The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 26, 2006

AUTOMOBILES
Auto industry growth to come from BRIC countries: PwC
The biggest breakthrough growth for the automotive industry will come from BRIC countries, a new report has said. These countries — India, Brazil, Russia and China — will account for more than 40 per cent of forecast global light ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Kamal Nath urges Japanese SMEs to invest in India
Underscores fast growth in manufacturing sectors More

HEALTH
Programme on heart ailments
Cardiological Society of India, Karnataka Chapter in association with Rotary club has lunched a year-long awareness programme on prevention of heart ailments by organising a medical check-up camp at the Rotary club on World Heart ... More

Meet on cerebral palsy
The Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy (IACP) is organising its firs national conference at Hyderabad during November 25 and 26, and a workshop on spasticity management on November 24 and 25. Experts, medical professionals and ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
`Prime agri land not for industrial use'
State Governments should not give away prime agricultural land for industrial purposes, said Mr Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, on Monday at the sidelines of a conference here. This comes a day after the Congress President, ... More

Drug cos and SEZs - a healthy mix?
Concern over whether drug companies should also play the role of infrastructure developer More

POWER
Power Ministry opposed to sale of Dabhol's LNG terminal
Govt looking into cost, time over-run in project completion More

TAXATION
Tax revenue of VAT States up by 26.2%
Non-VAT States revenue rises by 22.52% More

TEXTILES
Rising yarn exports: `Small spinners finding more pockets of sale'
`Italian enterprises keen to have business tie-ups' More

WATER
House panel for new dam at Mullaperiyar
Petitions panel calls for `dam break analysis' of existing dam More

EDUCATION
US education fair in Hyderabad
Linden Educational Services is organising a US universities fair here on September 27. The range of programmes being offered are accounting, advertising, agriculture, chemical engineering, IT, tourism, journalism, psychology, social work etc, ... More

School wins TCS IT Wiz prize
The Tata Consultancy Services sponsored Kerala edition of TCS IT Wiz competition, organised for the first time in Kochi received overwhelming response from the student community. Over 800 students from 60 schools from class VIII ... More

Call for investment in higher education
Extensive use of existing infrastructure in education and investment in higher education are the prerequisite to make India a developed nation by 2020, according to Mr B.R. Bhat, General Manager, Corporation Bank. Inaugurating ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Manipal Heart launches centre for preventive cardiology
Manipal Heart Foundation has said it has introduced a Comprehensive Centre for Preventive Cardiology and Hypertension with dedicated doctors and support staff. The centre headed by interventional cardiologist, Dr Prathap Kumar, offers a ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Meet focuses on marine biodiversity
The Indian Ocean Biogeographic Information System (IndOBIS) will initiate steps to develop products, tools and protocols for marine biodiversity informatics and help evolve guidelines to encourage information and communication between technology ... More

MINING & QUARRYING
SCCL wins mine rescue contest in China
In providing first aid and rescue operations, a team from the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), has won the runner's up prize at the global competition held in China recently. The State-owned, SCCL was also the only coal company from ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Nabard gives Rs 41 cr under RIDF to Kerala
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has released Rs 40.98 crore to the Kerala Government under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). The amount is to be utilised for implementing 183 projects in the ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
E&P cos need clearance before appointing evaluator
Difference in assessments by DGH on gas discovery disclosures More

EVENTS
Bangalore to host lab solutions expo
The laboratory solutions industry's third expo, Analytica-Anacon, is being held in November and for the first time in Bangalore. Nearly 120 exhibitors are expected at the event slated from November 16-18, the organisers said in a ... More

INCOME TAX
New deadline for filing I-T returns
Income-tax assessees in Gujarat have been given more time to file the returns. The deadline has now been extended to September 30 this year, against the earlier date of July 31, in view of the floods in that State, the Central ... More