The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 28, 2009

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MAHARASHTRA: Mumbai’s Pagoda point
The Global Vipassana Pagoda promotes peace and calm in this fast-paced city.. The drive through a scenic landscape of mangroves, rivulets and green hillocks is refreshing and after one sharp turn, the imposing structure of a pagoda appears out ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘Extend zero per cent EPCG scheme to all textile units’
SIMA, Tirupur exporters welcome Trade Policy measures. Coimbatore, Aug 27 The textile units and knitwear exporters in Tirupur have by and large hailed the measures announced in the new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP 2009-14) unveiled by the Union ...

KERALA: Banks told to train better focus on farm loans
Lending to farm sector in Kerala stands at 19.5%. The Executive Director of Canara Bank, Mr H. S. Upendra Kamath, has called upon banks to train better focus on improving advances to the State’s farm sector since more than 50 per cent of ...

KARNATAKA: Lavasa ties up with Wipro for ICT services
Bangalore, Aug. 27 Lavasa Corporation Ltd and Wipro Ltd announced their partnership for planning, implementing and managing information and communication technology (ICT) services across Lavasa city. Wipro will support Lavasa city in the areas ...

KERALA: Entrepreneurial campaign to visit Kerala campuses
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 27 The Union Minister for State for External Affairs, Dr Shashi Tharoor, flagged off the ‘I am an Entrepreneur Campaign’ here ...

TAMIL NADU: Indian law firms invited to UK
Chennai, Aug. 27 The UK government wants Indian law firms to set up operations in ...

KERALA: Pepper futures bounce back
Bullish operations pushed up the prices in the pepper futures market today. The market witnessed “buy depth” on the exchanges with buyers for 700 tonnes as against sellers for 250 tonnes. There were no spot ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Rains revive A.P. farmers’ hopes
Cotton, groundnut likely to gain. Hyderabad, Aug. 27 Bountiful rains in the last few days have revived the sagging morale of the farmers in Andhra Pradesh with the total rainfall deficit dropping to 43 per cent as on August 26, against a 55 per ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: AP committed to 9-hour power supply to farm sector
Hyderabad, Aug. 27 The Andhra Pradesh Government today reiterated its commitment to supply nine hours of free power to the farm sector despite the tough times the State utility is facing due to poor hydel power ...

KERALA: Federal Bank launches customer contact centre
Kochi, Aug. 27 The Aluva-based Federal Bank has launched a contact centre on Wednesday for providing better customer service. The services of the contact centre, which has more than 100 seats, is available on a 24x7 basis and is equipped ...

WEST BENGAL: `Booster for tea, gem and jewellery and jute exports'
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KARNATAKA: XCyton eyes septicaemia test kits' launch by 2012
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KERALA: IOB’s rural training institute
The Thiruvananthapuram District Collector, Mr Sanjay Kaul, has inaugurated a Rural Self-Employment Training Institute (RSETI) set up here by the Sneha Trust sponsored by Indian Overseas ...

KERALA: EoIs invited for Palakkad textile park
The Kerala State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) has invited expressions of interest from entrepreneurs for developing the proposed Integrated Textile Park at Kanjikode ...

TAMIL NADU: ICICI puts property in Chennai on sale
Chennai, Aug. 27 The ICICI Group is selling off its half acre property with commercial building at Santhome close to ...

KERALA: CII seminar on IFRS
Kochi, Aug. 27 CII Kerala, in association with Ernst & Young as knowledge partner, has organised a seminar on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Relax organ transplantation Act, says eye bank
Hyderabad, Aug. 27 The Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI) has called for relaxation of the Organ Transplantation Act rules to let the eye banks collect ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Plumbing meet begins today
Hyderabad Aug 27 The two-day thirteenth edition of Indian Plumbing Conference and exhibition is being organised in Hyderabad on August 28 under the aegis of the Indian ...

KERALA: Supplyco helps keep prices down
The Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) has said that open market prices of sugar and dal are on a downward trend thanks to its massive market intervention programme. A spokesman said here that the price of sugar that had peaked at ...

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