Monthly archives: April, 2013

3rd April, 2013 : Early election talk pulls down market

Heavy sell off in scrips across sectors saw the Indian equity market ending with losses on Wednesday bringing a four-day winning streak to a temporary halt. The NSE Nifty and the S&P BSE Sensex ended near day’s low. The record high closings of the Dow industrials and S&P 500 overnight did not help in anyway. …

JOINT INDO-NEPAL ARMY EVEREST EXPEDITION

Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 A joint Indo-Nepal Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Everest flagged off today, from New Delhi, by the Army Chief , Gen Bikram Singh. The expedition, planned to coincide with the diamond jubilee of the first ascent on the Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary & Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, aims to not only …

INVERSION PRINCIPLE BY FONDERIE 47

  Inversion Principle is a completely original timepiece, designed by Adrian Glessing and developed and produced by David Candaux/Du Val Des Bois exclusively for Fonderie 47. The sale of each timepiece will fund the destruction of one thousand assault rifles in Africa, creating a safer environment for aid and development. This is a strategy that …

A green facade – by Sunita Narain

Building green is definitely important. But equally important is to know how green is a green building. Take the glitzy, glass-enveloped buildings popping up across the country. It does not matter if you are in the mild but wet and windy climate of Bengaluru or in the extreme hot and dry climate of Gurgaon, glass …

RESSENCE TYPE 3 BRINGS TIME TO THE SURFACE

The Ressence Type 3 transports time from the dial to the crystal. The orbiting indications are bathed in a fluid that refracts light like air, so that the indications appear to be displayed directly onto the sapphire crystal – closer to the eye of the beholder. The high-contrast white indicators against the black dial appear …

First Ever Hackathon by the Planning Commission on the 12th Plan

The Planning Commission and the National Innovation Council are organising the first ever Hackathon on the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) on 6th – 7th April 2013. The Hackathon is being organised simultaneously in 11 locations across India and participants can also join virtually. The event is taking place at University of Jammu, IIT Delhi, …

GRIDTECH – 4th International Exhibition & Conference on New Technologies Inaugurated.

Inaugurating GRIDTECH, the 4th International Exhibition and Conference on New Technologies in Transmission, distribution, Smart Grid, Renewable Integration, Load Despatch and Communication. Secretary M/o Power, Sh. P. Uma Shankar said that GRIDTECH 2013 aims at forming a common platform for showcasing emerging technologies and state of the art products in Power System viz. Generation, Transmission …

RAYMOND WEIL – JASMINE TURANDOT SPLENDOR

New Delhi, 2013: A symphony of femininity and voluptuousness, a new jasmine has just bloomed in RAYMOND WEIL’s horological garden. Bewitchingly beautiful, this watch pays true homage to the heroine of Puccini’s opera, Turandot, whose splendour is associated with jasmine. Set with 29 diamonds, this watch making jewel combines rose gold with steel, fire and …