Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, November 20, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT Mysore civic body converts garbage into bio-manure CITY waste in Mysore is being put to good use, thanks to a unique initiative by the Mysore City Coporation and Vennar Organic Fertilisers. For the last one-and-a-half years, a programme has been on to convert around 220 tonnes of garbage a day ... More FOREIGN TRADE Sweden seeks to expand trade with India THE Indo-Swedish trade, at $624 million in 2001-02, has immense scope for growth, according to the Swedish Ambassador, Mr Johan Nordenfelt. He said Swedish exports to India last year stood at Rs 395 crore, while its import from the country were ... More
Afghan team keen on Indian investments; seeks help HEALTH HIV vaccine trial on monkeys soon BANGALORE: The Department of Biotechnology will try out on monkeys an HIV vaccine developed by Indian scientists, according to the DBT Secretary, Dr Manju Sharma. A lab in the US will be partner in conducting the tests. Dr Sharma said ... More PETROLEUM Low-key launch of gasohol supply in AP OIL companies on Tuesday began supply of ethanol-blended petrol from their bulk storage terminals at Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh through 174 petrol stations covering East Godavari, West Godavari, parts of Krishna and Khammam districts of the ... More
PHARMACEUTICALS Game of musical chairs at NPPA FOR all the brouhaha that is made over medicines, their fluctuating prices or availability, consider this: the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), the apex body that monitors drug prices, is witness to a game of musical chairs for ... More POWER 
Phase II of national power grid to take off in DecTHE second phase of the national power grid will be commissioned early next month, according to Mr R.P. Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, PowerGrid Corporation of India (PGCIL). The 450-km Raipur-Rourkela AC system, which will be ... More
Availability-based power tariff from Jan in South, East STEEL Sponge iron units oppose hike in natural gas prices THE three natural gas-based sponge iron manufacturing units belonging to Essar Steel, Ispat Industries and Vikram Ispat, which is a part of Grasim Industries, may have to stop operations if the Government goes ahead with its plans to effect a ... More TEA APK wants Govt to act fast on tea sector issues THE Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) has urged the State Government to act fast and take decisions on a number of pressing issues referred by it to save the tea industry in the State from total collapse.The crisis-ridden industry has been ... More TEXTILES NTC sets reserve price for land sale in TN The asset sale committee would open the tenders on November 27 to consider the sale. More
Asset reconstruction fund for textile sector suggested TRAVEL & PLACES US remains the most favoured destination DESPITE the September 11 blues and the continued economic slowdown, US remains the favourite destination for non-immigrant visa (NIV) seekers from India, particularly the South, with the US Consulate in Chennai expected to process around 200,000 ... More WATER Move soon to curb arsenic in water THE Government is set to host a major initiative on arsenic mitigation as part of its plan to improve the management of the country's water resources, Mr Shanta Kumar, Union Minister for Rural Development, has announced. He was inaugurating an ... More COAL India may reclassify coal reserves along UN lines THE United Nations is understood to have cast doubt over the proven global coal reserve classified on the basis of the "geological reliability" of the knowledge. It is presumed that the present classification does not provide a proper perspective ... More TERRORISM House condemns bus blast; victims to get ex-gratia VOICING concern over the bus blast incident that left 14 bus passengers dead and about 17 critical, the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, in the midst of its winter session, unanimously passed a resolution condemning the incident, while ... More RADIO/TV TV channels among biggest ad spenders in print media "Newer, emerging product categories are substituting the categories that previously dominated newspaper advertising." More EDUCATION President flags off mass computer literacy project in Kerala `Computerisation programmes should seek to achieve wealth generation and societal transformation. A paperless Government would be another desirable corollary.' More MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS Programme for ophthalmologists KOLKATA: The M.P. Birla Eye Clinic, in collaboration with Aravind Eye Hospital & Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology of Madurai, has launched a continuing medical education (CME) programme for ophthalmologists in the eastern ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Singapore firm keen on building Kolkata tower CESMA International Pte, a consultancy outfit promoted by Singapore's housing board, has evinced interest in Kolkata's first 50-storeyed building, a project that has also found support from a couple of local players. The building, christened ... More LEATHER Leather exporters unhappy with Kelkar panel report THE Council for Leather Exports (CLE) has expressed disappointment over the recommendations of the Task Force headed by Dr Vijay Kelkar to remove tax and duty exemptions According to a CLE press release, export promotion schemes such as ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS `Kelkar panel offers no plan to check black money' KELKAR'S tax proposals are short of measures to unearth hidden gold and black money in the economy, the Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has observed. In a letter addressed to the Union Finance Minister, the Chamber Secretary, Mr ... More READYMADE GARMENTS Garment exports up 15 pc in first half READYMADE garments which account for roughly 46 per cent of the country's aggregate exports representing value-added and less import-intensive sub-sector have done reasonably well during the first half of the current fiscal, though the figures ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Training centre for ISRO staff BANGALORE: The President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has laid the foundation stone for the ISRO Training Centre at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. The training centre is meant to meet the in-house training ... More
India bags Rs 200-cr hi-tech order EVENTS Hyderabad to host health food expo NUTRIFIT, a diet and nutrition counselling centre, is organising a health food expo - 2002 here for three days from November 22 to mark its third anniversary celebrations and to create an awareness on health foods and their ... More
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