The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 16, 2008

‘Inflationary pressure due to rising crude’
Madurai, June 15 The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, inaugurated the 999th branch of Corporation Bank at Sivaganga, near here, recently.Speaking on the occasion, he said that the rising price of crude oil at the international ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Ministry seeks inputs from EU’s GSP beneficiary exporters
New GSP scheme to take effect from January 1 More

HEALTH
Doc visits don’t have to be a pain
This hospital taps technology to streamline treatment process. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
More Chinese taking up jobs in infrastructure sector here
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PETROLEUM
The ride gets hotter for BPOs
The hike in petrol and diesel prices will add to the transport bill, say companies, busy looking for ways to cut costs. More

POWER
Private players may be roped in to speed up uranium mining
Proposal follows new findings, fuel shortage at nuclear plants More

TEXTILES
Traders want withdrawal of VAT on ‘made-ups’
Say it will avoid harassment and inconvenience More

SSI
Reprieve for wood-based industries
The Kerala State Small Industries Association has welcomed the initiative of the Forest Minister in mitigating the miseries of the wood-based industries on account of the Supreme Court restrictions on setting up new wood-based industries in ... More

EDUCATION
Going back to school
IIM-Bangalore’s advanced management programme can be a transformational experience More

Spot-interviews by Dubai varsity
Students interested in seeking admissions in Dubai Aerospace University, UAE, can attend spot-interviews with the university officials on June 18 at Visu International Ltd’s premises in Saifabad here. The university is offering many ... More

More institutes to come under Nitte University
Nitte Education Trust (NET), which has been running several institutions, is planning to bring them under the Nitte University (a deemed university) by 2009. Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, Mr N. Vinay Hegde, President of NET ... More

New courses at Siva Sivani
Hyderabad, June 15 Siva Sivani Institute of Global Studies, an arm of Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Hyderabad, is offering diploma and certificate programmes in various branches of management. The courses being offered include ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Coimbatore hospital gets new equipment
Coimbatore, June 15 The ‘128 Slice Heart CT Scanner’ was inaugurated at the KG Hospital here on Sunday.The equipment — Siemens’ SOMATOM Definition Adaptive (AS+) Scanner, said to be the world’s fastest and ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold to test resistance levels
Comex gold futures ended marginally higher on short-covering on Friday, as buyers covered short positions before the weekend and pulled prices up from lower levels. Investors awaited the outcome of this weekend’s meeting of G8 ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
$200-b export target difficult to meet: FICCI
India would not be able to meet the export target of $200 billion for 2008-09 fiscal due to various reasons such as surge in ocean freight rates, slowdown in the US and European markets, slack in construction and real estate business in ... More