The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 25, 2003

Qatar Petro seeks nod for airline venture again
QATAR General Petroleum Corporation has again moved the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) for setting up a non-scheduled airline company as a joint venture with two Indian partners. The two partners are Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd ... More

Air India clears short-range aircraft proposal
THE board of directors of Air-India on Friday cleared a proposal to acquire18 short-range small aircraft, expected to cost around $1.5 billion. This is in addition to the proposal to buy 17 long-range aircraft for which it has received ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

World Bank, ADB to fund rural road project
THE World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to fund a sum of Rs 2,500 crore for the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, which was launched in December 2000 with the objective of providing road connectivity to close to 1.6 lakh ... More

SHIPPING

Air Defence bay inaugurated at Cochin Shipyard
THE Chief of the Naval Staff has inaugurated the Air Defence Ship Bay at the Cochin Shipyard Ltd. With the inauguration, CSL would have more workspace and facilities for the construction of the ship. The ADS Bay is one of the significant ... More

HC dismisses P&O Ports writ on JNPT bidding ban
P&O Ports has lost the case it was fighting in the Mumbai High Court against the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for banning it from participating in the bidding for developing a new container terminal at the port. After a marathon hearing ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Air couriers flying high on retail banking, telecom
RETAIL banking and the telecom industry are driving the boom in the air express courier business, according to Mr Gopa Kumar, Vice-President (South), Blue Dart Express Ltd. Subsequent to 9/11, companies, especially multinationals, started ... More

Ships in Ports

Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line

Pick a Winner Stock Market Contest

Top Stories
Baleno, Versa made cheaper by a lakh

Data Access willing to buy out foreign partner

Vision 2020 paints perfect India

The Tenth Plan papers — Will laudable goals get the right push?

In Focus
Kelkar Report

Telecom Competition

Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma

NPAs in Banking

In Depth
Gender Justice