The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 13, 2002

US draft on safe drugs for animals
THE US-based Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come out with a draft guidance document for evaluating the safety of antimicrobial new animal drugs. The document comes in the wake of the drug residue debate wherein the apex body had been ... More

Shrimp prices seen higher
BLACK tiger prices are expected to sustain the increase witnessed over the last two weeks, according to market sources. Prices range around $13.60-13.80 per kg 16/20 counts but compared to raw material prices, which hit about Rs 410 per kg 30 ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

AP Govt plans to equip farmers with IT tools
THE benefits of information technology (IT) should be reached out to the farming sector to help it improve efficiency and become competitive, the Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister, Mr Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao, said here on Thursday. Andhra ... More

RUBBER

Rampant misuse of rubber subsidy by traders
FOR over two months now, rubber prices in the domestic market have been ruling lower than the international price. The price of RSS 4 at Kottayam firmed up to Rs 38.75 per kg on September 5 on covering purchases in a low supply market. Though ... More

WATER MANAGEMENT

Bandh paralyses Bangalore city
THE Bangalore bandh called by pro-Kannada organisations in protest over the Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu was total and there was no business activity today. Most IT companies closed their offices for the day and schools and colleges also ... More

COTTON

Cotton shippers blacklist `defaulter' textile mills — Stop exports to TN spinners seeking dues
COTTON imports may no more be an easy option for most textile mills, especially those in Tamil Nadu. For, international shippers affiliated to the Liverpool Cotton Association (LCA) for import sourcing cotton have blacklisted many of them. A ... More

Booklet on cotton trade
THE Mumbai-based East India Cotton Association (EICA), which represents the interests of the country's cotton trade, has brought out `Indian Cotton Annual 2000-01', a publication that contains detailed information on production, processing, ... More

WTO

WTO, farm exports and growth
Broad-based agricultural, and not enclave growth, should be at the centre of rural development and welfare. Use of the alarmingly large foodgrain stocks that add up to more than 60 million tonnes is another strategy. Focussing on these areas would al so strengthen India's agricultural export capabilities. More

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Indian Hotels acquires Regent Hotel — Makes North Mumbai entry with Rs 452-cr deal

RBI directs Global Trust to change auditors

Cotton shippers blacklist `defaulter' textile mills — Stop exports to TN spinners seeking dues

Calling New York cheaper than dialling Delhi?

Industrial growth 6.4 pc in July — CSO data point to revival trend

Productivity-linked reward scheme — Port, dock workers to press for flat 20 pc payment

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Looking back
Sep. 1-Sep. 7
Monsoon `catches up' in August — But deficit likely to remain

Tea Board moots special scheme for corporates

Crude soya oil comes under tariff value net

Centre cracks whip on `paddy tender mafia'

EU ban on chloramphenicol residue — Exporters up the ante on seafood standards

Govt mulling futures in crude palm oil — Curbs to go on forward trading in 81 items