Monthly archives: October, 2018

Dell India awarded Special Commendation at Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability – 2018

Delhi, India – October 26, 2018: Dell India was awarded Special Commendation for Golden Peacock Award as a recognition of its unrelenting efforts in sustainability. The award was presented to Dell at an award ceremony held last evening in London. Dell’s sustainability efforts were recognized by the Institute of Director’s, India, based on several parameters such …

Microsoft Announces Cloud Partnership with SWIFT and New Azure Solutions for Financial Services Businesses

Microsoft has announced a proof of concept cloud partnership with SWIFT, world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, to host its infrastructure and native payments on Microsoft Azure. Together, the two companies are working to facilitate the future deployment of SWIFT messaging solutions in the cloud, enabling faster, more efficient and secure operations for …

Essar Steel’s Committee of Creditors approves ArcelorMittal’s acquisition of Essar Steel

26 October 2018 – ArcelorMittal (‘the Company’) announces Essar Steel India Limited’s (‘ESIL’) Committee of Creditors (‘CoC’) has voted to approve the Company’s acquisition of ESIL. ESIL’s Resolution Professional, on behalf of the CoC, has issued the Company with a Letter of Intent (‘LOI’) stating that the Company has been identified as the ‘Successful Applicant’. …

NEW AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS HELPING MATURE THE INDIAN START-UP ECOSYSTEM – NASSCOM

  Addition of 1200+ start-ups in 2017; 7200+ total tech start-ups Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, and IoT are witnessing fastest adoption across Industry verticals USD 4.3 billion funding received by Start-ups in 2018 (Jan-Sep); More than 100% YoY growth Bengaluru, October 25, 2018: As India continues to take exponential strides, fuelled by policy reforms, …

Tampere, Finland, to produce carbon-negative district heating

The commercial production of carbon-negative district heating has begun in Hiedanranta, Tampere. This is the first time carbon-negative district heating is being produced commercially in Finland. Hiedanranta city district in Tampere will act as a development platform in a project where Carbofex Oy company will produce district heating alongside biochar, its main product. The district …

September 2018 crude steel production

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.7 million tonnes (Mt) in September 2018, a 4.4% increase compared to September 2017. World crude steel production was 1,347.0 Mt in the first nine months of 2018, up by 4.7% compared to the same period in 2017. Asia …

Subodh Gupta Edited by Camille Morineau and Mathilde de Croix Texts by Germano Celant, Nicolas Bourriaud, Bhrigupati Singh

A monograph accompanying the first retrospective of the artist in France Characterized by the use of found objects and utensils from daily life, Subodh Gupta’s work touches on universal themes: the opposition between the rural and the urban, between craftsmanship and industrialization, between one-of-a-kind and mass-produced, between personal and monumental scale. Subodh Gupta offers in-depth …

The Future of Mobility is Green: FlixBus Launches 100% Electric Long-Distance Bus in Germany after pilot project in France

    ++        First all-electric, long-distance bus in Germany between Frankfurt and Mannheim ++        Cooperation with Greenpeace Energy and atmosfair: 100% clean electricity ++        FlixMobility paving the road to the future of mobility for long-distance travel ++        Multi-modal connections in France and Germany for wider sustainable mobility network MUNICH (October 24, 2018) – Europe’s largest …