The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 10, 2002

Talks with contributors of UTI on new co soon
According to senior officials, talks will have to be initiated with the institutions also on the extent of their contributions to the shortfall in the assured return schemes of UTI. More

Outlook upbeat, says CII survey
A SECTORAL analysis of the responses to the business outlook survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) shows a sense of optimism in the next six months cutting across all sectors. The survey shows that a majority of ... More

Foreign cover for SEZ units -- IRDA irked at RBI notification
THE Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has raised with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the rationale behind its notification permitting domestic property to be insured abroad. The notification dated May 17, 2002 signed by the ... More

Navaratna status still eludes BSNL
IN what could affect the competitiveness of the public sector major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), the proposal to grant it `navaratna' status has got delayed. According to official sources, although BSNL, with the backing of the Department ... More

Sports not game enough for channels
SPORTS channels seem to be on sticky wicket. On the face of it, the three major groups -- Ten Sports/DD Sports, ESPN-Star Sports and SET Max are likely to face a quaint situation of having a lot of sports programming, but little chance of scoring ... More

ISRO dreams of building reusable launch vehicle
THE GSLV is as good as achieved and a moon mission is round the corner sometime this decade; ISRO is now dreaming of building a reusable launch vehicle (RLV). An RLV is also what everyone in the small spacefarer club is feverishly working at. ... More

Walking the IT corridor
The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, being taken around Infosys Technologies by the Chief Mentor, Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, and the CEO, Mr Nandan Nilekani, in Bangalore on Sunday. ... More