![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, November 19, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY AUTOMOBILES
Festive October brings smile back to auto sector playersCARMAKERS, Maruti Udyog, Hyundai Motor and Tata Engineering, notched up impressive sales in festive October, boosting domestic car sales by 34 per cent for the month, latest data showed. Total car sales in October stood at 45,317 units as ... More ECONOMY `High fiscal gap hits pvt sector growth too' AS a consequence of the continuously high fiscal deficits of both of the Union and State Governments, private sector growth would also be slower than it would be otherwise, said Dr Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India. Private ... More
No funds crunch: Krishna ENVIRONMENT Plastic collection competition MANGALORE: As one part of the entire campaign surrounding the attempt to `save the environment' zeroing in on plastics as the most dangerous pollutant of the planet, a confederation of organisations in Mangalore is organising a `plastic ... More EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Coimbatore excise collection seen buoyant THANKS to the improved performance by the top ten commodities in the region's Central excise duty basket, the excise revenue from industries and trade in the newly-formed Coimbatore zone this year is expected to be buoyant. The authorities in ... More FOREIGN TRADE Afghanistan invites pvt sector EVEN as officials of India and Afghanistan firm up details of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the two countries, the Commerce Minister of Afghanistan, Mr Sayed Mustafa Kazmi, has invited the Indian business to invest in the country. ... More
Lankan trade team arrives in Bangalore HEALTH Bangalore makes headway in skin and hair care business The information technology city, Bangalore, could well be on its way to picking another soubriquet, this one in the skin and hair care business. The dermatology scene in the city is much larger than many other big cities and compares closely ... More INFRASTRUCTURE
Jayalalithaa inaugurates new bus terminus in ChennaiTHE new Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus commenced operations today with three buses being flagged off by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa. Built at a cost of Rs 103 crore, the terminus has a capacity to handle over 2,000 buses ... More PETROLEUM
Industrial fuels sale up in OctoberTHE domestic industry appears to be on the recovery track with most industrial fuels recording an increase in sales in October. Diesel, indicator of the country's economic health, reported a positive growth of 1.8 per cent. Overall growth rate ... More
AP: Gasohol to be launched today PHARMACEUTICALS Pharma week kicked off THE importance of the pharmacist in terms of dispensing medicines and knowledge to the consumer was highlighted at the inauguration of the National Pharmacy Week, starting Sunday. A regular feature in November every year, this week's theme was ... More POWER Atomic energy board team visits NFC unit A FOUR-MEMBER team from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the `watchdog' organisation on India's nuclear safety, today undertook an on-the-spot study of the blast that occurred in the evaporator unit of the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), ... More
TNEB asked to curb power theft, inefficiency
IEMO reaffirms need for integrated energy policy
APTransco-BPL agreement approved with changes TEXTILES
Textiles sector initiatives to continue in 2003-04THE domestic textiles industry may have a cause for cheer, with the Union Textiles Secretary, Mr S.B. Mohapatra, today promising that the task of fiscal correction embarked upon by the Government in the textiles sector in the current year's ... More WATER MANAGEMENT TWAD Board hikes tariff THE Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board) has hiked the water tariff in the areas it is responsible for supplying water. The Government has issued an order allowing the board to hike the tariff with immediate effect. ... More MANAGEMENT `Leadership is like an iceberg' "THE greatest mistake leaders can make is to assume that results alone matter, and that morality and goodness have gone out of style. On the contrary, as amorality becomes rampant, in the heart of darkness, the natural human instinct is craving ... More MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS Heart care centre to train nurses NARAYANA Hrudayalaya, a speciality heart care centre, has entered into an arrangement with Johnson & Johnson (US) to start a training facility for nurses. The nursing school will be set up adjacent to the Hrudayalaya on Hosur Road. The US ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Realtors build dreams on unused industrial land FROM shabby industrial units in the heart of the city to impressive office buildings, plush shopping malls and entertainment centres - the Indian realtors now seem to be capitalising on large chunks of unused industrial land. These units ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Met office aiming at accurate forecast THE recent cyclone that hit Bangladesh seems to have stumped meteorologists, whose forecasts were off target. First, reports indicated that the cyclone would hit the Chennai coast. Then, the finger was pointed towards the Orissa and Andhra ... More
President presents Space Gold Medals HUMAN RESOURCES Online programme for nurses KOCHI: The Kochi-based Vidya Bharathi Institute of Management and Technology (VIBIMAT) is arranging an online training programme to nurses to equip them to pass the Commission for Graduates of Foreign Nursing School (CGFNS) ... More EVENTS Paradigm shift seen in business post-9/11 LAUNCHED with the intention of exploring new frontiers of management, the IIM Kozhikode annual management seminar 2002 analysed the emerging business opportunities in the realm of e-money and e-market places, assessed the place and role of ... More
3 Indian cos to participate in timber fair
CII energy summit to focus on costs, conservation tech
Science exhibition from Nov 26
India Workplace 2002 on Dec 9
National convention on property EXPORTS & IMPORTS Non-basmati varieties may take a beating THE country's non-basmati rice exports are expected to decline from one million tonnes last quarter to 5 lakh tonnes this quarter on account of various domestic and international factors. On the international front, Philippines has already ... More ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES Kalam calls for more research on ayurveda THE President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has highlighted the need for subjecting ayurveda to vigorous research and integrating the same with biotechnology for the purpose of invention of newer drugs. Dr Kalam, who is on a visit to the State, ... More TOURISM Buddhist legacy of Himachal THE remote valleys of Lahaul, Spiti and Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh have strong Buddhist traditions. Splendid gompas, Buddhist monasteries built along bare mountainsides, are a part of the rugged terrain. These are the repositories of a wealth of ... More
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