The Financial Express -- Economy

Wednesday, August 13 1997

Silk traders call for rationalisation of import tariffs

Silk exporters have called for immediate implementation of the Tariff Commission's recommendations to safeguard the interests of the industry. The recommendations of the commission are important for the industry as they aim to rationalise import tariffs.

Lacunae in ports' ship building infrastructure seen

India's ship building infrastructure came under close scrutiny at a seminar held in Delhi recently. In the inaugural address, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, chief of the naval staff, urged the chairmen and managing directors (CMDs) of the shipyards of the country to adopt innovative measures to modernise the ship building infrastructure and to augment the national ship building capacity.

Telecom firms face challenge in Internet business

Telecommunications companies will have to adopt their own Internet telephony services or risk losing a major business to start-up service providers, said Internet telephony advocate Jeff Pulver.

Marketplace Briefing -- Nokia unveils compact phone

WTO panel charges India with non-compliance with Trips commitment

City mills violated development control rules: Joshi

Sengupta panel moots diesel, LPG price hike

Private sector HFCs may be allowed to tap NRI funds

RBI bans fresh FII buying in Mastek

Centre may waive part commitment fee for select power producers

"Big Bull" tops RBI list of defaulters

Indo-Pak tea trade set to brew again

Numaligarh Refinery plans equity, debt issue by December

Japan insurers fume over Yasuda move

The Index -- Forward cover for debt investment

Seoul oil firms profits seen rising sharply