Newspaper cos Q1 net may have risen marginally

INDIA:
Newspaper cos Q1 net may have risen marginally
HT Media, which publishes English daily 'Hindustan Times' is expected to post a 2 percent rise in net profit to 349 million rupees and net sales of 3.18 billion rupees. Net sales are seen to grow 16 percent according to the poll.
The company also publishes business newspaper 'Mint' and is expanding the presence of its Hindi newspaper 'Hindustan'.Advertising will lead revenue growth for HT and its operating margins could contract 130 basis points year-on-year to 19 percent, the Prabhudas Lilladher report said.
Newspaper publishers Deccan Chronicle Ltd are likely to post a marginal rise in net profit as higher newsprint costs ate into margins during the quarter to June, analysts said.A shortage of newsprint supply because of a consolidation in the global newsprint industry and higher demand because of the U.S. presidential elections and the Beijing Olympics has pushed up prices of the raw material, analysts said.
The two events see higher advertisement and news coverages requiring more usage and demand for newsprint, analysts said."There has been a demand-supply mismatch for newsprint... these prices will have an effect on this quarter and the pressure will only increase in the following quarters," said an analyst with a local brokerage, who declined to be named.A shortage of waste print used in China's newsprint plants, rising fuel prices and a volatile rupee during the first six months of 2008, which pushed up import costs, also affected newsprint prices, analysts said.Newsprint cost has increased by 45 percent in the year to the beginning of July to $975 a tonne from $675 a tonne, brokerage Pradhubas Lilladher said in a report.Deccan Chronicle imports all its newsprint requirements while HT media imports 70 percent of newsprint requirements, a report by brokerage Motilal Oswal said.Deccan Chronicle is expected to post a net profit growth of just 4 percent to 872 million rupees while net sales will grow 43 percent to 2.48 billion rupees in April-June, according to a Reuters poll of brokerages.
Deccan Chronicle has launched a Bangalore edition of its English daily Deccan Chronicle and financial newspaper 'Financial Chronicle' in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai, resulting in margins getting squeezed by launch expenses, analysts said.Deccan Chronicle is to post its results on July 29.Going forward, the newspaper companies will also face a possible slowdown in revenue growth because of slowing economic growth, said the analyst at the local brokerage.In the September quarter, margins will be squeezed further by newsprint costs, analysts said."It (newsprint prices) will remain at this level or go up 3-4 percent. It will go down once the Olympics end and demand starts coming down," said another analyst also declining to be named.
SOURCE: IN.REUTERS.COM
Mr Rakesh Praveer is senior journalist based in Patna.

Newspaper cos Q1 net may have risen marginally

INDIA: Newspaper cos Q1 net may have risen marginally

HT Media, which publishes English daily 'Hindustan Times' is expected to post a 2 percent rise in net profit to 349 million rupees and net sales of 3.18 billion rupees. Net sales are seen to grow 16 percent according to the poll.

The company also publishes business newspaper 'Mint' and is expanding the presence of its Hindi newspaper 'Hindustan'.

Advertising will lead revenue growth for HT and its operating margins could contract 130 basis points year-on-year to 19 percent, the Prabhudas Lilladher report said.

Newspaper publishers Deccan Chronicle Ltd are likely to post a marginal rise in net profit as higher newsprint costs ate into margins during the quarter to June, analysts said.

A shortage of newsprint supply because of a consolidation in the global newsprint industry and higher demand because of the U.S. presidential elections and the Beijing Olympics has pushed up prices of the raw material, analysts said.

The two events see higher advertisement and news coverages requiring more usage and demand for newsprint, analysts said.

"There has been a demand-supply mismatch for newsprint... these prices will have an effect on this quarter and the pressure will only increase in the following quarters," said an analyst with a local brokerage, who declined to be named.

A shortage of waste print used in China's newsprint plants, rising fuel prices and a volatile rupee during the first six months of 2008, which pushed up import costs, also affected newsprint prices, analysts said.

Newsprint cost has increased by 45 percent in the year to the beginning of July to $975 a tonne from $675 a tonne, brokerage Pradhubas Lilladher said in a report.

Deccan Chronicle imports all its newsprint requirements while HT media imports 70 percent of newsprint requirements, a report by brokerage Motilal Oswal said.

Deccan Chronicle is expected to post a net profit growth of just 4 percent to 872 million rupees while net sales will grow 43 percent to 2.48 billion rupees in April-June, according to a Reuters poll of brokerages.

Deccan Chronicle has launched a Bangalore edition of its English daily Deccan Chronicle and financial newspaper 'Financial Chronicle' in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai, resulting in margins getting squeezed by launch expenses, analysts said.

Deccan Chronicle is to post its results on July 29.

Going forward, the newspaper companies will also face a possible slowdown in revenue growth because of slowing economic growth, said the analyst at the local brokerage.

In the September quarter, margins will be squeezed further by newsprint costs, analysts said.

"It (newsprint prices) will remain at this level or go up 3-4 percent. It will go down once the Olympics end and demand starts coming down," said another analyst also declining to be named.

SOURCE: IN.REUTERS.COM




Mr Rakesh Praveer is a senior journalist based in

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Sorry we are trying our best
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Sexual and reproductive health among youth in Bihar and Jharkhand

Sexual and reproductive health among youth in Bihar and Jharkhand:
An overview of the sexual and reproductive health of young people in India Authors: S. J. Jejeebhoy Publisher: Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
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This article published in Economic and Political Weekly is the first of a series of papers that explores the sexual and reproductive health situation among young people in Bihar and Jharkhand, India. It highlights positive changes in the sexual and reproductive health situation in India including declining infant mortality, increased access to skilled attendance at birth, and declining unmet need for contraception. However, the country is also experiencing stagnating levels of maternal mortality, an increase in the spread of sexually transmitted infections, most notably HIV, and the misuse of prenatal diagnostic techniques for sex selection. The paper shows that Bihar and Jharkhand lag behind other states in most indicators of sexual and reproductive health. Compared to other states in India, women marry early, are less likely to use contraception and less likely to have access to pregnancy related care. Key conclusions of the series include:
young people engage in unsafe sex and are vulnerable to risky sexual and reproductive health outcomes
lack of awareness, social support and access to appropriate services are key factors that inhibit safe practices and prompt treatment seeking
many socio-cultural and systematic obstacles deny women access to quality care, and judgemental and insensitive provider attitudes in public health facilities deters women from seeking care in these facilities

HOT_'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach'

Love food

Fri, Jul 4 01:35 AM
The much used adage 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach,' has been given a full turn in the Recipes for the Kamasutra. The philosophy that guides these recipes aims to bring sex straight into the kitchen, and expects to entice both men and women through aphrodisiacal ingredients and sensual food art.

The author, Komal Taneja, has conducted a foraging tour, searching out a variety of ingredients that tantalise the libido through external and internal stimulation. From innocuous fruits like the phallic banana, or the fleshy peach, to the various chilies and spices, the making of these recipes is aimed to evoke the cry of desire right from the onset.

The preludes to the recipes include text passages that arouse the senses even before the reader gets to the ingredients. And if that's not good enough, pictures from the real Kamasutra are thrown in to ensure that no leaf is left unturned in making the time spent in the kitchen as sensual as the journey post prandial.
The 60-odd recipes themselves look curiously different, yet captivating, and easy to prepare.

Divided by courses, they can be made for any hour of the day.
Between the pictures of the Kamasutra and the exotic food photography by Shailan Parker, the book is designed to make the gastronomical juices as well as the blood flowing. You may want to display it on your coffee table, but the kitchen (or the bedroom) may actually be the best permanent place for it.