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BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE INDIAN Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) is conducting laboratory and field evaluations into cow urine, to prove whether it can so effectively ward off plant diseases, it could become a useful product for Indian farmers. India’s minister of state for agriculture, Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav, has told the Indian parliament that initial tests have shown it can protect plant health.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
US oil and gas major Unocal has begun developing Bangladesh’s Moulavi Bazar gas field to meet the country’s domestic demand, allowing Dhaka to export natural gas to India from existing fields. Moulavi Bazar could provide 100 million cubic feet of gas per day.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
ASIAN Paints, the Indian colour multinational has been rated the best “small” company in India in 2002 by the financial magazine Asiamoney; (‘small’ companies are those with market capitalisation under US$500 million). Ashwin Dani, Asian Paints (India) managing director said: “This is reflection of our continuous process of being transparent and maintaining high standards of corporate governance.”…

BY PHILIP FINE and KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED States is calling for countries to offer up more information on their legal pharmaceutical and bulk chemical industries so as to better catch those who are using them for illegal purposes.

In its comprehensive annual report on worldwide drugs activities, the US State Department places some of the blame for many legal chemicals ending up in the hands of illicit drug manufacturers, on government political structures.…

BY PHILIP FINE

IN its comprehensive annual report on worldwide drugs activities, the US

government is asking foreign countries to be more transparent with information on

their legal chemical industries that might be useful in controlling the production and trade in illicit drug precursors.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIA’S Hatsun Agro Product Ltd has announced plans to reposition its Arun ice-creams as a super premium brand, with more cream and smoother texture, to grab more market share this summer. The company plans to invest over IND Rupees 60 million (US$1.26 million) in the new range, which will include new “fun shapes.”…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
INDIA, Thailand, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia and nine other countries in south and south-east Asia are to better control foot-and-mouth disease, by strengthening links between national laboratories. Notably, a new regional reference laboratory in Thailand will be established, sending out affordable test kits to countries that cannot usually afford them.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BAND of pirates that hijacked a ship carrying aluminium ingots off Indonesia in 1999 has been convicted and jailed by an Indian court. The decision has been welcomed by the International Chamber of Commerce as a welcome and rare example of a country prosecuting piracy in international waters.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIAN pharma Lupin Ltd is to set up a new plant for manufacturing lovastatin, the cholesterol lowering active pharmaceutical ingredient. The new plant is being built to meet US Food and Drug Administration standards and will have an initial capacity of more than 12 metric tonnes per annum.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
NESTLE India has entered the Indian flavoured milk market, launching itself its Fruit ‘n Milk line in Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune. The product has mango and strawberry flavours, priced at IND Rupees 15 (US$0.31) for a 200 ml pack and is being manufactured for Nestle by Dynamix.…