Monthly archives: February, 2019

Empowering Women Must be Economic Priority Number One

Vijay Eswaran

Businesses that neglect their most valuable assets lose competitiveness and long-term profitability. The same is true on a larger scale for national economies. So why do we continue to tolerate the enormous, yet preventable waste of human capital caused by gender inequality? Isn’t it time we addressed this question as one of the top international …

Nielsen: The Number of Modern Channel Stores Has Increased and Convenience Stores Have Sprung up.

Online Growth Slows, Convenience Stores Rise Beijing-February 28, 2019-Nielsen’s latest “China Shoppers Trend Report – Convenience Stores” shows that the number of modern channel stores has increased rapidly, with the number of supermarkets (+10%), small supermarkets (+9%) and convenience stores (+14%) maintaining a strong growth trend in the past three years, while the number of …

Can we address climate change without sacrificing water quality?

Washington, DC—Strategies for limiting climate change must take into account their potential impact on water quality through nutrient overload, according to a new study from Carnegie’s Eva Sinha and Anna Michalak published by Nature Communications. Some efforts at reducing carbon emissions could actually increase the risk of water quality impairments, they found. Rainfall and other …

Reviving the Shola Craft- Cultural Preservation Programme

Project grant by the German Federal Foreign Office With the support of the ‘Cultural Preservation Programme’ of Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the German Consulate General Kolkata, ‘Contact base’ – Banglanatak (a not for profit society working under the trading style) will be given a grant of Euro 50000 (approximate INR 40 lakh) to …

Dell EMC Reveals the Top 6 Server Trends that will rule in 2019

Servers to continue playing a pivotal role in helping organizations modernize their datacenter India, New Delhi – February 26, 2019 Today, with the emergence of a data-driven ecosystem, the dynamics of the Indian IT industry has changed significantly. With the proliferation of smart devices, connected sensors and the constant and insatiable need for data-driven insights, …