http://feeds.business-standard.comThe latest news from India's most respected business daily.enBusiness Standard LimitedSat, 07 Nov 2009 11:55:03 GMTNewspapersBS RSS Generator10http://feeds.business-standard.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://feeds.business-standard.com14428Business Standardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/wqb-lrxhU64/storypage_c.phpFinancial innovation, innovative use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), reinvigorating research, thrust on vocational education and training (VET) and a regulatory framework comprise the five critical areas that can prove to be game changers for the higher education sector, suggests a new report on higher education by Ficci and Ernst & Young.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375661Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:55:32 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375661http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/o3HAxK5giy4/storypage_c.phpThe largest organisation of diabetic professionals in South East Asia, Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India(RSSDI) brings together experts from acoross the globe to discuss some of the raging issues about the ailment in Ahmedabad.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375582Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:46:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375582http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/XLLbwAlnNtU/storypage_c.phpIn the age of public-private partnerships (or PPP), the question has to be answered: What if the final reality differs radically from the initial plan? Who bears the pain of negative outcomes, and who enjoys the gain of positive ones? The question acquires urgency because of developments in areas as diverse as airport development and the Commonwealth Games.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375612Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375612http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/07DQIZTHPIU/storypage_c.phpUnion Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal today said that during his visit to the US last week, he assured representatives of foreign universities that they were welcome to invest in Indias education sector but should not aim at making profits.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375650Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:27:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375650http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/DCMN2VId7W4/storypage_c.phpIndia and the European Union (EU) have agreed to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2010, though it appears to be a far cry as they still have differences over the inclusion of social issues like labour laws, human rights and environment.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375649Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375649http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/DTZF7kecJm4/storypage_c.phpIt has also proposed covering companies with a minimum of 10 employees under the Employee Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act (EPF & MP Act), 1952, against the present norm of a minimum of 20 employees.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375648Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375648http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/v_FCczSffCU/storypage_c.phpThe swearing-in of the new Congress-NCP ministry in Maharashtra will take place on Saturday with the end of the fortnight-long deadlock over government formation in the state after the Assembly elections brought the two parties to power for the third time in a row.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375642Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:23:12 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375642http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/aWFjz58LX7A/storypage_c.phpAt least 30 people were killed and 26 others injured when a bus fell into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradeshs Kangra valley on Friday, police said. The number of dead is 30, while 26 others have been injured, said Rakesh Sharma, SDM Dehra on phone.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375610Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:21:58 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375610http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/HkhVZzVmef4/storypage_c.phpLookout notices issued against two other key associates of the former CM.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375644Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:21:51 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375644http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/eIeFW77STNs/storypage_c.phpThe northern region of the country continues to be the largest contributor to the national GDP at 27.5 per cent, in 2007-08. However, the economic growth in the region is below the national average. During 1999-2000 to 2007-08, the region clocked a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2 per cent, against the 6.5 per cent national average, according to the analysis presented in the second edition of CIIs report on Gross State Domestic Product for states in the north India. Elaborating on the regions performance at the sectoral and sub- sectoral level, Chairman CII northern region Harpal Singh said the underperformance had been witnessed across primary and tertiary sectors. One of the key reasons of underperformance in the primary sector had been slow growth rates witnessed by two of the largest agrarian states in the region Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, which contributed 57.5 per cent to the regions primary sector.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375608Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:46 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375608http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/hjPKpwmrcwo/storypage_c.phpKarnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has reacted to dissident Reddy brothers demand for a better leadership in the state with a unique concession: he shifted his Principal Secretary V P Baligar, whose removal was one of the demands of the dissident camp, to the industries department. I S N Prasad has replaced him as secretary to the chief minister.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375646Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:30 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375646http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/r7a-7N-DBhQ/storypage_c.phpTo iron out problems of private investors in the power sector, the Madhya Pradesh government will soon come up with a policy to consider proposals by serious investors only. A number of companies proposed to set up more than 50,000 Mw of power establishments, but hardly a few were serious about their projects.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375609Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:21 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375609http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/Un4gD-HCJww/storypage_c.phpThe Punjab governments ambitious plan to roll out free emergency services in the state in association with a Hyderabad-based emergency service provider, Emergency Management and Research Institute (now GVK EMRI), will get delayed due to some changes related to funding of the scheme under the National Rural Health Mission policy. The new amendment has put a burden of Rs 48 crore on the state exchequer. So the health department has written to finance department for its approval.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375607Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:19:08 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375607http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/tuzjm7qHGHA/storypage_c.phpThe tents had been put up. The invitation cards were distributed.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375645Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:52 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375645http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/J6wxvkuXVDA/storypage_c.phpFocusing on the education sector, the Uttarakhand government has announced setting up of a National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Pauri district at a cost of Rs 400-Rs 500 crore.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375605Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:42 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375605http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/wSaT9kH1OOw/storypage_c.phpThe first whiff that something had gone bad came 18 months ago, when officials from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) apprehended an individual at the Mumbai international airport as he was about to board an aircraft bound for Bangkok.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375643Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:16:08 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375643http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/5kxWxnYNiBE/storypage_c.phpEnvironment Minister Jairam Ramesh struck several chords when he suggested, via a leaked letter to the prime minister (PM), that the time had come for a gear shift in Indias policy towards climate control. Traditionalists roared disapproval, and climate-control negotiators seemed satisfied that order was restored. But there just might be more to the leaked letter.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375613Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375613http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/lBsQG5gscSU/storypage_c.phpAs noted in the first part of this report, Visva Bharati has had a glorious past and a controversial present. In the recent past, one of its former vice chancellors, Dilip Sinha, had to go to prison on charges of malpractice. Around the same time, Sabujkali Sen, a professor and head of the department of philosophy and comparative religion was compelled to complain to the chief minister after she was allegedly roughed up by a student leader.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375633Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:06:58 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375633http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/OsudDE_W6xQ/storypage_c.phpThe Orissa High Court has issued notices to the CBI, Orissa State Pollution Control Board, Paradeep Port Trust (PPT) authorities, the Centre and the Orissa government to fix the responsibility against the persons responsible for the sinking of Black Rose, the Mongolian vessel, near Paradeep.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375597Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:47 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375597http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-All/~3/dsb_ahyFG0I/storypage_c.phpIndias long-criticised Akash anti-aircraft missile is now blazing towards success. Its counterparts in the DRDOs Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, the Prithvi and Agni ballistic missiles, were on target from the start; the anti-tank Nag missile will also enter service shortly; the Trishul short-range anti-aircraft missile was abandoned unceremoniously. Now, after years of rejection from the military, the Akash is being accepted as a world-class missile.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375634Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:38 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375634