30-40 products to be removed from SSI list 
New Delhi: The government has said that it would remove 30-40 items from the list of items reserved for small sector industries this fiscal. 
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India seeks patent regime for unique genetic resources 
Johannesburgh: Cautioning that new environmental partnerships should not turn out to be "yet another exploitative mechanism," India on Tuesday wanted developed nations to pay royalty and monetary compensation for commercially exploiting genetic resources unique to a geographical region. 
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NPA Ordinance may cover co-ops too, says Adsul 
New Delhi: The government was considering stringent norms for co-operatives including quarterly disclosures of financial results covering data on advances and investments. 
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Number of labour laws to be pruned 
New Delhi: Union labour minister Dr Sahib Singh said that the government is working on rationalising and reducing the number of labour laws drastically. 
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US Trade Commission rejects duties on steel from 5 nations 
Johannesburg: The US International Trade Commission on Tuesday rejected the request of the nations steel industry for steep anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled imports from Australia, Sweden, Japan, Thailand and India. 
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'Distress formula for Cauvery waters within a fortnight 
New Delhi: The fourth meeting of the Cauvery river authority committee under the chairmanship of Prime Minister AB Vajpayee, which met here on Tuesday, decided that in the current situation of water crisis distress will have to be shared amongst the basin states. 
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Rlys short of viable projects 
New Delhi: Indian Railways finds itself in a strange situation. It has lofty plans and willing lenders, but there are very few viable projects on the platter.
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Australian cos petition on scrapping of tender dismissed 
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Australian Waste Service on tender for supply and commissioning of autoclaves to treat bio-medical waste. 
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Decision on DRF pay out modalities today 
New Delhi: The modalities for disbursement of the Rs 2,500-crore development reform facility for states, announced in this years Budget, would be finalised on Wednesday at a meeting between Union finance minister Jaswant Singh and Planning Commission deputy chairman KC Pant. 
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Centre to send recce team for Indo-Lankan bridge project 
New Delhi: The Centre will send a team to Tamil Nadu to have an on-the-spot assessment of the area to be connected by the proposed land bridge between India and Sri Lanka following which a pre-feasibility study would be conducted. 
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