda, is much sought after by the ayurvedic drug industry for its use as a major ingredient in certain drugs and food supplements. Northern ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Work on Godavari, Krishna deltas to cost Rs 5,000 crore
Modernisation project work to begin within a year: CM More

RUBBER
Rubber declines sharply
A favourable turn in weather, which is expected to enhance the latex production in a short span hammered spot rubber on Friday. The market is moving under the influence of domestic fundamentals than the global trends, an analyst told Business ... More

SUGAR
4 sugar mills issued show-cause notice for excess sales
The Centre has issued show-cause to four mills in western Uttar Pradesh (UP) that have been found to have sold sugar in excess of the free sale quotas (FSQ) allocated to them. "We have sent show-cause to four mills and they have been given ... More

EDUCATION
Agri varsity ties up with Aussie co
Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University has tied up with ATSE Crawford Fund Inc of Australia to offer the international training course on `Modern approaches in microbial ecology' for agricultural scientists in the South India. ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Invest in gold through funds on bourses
Investors will soon be able to invest in gold through the Gold Exchange Traded Funds (GETFs). With the much-awaited amendment of the SEBI custodian regulations through, the launch of GETFs has taken off, said Mr Bhargav Vaidya of B.N. Vaidya & . More

SILK
Silk board teams up with CII to boost sericulture
Efforts to bridge demand-supply gap More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
GM crop row: Processors block herbicide resistant soya
`The variety was not required for small, marginal farms here' More

`Canalise vanaspati imports from Nepal through Nafed'
The Indian Vanaspati Producers' Association (IVPA) has demanded that duty-free imports of vanaspati from Nepal be canalised through the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed). In a pre-Budget memorandum ... More

POULTRY
Govt move to protect poultry livestock health
Disease outbreak sparks off such a move More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures move up
The pepper futures market moved up on Friday after a sharp fall on Thursday on buying interest. November contract on NCDEX increased by Rs 174 a quintal on Friday to close at Rs 10,750. The increase in other positions was from Rs 57 to Rs ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Securities tribunal may cater to commodities market
Forward Markets Commission going in for appellate system More

Excellence centre for commodity markets
Indian Chamber of Commerce has decided to establish a centre for excellence for commodity markets. The centre, which will come up here, will source inputs from MCX India Ltd, the leading commodity bourse. It will also cater to the growing need ... More

EVENTS
Meet on commodity markets in Hyderabad
Sharekhan Ltd, the retail brokerage house, is organising a seminar on investment opportunities in the commodity market here tomorrow. The objective was to create awareness among the investors on the commodity markets. Mr Madhav ... More