![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, December 23, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER
Brewing `low' too feeble: ForecastINDICATIONS are that the new `low' expected to take shape by Sunday over the southeast Bay of Bengal will be a feeble one and might well turn out to be inconsequential for the peninsular coast. The fast pace with which it is moving and the ... More SOCIAL SECURITY Left asks PM to retain EPF interest at 9.5 pc THE Left parties on Thursday mounted pressure on the Government for providing budgetary support to the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for retaining the interest rate on provident fund deposits at 9.5 per cent. Around 50 MPs from ... More
UTI MF shortlisted for managing National Investment Fund AWARDS & HONOURS Fellowship award HYDERABAD: Dr Jibitesh Rath, Additional General Manager (Personnel & Administration), Midhani, has been conferred "Fellowship" by the National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM). Dr Rath is at currently the Chairman of NIPM, Andhra ... More ECONOMY
UP annual Plan fixed at Rs 19,000 crTHE annual Plan size for Uttar Pradesh for the next fiscal (2006-07) has been fixed at Rs 19,000 crore inclusive of one-time additional Central assistance of Rs 250 crore for projects of special importance to the State. At a meeting between the ... More
New periodical released PETROLEUM Reliance to develop gas grid in AP May set up bio-diesel plant The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister asked the Reliance team to ensure supply of gas for domestic, industrial and commercial use in the State by June 2008, according to official sources. More
HC defers NTPC petition against Reliance
High-level Indo-Iran teams to discuss pricing, technical issues TEXTILES Synthetic textile exporters seek alternative to DEPB soon DESPITE the assurances given by Union Ministers and senior Government officials, an alternative to the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) scheme for exports is yet to be announced. This has created confusion and uncertainty among exporters, ... More RADIO/TV Cable TV rate hike not to be enforced: TRAI THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday said that the four per cent hike in cable charges that would be effected in the New Year would not be enforced as the TDSAT has stayed the earlier order. A Pune-based consumer ... More EDUCATION IIM-B, U21Global to offer PG programme on family businesses entrepreneurship UNIVERSITAS 21 Global (U21Global), an online graduate school, on Thursday signed an MoU with the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) of IIM, Bangalore for a joint certificate programme on entrepreneurship and family ... More
Talent test for students ELECTRICAL GOODS
The wind is unfavourable for Hyderabad fan industryIT is not just the drugs and pharma industry in the State, but the well-known Hyderabad fan industry is also a disturbed lot these days. The reason - attractive tax sops offered by Himachal Pradesh, Jharkand and Uttaranchal Governments are ... More MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS SUT Hospital sets up palliative care clinic THE SUT Institute of Oncology, the cancer-care division of the Sree Uthradom Thirunal Super Speciality Hospital, has set up a pain and palliative care clinic for terminally ill patients. To be inaugurated on Friday, the clinic will cater to ... More TEXTILE MACHINERY Textile engg sector unable to cope with growing demand for machinery THESE are happy days for the textile engineering sector in the country. The cash registers are ringing and the order books are full. The sector did business worth Rs 1,650 crore in 2004-05, up Rs 250 crore from the year-ago period. However, ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ISRO planning for indigenous launches ISRO expects its Insat 4A, now a day old, to be its penultimate satellite that will be flown from outside the country. The indigenous GSLV rocket having qualified to fly the 2-tonne class Insat satellites, ISRO is phasing out costly procured ... More WTO `Consensus put development aspect back on WTO agenda' THE convergence of thinking amongst developing and least developed countries at Hong Kong helped put the development aspect back on the negotiating table of the World Trade Organisation, said Mr S. N. Menon, Secretary, Department of Commerce, ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Rural telephony Intellicon to market switches of Turkish co AHMEDABAD-based Intellicon Ltd announced on Thursday that it has tied up with Karel, a Turkish telecom company, to market rural telephone exchanges in the country. Karel offers telephone switches of smaller capacity that are claimed to be a ... More EVENTS Chemistry workshop THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM-K) and the Academy of Chemistry Teachers will jointly organise a three-day hands-on workshop on the use of General Atomic and Molecular Electronic ... More
Meet on business and finance at Hyderabad EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Exports decline 11 pc in November Apr-Nov exports up 16 pcTHE country's exports slipped in November 2005 to $ 6.163 billion, a 11.4 per cent decline compared to $ 6.956 billion recorded in the same month last year. In rupee terms, exports during November 2005 stood at Rs 28,185.45 crore, which is 10.2 ... More
Govt to extend DEPB scheme till March 31 NATURAL CALAMITIES
Tsunami spectreIn an unusual phenomenon, the coastal stretch from the Valiathura Pier extending right up to Shankumughom in Thiruvananthapuram had coloured waves crash in on Wednesday. ... More
TOURISM
Twilight sojournForeign tourists in the Kochi backwaters get an eyeful as they capture the glory of the setting sun. |