COMPANIES

• Orchid Chemicals gets European nod for bulk drug
• CESC to merge subsidiaries
• Nicholas Piramal and IISc collaboration on drug research
• Adobe India to develop digital imaging products
• Engineering Services and Solutions for Neilsoft
• Cerebra to develop project for UK company
• Patni Computers initiative with BITS
• D'damas to roll out signature jewellery
• Samsung microwaves build up the heat
• Mother Dairy ice-cream now in Punjab and UP
  

GENERAL

• WTO releases first draft of report on global health
• Polls '04: Congress releases 5th List - Jogi in,
  Shivshankar out

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Four new HDFC Bank branches in Kerala
• ECGC offers marine insurance as add on
• IDBI in Rs. 82 crore securitisation of home loans
• GAIL bonds subscribed for in minutes
  

MARKETS

• Sensex dips back
• ONGC in Nifty: Increased weightage in Sensex
• ONGC allotments to be straightened out today
• Power Trading Corpn again postpones share listing

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Railways pact cements Indo-Sudanese trade and relations
• Harvard Business School to open research centre

PEOPLE

• Kashi Nath Memani steps down at Ernst &Young