COMPANIES

• Air India slaps $4 hike on fares
• TCS and CSIR consortium developing bio-suite
• Two more Sun Pharma plants get USFDA clearance
• 250 companies to participate in Hewitt survey
• Alstom India bags Renusagar upgrade order
• Blue Star to air-condition Delhi airport
• Thermax to buy out minority stake in Babcock
• Orchid and Par tie up
• Tata Tele to upgrade services in Maharashtra
• Subex bags $1.5-m order
• Sonata new ODC centre to support Symantec
• New security solutions from Datacraft
• Amitabh to settle dues with endorsements

GENERAL

• Old warhorse JN Dixit is National Security Advisor
• Chennai terminal strike
• Baalu takes charge as Shipping minister
• Maran rules out privatisation of BSNL and MTNL
• UPA: Consensus on Common Minimum Programme
• Assocham proposes self contained Service Tax Act
• PHDCCI: Scrap control on movement of agricultural goods

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee weakens
• RBI panel asks bankers to change mindset
• Central Bank and New India tie up
• Allahabad Bank to pay 20 per cent
  

MARKETS

• Markets in drift mode along with the UPA

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• LNM, US Steel and TISCO bid for Ukrainian producer

PEOPLE

• Plan Commission member resigns
• Surgeon honoured