The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 25, 2003

Guidelines on cancer treatment
COMMON guidelines for oncologists in the country have been formulated at a two-day conference called Cancer CI-2003, which would be forwarded to the Union Government for standardisation of protocol for the treatment of cancer. The guidelines ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Cost overruns of Central projects coming down
THERE has been a continuous decline in the extent of time and cost overruns of Central sector projects, thanks mainly to the closer monitoring and systems improvement brought about by the Ministries concerned in co-ordination with the Ministry of ... More

POWER

Kerala headed for acute shortage of power
The scenario this year is feared to be worse than last year's. The inflows to the hydel reservoirs during the monsoon up to August 15 this year has measured up to only 75 per cent of what it was during the same period last year. More

CPDCL customer centres
HYDERABAD: Central Power Distribution Company Ltd (CPDCL) has finalised a scheme to open customer service centres (CSCs) at sub-divisional level in all towns and municipalities under its purview in seven districts of the State by the end ... More

TEXTILES

Programme on fabric costing
COIMBATORE: The Powerloom Development & Export Promotion Council (PDEXCIL), Mumbai, in association with the Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA) is organising a series of programmes on fabric costing and maintenance cost in three ... More

WATER

Kerala to have new water policy
A MEETING of the State Water Resources Council has decided to draw up a new water policy for Kerala. Chaired by the Chief Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, the meeting also formally proposed formulation of a legislation to make rooftop water harvesting ... More

RADIO/TV

Will CAS for Delhi be delayed?
PM to chair high-level meet
A HIGH-level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with the BJP top brass including the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, will take a decision on whether Delhi would be excluded ... More

EDUCATION

PG in rural development
HYDERABAD: The National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) and the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a two-year post-graduate programme in M. Tech (Rural ... More

BEVERAGES

Cola majors wait & watch on damage control — Studying options to `recharge connect' with consumers
DAMAGE control by the two soft drink companies, facing their biggest controversy in the Indian market in the wake of the pesticide issue, continues to be uncertain. While the final verdict on whether soft drinks contain impermissible levels of ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

`Food sector needs integrated law'
FIRST it was bottled water and now it is the soft drinks segment that has to get its act together, even as the norms evolve to give the consumer a safer product. But the constant churn in food laws has in fact brought to the fore the need for ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Bid to equip varsities for biotech research
IN an effort to derive the advantages of biotechnology, the Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to focus on strengthening the university infrastructure and research capabilities in the next few years. Though virtually every university in the ... More

Biotech bandwagon
As Kerala rolls out its biotech initiatives, it cannot escape the microscope of opinion and analysis that the field is subject to. More

TIE to hold meeting on biotechnology
ENUMERATING the competitive advantages that Kerala enjoys in the realm of the emerging biotech industry, TIE Kerala is conducting its monthly meeting on August 27 on `Biotechnology and Kerala: Opportunities and Challenges, the Industry ... More

PRINTING

`Satellite TV, piracy hit publishing cos'
HUGE decline in reading habits, spiralling cost of production, piracy, proliferation of cheap quality books and onslaught of satellite TV channels have been cutting ground from under publishing industry's feet, feels Orient Longman, a leading ... More

EVENTS

Health cover `quite poor'
REPRESENTATIVES from leading insurance companies, both public and private, have unanimously agreed that health coverage in India is quite poor compared to the overall demand. Senior officers of these insurance companies were discussing the ... More

Tehelka II
The Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka, Mr Tarun Tejpal (right), is in deep thought as film director Mahesh Bhatt is addressing the media in Hyderabad on Sunday. Tehelka on the Weekend, a weekly newspaper will be launched nationwide on October ... More

Agenda for the week

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Drawback brand rate fixation norms eased
AS A major boost to export facilitation, and also reduce the transaction costs to exporters, the Government has now taken the work of brand rate (drawback) fixation to the very doorsteps of exporters by delegating the ... More

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