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BPCL scouting for new partner for Kochi project

State run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is on the lookout for other partners to form a joint venture company in the segment for the Rs 5,000 crore petrochemicals project in Kochi. The move comes after the South Korean major LG Chemic

Occupational safety & health workshop for CPSEs

SCOPE in collaboration with ministry of labour and employment are organizing a two day workshop on effective implementation of occupational safety and health in PSEs on September 24 and 25, 2013 in Delhi. The workshop is being supported by Interna

Risk management skills for CPSEs

SCOPE, in collaboration with Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) organized a workshop on corporate risk management in Delhi on September 21.  It was attended by a large number of senior executives of CPSEs. U D Choubey, d

World Gratitude Day? Er, come again?

Today is World Gratitude day. Seriously, I kid you not. Bet you had no idea. And why should we seeing as how we are generally so ungrateful and while we keep rabbiting on about counting our blessings we never really do that…until things go

SAIL to expand capacity

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will start work on increasing capacity to 50 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) as soon as the current phase of expansions is over next year, said the company chairman C S Verma. According to a news rep

Coal India unions agree to defer strike

Trade unions at Coal India Limited (CIL) have put off a three-day workers strike from September 23 to December 17, after a meeting with company officials, according to news report. The CIL`s five trade unions had earlier served a strike no

NFL vindicated by Monaco court

In a landmark judgment, the appellate court in Monaco ruled that Rs 60 crore deposited in the European tax haven was embezzled fund and ordered for it to be repatriated to National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL). The sum was deposited by Turkish national T

"Don’t see any young leader with vision"

I honestly think that for all practical purposes history for young Indians is a subject mugged up in school. We have very little sense of history. What we do (know, realise and comprehend) began in 1992 with economic liberalisation. That is the on

ONGC eyeing US market

Intent on securing a foothold in US, ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has reportedly hired a specialist lobbying firm in the US to present its case to American lawmakers on issues related to its oil and gas operations in India. It will also focus on the futu

AI mulling sizing down the number of unions

Hoping to streamline operations, Air India is considering cutting the number of recognized unions from 15 to two, one for pilots and another for the rest of the employees. The move is expected to ensure efficient decision making during negotiation

Retired bank staff seek better pension structure

Retired bank employees came together at Jantar Mantar to demand a better pension structure. “We made several representations to the Indian Banking Association (IBA) and ministry of finance but to no avail. The indifference displayed

Birthday of a leader

I am on a visit to Singapore. September 16 was the 90th birthday of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, considered the Founding Father of Singapore. He was the first prime minister when Singapore became independent in 1965 and stepped down in 1994, making way for yo

NFL threatens shut down

In a stark reminder of the problems being faced by several state owned entities in the infrastructure space on account of shortage of gas and high cost of imported RLNG, National Fertilizers (NFL) has threatened to shut down all its plants by end

One-year masters programme in Japan for civil servants

Young civil servants are eligible to apply for one year masters course in public policy and law at Tokyo’s premier institutes.  Under Young Leaders` Programme (YLP) to be held from October, 2014 to September, 2015 the selected c

Rajan raises repo rate, India Inc not too happy

In his maiden review of monetary policy, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan surprised many with the rate hike on Friday. The apex bank governor raised the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points

Pay hike for sports-persons serving with central govt.

In order to encourage sportspersons, serving in various central ministries and departments, to excel in national and international sporting events, the government has revised their personal pay structure. With effect from September 1, the

Ananthamurthy sounds more passionate than pragmatic

UR Ananthamurthy is a very impassioned man. He wants to leave the country if Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister. Okay, that could be a bit of an interpretation. According to PTI, here’s what he said at a book release function in Bangal

All you wanted to know about Syria - and some more

As portentous war clouds loom over the Arab belt, as global markets tumble on febrile fears over petroleum and as a sweaty world sits at the precipice of yet another potential calamity, in the US of A many sensitive and sensible folks must be rack

Will Bengal airport project turn Mamata`s own Singur?

Mamata Banerjee may have finally realised that populist measures might win you votes but does not create much. So, having been a staunch critic of acquisition for industry during the Left Front administration – an opposition that helped her

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