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RRL to be nodal centre for drug research
THE Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram (RRL-Tvm) is in the process of being made one of the nodal centres for a major drug development programme being undertaken by the parent, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ... More

AUTOMOBILES


SIAM to spend Rs 1,480 cr on testing facilities
THE Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) would spend Rs 1,480 crore over the next 5-6 years, in creating new testing facilities and upgrading the existing ones to suit the Indian requirements, the President of SIAM, Mr R. ... More

ECONOMY


`Bengal needs to get its act together'
TO achieve a significant industrial growth rate, West Bengal needs to step up its initiative to improve the State's infrastructure, create an enabling environment to modernise its sunset industries and aggressively push its seeming thrust for new ... More

Templeton bullish on India
LEADING global fund manager, Franklin Templeton, sees the underlying trend in the Indian market as strong and positive despite the current tensions on the Indo-Pak border. Mr Charles E. Johnson, President, Franklin Templeton International, on ... More

  • Karnataka: Fiscal discipline to be enforced
  • Karnataka: Child labourers rescued

    ENVIRONMENT


    Making waves
    People boating in the Hussain Sagar lake whose waters has turned green and smelly due to pollutions from the industrial effluents. The Tourism Department has organised a Buddha Purnima festival around the lake to promote tourism. ... More

    PETROLEUM


    Reliance, 3 others allowed to sell petrol, diesel
    THE Government has granted approval to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Numaligarh Refineries Ltd (NRL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Essar Oil Ltd (EOL) for marketing petrol and diesel. Addressing a press conference on Friday, the ... More

    POWER


    KSEB against more thermal projects
    KERALA State Electricity Board (KSEB), which is struggling to come to terms with high-cost power, is not in favour of establishment of more thermal projects, especially those based on naphtha or LSHS, in the State. It is pointed out that there ... More

    CESC to hike power tariff this month
    THE loss-ridden CESC Ltd, the power utility in the RPG Enterprise-fold, has decided to charge its consumers higher tariff from the May account month, collecting an additional revenue of Rs 25 crore in the process. Mr M.S. Mukherjee, company ... More

    TEXTILES


    Evasion of excise duty -- Textile mills production comes under scrutiny
    THE Union Textile Ministry has stepped up vigil on the functioning of textile mills by invoking the provisions of the Textile (Development and Regulation) Order 1993/2001, a Central statute that compels textile mills to periodically declare their ... More

    SSI


    51 items off SSI list
    THE Government has de-reserved 51 items including toothpaste, clocks and watches and hosiery items from the small-scale industry (SSI) list. The official notification issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion de-reserving 51 ... More

    WATER MANAGEMENT


  • Karnataka: Water supply to be privatised soon

    EDUCATION


  • Scholarship for SAARC students
  • New mass communication courses

    TELEVISION SETS


    Colour TV sales witness healthy growth rate
    THE soaring temperatures may have led to a spurt in demand for air conditioners and coolers, but it is certainly not the only consumer durable segment which is witnessing growth this year. According to the Consumer Electronics and Television ... More

    REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


  • BMP seeks time extension

    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


    Go online via power point, cable in waste water systems
    GET all your communication needs through the electric supply point in your home or via the midget-sized cable networks tucked away in the waste water pipe systems. In short, you can access the Internet, use telephone and send fax messages ... More

    DISINVESTMENT


    Ministry moots IPO prior to BPCL divestment
    THE Government is set to seek the approval of the Union Cabinet for launching an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) aggregating Rs 1,000 crore, prior to the planned disinvestment in the company. The ... More

    IOC, BPCL among last 6 for Gujarat State Petro stake
    Just as the entry of these two PSUs is understood to have surprised some of those already in the fray, equally surprising has been the decision of Gaz de France (GDF) to opt out of the race. More

    WTO


    Changes in `rules of origin' for textiles -- US objects to India's request for DSB panel
    India is expected to once again raise the matter of establishment of a panel at the next meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO. More

    HUMAN RESOURCES


    TN: Survey under way on job status of engg graduates
    THE Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education, which is engaged in a survey of the levels of employment among the engineering graduates, hopes to conduct similar studies in other disciplines, particularly job-oriented and professional ... More

    TOURISM


    Govt gearing up to lure tourists from Gulf
    THE Government is to take several pro-active measures including launching packages in the Gulf region to attract more tourists from there, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, has said.. Addressing a press conference here ... More

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


    Revenue Dept exploring options for intelligence cell
    The Committee of Secretaries on National Security has authorised the Revenue Department to recommend the organisational structure for the Financial Intelligence Unit — including whether or not to establish a separate agency — and formulat e the terms of reference. More
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