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    ENVIRONMENT


    AP working on solid waste disposal plan
    IN an effort to help municipalities tackle the growing `garbage' problems in Andhra Pradesh, the Environmental Protection Training Research Institute (EPTRI), here is working out a three-year strategy. The EPTRI has been entrusted the task by a ... More

  • Environment Day celebration

    PETROLEUM


    Putting a brand in your tank!
    The accent on better quality fuel has ensured the success of branded fuel. Oil retailers now want to exploit the potential by launching more such brands. More

    STEEL


    Steel output goes up 8.7% in April
    THE total production of finished steel in April this year has been provisionally estimated at 26.50 lakh tonnes as against 24.38 lakh tonnes last April, showing an increase of 8.7 per cent, according to figures released by the Ministry of Steel ... More

    SUGAR


    BKS urges factory to clear cane dues
    THE Bharatiya Kisan Sangha (BKS) has demanded that the Brahmavara Sugar Factory clear all its outstanding dues to the sugarcane farmers which have been piling up over the past one-and-a-half years. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, the ... More

    TEXTILES


    Hussain vows to modernise textile sector
    THE new Textile Minister, Mr Shahnawaz Hussain, on Wednesday said that his immediate priority was to make the country's oldest industry modern and competitive to face the challenges confronting it after the extant multi-fibre arrangement (MFA) ... More

    WATER


    Pamba plan waiting for some action
    Almost two years have passed since the Union Minister for Environments and Forests approved the inclusion of Pamba in the NRCP, and the Government is yet to take any serious action. More

    Ministry rethink on new bottled water norms?
    CLOSE to four months after the pesticide-residue issue caused ripples in the Rs 1,000-crore packaged water segment — it still seems to be all quiet on the bottled water front. Given that the Union Health Ministry had hoped to bring in ... More

  • Water levels down

    RADIO/TV


    CAS: Pay, FTA channels may take new routes
    IT'S going to be different horses for different courses for marketing of TV channels in the post-Conditional Access System (CAS) days. If CAS is eventually implemented, broadcasters will have to change their marketing and promotional strategies ... More

    REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


    `Delhi, Bangalore real estate trend likely to remain stable' — Mumbai office rentals may even out in next quarter
    RENTAL and capital values in New Delhi and Bangalore are likely to remain stable over the next several months, says a report from real-estate consultancy CB Richard Ellis. In New Delhi, the limited demand for office space in the central ... More

    INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS


    Fapcci team to tour Mauritius, UAE
    IN a bid to explore business opportunities and showcase the State as a destination for investments, the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Fapcci) is deputing a 16-member delegation to the Mauritius and the United ... More

    RURAL DEVELOPMENT


    Kerala: `Town twinning' concept catches planners' fancy
    The State with huge tourism potential and having a rich past in cultural exchanges with foreign countries and civilisations has immense possibilities to achieve grassroots development through the twinning process, it is argued. More

  • SBH gesture to orphan school

    PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


  • SBI signs MoU with varsity

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


    TEA concern over violence during stir
    THE Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) has expressed concern over incidents of vandalism including attacks on people by some miscreants during the two-day strike called by the hosiery workers' union on wages issue in Tirupur last week. The ... More

    EVENTS


  • `Indo-US trade to go beyond protectionism'
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  • Hyderabad Engagements

    CONSUMER ACTIVISM


  • Tetra Pak on awareness drive

    SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT


    MNCs encouraging child labour in fields: Study
    SEVERAL large national and multinational companies including Unilever, Monsanto, Syngenta, Advanta, Bayer and Emergent Genetics that produce and market hybrid cottonseed are involved in subtle ways of perpetuating child labour in India. "The ... More

    STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS


  • ISO 9001:2000 for RTTC

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


    Cash-for-transfer bribery scandal — ICAI initiates disciplinary action against member
    THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has now initiated the process that would trigger the disciplinary mechanism proceedings against the Chennai-based Chartered Accountant, Mr A. Krishnamurthy, who is alleged to have been the ... More
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