The Employees' State Insurance Corporation plans to build 100-bed hospital at Haldia in West Bengal with an investment of around Rs 7 crore. 


ESI to build hospital at Haldia

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The rupee appreciation may have created a lot of fuss among the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), but there are some good news as well for them, particularly with regard to availability of the bank

HSBC to step up SME exposure in East

The Chhattisgarh government has announced six per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA) of its employees--putting an additional burden of Rs 120 crore per year to the state exchequer. 


More DA for Chhattisgrah staff

ICSA (India) Limited has secured the nod for two of its product  automatic meter reading and apparatus and protector for oil and gas pipelines  from the patent office.

ICSA gets nod from patent office for two products

Indian firms may have some unique advantages when it comes to innovating, feels M S Krishnan who, along with management guru C K Prahlad, has The New Age of Innovation&#39; set for launch on Friday.

Indian management begins with a clean slate

The Karnataka Hardware and Allied Merchants Association (KHAMA) has urged chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who will be presenting the state budget on July 17, to cut the tax rate on all hardware and engines from the present 12.4 per cent to 4 per cent  a move that would enable Karnataka to be on a par with states that collect a uniform value added tax (VAT).

CM urged to cut tax on hardware

Even as a substantial dip in sugarcane acreage and production awaits sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh, five more units are likely to join the beleaguered sugar sector and start crushing in the 2008-09 season, slated to kick off from October 2008.

Five new sugar mills to join embattled UP sugar sector

The British Council, UK&#39;s international organisation for education opportunities and cultural relations, is embarking on a new project  creative future  aimed at entrepreneurs in the creative industry.

British Council plans creative future

Slamming the country&#39;s premier educational bodies like UGC and Medical Council of India (MCI) for destroying&#39; the efforts to improve education system, Union science and technology minister Kapil Sibal said a bill permitting FDI in education would be tabled in the Parliament &#34not too far from now&#34.

Sibal pitches for FDI in education

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The Uttarakhand government today decided to stave off the construction of its two major hydel projects  480 Mw Pala Maneri and 400 Mw Bhairon Ghati  on the Bhagirathi river.

Uttarakhand suspends construction of two hydel projects on Bhagirathi

The International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B) in partnership with Bangalore-based learning solutions provider Radix Learning, has launched Yogyata  a professional certification programme aimed at enhancing the employability of fresh engineering graduates in the IT sector.

IIIT-B partners Radix to make engg grads employable

The successful implementation of the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme calls for three major steps  correct debt assessment and data submission, writing off actual eligible amounts and issue of fresh loans to the farmers, KG Karmakar, managing director, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), said here.

Nabard MD reviews progress in Kerala

In a move to make inroads into the rural markets in India through product vernacularisation, Spice Telecom has introduced its people's phone' with a lifetime prepaid connectivity at just Rs 599.

Spice Telecom launches 'Sabka' phone

&nbsp;Gujarat's tribal innovators are going global. Hyderabad&#39;s Matrix Biosciences has bought rights of 13 technologies  six herbal pesticides and seven veterinary products  from grassroot innovators associated with Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI)-National Innovation Foundation (NIF).

Matrix buys 13 technologies from Guj's tribal innovators

The Uttarakhand government has decided to set up an IT (Information Technology) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dehra Dun.

U`khand to set up IT SEZ in Dehra Dun

INAT Technologies, the 100 per cent EoU subsidiary of the UK-based I Technologies, has started its operations at National Institute of Technology Karnataka  Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park at Surathkal near Mangalore.

UK firm in tie up with NITK

Commercial office space rentals in Bangalore&#39;s prominent non-commercial business district (CBD) areas  Indiranagar and Koramangala has firmed up sharply due to low or nil supply.

Supply of office space in non-CBD areas dries up

Next time you are in Uttarakhand  aka &#34Dev Bhoomi&#34 (abode of gods)  for your holidays, chances are that you might find a perfect host in the state tourism police.

Learning lessons from hospitality industry

New Delhi-based CE Info Systems Private Limited, a provider of digital map data and consumer navigation services under its flagship brand MapmyIndia', has launched the iNav global positioning system (GPS)-based navigation solution for mobile phones.

Mobile to help you navigate through urban labyrinth

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)  Tamil Nadu is planning to set up a skill training centre each at Madurai, Tiruchy, Coimbatore and Chennai.

CII- Tamil Nadu to set up training centres

Chennai-based software training and consulting company, NACE Solutions, is set to sign an agreement with the Anna University&#39;s AU-KBC research centre to offer a joint certification programme in its flagship course  LAMP (Linux - Apache - MySQL - PHP).

Chennai firm to sign pact with varsity

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