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CLIMATE & WEATHER


Monsoon likely to revive by Sunday
THE country has entered a true `weak monsoon phase' with major rainfall activity expected to be confined to the North-East, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, areas close to the Himalayan foothills and South peninsular India. This trend will hold for ... More

ENVIRONMENT


Codexia plea to Chidambaram
THE Coimbatore District Exporters and Importers Association (Codexia) has expressed concern over the fall-out of the High Court order on closure of dyeing units in Tirupur on the effluent treatment issue. It wanted the Union Finance Minister, ... More

FOREIGN TRADE


Exports rise 19 pc in first quarter
MAINTAINING the momentum of high growth recorded in the initial two months of the current fiscal, the country's exports clocked a robust 19.04 per cent growth at $7,110.96 million in June 2005, as against $5,973.68 million during June ... More

Panama, India hold talks on marine co-operation
THE Ambassador of Republic of Panama, Mr Alberto Pin Zon, called on Mr T.R. Baalu, Minister of Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways, today to discuss issues related to cooperation in maritime sector between the two countries. Mr Zon sought ... More

PETROLEUM


IOC, OIL may have more say on overseas projects
THE Government is planning to give greater autonomy to the two public sector oil firms - Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) - by empowering the boards of the two firms to approve overseas projects jointly undertaken by ... More

Over 2.5 bbl of oil reserves in Rajasthan: Cairn
THE Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy Plc has announced that its oilfield in Rajasthan contains over 2.5 billion barrels of oil reserves. In a statement issued today, Cairn said: "We currently estimate the total oil in place, in all 12 existing ... More

IOC plans Chennai-Bangalore petro products pipeline
INDIAN Oil Corporation Ltd plans to lay a petroleum products pipeline between Chennai and Bangalore, for which it hopes to begin work on an initial survey. The company is all set to pump products into the Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai pipeline by ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


Chemical companies moving to pharma sector for stability
THE chemical industry is actively pursuing forward integration by moving into the pharmaceutical sector. In the past few years more than a dozen erstwhile chemical companies have moved into manufacturing bulk drugs. And, as analysts point out, ... More

POWER


Dabhol LNG terminal: GAIL reconstitutes original consortia
GAIL (India) Ltd today said that it has managed to reconstitute the original engineering procurement and construction (EPC) consortia to enable early completion of the Dabhol LNG terminal. Originally, Lingtec, which was an Enron affiliate, was ... More

To expedite financial closure — Power project developers go for early CERC ratification
POWER project developers have worked out a new model to expedite financial closure by getting costing estimates ratified by Regulatory Commissions several years ahead of commissioning of the plant. The move comes in the wake of several new ... More

STEEL


Steel prices likely to firm up by September: RINL chief
STEEL prices have already bottomed out and there is no possibility of a further reduction in the near future, according to Mr Y. Siva Sagar Rao, Chairman and Managing Director of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL). He added that by September, ... More

TAXATION


First instalment of fringe benefit tax can be paid till Aug 15
CORPORATE India and other assessees can now pay their first instalment of the advance fringe benefit tax (FBT) up to August 15 without being subjected to interest on delayed payment. The first instalment of the advance fringe benefit tax was due ... More

Stockholm meet to discuss water, sanitation-related developments
THE annual World Water Week, scheduled to be held from August 21 in Stockholm (Sweden) would showcase concrete illustrations of how problems of poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and gender inequality could in large ... More

Campco plea to repeal 4 pc tax on wet cocoa beans
THE Director of Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative (Campco) Ltd, Mr Nagaraja Shetty, has urged the State Government to withdraw the 4 per cent tax on wet cocoa beans. Addressing newspersons here on Monday, Mr ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS


`FMCG sector to grow over 50 pc by 2010'
FAST Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector will witness more than 50 per cent growth in rural and semi-urban India by 2010, according to an analysis carried out by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). In ... More

EDUCATION


Alagappa for Chinese tie-up
MADURAI: Alagappa University, Karaikudi, has plans to enter into a tie-up with five Chinese universities for exchange of teachers and students. The first round of talks has been completed. After identification of areas of interest and the ... More

Fluency dictionary launched
KOCHI: The Kochi-based Adult Faculties Council has launched a new English language word power dictionary titled Comprehensive Adjectival Fluency Dictionary in the market. Authored by Prof Kev Nair, the lexicon is meant primarily ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


Dying legacy
It may just be a matter of time before Mumbai's impressive industrial heritage, its mills, disappear from the skyline. The Supreme Court had recently said that those closed textile mills in the city that were granted commencement certificates ... More

LEATHER


Treated sewage water may soon be used in leather units
LEATHER industries may start using treated sewage water collected locally, instead of fresh water, for processing raw materials if the project evolved at the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, that has crossed the research stage, gets ... More

METALS


NGO opposes Jindal project
SAMATA, an NGO working in the agency area of Visakhapatnam district, has urged the State Government to scrap the MoU signed recently with the Jindal group for exploitation of bauxite reserves in the region and setting up a smelter here. At a ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS


SICCI signs pacts with SA chambers
THE Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has signed memorandums of understanding with four regional chambers in South Africa. This was done during the visit of an eight-member delegation from the chamber to South Africa from ... More

TEXTILE MACHINERY


Chinese team gauges textile machinery market
THE members of the Chinese textile conglomerate Hengtian's overseas trade arm, China Texmatech Co Ltd (CTMTC) had an open house meet here with the members of the local textile industry on Sunday . The meet drew good response with the venue - ... More

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    CINEMA


    Kinfra preview theatre inaugurated in Thiruvananthapuram
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Eminent film director Mr Adoor Gopalakrishnan will inaugurate the preview theatre at the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation's Film and Video Park in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday evening. The ... More

    FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


    Malaysian investments likely in AP infrstructure projects
    HYDERABAD: A Malaysian Government company has offered to invest up to Rs 2,500 crore on roads and other infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh. Mr Dato Hamzah Hasan, Chief Executive, along with his team, met the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. ... More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


    Kerala's imported labourers
    HITHERTO known as the land of few job opportunities, with nearly all of its literate hoards migrating to other parts of India and West Asia in search of greener pastures, Kerala is now offering jobs to people from Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal. ... More

    Workers' union protest at Kothapalli
    VISAKHAPATNAM: The workers' union of Krebs Bio-chemicals Ltd, located at Kothapalli in the Kasimkota mandal of Visakhapatnam district, took out a procession here on Monday to the Collectorate and urged the District Collector to act ... More

    EVENTS


    IFCS Karachi meet takes up expansion
    THE International Federation of Company Secretaries (IFCS) held its second governing body meeting in Karachi, Pakistan, recently. According to Mr Ravi, President, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, and also the President of IFCS, the ... More

    ENTREPRENEURSHIP


    Vizag Entrepreneurs seek incentives to software sector
    THE Software and Data Entry Entrepreneurs' Association here has urged the State Government to extend support and subsidies to the individual (home-based) software professionals as well to enable them make use of the emerging opportunities in the ... More

    INCOME TAX


    CBDT enables online furnishing of annual information return
    THE Finance Ministry has eased the procedure for furnishing of annual information return (AIR) to the Income-Tax Department. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has allowed Government agencies and other assessees who are obliged to furnish ... More

    I-T collections up in AP
    HYDERABAD: The Income-Tax Department in the State has registered collections to the tune of Rs 787 crore in the first quarter (April-June) of 2005-06 as against Rs 573 crore in the same quarter last year, showing a growth of 37 per cent. ... More

    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES


    Arya Vaidya Pharmacy plans information centre, more clinics
    PERCEIVED interest in traditional medicine has compelled the promoters of the Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) to kickstart AVP Clinic and Ayurveda Information Centre (AIC). "We are planning to open at least 30 AVP Clinic and AICs across the ... More

    TOURISM


    The lure of monsoon tourism in Kerala
    Kerala, it appears, is well on the way to perfecting `monsoon tourism'. Now there is no off-season in the State, just a peak season and the green season. More

    Bid to get more rail `Heritage' sites
    THE Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) has been declared a World Heritage Site by the Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). The Indian Railways is making efforts to get this inscription for other mountain ... More



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