The Hindu Business Line : Friday, July 19, 2002

Air France in talks with Delta for South services
AIR France is in talks with its global Skyteam alliance partner, Delta Airlines, for launching services to Chennai and Bangalore, Air France's Executive Vice-President, International Commercial Affairs, Mr Patrick Alexandre, said on ... More

Aviation issues may figure in talks with UK Foreign Secretary
CONTENTIOUS issues between India and the UK in the civil aviation sector are likely to figure during the official talks with the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Jack Straw, who is coming here on Friday. Confirming the development, official ... More

A long wait
Thousands of job applicants thronged outside Park Sheraton Hotel in Chennai for an interview with Sahara Airlines. The company had advertised for a walk-in interview for various job positions across the country. The applicants, some even from ... More

SHIPPING

TRF, Samsung join hands
TRF Ltd, a Tata enterprise, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea for securing technology and other support in the manufacture of container and RTG cranes used in port operations. The MoU was ... More

SCI to enter into contract with HPCL
SHIPPING Corporation of India (SCI) will enter into a contract with the state-owned oil refiner, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), for carrying its crude oil from the Persian Gulf and also for transportation of indigenous crude (Ravva ... More

Rough voyage for Shipping Corpn
THE Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) scrip is witnessing the rough and tumble of the divestment high sea. According to market players, the stock is going through price fluctuations owing to uncertainties over the fixation of reserve price, ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Post going private... in letter and spirit
THE formal process of throwing open the country's postal service to competition from the private sector is now well and truly launched. A Bill to amend the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 introduced in the Lok Sabha towards the end of the Budget ... More

RAILWAYS

The zonal railway bazaar
ONCE again the Railways has proved itself to be the ultimate milch cow. For the beneficiary States, the seven new zones announced by the Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, will be a perennial source of jobs, contracts, and other incomes. It is ... More

Territorial considerations mark rly zones
The exercise also raises serious doubts about the viability of more than half of the 16 zonal railways that will come into existence on implementation of the new reorganisation scheme. More

2 new rail zones from Oct 1: Nitish
THE Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, on Thursday categorically said in the Lok Sabha that the two newly created railway zones viz., East-Central Railway at Hajipur (Bihar) and the North-Western Railway at Jaipur (Rajasthan), already notified, ... More

ROADWAYS

Running repairs
`Chennaites do not know the difference between a tarred road and a mud road... they are just happy to see even a lane because they live in such difficult places in the city. They do not whine and make a big fuss about their roads like the people in B angalore and Hyderabad.' More

Karnataka Govt decision on road maintenance soon

Ships in Ports

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Illegal border trade put at $2 billion

`We're quite strong, but we'll have to watch out' — Mr A. Ramamurthy, current-in-charge and Managing Director, LIC

Bank defaults mount to Rs 80,246 cr: AIBEA

Software exports touch Rs 36,500 cr: Nasscom

Cutflower exports regain markets Down Under

Hacking of Indian Govt Web sites on the rise

Post going private... in letter and spirit

Osteopathy, the healing touch

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Guide to derivatives

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