More than one in three mobile device users worldwide has had their device lost or stolen India, 2012 – Today, Norton by Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) released the latest version of its flagship mobile offering, Norton Mobile Security. The new Norton Mobile Security delivers powerful protection for consumers’ mobile needs, including support for iOS devices, contacts …
Monthly archives: December, 2012
Gigrush – Refinancing the World. The end of life as we know it?
GiGRUSH.org launches a global crowdsourcing initiative. Never before, have so many been invited to accomplish so much in such a short time – including in the Business and Financial industries. The final objective is to Rebuild the Entire World through countless Positive Projects in all areas of life. Brussels, Belgium (December 2, 2012) – GiGRUSH.org: …
Current matter of ThyssenKrupp Executive Board
Dr. Jürgen Claassen (54), Member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG, today has requested that the Supervisory Board suspend him from his duties as a Member of the Executive Board until further notice. Dr. Jürgen Claassen: “With this step, in the face of the current news coverage, I intend to keep damage away from …
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) Q2 of 2012-13, both at constant (2004-05) and current prices, alongwith the corresponding quarterly estimates of Expenditure components of the GDP. The details of the estimates are presented below. I ESTIMATES …
30,000 MW is targeted from renewable energy during the 12th Plan period
The Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah informed the Lok Sabha today that that the total installed capacity of renewable energy based power in the country is 26,267 MW. A capacity addition of 30,000 MW is targeted from renewable energy during the 12th Plan period. The contribution of renewable energy based power …
Security Threat from Chinese Telecom Equipments
The Government is aware about the Report of Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of US Government titled “Investigative Report on US National security issues posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei & ZTE”. It is a known fact that in the modern age, telecom equipment and networks used for provisioning of telecom services are prone to …
Index of Core Eight – Core Sector Performance
The Eight core industries have a combined weight of 37.90 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The combined Index was 151.2 in October 2012 with a growth rate of 6.5% compared to their 0.4% growth in October 2011. The modest growth in October, 2012 was on account of double digit growth witnessed in the …
CSE slams reported efforts by industry to dilute car fuel economy standards
Standards already approved by PMO after public consultation Any dilution will make a mockery of the decision-making process Standards must be notified immediately to help curtail energy costs from cars and ensure energy security New Delhi, November 30, 2012: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has criticised a reported bid by the Indian car industry …
Botswana Diamonds plc [BOD] – Update on Botswana Exploration
Update on Botswana Exploration The board of Botswana Diamonds plc (AIM: BOD) (“Botswana Diamonds”) is pleased to provide an update on exploration progress on Botswana Diamonds’ wholly owned licence PL170/2012 in the Letlhakane area of Botswana. Detailed follow up ground gravity and ground magnetic surveys on a number of previously identified anomalies have outlined a …
worldsteel announces the 7th steeluniversity Challenge regional champions
Brussels, 30 November 2012 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced today the regional champions of the 7th steeluniversity Challenge. The regional championship took place on 13 and 21 November 2012 over two 24 hour periods. This year’s competition attracted more than 42,600 attempts from 1,148 teams representing 37 different countries, an increase of 76% …