Accountancy
ICAI Muscat Chapter closed
Airlines
Emirates bullish on India
Aquaculture
`India, a distant second in global aquaculture output'
Automobiles
Eicher posts 13 pc growth in sales
MICO staff take a break

HM targets Rs 100-cr turnover from RTV
`LPG as auto fuel may be non-starter'
Banking and Finance
SBI net slides 22 pc on VRS, IMD issue costs
Small depositors of MMCB to get money
CAR and ARR
SBI clarifies
Cement
L&T to offer equal stake for partner in cement business
Coal
Singareni miners call off 13-day strike
Commodities
Registration of edible oil import contracts mooted
EU team to China upbeat on peanut quality upgrade
Bharat Diamond Bourse work to begin soon
Corporate
TCI gets ISO 9002
Int'l Bestfoods, HLL merger okayed
Cosmo Films NCD gets `Ind A'
S.S. Kothari nominated to Balco board
Mitsui to use FICCI facility
Auditor must attend audit panel meetings
Infar plans new products in contraceptive range
Accounting standard on investment in associates okayed
DCA outlines new norms for accounts inspection
Century Enka to invest Rs 30 cr on upgradation
Thomas Cook shareholders say no to `control' by C&N
SEBI opposes extension of offer period for VST shares
Macaulay's grandchildren with a Yankee accent
Reliance Petro divestment plan gets CCEA go-ahead

Not camera shy
Blue Dart ties up with Crown Couriers
Bill will impede restructuring of cos: Assocham
Economy
India needs to be circumspect at Doha
Global war on corruption - II: Picking up momentum
Where's the market?
Govt chalks out strategy to expedite FDI inflows
Editorial
PSU privilege?
Environment
Tatas sign MoU to preserve Taj Mahal
Fast track
All eyes set on US meet
Foreign Trade
India can hike tariffs, say US trade experts
Egypt lifts ban on Indian meat
Discussions to be initiated soon on gas supply to India -- UAE seeking investment avenues
Health
Eating nuts can lowers cholesterol
Miscellaneous
Dead and gone
Mutual Funds
Income funds' share in MF assets at 54%
PSU
CIL seeks nod for direct power purchase from NTPC
RINL unions serve strike notice on wage revision
Patwa assurance to Balco staff on transfer issue
Paper/Packaging
BILT board reconstituted, Vikram Thapar resigns
Petroleum
BPCL has more In & Out stores in the pipeline
Procurement of controlled products -- Reliance Petro seeks fair deal
Dip in petro goods sales growth
Pharmaceuticals
IPCA to make AIDS drugs -- Plans export to Africa, S. America
Plantations
Cardamom exports may swell on good demand
Politics
Kashmir and Indo-Pak talks -- Case for a people's referendum
Old leaders
Power
Aftermath of US power crisis -- Drilling better alternatives
`Enron issue not to affect foreign investment in power'
GMR Vasavi may cut power tariff at Tanir Bhavi
Amicable settlement not possible in short time: DPC
Shipping
INS Sharabh sails off CSL
States
AP signs MoU to develop biotech park
Chamber flays power tariff hike
Tirupur observes industrial bandh

CMC to raise Rs 50 cr thru bonds
Andhra Vision launches real estate portal
`Bengal in better position to execute contractual pacts'
Karnataka denotifies KIOCL mine area as national park
Stocks
NSE members' trading portal yet to take off
Market: Stock-broke!
Rolling into a new era
John Fowler, Aptech shine on listless day
Lyons Range
SEBI okays 31 scrips for options trading
Tea
Review of auction centres -- Tea Board scouting for consultant
Technical Analysis
Uptrend triggered
Telecommunications
DoT to act tough with spectrum fee defaulters
40 gbps domestic bandwidth to go on stream by 2002
Hike in interconnect access charges -- Basic pvt operators approach tribunal to stall BSNL move
Textiles
`Loopholes in excise chain encourage duty evasion'
Deadlock over textile wage issue continues
Transport
Essar Steel signs up GPPL for monsoon cargo