COMPANIES

• L&T Q1 net up at Rs.80 crore
• Intas Pharma to launch new biotech drugs
• Tinplate to ramp up capacity
• TCS gets onboard ESRI's partner programme
  

GENERAL

• Fiscal deficit shoots up by eight per cent
• Tax collections up 27 per cent
• ITeS and software exports up 31 per cent in 2003-04
  

BANKING AND FINANCE

• IndusInd Bank offers personal loan to GTB customers
  

MARKETS

• ADR prices - Indian companies as of July 30
• FIIs net purchasers in equities for July

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• WTO agreement a big win

PEOPLE

• Premji, Ambani and Nilekani in Forbes' power list
• Deepak Parekh takes over as chairman at Siemens