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CLIMATE & WEATHER


DK receives record rainfall
MANGALORE: With the southwest monsoon gaining momentum in coastal Karnataka, the Dakshina Kannada district received 5,471.80 mm of rainfall till June 28 compared to 3,318.20 mm last year. According to statistics available here, ... More

LOTTERY


Online gamble
FINALLY, after watching other cash-starved States lure corporates with deep pockets, technology and good distribution skills to come and set up shop to sell dreams, Kerala falls in line too. The Government will allow private players to run online ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES


Non-submission of certificate from PCB — Madras HC rules acceptance of tender can't be invalid
SUBMISSION of tenders for bidding in auction for hazardous goods without production of a `no objection' certificate from the State Pollution Control Board could not be held to be invalid, the Madras High Court has said. As the Hazardous Wastes ... More

ECONOMY


BoP surplus lower by $1.88 b in Jan-March
INDIA's balance of payments surplus was lower by $1.88 billion in the January - March 2003 quarter at $ 4.31 billion, as compared to a surplus of $6.19 billion in the same period the previous year, according to the data released by Reserve Bank ... More

S&P keeps India below investment grade
INTERNATIONAL rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) today said that India's mounting public debt that leaves almost nothing of the GDP, is keeping the country's ratings below investment grade and its outlook negative. India had lost its ... More

GDP growth revised downwards to 4.3 pc
THE Government has marginally revised downwards the growth in the country's gross domestic product for 2002-03 to 4.3 per cent, from the earlier `advance estimate' of 4.4 per cent. As per the `revised estimates' of national income for 2002-03, ... More

Fiscal deficit shoots up on lower tax collections
DECLINE in net tax collections to the tune of Rs 5,034 crore, combined with a runaway expansion in non-Plan spending, has pushed up the Centre's fiscal deficit significantly during the current fiscal. According to official data, net tax ... More

Goa's annual Plan outlay fixed at Rs 650 crore
THE Planning Commission has approved the annual Plan of Goa for 2003-04, pegging the core plan at Rs 650 crore. This includes an additional Central assistance of Rs 10 crore for the State's priority schemes. At a meeting between the Deputy ... More

ENVIRONMENT


`Ecology under threat from tourism plans'
THE State Government, in its bid to promote tourism in Visakhapatnam district in a hurry, is causing irreversible damage to the eco system, especially the beaches, and its policies are posing a grave threat to the olive ridley turtles, Mr Pradeep ... More

Waste treatment project in Howrah on BOO basis
WEST Bengal's first bio-medical waste treatment project is expected to be ready by September this year creating a common facility for treating the waste generated by hospitals in the city and Howrah. None of the healthcare units operating in the ... More

EPTRI bid to create need for evaluation of natural resources
ACCOUNTING of natural resources is a new initiative being planned by the Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI). The focus would be to create the need for a systematic evaluation of the available resources and their ... More

  • Society seeks to expand eco-reserve

    INFRASTRUCTURE


    Deadlock over Vizag SEZ land acquisition
    THE hitch in land acquisition for setting up a special economic zone in the Atchyuthapuram and Rambilli mandals of Visakhapatnam district could not be cleared by the high-powered negotiations committee which held prolonged discussions with ... More

    POWER


    Power Grid Corpn ties up with Tata Power for transmission
    ``This project was the beginning of public-private participation in power transmission which should be a trend-setter for future investments,'' Mr R.P. Singh said. More

  • Kerala: No load-shedding on holidays
  • AP plan for more power sub-stations

    WATER


    Privatisation of Vizag water diversion scheme opposed
    THE district unit of the CPM has opposed the decision of the State Government to privatise the Godavari waters diversion scheme and hand it over to L&T, as it would ``enrich the company at the expense of the steel plant and other industries and ... More

    RADIO/TV


    Govt looks at options for smoother CAS roll-over
    EVEN as there are just 15 days left for the implementation of the Conditional Access System (CAS), it is still very unclear whether the consumer will have to buy a set-top box (STB) to watch his favourite pay channels. While emphasising that ... More

    EDUCATION


    Ministry mulls marine institute in Kanyakumari
    THE Ministry of Environment and Forests proposes to establish a `National Institute of Coastal and Marine Diversity' at Kanyakumari, at a cost of Rs 20 crore. Announcing this at a press conference here, the Union Minister for Environment and ... More

  • DPS opens new school in Secunderabad

    REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


    ITES raises hopes of real estate biz: Study
    WITH IT-enabled services (ITES) making waves, the real estate sector is agog with hopes of making further inroads into the city, which has witnessed a marked increase in the built-to-suit type of infrastructure. However, rentals and economic ... More

  • CWWB membership drive

    INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS


    CII team to press for changes in UK work permit rules
    THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is taking a delegation of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) to the UK, which will take up the need to change the work permit rules in the UK. The 16-member mission is being led by Mr Anand Mahindra, ... More

  • Atchut Rao elected V-P of FAPCCI

    DISINVESTMENT


    New Secy for disinvestment
    IN a major reshuffle of Secretaries, the Government today appointed Mr Dhirendra Singh, as the new Disinvestment Secretary in place of Mr S.S. Meenakshi Sundaram. Mr Singh was Special Secretary (Procurement), Ministry of Defence. Mr Meenakshi ... More

    FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


    India to adopt global norms for compiling FDI inflows
    WITH the Union Government shedding its "conservative approach" in compilation, the data on foreign direct investment (FDI) into India will, henceforth, look far rosier than ever before. In its efforts to bring the FDI data reporting system ... More

    RURAL DEVELOPMENT


  • Dalitwada electrification scheme

    EVENTS


    Chennai global trade fair slated for December
    INDIA Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) and Tamil Nadu Trade Promotion Organisation (TNTPO) will conduct the Chennai International Trade Fair 2003, scheduled to begin on December 27 and go on till January 4, 2004 The fair will be held at the ... More

    `Setting task objectives is vital in industries'
    IN a competitive business environment where almost all organisations have access to the latest technology, talent pool and finance, the way a business executes projects is a key success-determinant, said Mr N. Sankar, Chairman, Sanmar ... More

  • Hyderabad engagement

    INCOME TAX


    UTI arm deployed for PAN cards
    THE Income-Tax Department on Monday announced that it would outsource, effective July 1, a part of the business process of Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) to UTI Investors Services Ltd (UTIISL), which is a Government company under the Companies ... More

    EXPORTS & IMPORTS


    EU to levy higher duty for basmati import
    IT is a market that annually buys roughly 1.6 lakh tonnes (lt) of basmati rice from the country, valued at almost 100 million euros (Rs 525-530 crore). But with the European Union (EU) now deciding to virtually scrap the existing so-called ... More

    TOURISM


    AP tourism Dept to add colour to Pushkaram
    THE upcoming Godavari Pushkaralu is expected to be a shot in the arm for the State Government, which is trying to cash in on the huge potential in temple tourism, with over 3.5 crore pilgrims expected to take "the holy dip in 200 ghats along the ... More

    In troubled waters
    A shikara lies idle at Shilparamam, an arts and crafts village and one of the tourist spots in Hyderabad. The boat has been grounded as the water level in the canal has gone down. ... More


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