The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 04, 2004

ANTI-DUMPING
Dumping duty on Chinese plastic lenses proposed
THE Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imported plastic ophthalmic lenses from People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei. Plastic ophthalmic lenses are used in ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
US to promote active, comprehensive trade agenda
DESPITE the setback to the world trade liberalisation talks at Cancun last September in the WTO Ministerial, the Bush Administration would continue to build on its trade accomplishments by promoting an "active and comprehensive" trade ... More

HEALTH
Novartis' blood cancer drug turns a `bitter' pill
THE country's first exclusive marketing right (EMR), given to Novartis for its blood cancer drug Glivec, was expected to trace uncharted territory. It has been far from smooth sailing for Novartis India Ltd, with the company facing both ... More

Aussies watch their health, doggedly keeping outbreaks at bay
AS a group of visitors landed up in Sydney airport from Kuala Lumpur and took their turns to get their baggage, an Australian official with a Beagles dog on leash led it here, there and everywhere; and it sniffed everything on sight. More than ... More

PETROLEUM
Bangladesh studying total gas reserves to decide on exports
BANGLADESH has clarified that per se it is not opposed to export of gas, to India or to any other country, and that it is only a question of national policy. "The Government is now studying the total gas reserves, and a decision on exports ... More

ONGC expects major gas find in KG basin
AFTER Mumbai High, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd is expecting a major gas find in the deep-water region of Krishna-Godavari basin where it is currently operating two ships. According to the ONGC Executive Director, Mr A. Kaviraj, ... More

POWER
NPCIL to raise Rs 2,000 cr thru market borrowings
NUCLEAR Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) will continue to raise Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 2,000 crore in market borrowings until the year 2010 when it hopes to do away with the need to depend on budgetary resources for funding its massive ... More

Meet on efficiency improvement in power sector

STEEL
Steel prices to be rolled back
THE Union Government has reached an understanding with the Indian Steel Alliance (ISA), the representative body of the major primary steel producers, on a rollback in prices by about Rs 4,000 a tonne. The compromise solution, coming a day after ... More

TAXATION
MFs, agents still don't see eye-to-eye on service tax
THE tussle between distributors and mutual funds over service tax payment has intensified with the March 31 deadline looming large. There is an 8 per cent service tax to be paid on "distribution of mutual funds." Unlike the insurance industry ... More

SSI
Kerala Govt urged to prop up small enterprises
A major change in industrial structure has taken place in the small enterprise economy of Kerala in such a way that more of tinier units have got registered. More

Apitco's SME delegation to visit Korea
The Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organisation (Apitco) is organising a delegation of small and medium enterprises (SME) to South Korea between March 22 and March 29. The primary objective of the visit is to enable ... More

WATER
Contingency plan to tackle drinking water shortage in Kerala
FACED with one of the worst droughts to hit the northern districts in recent times, the State Government is contemplating a number of contingency measures in order to weather the "critical 90-day period" leading up to the onset of the next ... More

RADIO/TV
CNBC TV 18 plans Hindi channel
THE Rs 50-crore business news channel, CNBC TV 18, plans to launch a Hindi channel and also reach audiences in smaller towns. Mr B. Saikumar, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, CNBC TV 18, said that an investment of Rs 6 crore would go into the ... More

C-DAC develops digital mobile radio technology solution
THE Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Thiruvananthapuram, has successfully developed a totally indigenous solution for digital mobile radio technology based on TETRA standard. TETRA stands for Terrestrial Trunked Radio, ... More

EDUCATION
Genetic literacy project to be extended to AP
THE Chennai-based, Dr M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation would extend the genetic literacy project being implemented in Tamil Nadu Schools, to Andhra Pradesh also. This was stated by Dr M.S Swaminathan, a noted agricultural scientist, at a ... More

Orient Longman makes it lighter for school kids
If school education authorities across the country give the `green signal' to publishing house — Orient Longman's novel concept, school children need not carry loads of books. Based on the guidelines set by the NCERT (National Council of ... More

NID to have new campus
The design school is positioning its new campus to meet the challenges of the new economy. More

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING

Magazine on spirituality

PRINTING
Print expo a success
HYDERABAD: Print Today, the four-day national expo for offset, package, signage, screen-printing and graphic technologies organised here recently by V-Build Fairs, has generated firm orders of business worth Rs 10 crore. The expo, held ... More

EVENTS
Weaving park investors' meet at Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: A meeting of the members of the Palladam Hi-Tech Weaving Park will be held on March 6 in which the investors would be briefed on the current status of the park promotion. The meeting would be attended among others by Dr ... More

Meet on business opportunities for women
HYDERABAD: A seminar on business opportunities for unemployed women, organised by the SIP Academy India Pvt Ltd, a Chennai-based Indian arm of SIP Academy of Malaysia, would be held in City on March 14 at the Lions Bhavan. The seminar ... More

DMA workshop from today

In Hyderabad today

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Seminar on women entrepreneurs
IT is estimated that currently women entrepreneurs comprise about 10 per cent of total Indian entrepreneurs. If the trend continues, it is likely that in the next five years women will make up about 20 per cent, or about five lakh people, of ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Orthodox tea exports may take a beating on poor, unstable supply
INSUFFICIENT and inconsistent supply of primary orthodox grades is likely to hamper export of orthodox tea, say traders. Merchant exporters told Business Line that a lack of consistency in supply could mar the otherwise positive export ... More

Iron ore export through Chennai Port — Ministry to stand by order on slot/quota system
IGNORING protests from a few iron ore exporters, the Shipping Ministry has decided to stand by its February 14 order directing the Chennai Port Trust to introduce a slot/quota system for iron ore exports from April 1 to prevent exporters from ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Narcotics body urges India to enforce laws more strictly
THE International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has said that in most countries in South Asia, licitly manufactured narcotic drugs are diverted to the illicit markets with the abuse of cough syrup, smuggled out of India, being reported in ... More