The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 26, 2006

Gates Foundation support for AIDS prevention
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an investment of $23 million for enhancing the Government's HIV prevention capacity in the next three years, from 2007 to 2009. The money will go into two main areas — programme ... More

Club to promote blood donation
Surgicals major Terumo Penpol, in association with the national service scheme of the University of Kerala, is planning to form a "Club 25" to promote safe blood donation. Club 25 is designed for young people to not only give ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
`Pvt investment, FDI allowed in rail-related infrastructure'
The Railways on Wednesday made it clear that the Government policy allows private sector investment and ownership in rail track, rolling stock, container depots and any other infrastructure related to a railway system, which are not train ... More

PETROLEUM
IOC may post loss for second quarter
Delayed issue of oil bonds, inventory losses cited as reasons More

Ministry lays down norms for petroleum cos' outlets
OMCs should phase out the existing temporary COCO retail outlets within a time frame. More

POWER
Tackling power crisis, the Pune way
The Confederation of Indian Industry's Pune chapter and its former chief, Mr Pradeep Bhargava, who led a public-private initiative that helped citizens overcome a crippling power shortage earlier this year, are now being wooed by industry bodies ... More

Fair on power sector begins
230 companies taking part in 2-day fair More

Rayalaseema thermal project may go on stream next month
Discoms are gearing to meet the highest ever demand in the coming season. To partially meet power demand for rabi season More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
CII to organise Kidex in Dec
More than 100 cos to showcase their products More

No change in ITA
The top team of Indian Tea Association (ITA), the apex industrial body of tea sector, has remained unchanged. Mr P.T. Siganporia, Managing Director of Tata Tea, will continue as ITA Chairman along with Mr Aditya Khaitan, Managing Director of ... More

PAINTS
Everybody! Paint lagao!
Paint advertising has tried hard and succeeded in making paint a high-involvement category. More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
`Chiraag project deviating from objective of delivering essential services'
Used for offline services such as DTP, telephony and Web browsing More

6 EPCs submit projects under Backward Region Govt Fund
Ministries may do joint vetting by end November More

INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Govt mulls industrial plans for all districts
Constitutes a State-level team to study industrial scenario in every district More

EVENTS
Biopharma meet in Hyderabad
To cover new initiatives, technology transfer, clinical research and regulatory aspects More

`Planning scalable units a challenge'
Planning scalable units is a challenge for manufacturing industries today, according to Mr Jukka Lehtela, Director - India Operations, Nokia India Ltd. Speaking at the `Manufacturing Conclave 2006', a two-day seminar organised by the ... More

Szechwan Food Festival
The Residency here is organising the `Szechwan Food Festival' between October 26 and November 5. The spread, according to a release, would include a whole range of soups and starters and the main course, all prepared with the ... More

CONSUMERISM
Regulatory body to check misleading ads proposed
The setting up of a National Consumer Protection Regulatory Authority to curb the increasing number of misleading advertisements has been proposed by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). According to Mr Anil K. ... More