Cement majors likely to cut prices due to low off-take, cheap imports
Major cement manufacturers are under pressure to reduce prices following low off-takes and the threat of small companies selling cement at lower prices in Mumbai, the country's largest cement market.

CLE says it will join hands with Peta to fight for animal rights
Responding to a boycott threat to Indian leather from People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), the CLE has stated that it is playing a facilitators' role in animal welfare reform programmes to safeguard animal rights, and is ready to join hands with Peta also to fight against cruelty towards animals.

Textile processing sector stops operations in protest against duty structure
As a protest measure against the 16% ad valorem duty proposed in the Union Budget 2001-02 for the textile processing sector, the domestic textile processing industry suspended all processing activities from Wednesday.


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