Monthly archives: April, 2013

Global sustainability forum tells Indonesian paper giant: end deforestation or else

Jakarta, 12 April 2013: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which claims to be the “world’s foremost business association dedicated to sustainable development”, today warned Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL), Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper producer, to clean up its act. The move is a result of APRIL’s ongoing large-scale destruction of …

ICC Champions Trophy in Wales, Cardiff this June

Wales has been appointed by ICC as a host venue for 2013’s ICC Champions Trophy competition in England and Wales. The ICC Champions Trophy will take place from 6 – 23 June 2013 at Cardiff Wales Stadium in Wales and other 2 venues in England. There are five games in Cardiff, including the championship’s opening …

foodpanda mobile app becomes leading food delivery app

§  A quarter million downloads in less than three months §  Number one food app in eight countries §  Rebranding in Russia // launch in Saudi Arabia 18th April, 2013: Eleven weeks after launch, foodpanda has become the number one food delivery app worldwide. Since its launch at the end of January, around 250,000 customers downloaded the app. According to the …

FLAVOURS FOR THE SPRING-SUMMER BY FINLANDIA VODKA

As the sun knocks on the door and the spring-summer flowers blossom , “FINLANDIA VODKA FROM THE HOUSE OF BROWN FORMAN” brings to you an array of six exotic flavours from refreshing grapefruit  to juicy mangoes to sour lime to sweet cranberry to tangy tangerine and also wild berry. This pure glacial Vodka from the land …

STEEL ELIMINATES WEIGHT GAP WITH ALUMINIUM FOR CAR BODIES

New studies show a further reduction in body structure mass DETROIT – 16 April 2013 – The latest in a continuing series of research studies strongly suggest that steel auto body structures in the near future can be as lightweight as today’s aluminium bodies, while meeting all crash performance standards and at comparable cost of …

Indian military to move away from weapons imports

India is one of the world’s leading military powers. It has an arsenal of nuclear weapons, an army of 1.1 million, one of the world’s biggest air forces and is building 45 warships and submarines. Provisional expenditure on defence imports between April 2012 and February 2013 was 251.26 billion rupees (about US$4.6 billion), the highest …

Propalms Announces Integrated VDI and Application Delivery with Propalms TSE 7.0 based on Microsoft Windows 2012 Server

Propalms, leading provider of server based computing technology based on Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Hypervisor based VDI and Enterprise remote access solutions , launched Propalms TSE 7.0 which supports latest Microsoft Remote desktop protocol RDP 8.0 on top of Windows Server 2012. The latest version is a comprehensive solution to implement shared hosted desktop VDI …

IFC-Supported Standards for Clean Lighting Now Recognized Internationally

New Delhi, India, April 15, 2013 – The Lighting Global Quality Test Methodology has become the world standard for clean off-grid lighting products, following its incorporation into an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) technical specification on 3 April, 2013. The Clean Energy Ministerial will highlight the new IEC standard as an important step in the effort …