The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 09, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ECONOMY: PM bets on domestic demand to spur growth
Reforms to be put on fast track; fiscal stimulus till next year. New Delhi, Nov. 8 The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Sunday promised the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit to speed up economic reforms, while announcing ...

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY: Geothermal energy powers Canadian varsity
UOIT in Oshawa also installs green rooftops. A university campus cooled and heated by geothermal energy. Sounds unusual, doesn’t it? But University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada’s youngest varsity, has achieved ...

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: ‘India is prospering, but Indians are not’
New Delhi, Nov. 8 The issues of rural India rarely find themselves vying for eyeballs in corporate drawing rooms. A few years ago, the mention of Panchayati Raj (PR) would evoke a yawn or a sneer from the country’s elite TV audience or ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: For those looking to retire in style
Built on 30 acres, Suvidha homes offer all facilities. Bangalore, Nov. 8 There’s life after 60. That’s the message Suvidha, an upcoming retirement home, located about 15 km from CBD, Bangalore is ...

WATER: Pampa pollution set to soar as pilgrimage season draws near
‘40 lakh residents in river basin at risk’. As yet another Sabarimala pilgrimage season is round the corner, pollution of the Pampa river is threatening 40 lakh inhabitants in the river basin with serious water-borne ...

EVENTS: Financial institutions urged to expand farm credit activities
Agri-business summit and expo concludes. The availability of institutional credit for farmers is vital and banks and financial institutions, therefore, should take the initiative to expand farm credit activities, said Mr Sanjeev Chopra, ...

ENVIRONMENT: Climate expert urges introduction of carbon fee
Permissible carbon levels should be reduced further. Mumbai, Nov. 8 The subject of climate change has become an ...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Entrepreneur aims to start company to stop bribes
To offer service for a fee; take up smaller issues initially. Bangalore, Nov. 8 Some ideas are definitely worth spreading, and Delhi-based social entrepreneur and lawyer Mr Shaffi Mather has such an idea, which he shared at TEDIndia, ...

ANTI-DUMPING: Duty slapped on soda ash imports from China
New Delhi, Nov. 8 The Finance Ministry has imposed 20 per cent safeguard duty on all soda ash imports from China as part of its efforts to help maintain a healthy domestic soda ash industry in the ...

TAXATION: ‘Widen tax base to promote growth’
Bangalore, Nov. 8 The Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, Mr K. Rahman Khan, urged that the tax base be widened so that the Government would be able to promote welfare and ...

EVENTS: Exhibition by Taiwan textiles cos opens today in Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Nov. 8 Textile companies from Taiwan will be exhibiting a range of trendy and high performance textile products at Poppy’s Valley Hotel in Tirupur on November 9 ...

NATURAL CALAMITIES: Dam breach
Heavy inflow following rains in Kerala and Tamil Nadu breached the side wall of a canal connecting Mullathara Dam in Palakkad district on Sunday, inundating nearby areas. People living on the banks of the Chittoor river and Mullathara dam were ...

EMPLOYMENT: Job market beginning to perk up
Bangalore, Nov. 8 The year 2010 could well be the year of the job seeker again. Though it would be a far cry from salary jumps of 75-100 per cent witnessed in 2006, switching jobs next year could get one a hike of 15-20 per cent, say ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: AP to give sops for integrated townships; revive realty
Hyderabad, Nov. 8 The Andhra Pradesh Government will soon announce concessions for integrated township projects to revive the real estate sector, which is hit by an ...

EDUCATION: Online marketing, the way forward
New Delhi, Nov. 8 Online marketing is the way forward. This was the theme of lecture on Saturday at the Ishan Institute of Management and Technology. Speaking at the Business Line Club event, Ms Meenakshi Khurana, Business Development ...

EVENTS: Saying it with a smile
(From left) Mr Prakash Hinduja of the Hinduja Group, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, ...

RADIO/TV: Digitalisation of cable services
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ms Ambika Soni, said on Friday that the Ministry is taking necessary steps to ensure the digitalisation of cable services to address issues such as visibility and carriage ...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Rural innovators' meet
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EVENTS: Management fests conclude
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Columnists: • B Venkatesh • C Gopinath • Bhanoji Rao • P.V. Indiresan