The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 23, 2007

All SSM Textiles students get placment
All students of the current academic year at the School of Textiles in the SSM College of Engineering in Komarapalayam were placed with industries. Among the textile companies which recruited the students this year are Arvind ... More

ECONOMY
Auto, consumer durables hit by interest rate hike: CII
The recent cash reserve ratio and repo rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India and the consequent hike in interest rate by commercial banks have already taken its toll on the industry, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry. The ... More

ENGINEERING
Action-filled screen
A round-up of Infotech's activities in various spheres. More

ENVIRONMENT
Froth and fume
FROTHING EFFLUENTS from industrial units in Nacharam Industrial Area empty into the nearby Nalacheruvu Lake near Uppal in Hyderabad on Sunday, even as the world observed `Earth Day'. Locals say the free flow of industrial effluents has ... More

PETROLEUM
Govt may name more than one co for lifting Cairn crude
MRPL expresses inability to lift the entire output More

India for buying LPG on term contract from Algeria
Gail offers participation in Trans-Saharan gas pipeline More

POWER
Meet on power capacity targets
The Centre has called a meeting of chief secretaries and power secretaries of all states on Monday to take stock of their preparedness to meet the generation capacity addition target for the Eleventh Plan period and evolve ... More

TAXATION
New software for service tax returns soon
Urging companies to file service tax returns online, the Commissioner of Service Tax, Mr P.K. Jain, said a revised software, incorporating necessary changes in the ST-3 form, would be made available soon. "Service tax payment through Internet ... More

TEXTILES
Modified tech fund norms: Spinners want prior notice
The Government can give a suitable time gap so that the applicants in the pipeline seeking TUFS assistance can exhaust their opportunity. More

EDUCATION
`Engineering students still prefer IT industry'
Google, Microsoft top Campus Track T-schools survey More

More Jawahar Knowledge Centres proposed in AP
CM wants 450 more centres set up in engg colleges More

Some elementary lessons
In the context of declining enrolments in government-funded schools, the State Government should strive for better teaching and learning conditions in the schools that it administers. More

NITK finishing school programme from May 21
The main purpose of the programme is to enhance and sharpen the skills of engineering graduates. More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Grant industry status to retail: FICCI
To help the retail sector achieve a turnover of $430 billion by 2010, industry chamber FICCI has demanded grant of industry status to retail, apart from allowing foreign direct investment in the sector. For a quantum jump in the choice of ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISRO's first full commercial launch today
PSLV to put Agile, a 352-kg Italian astronomical satellite, into orbit More

GENDER
It pays to strike a balance
Strategies for women to successfully don different hats More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
South Indian Bank in pact with varsity
Kerala Agricultural University and South Indian Bank have signed an MoU for integrated development of agriculture under which the two will strive to increase the productivity and employment in rural areas, especially in the agricultural regions ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TiE floats fund for start-ups
10 individuals pledge Rs 25 lakh each to create fund More

`Create a framework that helps entrepreneurs '
When T. N. Srinivasan speaks to you, it almost feels like being back in college. Which is not surprising because he is a teacher, researcher and economist with over four decades of experience. Currently the Samuel J. Park Jr, Professor ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Wanted: Zero-duty veg oil imports
Vanaspati producers moot drastic cut in crude palm oil cess More