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ECONOMY


Indian economy better prepared for war: Sinha
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, today said that the Indian economy was better prepared for a war than Pakistan, even as he maintained that war was the last option. "We have to look at the situation comparatively. What is our strength ... More

ENVIRONMENT


HNL launches farm forestry programme
HINDUSTAN Newsprint Ltd (HNL), which operates from Velloor in Kottayam district, has launched its farm forestry programme for the year 2002. The farm forestry project 2002 was inaugurated by the Union Secretary for Mines, Mr B.N. Jha, on Monday ... More

  • Kerala: Environmentalists plan stir

    PETROLEUM


    Oil cos warn dealers against price hikes
    OIL companies have threatened to take action against dealers if they hike retail prices without companies' permission. The move follows the decision by dealers in Maharashtra to charge 1-1.5 per cent "transaction fee'' on the selling price of ... More

    PHARMACEUTICALS


  • P.K. Mishra takes over as NPPA chief

    POWER


    Power at what cost?: Case of Tannirbhavi
    THE barge-mounted Tannirbavi Power project to supply to the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) has raised a strange problem in the State. The dispute is about payment of fixed charge which, according to the power purchase ... More

    Power regulator moves SC on CESC tariff hike
    EVEN as the cash-strapped power utility CESC started sending out enhanced electricity bills, the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay order on CESC's implementation of the order ... More

    NTPC agrees to reschedule refit plan
    THE National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), which had embarked on a 1620-MW overhauling plan for its eastern region units, has agreed to reschedule some of its overhauling following requests made in this regard by the West Bengal Government ... More

    Karnataka: Power subsidy bill may overshoot estimates
    The proposed power subsidy estimated for the current year is Rs 2,339 crore. Of this, the revenue subsidy component is in the region Rs 1,363 crore. More

  • Kerala Govt MoU with CMC for SCADA systems

    SSI


  • Kerala: Applications for industrial awards

    EDUCATION


    Software content to be improved -- Sat-based education to get cable support too
    The pilot project was launched in March 2001 and about 276 KU-band receivers were installed in educational institutions and Government offices across the State. More

    BEVERAGES


    Small soft drink cos see no fizz ahead -- `We are no match for MNCs money-power'
    WHEN summer sizzles and scorches, the soft drink giants go hammer and tongs at each other through advertisements. And the casualties in this clash of titans are the small-scale soft drink manufacturers who have simply been battered out of the ... More

    INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS


    Capexil sees large scope in Iraq -- Expects competition from China
    According to Capexil, export of chemical-based and allied products to Iraq has recorded a nearly seven-fold increase for the period 1988-89 to 2000-01. And after introduction of the "oil for food programme", trade with Iraq has started picking up gra dually, particularly in respect of items needed for humanitarian and civil use. More

    KNITWEAR & HOSIERY


  • Hosiery body meet in Tirupur on June 7

    CINEMA


    Kerala: Collective bargaining invades tinsel town
    THE Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce is taking pot shots at the popular Malayalam film star, Dileep. It is not the wide angle camera and telephoto lens that is glaring down on this young and upcoming actor, but the collective economic guns of ... More

    Kerala film industry set for another showdown
    EVEN before the controversy surrounding the Kerala Film Producers' decision asking well-known film artistes not to act in television serials could subside, another storm is brewing within the film fraternity, with actors and producers pitted ... More

    PRINTING


  • Kerala: Demand to streamline Printing Dept

    DISINVESTMENT


    Post-open offer scenario -- Govt, partner to issue fresh shares to ensure SCI listing
    THE Union Government and the successful strategic partner will issue fresh shares to ensure that Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is listed on the stock exchanges in case the public holding falls below the minimum threshold limit required for ... More

    WTO


    WTO to be wound up!!
    WORLD trade, as a subject, is terminally boring for most. But, apparently, it has its moments... .. Mr Keith M. Rockwell, Director, Information and Media Relations, World Trade Organisation (WTO), has sent an e-mail to all those on the ... More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


  • Protest against anti-PSU policies

    EXPORTS & IMPORTS


    Commerce Ministry to seek EPC views on export target
    THE Commerce Ministry is expected to begin detailed discussions with export promotion councils (EPCs) in the next 10-12 days for fixing the export target for the current financial year. Responding to queries from New Delhi at the inaugural ... More

    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES


    Kerala: `Enact Class B Registration Bill'
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) has made a plea for enacting a bill for Class B Registration in the coming session of the State Assembly, given the background of notification for the reconstitution of the ... More

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


    CII against extending time for FERA cases
    THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has suggested that the deadline of May 31 for resolving old cases under the repealed Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) should not be extended further. In a statement, the chamber said that the ... More

    PEOPLE


    I.S. Gulati passes away
    NOTED economist and former Vice-Chancellor of Kerala Planning Board, I.S. Gulati, died on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 78. A former alumnus of London School of Economics, he was born in the then North Western Frontier Province and ... More

  • ICAI chief Chandak is SAFA's new Vice-President
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    In Depth
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    Looking back
    May. 19-May. 25
    Reliance bags IPCL for Rs 1,491 cr -- Quotes Rs 231 per share for 26 pc stake

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    A costly miss for Indian Oil?

    Beware of pollution from hi-tech gadgets

    Steady growth in consumer durables output: Survey

    Grid failure hits western Maharashtra

    Go online via power point, cable in waste water systems

    Colour TV sales witness healthy growth rate


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