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ECONOMY
Current Conditions Index up: FICCI survey
FOR India Inc the third quarter of 2003-04 seems to project a shining corporate India. According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Quarterly Business Confidence Survey (BCS) for the quarter, the Current ... More

An investor-friendly Kerala?
IF the Chief Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, is to be believed, Kerala is at last becoming an investor-friendly State and has changed considerably in the recent past. Addressing a gathering of industrialists, traders and foreign delegates at the ... More

`India can do well in manufacturing too'
INDIA'S forte in the service sector is well-known but India could also do well in the manufacturing sector, said Che Abdul Daim Zainuddin, Member of Parliament, Government of Malaysia. Delivering the keynote address at the third Asia Pacific ... More

Kerala Govt justifies move to borrow from market
THE Kerala Government has justified its plea to the Centre for granting permission to go in for additional market borrowings of Rs 800 crore. The Finance Minister, Mr K. Sankaranarayanan, said in a statement that though the Government was able ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Export scenario good, says CII survey
THE export prospects of the Indian industry is "encouraging", according to a survey on `Procedural issues in exports' conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). In a statement, the chamber has said that 60 per cent of the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Foundation laid for Rs 75-lakh road project between New Mangalore Port and Baikampady Industrial Area
THE Minister for Large and Medium-scale Industries, Mr R.V. Deshpande, laid the foundation stone for work on the Rs 75-lakh road project between New Mangalore Port and Baikampady Industrial Area here. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Deshpande said ... More

POWER
Small industries protest TNERC's draft codes
THE National Confederation of Small Industry has said that some features in the draft distribution code and supply code, framed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission, are against the interests of low-tension customers. Forfeiture ... More

Expert group moots penalty for Bengal power utilities
POWER sector utilities operating in West Bengal may have to pay monetary compensation to their consumers in case they fail to meet certain standards vis-à-vis services. The compensation varies from paying fines between Rs 100 and Rs 2,000 for ... More

WATER
Civil Society panel for review of studies on interlinking of rivers
THE National Civil Society Committee on interlinking of rivers in India intends to take up in-depth reviews of the pre-feasibility and feasibility studies of individual river linking issues that make up the entire project of interlinking of ... More

BREWERIES
IMFL outlets to be reduced in Kerala
KOCHI: The State Government is planning to gradually cut down the number of foreign liquor outlets in the State. This move, according to the Excise Minister, Prof K.V. Thomas, is being made to make available unadulterated toddy throughout ... More

EDUCATION
New course from Chennai Aspire Learning
ASPIRE Learning, a Chennai-based educational services organisation, has launched Aspire Superkidz to impart education from kindergarten to standard eight. The curriculum at Aspire Superkidz is designed such that children work in teams on ... More

Aspire project for school kids
KOCHI: The Chennai-based educational services organisation Aspire Learning has launched its next project - Aspire Superkidz - focussing on the entire segment of school students from Class 1 to 12. Aspire Superkidz will have ... More

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY
I-T raids on Kolkata hosiery group
THE income-tax department, Kolkata, in a search and seizure operation conducted on Thursday and Friday on a city-based hosiery products manufacturing group, at 26 places in Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore, has seized assets totalling Rs 40.70 ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
`India should focus on nanotechnology'
THE country could be a leader in the new technology areas such as nano materials, biotechnology and energy technologies, said venture capitalist and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Mr Vinod Khosla, here on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on the ... More

WTO
`India must be more proactive in WTO'
INDIA should take "a much more proactive and constructive engagement" in the negotiating processes of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), currently under way, by persisting with its "liberalising" approach domestically in all key areas including ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
`AP DWCRA has become a role model for the country'
EMPOWERMENT of women involves not just providing them employment opportunities. It involves protection from vulnerabilities such as health issues, gender bias, social stigmas and law and order problems, according to Ms C.S. Ramalakshmi, ... More

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