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EMPLOYMENT


Modernisation of airports to boost job generation
THE development of two new airports and the modernisation of around 40 others across the country is expected to create 50,000-60,000 jobs, according to analysts and aviation experts. This includes direct and indirect jobs as well those ... More

BUDGET


Post-Budget interaction on March 1
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has decided not to chamber-hop post-Budget this year. Bypassing tradition, Mr Chidambaram is to meet all apex industry representatives together on March 1— a day after he presents the third Union ... More

ENVIRONMENT


`India is UK's largest CDM trading partner'
"India is the UK's largest trading partner in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) market," Mr Elliot Morley, British Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment, said, addressing a seminar on `Mainstreaming CDM Opportunities in the ... More

FOREIGN TRADE


Top executives test Indian waters
The Centre for Executive Education (CEE) at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, and IESE, a B-School based in Spain, jointly organised `Inside India', a five-day India study tour, for an ... More

HEALTH


Poultry industry loss put at Rs 5,000 cr
`People who could never afford to buy chicken are now buying as they find it cheaper than vegetables.' More

PSU


BPCL, NRL to gain from drop in freight charges
The 8 per cent drop in freight charges for petrol and diesel, as indicated in the Railway Budget, is expected to have a positive impact of about Rs 40 crore on BPCL's balance sheet. Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL), a BPCL subsidiary, will gain by ... More

MMTC pays 25% interim to Govt
MMTC Ltd has paid a sum of Rs 12.42 crore to the Government towards 25 per cent interim dividend for the year 2005-06. The Chairman and Managing of the company, Mr S.D. Kapoor, presented the dividend ... More

POWER


Power regulators get more leeway
Pact of the matter The States would have to enter into power purchase agreements drawing electricity from the projects. More

STEEL


`No retrenchment at IISCO '
The Minister for Steel, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, on Saturday assured the workers of IISCO that they would not be retrenched after the company's merger with SAIL. He, however, said that voluntary ... More

RAILWAY BUDGET


  • Railway budget hailed

    RADIO/TV


    Sahara One to telecast India-England series
    Sahara One Television is to broadcast the India-England international cricket series to be played in India. Nimbus Communications Ltd, which won the media rights for Indian cricket from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on ... More

    REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


    Your land... and mine
    There have been several corporate acquisitions in recent times where one company takes over another. Global Trust Bank, for example, was acquired last year by Oriental Bank of Commerce. Recently, Jet Airways acquired Air Sahara. In this ... More

    Repairs in time...
    The capital value or earning capacity of a building can be eroded by a variety of causes, natural and manmade More

    Rulers, towers and pillars
    Join me on a journey back in time, to see some old structures. Such as "ruins of temples, tombs, and dargahs, baolis or stepwells, hauz or tank, fortification walls, palaces, madrasas, sarai, orchards, mosques," ... More

    LAW OF THE LAND
    Horsing around on jail land
    Why would anyone desire jail space? A unique case of land grabbing. More

    Investment or expense?
    I have spent Rs 10 lakh on sprucing up my house to meet the stringent requirements of a multinational company that is taking the house on lease for use by its managing director. What income-tax benefit would I get on ... More

    REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS


    Telecom cos set to cut tariffs
    More telecom companies are set to slash tariffs across the country, following the One India tariff announced recently by BSNL and MTNL, the state-owned operators. "From March 1, 90 per cent of the ... More

    EVENTS


    Enlarged role for internal auditor
    Describing internal audit as a much more difficult function in today's corporate governance scenario compared to external audit, Mr Aloke Mukherjee, chairman, Flakt India, said on Saturday that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" should not ... More



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    Well-cooked chicken, eggs safe, says Govt

    Pharma cos buck up; busy lining up drugs

    FM stations to zoom in on regional ads in small towns

    Centre may not allow sale of Tamiflu in retail market — `Drug has adverse side-effects, not safe for children too'

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    Bankers seek lower service tax on credit cards

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    IPO scam fall-out — CBI conducts search at Karvy, Vijaya Bank, BhOB premises

    IMF cautions India on the fiscal front

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    Bihar provides a sweet cure for sugar sector — Offers attractive incentive; plans PSU units privatisation

    Railway budget to take care of all sections — Lalu Prasad rules out increase in passenger fares

    Kochi region excise revenue

    Unsold stocks worry poultry farmers

    Railways improves freight earnings by Rs 3,000 cr

    Low-cost carriers see no impact — Travel sector hails move

    Airlines not perturbed by reduced AC rail fares



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