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NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY


IISc arm shows the way to biofuels
FOR six years, they worked with the humble pongamia oil and showed how the poor man's fuel could light up villages, pump safe water through pipes into rural homes, run village enterprises and irrigate parched fields in the ... More

ECONOMY


`Implement Plan projects with private sector'
VARIOUS economic and social Ministries have been directed to take up the implementation of Plan projects and schemes in partnership with the private sector for optimal utilisation of the scarce funds earmarked for such programmes. A directive ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE


TN, Malaysia sign pacts for administrative city project
THE Tamil Nadu Government has signed MoUs with the Malaysian Government for carrying out detailed studies for the proposed administrative city near Mahabalipuram and for a project to beautify the Marina. The administrative city that is proposed ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


Tax sops for R&D top drug sector wish-list
TAX concessions for research and development (R&D) is the salient feature of the pre-Budget memorandum submitted by the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) to the Government. The IPA, a group of 11 frontline domestic companies including ... More

POWER


Failure to meet stipulated milestones — No overseas loans for power reforms, Centre tells States
The States are being told to draw the funds from the domestic financial institutions, including specialised agencies like the Power Finance Corporation / Rural Electrification Corporation. More

Govt awaits GE, Bechtel response to restart Dabhol plant
THE Centre is awaiting the response of joint venture partners GE and Bechtel to provide technical support so that the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) could restart the Enron-promoted Dabhol power plant. "The Finance Secretary had ... More

TECHNOLOGY


  • Pre-fabrication tech for artificial limbs

    WATER


    Criticism over Thiruvaniyoor project refuted
    AS the public opposition to drilling of bore wells by the Kochi-based company, Drink 'N' Fresh Beverages, for their proposed bottling plant at Thiruvaniyoor hots up, the company has rebutted charges against it, saying that it was given the ... More

    COAL


    BCCL's methane recovery projects poised to take off
    THE national coal bed methane (CBM) demonstration projects at Moonidih and Sudamdih mines of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) are expected to result in CBM recovery and commercial utilisation by this year. The projects are being set up jointly by ... More

    EDUCATION


    Doubts over admission to professional courses
    THE continued suspense over the procedure that would be adopted for admission to professional courses in the State in the coming year in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling is keeping parents on tenterhooks even as the schedule for the Plus 2 ... More

    A unique school in IT corridor
    IT is unusual for a school to announce its launch through a press conference at a five-star hotel with a Minister presiding over the function. But Indus International in Bangalore's IT corridor in Sarjapur, which announced its arrival today, ... More

    INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS


    FICCI for restoration of 10% creeping acquisition limit
    "The 10 per cent creeping acquisition flexibility is very relevant for promoters for insulation against hostile takeovers. The limit may be restored to 10 per cent," says a paper prepared by FICCI. More

    FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


    Management icon demolishes FDI myth
    IT was the right setting, time, audience and person. Dr C.K.Prahlad, the famed Indian - American management guru, was addressing the CII Partnership Summit in Hyderabad. He delivered a message of "Purna Swaraj" - economic independence in ... More

    WTO


    Japan looks to positive role by India in WTO talks
    THE Japanese Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Mr Tadakatsu Sano, has said that Japan is expecting "positive participation" from India at the next mini-ministerial meeting of the World Trade ... More

    RURAL DEVELOPMENT


    CyberGrameen — a rural project with a difference
    CYBERGRAMEEN is an IT initiative with a difference. It seeks to empower people in the rural heartland of the country leveraging the benefits of convergence technologies and thereby bridging the digital divide. In one such effort, the Swarna ... More

    HUMAN RESOURCES


    Hewitt Associates launches study on `best employers'
    The study will identify a league table of the country's best employers. This will be the third annual survey of Indian workplaces. It will also rank the `best employers in India' and provide insights into the HR practices. More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


    BMS meet to focus on unorganised labour, women
    THE 15th triennial conference of the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) will be held in Mangalore on January 19 and 20. The two-day conference will focus on the plight of unorganised labour in the era of globalisation and ... More

    EVENTS


    Kerala to showcase 4 minor ports at GIM
    THE development of four minor ports in Kerala will be showcased at the forthcoming global investors meet (GIM) being organised by the Government at Kochi on January 18 and 19. The Government had initially drawn up an Rs 5,000-crore plan for the ... More

    Dubai shopping festival from today
    DUBAI is pursuing its economic agenda with optimistic enthusiasm undeterred by US war mongering in Iraq. This is evident from the elaborate arrangements being made for the Dubai Shopping Festival 2003 (DSF), which opens on Wednesday with a ... More

  • Meet on economic planning
  • Seminar on trademarks

    PEOPLE


    IPMA President
    NEW DELHI: Members of the Indian Paper Manufacturers' Association (IPMA) have elected Mr N. Gopala Ratnam, Chairman and Managing Director, Seshasayee Paper & Boards Ltd, as the President of the association. He will hold the office of ... More
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