The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 10, 2004

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
Training on solar systems
KOCHI: A three-day training programme for field technicians all over Kerala on installations and maintenance of solar systems has been conducted by Aditya - the Solar Shop, Kochi under Rajagiri College of Social Sciences. Mr Hari Meloth, ... More

ANTI-DUMPING
EU bid to bring transparency in anti-dumping measures
IN the run-up to enlargement of the European Union (EU) from 15 members to 25 effective May 1, the EU member-countries have endorsed a European Commission proposal to introduce greater transparency, efficiency and predictability in the use of ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Cleaning up the city
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike workers decorating a street light pole, as part of the `Keep your city clean and green' project, on Tuesday. More than 200 poles like this on Mahatma Gandhi Road will be decorated as part of the project. ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Exports to UAE up 18% in April-Oct `03
INDIAN exports to the UAE have registered an 18 per cent increase in the period April-October 2003 compared to the corresponding period the previous year. Significantly, higher export earnings are projected in view of the huge untapped potential ... More

Indo-UAE meet discusses joint venture possibilities
THE potential for setting up Indo-UAE joint venture downstream industries in the oil and gas sector and participation in Indian infrastructure projects by the UAE investors were among the highlights of the deliberations of the Indo-UAE Joint ... More

HEALTH
Endoscopy training centre opened in Hyderabad
ASIAN Institute of Gastroenterology Private Ltd has opened Gastro Intestinal Endoscopy Training Centre at the institute here. The training centre, inaugurated by Mr Morishima, General Manager (Asia Pacific) of Olympus, is touted to be the ... More

Mosquito control programme in Kochi
KOCHI: The civic and district administration has initiated mosquito control programmes in the city in view of the mounting public pressure. While the Kochi Corporation has launched intensive circle-based programmes to contain the ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
NPPA revises prices of 97 drugs
THE National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) today announced revision in prices of 97 formulation packs based on bulk drugs of insulin, aspirin, vitamins and others. According to an official statement, out of 97 formulations, ceiling ... More

STEEL
Scheme to provide steel at cheaper rates for small units
THE Union Steel Ministry is revamping an old scheme to ensure smooth supply of steel at a cheaper price to the small and medium scale units, according to Ms Binoo Sen, Steel Secretary. Addressing the members of Bengal National Chamber of ... More

TEXTILES
New overseas line of credit for small textile units
THE small-scale textile wet-processing units seeking to invest in efficient pollution treatment mechanism can now depend on a new overseas line of credit from a German financial institution, Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW). The KfW's line ... More

`Uniform excise on textiles crucial to tap post-MFA gains'
THE removal of existing disparities in excise duty rates on various textile fibres or yarns is necessary if India were to shine in a quota-free world from January next year, according to Mr O.P. Lohia, Managing Director of the Rs 2,200-crore Indo ... More

SSI
SBI to team up with Sikkim Govt to boost SMEs
STATE Bank of India has decided to encourage small and marginal enterprises in Sikkim's traditionally natural resources-based economy. It plans to team up with the State Government to promote emerging industries such as floriculture, dairy and ... More

RADIO/TV
TRAI panel to look into channel rates, revenue sharing
THE broadcast regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), today said that the committee set up to look into the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS) will look into the issue of fixing rates of pay channels, the ... More

EDUCATION
Technical colleges — One-third of supernumerary seats reserved for children of Gulf NRIs
THE All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which is a regulator of technical education, has now ruled that one-third of the 15 per cent supernumerary seats across different disciplines in an educational institution offering technical ... More

Manipal Academy ties up with Hewlett Packard
THE Manipal Academy of Higher Education signed an MoU with Hewlett Packard India Sales to implement a host of campus computing initiatives. These include a network management centre, at the Manipal Institute of Technology, and set up wireless ... More

ELECTRICAL GOODS
AP mulls cluster to help fans industry
THE nearly Rs 220-crore turnover fan industry in and around Hyderabad is faced with weak marketing, distribution and is dependent on retail shopkeepers to sell their products, making the overall going a tough proposition economically. ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Another swanky residential complex beckons Mumbaiites
WELL-HEELED Mumbaiites bored of their existing designer homes and scouting for a more fashionable address need, perhaps, look no further than Pune-based DSK Developer's new project in swank Cuffe Parade. Durgamata Towers, a 31-storey ... More

READYMADE GARMENTS
Moderate rise in readymade garment exports
EXPORT of readymade garments (RMGs) to quota restricted countries during the first 11 months of the current fiscal posted a moderate increase in value and an equally moderate decline in volume, as compared to the corresponding months of the ... More

GENDER
Shades of ideology
A Muslim woman holds her baby in the shade of a BJP party flag during a protest rally in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha organised the rally to protest the proposed Women's Right Bill of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE
DFID to invest £200 m for welfare schemes this year
The schemes that will get UK government funding include reproductive and child health, HIV/AIDS, pulse polio and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ICICI Bank bets on micro-finance — Ties up with Microcredit Foundation
ICICI Bank finds micro-financing good business. In India, some 400 million people, in 6-odd million villages, are waiting for small loans. Only about 20 million of them have been served so far, by the organised financial sector. But there ... More

EVENTS
Microsoft to conduct five e-Gov seminars
MICROSOFT Corporation India today announced a series of five e-Governance seminars targeted at bureaucrats and Government officials. The first seminar in the series will be held at Bhopal on Wednesday. "Targeted at bureaucrats and government ... More

In Hyderabad today

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Kinfra meet to discuss draft export policy
THE Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) is organising a workshop here on export policy of Kerala on March 20. The workshop is being organised in the background of a growing need to broaden the export base of ... More