![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER `Low' materialises, tipped to intensify further MONDAY'S upper air cyclonic circulation whipped up quite a churn over the warm waters of the Bay of Bengal, scaling itself up into a low-pressure area to the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay by Tuesday afternoon. According to the National ... More NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY Southern Online plans more bio-diesel trial runs SOUTHERN Online Bio Technologies Ltd, currently in the process of establishing the country's first commercial scale bio-diesel facility, has decided to conduct trial runs of bio-diesel on more number and varieties of vehicles. As the Andhra ... More ANTI-DUMPING India third largest initiator of new anti-dumping measures during H1 EVEN as India has emerged as the third largest initiator of new anti-dumping measures during the first half of 2005, after South Africa and the European Union, the number of initiations of anti-dumping reported by India has more than tripled, the ... More AUTOMOBILES Will banks price car, tractor loans at par now? The RBI has asked the IBA to review, in consultation with its member banks, the BPLR system afresh and issue transparent guidelines for appropriate pricing of credit. More
`Auto sector's future lies in hydrogen tech' ECONOMY
Growth's fine, inflation the worryRBI raises repo rates; loans may turn dearer LOAN products across the board could cost more with the RBI switching on to a high interest regime to contain a swell in prices. Corporate and housing loans, which do not carry fixed interest rates, could be dearer by 0.25-0.30 percentage points ... More
ENGINEERING Rolls-Royce bullish on India's aircraft engine market THE aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is bullish on prospects in India. It has estimated that the Indian market is growing at 20 per cent a year compared to a growth of about 7 per cent in other markets. "There is a lot of potential ... More ENVIRONMENT Polavaram project gets environmental clearance IN what could be considered a major breakthrough for the prestigious `Jala Yagnam' programme taken up by the State Government for major irrigation projects in the three regions of the State, the Union Government on Tuesday sanctioned environment ... More FOREIGN TRADE
`Indo-Dutch science, tech pact to be announced in 3 months'THE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, Mr Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, said on Tuesday a new science and technology agreement with India would be announced in three months outlining the specific areas for ... More
India, Holland stress on improving bilateral relations INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure cos' ECBs through approval route THE Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said that special purpose vehicles (SPVs), or any other entity notified by the central bank, that are set up to finance infrastructure companies and projects would be treated as financial institutions and ECBs ... More PSU Kerala Feeds dividend to Govt THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chairman of the public sector Kerala Feeds, Mr V.K. Vasudevan, handed over a cheque for Rs 52.72 lakh to the Agriculture Minister, Ms K. R. Gowri, as dividend for the financial year 2004-05. Among those who ... More PETROLEUM NCDEX may introduce future contracts in ATF, naphtha AFTER launching furnace oil futures, NCDEX is exploring opportunities to introduce future contracts in the petroleum products segments. The aim is to attract the bigger players in the oil industry, who prefer to hedge their risks from both ends, ... More
ONGC plans toll-refining at MRPL's new refinery
IOC's Naresh Nayyar to head ONGC-Mittal Energy PHARMACEUTICALS `Developing nations to be self-sufficient in vaccines soon' A RECENT article had stated that developing countries are now inventing more solutions to health problems and such health innovations include new drugs, vaccines, diagnostic tests, software and medical devices. This was the gist of the annual ... More
Patent battle with J&J A legal win for Sun Pharma in US generic drug market POWER Two more reactors for Koodankulam TWO more reactors of 1,000 MW capacity will be coming up at the Koodankulam nuclear facility in Tirunelveli district in the State, the Chairman and Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), Mr S.K. Jain, has said. The ... More
REC extends Rs 487-cr aid for AP
Rs 400 cr sought for free power in AP TAXATION Drive to recover tax dues in Kerala THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Revenue Minister, Mr K.M. Mani, said that a vigorous drive should be launched to recover tax dues over the next four months. The Minister said this while addressing a meeting of the District Collectors ... More
Sivakasi trade opposes CST notification TEXTILES Integrated textile park planned in TN THE Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has plans to establish an integrated textile park at an outlay of Rs 1, 000 crore with the Central assistance. The proposed park, to be established in association with the Madurai Textile ... More SSI IBM scheme to tap SME customers PAY Re 1 and take away an IBM server, and give the balance amount in instalments. This is one of the measures that IBM has adopted in India to tap the small and medium size customers, according to a company official. The scheme is customised to ... More WATER Water levels decline slightly in Kerala reservoirs THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Water levels at the three major reservoirs in the State - Idukki, Idamalayar and Kallada - have recorded a slight decline when compared to last week levels. This could be attributed to the fact that the ... More COAL
Orissa demands free power from Mahanadi Coalfields' projectTHERMAL power generation projects in the country could come up against a fresh roadblock. In an unprecedented move, the Orissa Government has placed a demand for 12 per cent free power from a generation project proposed by Coal India Ltd (CIL) as ... More RADIO/TV Cartoon Network bid to expand product merchandising biz CARTOON Network Enterprises (CNE) is all set to launch various initiatives in product merchandising. This division of Cartoon Network India, which is in charge of the licensing and merchandising business, is entering new product categories and ... More EDUCATION IIM-B course for entrepreneurs to start next month in Bangalore THE NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), set up at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, is starting its third batch of Management Programme for Entrepreneurial Firms (MPEF) next month. The course offers formal ... More
Universitas offers new management course in Delhi FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING Call to broaden scope of Food Supply Bill THE proposed Food Supply and Standards Bill, 2005, slated to come up for discussion in Parliament in the winter session, holds promise in the effort to regulate the food industry. But some irritants in the definition of food and related issues ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AP CII plans series of meets THE State unit of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has lined up six major conferences in the next six weeks to discuss issues relating to agriculture, exports retailing and manufacturing. The first of these conferences, Man'exe-2005 ... More KNITWEAR & HOSIERY Govt must fix PLR too, says TEA THE upward revision in the GDP growth presented in the credit policy would give a positive signal to the investors. But a review on prime lending rate (PLR) by Indian Banks Association might give a signal that the cost of acquiring funds would ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Scientific community told to educate society THE scientific community needs to step up efforts to "interact with and educate" society, especially the political establishment and the business community, with a view to explaining what science is all about and what the scientific community has ... More PHOTOGRAPHIC & ALLIED PRODUCTS PARRY'S PANORAMA
Picture framing - machines do the job nowFOR the nearly two dozen picture framers on Devaraja Mudali Street, business has become highly competitive. Once the centre of the picture framing trade in the city - and a few decades back for the entire South - their business has now to ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Nabard prefers SHG linkage model for micro finance The Grameen Bank model is a more credit related scheme. More ENTREPRENEURSHIP
`Shed hesitant mindset'THE Union Minister for IT and Communications, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has exhorted entrepreneurs in the southern districts to come out of their hesitant mindset and take risks to make industrialisation possible in the region. While the Centre is ... More NATURAL CALAMITIES Prevent Vizag airport flooding, CM tells officials THE Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has directed the officials to take measures to ensure that inundation of Visakhapatnam Airport does not recur. According to an official release, the Chief Minister asked a team consisting of ... More
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Looking back Oct. 16-Oct. 22 Vegoil tariff values raised by $10-24/t UK, Australian firms in race to be legal advisors for Iran pipeline project No response from Indian firms Shipping Ministry steers for an India-owned LNG fleet Time for India to draw FDI into R&D Antibiotics segment ailing due to high input costs Staffing cos may soon pip IT firms in job market More pharma patent litigations in store Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's prepare for long battle India watching PetroKazakh revamp Panel to examine compulsory licensing of bird flu drug Mid-size sedans in the fast lane Bio-diesel card being overplayed a little; cautious monitoring of market needed H1 exports up 20 pc; trade deficit widens Domestic companies fuelling growth in insulin segment Spate of natural calamities turns worrisome Insurers to scale up CAT cover D&B index predicts optimistic outlook for Q4 South likely to have more wet spell H1 gem & jewellery exports up 20.73 pc Online auction to help discover price for carbon credits Rlys to plant jatropha for captive use Minister seeks private participation 5 lakh bales cotton contracted for exports NTC case: Maharashtra not to appeal, says CM Crude oil output dips by 7.3% in Sept High margins trigger increase in soya oil imports Sports channels have to share telefeed with Prasar Bharati Cabinet clears uplinking, downlinking policy Global benchmarks in manufacturing Indian arms of MNCs show the way Cabinet gives in-principle nod for IBP-IOC merger Steel cos likely to sustain growth on robust volumes Crude, metals to remain firm in Q4 Operating cost of new vehicles goes up with fuel prices: J.D. Power Most rubber estates may not get carbon credit Consumer durables sector sees pick-up in sales Govt chalking out plan for joint overseas bidding by oil PSUs |
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