The investor perceptions of Hyderabad's real estate market are set to turn positive this year, on the back of strong pre-leasing and leasing of space by IT firms and Ascendas Trust&rsquo;s planned acquisition of five buildings in the city.

Hyderabad realty market looking up: JLL

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Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has launched JeevanDhara, a concept outlet to provide quality medicines at affordable prices to the poor, at Osmania Hospital. The Jeevandhara programme is expected to reduce state's expenditure on the overall healthcare for branded medicines, patient coverage and popularisation of the use of unbranded generic medicines.

AP's subsidised medicine scheme

Zoho Corporation, a California-based online business applications developer, is in the process of launching an audio-video chat and instant messenger service for small and medium enterprises, according to its vice-president (sales and marketing &ndash; Asia-Pacific) Sudhakar S Marthi.

Now, an app for audio-video chat for SMEs

Timken India Manufacturing Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based machine bearings and related components manufacturer The Timken Company, is planning to invest around Rs 200 crore in sales capacity expansion at its facility at Mahindra World City, near Chennai.

Timken plans Rs 200-cr capex to meet wind, cement sector needs

In a bid to bring on board the best in the field of entrepreneurship, Bangalore-based JGI Ventures, part of Jain Group of Industries, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI).

EDI, JGI Ventures sign MoU for entrepreneurship

Company plans to invest Rs 100 crore on glass insulator manufacturing unit.

BHEL-Bangalore units to up capacity to 20,000 Mw in FY12

As the demand for relatively painless procedures for the treatment of chronic and acute pain is on the rise, city based doctor Hitesh Patel opened a dedicated pain clinic called LiveWell in Ahmedabad recently.

LiveWell Pain Clinic opens in Ahmedabad

After a recent spell of bullishness, cotton prices have started cooling down in Gujarat as the millers have gone slow on buying in the wake of piling up of cotton inventory. The prices for Shanker-6 variety of cotton had touched a peak of Rs 62,500 per candy (a candy = 356 kg) last week. However, it has now eased to Rs 60,500 to Rs 61,000 per candy.

Cotton prices in Gujarat ease by 2 per cent

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), the state-owned power equipment major and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), the defence PSU, have firmed up plans to float a joint venture company (JVC) during the present fiscal for setting up an integrated 250 Mw solar photovoltaic modules plant.

BHEL firms up JV with BEL for solar PV plant

The Maharashtra government is proposing to tag Nagpur as the 'tiger capital' of the state to gain more visitors as it gears up to promote the state on India's tourist map.

Maharashtra mulls tiger tourism

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The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is planning a large seafront facility in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The facility on the seacoast would work on various applications and technologies aimed at utilising ocean resources.

NIOT proposes seafront research facility

With the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik giving his seal of approval to the documents to be sent to the Union Ministry of environment &amp; forests (MoEF) on compliance with Forest Rights Act at the Posco project site, the Orissa government is likely to send its report to the ministry by next Wednesday.

Posco project: Orissa to submit report to MoEF by Wednesday

With Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik scheduled to meet the Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday, talks relating to revision of coal royalty are likely to figure high on the agenda.

Naveen to call on Union coal & UD ministers today

Due to lack of traders&rsquo; awareness and government restrictions in mining, iron ore futures trade in Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) has not been able to pick up, even after more than two months of its launch. Hence the bourse will take necessary steps to create awareness, said the exchange officials.

ICEX plans awareness campaign  to boost iron ore futures trade

The Orissa government has identified 580 zero-based investment projects for completion during 2011-12. This includes 475 new projects and 105 spilled over projects of the previous fiscal.

580 zero-based investment projects in 2011-12

Uninor, one of the latest entrants into India's mobile services market, has announced &lsquo;Power of 3&rsquo; - a unique product offering for its customers in the Orissa circle.

Uninor announces 'Power of 3' offer

Of them, 53,000 farmers belong to scheduled castes and 25,000 farmers to schedule tribes groups.

K`taka scheme for small, marginal farmers

Karnataka Bank has announced that its branch strength will touch the 500 figure mark from the present 478, this fiscal.

Karnataka Bank to expand branch network

Kolkata-based Techno Electric &amp; Engineering, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major which has presence in non-conventional generation, transmission and distribution, is planning to invest Rs 10,000 crore in power industry till 2017 and will also foray into contract farming soon, said a top company official.

Techno Electric & Engg to invest Rs 10,000 cr in power

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said the state's 'largest' factory would come up in Singur if the Left Front returns to power in the comming Assembly elections and dared Trinamool Congress to resist it.

State's largest factory will be in Singur: Buddhadeb

The Madhya Pradesh government has claimed to have parked an amount of Rs 1,000 crore to state wheat growers&rsquo; accounts against payments for wheat procurement and additional bonus.

Madhya Pradesh govt pays Rs 1,000 cr to wheat growers

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