• Air Sahara operations affected as pilots go on mass sick leave
• Bajaj Auto seeks more sops from Maharashtra
• BCCL to hike coking coal output
• Ranbaxy to announce US$400mn FCCB issue
• Honda plans to launch Civic
• Orchid to file 25 ANDAs in 2006
• Bharat Forge looks at more acquisitions
  

GENERAL

• Government likely to give tax holiday for airport revamp
• Tax holiday likely for power sector till 2012
• Railways to tap carbon credit revenues stream
• Bihar government pegs annual Plan size at Rs.8,250-cr

• Max NY Life to expand operations
• LIC policies may lose Govt. support
• NIC expects Rs.200-cr profit this year

MARKETS

• Parsvnath Developers may float IPO
• Cipla plans overseas float, bonus share issue
• Motilal Oswal to acquire Peninsular's capital market business

INTERNATIONAL

• U.S. trade deficit for 2005 at record high of US$725.8bn
• Russia may end Gazprom's pipeline monopoly
• Arcelor now seeking to deploy Japanese 'poison pill'

PEOPLE

• Pernod Ricard chief, Pringuet, on India visit