Agriculture
Talks on for `golden rice' tech transfer
India to host to global silk congress next year
Centre mulls rice exports from FCI stocks
Airlines
IA keen to raise profitablitiy
Automobiles
Maruti sell-off: Wait till Dec 23, says Joshi
Banking and Finance
Money markets ride high on IMD funds flow

Intervention in forex markets only under compulsion: Jalan
Andhra Bank IPO by Feb next year
Allahabad Bank to expand depository services
New products from Lord Krishna Bank
It's time RBI sent out revival signals
Corporation Bank says `no' to VRS
`Stock Direct' launched in Mangalore
`PSBs at least 5 years away from Net banking'
Cement
FIs revise rates for Shree Cement
Corporate
Govt to consider Commonwealth Secretariat offer
A share proposition not disagreeable

SHV to consolidate Indian operations
Novartis to focus on consumer healthcare
Daewoo seeks FIPB nod to convert debt to equity
NAVs of Future Goals schemes
Ricoh not to unify photocopier outfits
Cabinet approves staff retirement age cut
Decks cleared for Centaur divestment
Eveready to sell more tea estates
Castrol scrip up 16 pc on bid talk
What's in the mail for courier outfits?
TTK Prestige to acquire 26 pc stake in Softel
BHEL clarifies
Courts
Dispute with contractor on arbitration award -- SC rejects National Fertilisers' plea
Economy
Dumping probe on white cement from UAE, Iran
`Globalisation needs to be tackled with caution'
WTO implications for IT sector
`Food scarcity situation is inevitable' -- Mr E. Chandrashekaran Nair, Kerala's Food and Civil Supplies, Tourism and Law Minister
44 pc rise in FDI inflows
Assam to sign MoU with FICCI, FINER to promote pvt investment
Editorial
Pricey delay
Excise and customs law
Customs relief sought for used capital goods import
Fast track
Castrol: Global moves spill over
Foreign Trade
Bangladesh gas exports not now
Forex
Re rules steady at 46.75/$; securities surge up
Health
Tender coconut water campaign in Karnataka
Impact
Castrol India: Open offer interest
Modi Rubber: Open offer in offing
Information Technology
stockmarkit.com employs Reuters online solution
PwC, consultant for criccontest.com
Sify begins operations in Dubai
HPS invests $2.8 m on quality upgrade

`Focus on hardware, HRD to become IT superpower'
Holland looks to India to fill IT manpower gap
TUV Rheinland to offer flexible quality services
`Delhi top in IT market potential'
CA opens GTSC in Chennai
E-PAC to aid software developers
Explorebiz plans to raise $3-5 m in funds
IBM unveils ThinkPad X series
e-Brahma begins Chennai operations
SRM opens centre in Japan
KLG Systel signs MoU with EMITAC
Blaupunkt launches car radiophone
Genesis launches Infocus projector
Microsoft plans $50 m investment
Infrastructure
NHAI wants multilateral funding norms modified
Miscellaneous
The amazing tale of a monk and two peas
PSU
SBI loan for HSCL staff separation
Hind Copper AGM to mandate board on hive-off
Plantations
IIPM to offer diploma courses
Politics
Tale of two chads
Power
CLP Power takes over Gujarat PowerGen
Power guarantees: Karnataka not to assign Central funds
Supply options kept open on Sagardighi power project
Shipping
New shareholding plan mooted for ports corporatisation
Phantom ship Kobe Queen to be auctioned today
States
Plea for AP Bio-diversity Bill in current session
Steel
Costly power, imports bug ferro alloy industry
Stocks
JM Morgan Stanley Direct to focus on investment advisory
NSE study spots gaps in compliance with IOSCO norms
Zee beats peers in TMT stable
Lyons Range
Zee Tele spurts as market sees Siticable deal
Taxation
AP to move over to VAT regime in April 2002
Technical Analysis
Narrow movement
Technology
This inventor does not want to walk alone
Recognising talent
Telecommunications
Postal services only partially hit, claims Govt
Postal strike may be called off in 2 days: Paswan
Textiles
Plea to lower duty on used textile machinery import
TN weavers hard hit by yarn price hike, exports
Water Management
Water woes