Blair inaugurates Centre for Good Governance
Hyderabad: British Prime Minister Tony Blair inaugurated the first-of-its-kind Centre for Good Governance here on 6 January.

Blair, who unveiled a plaque of the 6-million pound UK-funded CCG, complimented the state government approach after he had a glimpse of its various e-governance initiatives.

Blair said that the effectiveness of government was dependent on the effectiveness of progress and efficiency in delivering services.

"I have seen the way technology is being applied for governance. Information technology has enormous potential in classrooms, business and implementation of Government services covering taxation, property dealings and passports."
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Biman to tap Indian cargo
Calcutta: Biman Bangladesh Airlines is planning to concentrate on the Indian air cargo market in view of the quantum growth in the volume of air cargo business in this country.

To tap the cargo market in India, Biman Bangladesh has taken several measures including strengthening sales activities, incentives to agents, improvement in customer services, efficient airport cargo-handling and proper monitoring and follow-up of cargo movement from booking to destinations.

There is also a possibility to launch separate freighter flights by the company to and from India in future.
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33 drugs placed under price control list
New Delhi: Some of the top selling drugs are being brought under drug price control order. In the revised list of 33 drugs to be brought under price control, 20 are new additions.

The note on new drug policy will be soon sent to the cabinet committee on economic affairs for clearance. Under the new criteria, molecules with a turnover of over Rs 20 crore for the year ended March 2001 will be brought under the price control if one company has a market share of over 50 per cent. In case of monopoly drugs where a company has a market share of over 90 per cent, the turnover limit has been raised to Rs 5 crore from Rs 1 crore.

Among the new additions to the price control list are hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines, diclofenac, povidone iodine, glibenclamide, piroxiam, amikacin, metformin, phenytoin, hydroxyprogesterone, cefaclor, cofuroxime, ofloxacin, noscaprine, and norethisterone.
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AIR to offer complete solution to Mumbai FM players
New Delhi: All India Radio has decided to offer a complete solution package to private FM operators in Mumbai.

Entertainment Network, Radio Today, Millennium Mumbai, Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd and Radio Mid-day West have the license to operate FM stations from Mumbai.

Prasar Bharati officials are scheduled to meet private FM operators on 9 January 9 to offer them a complete solution package. The capital investment for the Mumbai solution package, which includes building a new tower, is estimated at Rs 15 crore.
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IIM-C plans e-learning
Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, is planning to introduce online distance education. It has formed a three-member committee to hasten the initiative. It has teamed up with publishing house Macmillan India to jointly offer the management development programmes online.

IIM-C plans to offer a programme each on corporate finance and organisational behaviour under the management development programme. Each course will be of six weeks duration and open to working executives. They are expected to begin in late January.
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Gujarat, Rajasthan sign tourism pact
Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation and Tourism Corporation of Gujarat have signed a memorandum of understanding to have common reservation for hotels, conducting inter-state package tours, taking up joint publicity and marketing campaign for the activities of both the corporations.
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