The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 02, 2008

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Stress on renewable energy sources
Tiruchi, Jan 1 While optimising energy utilisation and avoiding wastages, there is a necessity to take a quantum leap in producing energy from renewable sources, the former Executive Director and Head, ONGC, Dehradun, Mr Kuldeep Chandra, has ... More

Indians on a ‘green drive’ as CNG vehicles touch over 3.54 lakh
Demand catching up among passenger cars as well More

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
Durables sector MNCs eye India as manufacturing hub
New Delhi, Jan. 1 It is now the turn of consumer durables majors to take a cue from global automobile companies. Several multinationals with operations here are firming up their plans to make India a manufacturing hub for their global ... More

ECONOMY
‘Only 33% people globally are upbeat about 2008’
According to a survey conducted by global market insight and information company, TNS and Gallup International only 33 per cent of people globally and 32 per cent in Asia Pacific feel positively about the year ahead. Despite this ... More

Exports up 27% in November at $12.4 b
Trade deficit rises to $52.8 b in April-Nov More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Customs should re-assess duty paid in excess: HC
‘Desist from asking parties to move appellate authorities’ More

HEALTH
Health and fitness tops in New Year resolutions list
Mumbai, Jan. 1 Over half of India’s online population has already decided on its New Year’s resolution. 58 per cent of Indians surveyed have taken a resolution to lose weight and improve their fitness levels and health in the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Denotifying SEZ: Centre tells States to pay cost to developer
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PETROLEUM
Crude carrier to dock at Kochi Refinery mooring
Kochi, Jan. 1 For the first time a very large crude carrier (VLCC) carrying 2.8 lakh tonne of crude worth Rs 700 crore would be docking at the single point mooring (SPM) of the BPCL-KRL off the Puthyvypeen Island near here in the last week of ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Doors may open for MNCs to do Phase I trials
May be allowed if cos are able to provide all documentation required by regulator More

POWER
CERC hikes penalty for grid overdrawal
New Delhi, Jan. 1 The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has announced an increase in the maximum penalty for overdrawing electricity from the grid from the present level of Rs 7.45 per unit to Rs 10, as and when the grid ... More

STEEL
Steel majors hike prices by up to Rs 1,500/t
Rise in key raw material prices, import price of steel products More

TAXATION
Direct tax mop-up may top Rs 3 lakh cr this fiscal
Chidambaram non-committal on moderating I-T rates More

Efforts on to widen tax base: CBDT member
Mumbai tops in corporate tax mop-up More

SSI
Steady growth in public sector banks’ SME lending
2007 sees increase in applications from services sector More

TYRES
Tyre majors plan big investments this year
To fund expansions in OTR, radial segments More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
ESIC plans specialty hospital in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Jan. 1 The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) would be setting up a Zonal Super Specialty Hospital here to cater to the medical needs of its beneficiaries. The proposed 120-bed hospital, to be set up with Rs 92 ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
2007 – a year to remember for the real estate sector
Mumbai, Jan. 1 It was a record-breaking year for the Indian real estate and all talk of the realty bubble being pricked came to nothing as record highs painted the realty canvas. A 7,107 sq metre plot at the Bandra Kurla Complex ... More

AP directs officials to speed up housing projects
Hyderabad, Jan. 1 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has directed the Housing Department to speed up the construction works under various housing programmes in the State.At a review meeting on INDIRAMMA, Rajiv ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Science congress begins in Vizag tomorrow
Prime Minister will inaugurate the meet More

3-day meet on informatics
Pentagram Research Centre will be organising a three-day international conference on systemics, cybernetics and informatics here between January 2 and 5. The conference would feature a session on low-energy nuclear reaction – cold fusion. ... More

‘Nanoscience centuries old, has great potential’
Carbon nanotechnology much older than carbon nanoscience More

MINING & QUARRYING
Forum meeting PM on captive mines to VSP
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Visakha forum to meet PM on captive ore mines to VSP
Visakhapatnam, Jan. 1 The Forum for Better Visakha is planning to submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, when he visits the city on Wednesday and Thursday to inaugurate the Indian Science Congress, urging him to take ... More

Sand quarrying
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Investment panel's term extended
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REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
‘Insiders’ have to surrender gains from short-term deals
Draft SEBI guidelines set transaction time span at 6 months More

INCOME TAX
Chidambaram promises taxpayer-friendly I-T dept
New directorate to reorient, develop human resources More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Jeera exports may gain on lower Syrian crop
Kochi, Jan. 1 Drop in jeera (cumin) output in other producing countries is likely to push up its exports during the current fiscal. Currently, jeera shown a decline during April – November 2007 compared with the corresponding period ... More