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Q1 performance points to recovery
THE profit of 252 companies which have announced their first quarter 2002-03 results shows a rise of 18.2 per cent on a cumulative basis. However, growth in total income has only been modest at less than 5 per cent. The growth in operating ... More

AP Govt move to amend Indian Stamp Act
THE Andhra Pradesh Assembly is set to amend the Indian Stamp Act aimed at plugging loopholes in the system and to ensure that the legitimate revenue of the State is not evaded. Necessary amendments to the Stamp Act, will facilitate in effective ... More

  • Investments in Karnataka

    ENVIRONMENT


    Pampa action plan awaits Govt nod on funds
    THE implementation of the proposed Rs 272-crore Pampa River Action Plan, which is to be executed in three phases, will now depend on the State's effective participation. According to Mr N.P. Sukumaran Nair, General Secretary, Pampa Samrakshana ... More

    POWER


    Further delay likely in power reforms panel report
    THE report of the expert committee on power reforms set up under the stewardship of Mr Deepak Parekh, Chairman, Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation, will be delayed. The committee was set up in March 2002, by the Union Power Ministry ... More

    COAL


    Govt to rein in coal mafia
    THE Government has taken a "conscious decision" to check pilferage in the country's coal mines. It will also address pilferage at the institutional level, which would help in arresting the linkage between coal mine operations and mafia ... More

    METALS


    Cheaper power supply — AP Ferro alloy industry hopeful of relief
    AFTER nearly four months of closure in the wake of a steep hike in power wheeling charges and introduction of grid support charges by APTransco, the ferro alloy industry in Andhra Pradesh has seen a glimmer of hope that the State Government may ... More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


    `Communication key to better labour relations'
    EFFECTIVE and systematic communication between the management and the workers on a regular basis can reduce industrial dispute, said to Mr A.M. Chakraborty, the Labour Secretary of the West Bengal Government. Mr Chakraborty was addressing ... More

    EVENTS


  • Thiruvananthapuram Engagements

    EXPORTS & IMPORTS


    Indo-Nepal trade treaty to help check formal imports
    THE recent renewal of the Indo-Nepal Trade and Transit Treaty would help in checking the inflow of formal imports from Nepal due to ambiguities in the earlier treaty, says an official report of the Committee on Cross Border Trade. The ... More

    NATURAL CALAMITIES


    El Nino flies in face of Kerala experience
    At least not Kerala, and it needn't be if one were to go by the State's experience during the so-called `moderate' and `severe' El Nino years since 1987 till date. The abnormal warming of the Pacific during El Nino changes the atmospheric ... More

    TOURISM


    Talks on to boost Alappuzha port tourism potential
    THE preliminary consultations to develop the Alappuzha port as a tourism-cum-cargo port have been completed. The Government had appointed L&T Ramboll as consultants to study the feasibility of the port. L&T Ramboll officials have held ... More

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


    JPC for action on SHCIL officials involved in DSQ deal
    THE Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has sought action against all senior officials of SHCIL including its Managing Director involved in the purchase of 13.3 lakh shares of DSQ Software by the Unit Trust of India (UTI). The off market deal ... More
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