The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 05, 2004

ENVIRONMENT
Greens seek law to stop burning of non-fuel materials in open spaces
Dr Sivabrata Chatterjee, environmental consultant and former member of the Chief Minister's Advisory Group on Calcutta Leather Complex, said that judicial intervention was the only way to control this menace of burning rubbish at street corners and o pen spaces. More

`Scrapping of vehicles never an issue in combating auto pollution'
SCRAPPING of vehicles was never thought of as a means of controlling auto pollution, the West Bengal Director of Public Vehicles Department and Joint Secretary, State Transport Department, Mr H. Mohan said. Addressing a workshop on Bharat II: ... More

Waste management training in Madurai
MADURAI: A training programme on hazardous waste management is to be held in the city on April 8. According to Mr R.Vijayabhaskaran, District Environmental Engineer, the Environmental Training Institute, Chennai would be conducting the ... More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Tuticorin Customs exceeds collection target
THE revenue through the recently formed Customs Commissionerate at Tuticorin has exceeded the target for the year 2003-04. According to the Customs Commissioner, Mr S. Ramesh, while the target was Rs 630 crore, the revenue mobilised has been ... More

HEALTH
Heritage Hospital helpline
Coming to the rescue of the old and the immobile, Heritage Hospital has introduced a helpline that attends to both emotional and physiological grievances. The Heritage Helpline 2339 0000 was launched by Mr R.P. Singh, Commissioner of Police, ... More

HOTELS
Hotels body plea to Bengal on sale of packed foods
THE Hotel & Restaurant Association of Eastern India (HRAEI) has urged the West Bengal Government to direct the State's Controller of Legal Metrology to stop harassing its members on the plea that they are breaching the Standards of Weights and .. More

PETROLEUM
ONGC made six finds in 2003-04
STATE-RUN oil exploration giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) made six new discoveries during 2003-04 in a year that saw the gross turnover of the company and its subsidiaries cross the $10 billion mark. "During the year, ONGC made six ... More

RADIO/TV
Broadcasters turn to mobile tech to fine-tune revenues
A CONVERGENCE of sorts is expected to happen with television channels planning to use mobile technology to shore up the revenues. Broadcasters such as Star India and Sony Entertainment Television (SET) are in the process of tying up with various ... More

TELEVISION SETS
Thailand FTA makes colour picture tube makers see red
THOUGH the date from which the Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will come into force has been extended to July 1, the apprehensions of the makers of colour picture tubes (CPT), one of the important components for colour televisions (CTVs), are ... More

HANDLOOM
`NHDC should be strengthened to meet yarn requirements of weavers'
AN expert panel, which heard the views of handloom weavers, representatives of spinning mills and the National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) at a public hearing here on Saturday, recommended that NHDC should be strengthened to meet the ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
`Biotech dept developing new modules in genomics'
THE Department of Biotechnology is developing a programme using the Param computer for developing new modules of proteomics (proteomes are the proteins that genes help to make) and genomics studies, including computational biology. Delivering ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Vigyan Rail coming to Hyderabad today
THE `Vigyan Rail', chugging along the length and breadth of the country showcasing the country's scientific heritage and achievements in various fields will halt for a week in Hyderabad, between April 5 and April 11. A Union Government project ... More

IPR
IICT takes up 90 new assignments, files 62 patents
THE Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) took up 90 new assignments worth Rs 20 crore and filed for 62 patents, including 44 overseas patents, during the financial year 2003-04. Disclosing this at the IICT's function here recently, Dr ... More

EVENTS
Meet on philosophy at Nitte
MANGALORE: Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, will conduct a seminar on "CRM: Philosophy and practices" at Nitte in Udupi district on April 17. A press release by the director of the institute, Dr M.S. Moodithaya, said ... More

Engagements

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Coir exports may touch Rs 400 cr this fiscal
LARGE markets could be developed for Indian coir fibre-based products, if the industry diversified in to non-traditional applications such as construction, automotive manufacture/assembly and other consumer items meeting the consumer preference ... More

`Gold Card' facility for exporters in Karnataka
EXPORTERS in Karnataka with good track records can now expect minimum inspections and speedy clearances by the Government for their proposals. A press release by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry said here that the Commissioner of ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
A to Z of scams
Solus Media, a Hyderabad based agency, has lined up a chart that highlights scams that cover all the alphabets of the English language, aimed at educating people to vote for people's representatives who are not part of these scams. A for ... More