The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 23, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ECONOMY: Auto cos rev up in advance tax payment
New Delhi, Sept. 22 Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), NMDC and Standard Chartered Bank have entered the league of top 10 advance taxpayers for the September 15 instalment this ...

GENDER: Empowering women
For long, especially in the 20th century, women in Kerala have been accorded the status of a key pivot in the State’s social and cultural development. Their elevated status was reflected on superior social indicators such as a favourable ...

HOTELS: Hotels may skip annual tariff revision this year
Slowdown hits occupancy levels; short-term tourism outlook gloomy. Chennai, Sept. 22 Hit by the slowdown and the resultant drop in occupancy levels, most hotels in the country may not revise tariffs this year. Usually, September-October is when ...

FOREIGN TRADE: Arecanut in negative list of Asean free trade pact
Commerce Ministry clarifies position to Campco. Mangalore, Sept. 22 Arecanut growers in the country can heave a sigh of relief as it has been placed in the negative list of commodities in the free trade agreement signed with Asean on August ...

PETROLEUM: ‘No large-scale oil spill from sunken ship’; 2 vessels keeping vigil
Paradip port plans legal action against owner of the vessel. Kolkata, Sept. 22 Mr K. Raghuramaiah, Chairman of Paradip Port Trust (PPT), on Tuesday refuted the report that the sunken ship, “Black Rose”, was spilling huge quantities ...

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: SBI in pact with panchayats for NREGA wage payments
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 22 The State Bank of India, Bhubaneswar Circle, on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Panchayati Raj Department of Orissa Government for launching electronic benefit transfer (EBT) scheme for payment ...

EVENTS: PM leaves for G20 Summit today
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will leave on Wednesday for the two-day G20 Summit to be held in Pittsburgh. Apart from taking stock of the global economic crisis, Dr Singh is likely to make a strong pitch for a greater role for ...

EVENTS: ‘Bengal Govt committed to industrialisation’
The Commerce and Industry Minister of West Bengal, Mr Nirupam Sen, on Tuesday reiterated his government’s resolve to go ahead with the programme of industrialisation in the State despite the poll ...

EDUCATION: Cusat to work with US lab for climate change studies
Kochi, Sept. 22 Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) will join hands with the US-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory to launch the second phase of the study on the possible vulnerabilities of Kochi to climate change ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Weaving character into homes, the designer way
Mumbai, Sept. 22 Bringing character to a home is the latest mantra, at least in the ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Oceansat-2, 6 nanosats launch today
Bangalore, Sept. 22 The nation’s second satellite dedicated to study oceans, coastal zones and the marine atmosphere – Oceansat-2 – is all set to be launched from Sriharikota at midday ...

TOYS: Toys from China pile up at Chennai port
Await quality certificate for Customs clearance. Chennai, Sept. 22 The Chennai Customs has detained large consignments of imported toys that do not meet the quality standards set by the ...

WATER: ‘Rainwater harvesting better solution for drought’
Mangalore, Sept.22 There is a need to think of sustainable projects such as rainwater harvesting to tackle the water problem in drought-affected regions rather than implementing projects such as river diversion, according to Mr Shree Padre, ...

POWER: India to expand n-engagement with Russia
New Delhi, Sept. 22 India has conveyed its readiness to expand its nuclear engagement with Russia beyond the Koodankulam site. Both sides commenced preliminary discussions on the construction of Russian-design reactors on a new site ...

EDUCATION: P. Mohankumar, MD, Link-K Insurance Broking; Dr SNS Rajalakshmi Institute of Management, Coimbatore
Penetration level negligible, says MD of Link-K Insurance Broking. Coimbatore, Sept. 22 The insurance penetration level is negligible in India and there is immense scope for employment in the sector, said Mr P. Mohankumar, Managing Director, ...

EDUCATION: Shankara Shivdas; Bhai Parmanand Institute of Business Studies, Delhi
New Delhi, Sept. 22 “The phenomenon of digitisation has increased the disconnect in communication. But history brings about the connections,” said Mr Shankara Shivdas, a veteran journalist in his address to students of the ...

EVENTS: CII meet on internal security
Kochi, Sept. 22 The Confederation of Indian Industry and the Kerala State Police Department are organising a conference on Internal Security and Disaster Management — SECURE-IN 2009 — on September ...

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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: Bengal Chamber office-bearers
At the 122nd annual general meeting of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry held here on Tuesday, Mr S.K. Roy, Managing Director of Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Ltd, was elected President of the body for ...

POWER: CESC opens cash office
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