The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 08, 2007

INSIGHT
Great expectations from public services
Efficiently functioning public services can reduce stress, saving on medical expenses, apart from saving other costs and increasing productivity. More

SHIPPING
Good tidings
CRUISE LINER `Island Sky' anchored at Vizhinjam port on Sunday. It carried over 100 senior citizens, mostly from the UK, the oldest of them a 92-year-old lady. The liner left the UK last month, had been to Mumbai and then to Colombo, from where ... More

Kolkata-Sundarbans luxury river cruise service soon
Two weeks from now, West Bengal can boast of the first luxury river cruise service from Kolkata to the Sundarbans. Vivada Cruises, in collaboration with the West Bengal Forest Development Corporation, will launch a three days-two nights luxury ... More

Kerala plea to review HC order on Vallarpadam
The State Government has moved the High Court with an appeal to review the order of the court directing authorities to examine the viability of the Vallarpadam project. In an affidavit filed before the court, the Ernakulam District Collector, ... More

Chittagong port problems
According to a report in Dhaka's Financial Express, the inefficiency of the Chittagong port in Bangladesh is costing the country's taxpayers$1.1 billion every year, or 2 per cent of GDP. Attributing the acute congestion problem in the ... More

Kochi on OOCL call
Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), one of the world's leading container lines, has announced the addition of a call to the Cochin (Kochi) port in the weekly schedule of its IDX service covering the trade route between India ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Pak ports told to prune staff
The World Bank has asked Pakistan to reduce workforce in two of its major ports — Port Qasim and Karachi, by 25 to 40 per cent and port charges by 15 per cent — to enable them to become competitive vis-à-vis other ports in the ... More

INTERVIEW
`No threat to Vizag port'
Despite lower iron ore exports, the Vizag port hopes to retain its top slot by turning to other cargoes. More

It's all systems go for Vallarpadam ICTT
As per the contract, the work must begin by April. But we want to start off in January. All bottlenecks will be cleared soon. More

RAILWAYS
Railtel targets Rs 150-cr earnings in 2007-08
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PERFORMANCE
Rlys earns Rs 26,661-cr from freight in first half
The Railways raked in Rs 11,332 crore from passengers over the first half of the current fiscal year and Rs 26,661 crore from freight. According to a press release, passenger revenues were generated by charging an average of Rs 27 each from ... More

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It's all systems go for Vallarpadam ICTT

Looking back
Dec. 31-Jan. 6
Action-packed year for aviation

Jet signs pact with Boeing for 10 aircraft

Railways may electrify 500-km of tracks

SCI may turn to Chinese shipyards

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