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As India’s GDP is poised for its slowest growth in over a decade, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised their monetary policy. The RBI has further lowered the REPO rate an additional 25 basis points (0.25%) to 7.5%. The revision in the REPO rate will positively impact the sentiments surrounding the real estate …
In 2012, world food security remained vulnerable. Progress in the fight against hunger and malnutrition has been piecemeal, at best, and levels remain unacceptably high, with 870 million people hungry and 2 billion suffering from micronutrient deficiencies. New data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and results from IFPRI’s own scenario modeling, …
The global anti-corruption organisation Transparency International is now accepting nominations for its 2013 Integrity Awards. Launched in 2000, the awards recognise the courage and determination of individuals and groups taking remarkable steps to combat corruption. Past winners include investigative journalists, whistleblowers and citizens’ groups. They have sparked the arrest of corrupt leaders, exposed record-breaking tax scams and shown …
Santa Clara, CA and Pune, INDIA – March 19, 2013: Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT), the global leader in software product and technology services, today announced it has been named a 2013 Laureate of IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program in the Emerging Technology category. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting …
Dubai, UAE, 19 March 2013: The second day of the Dubai Diamond Conference 2013 (‘DDC 2013’), hosted by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and Dubai Diamond Exchange, began with highlighting the need for sustainable financing programmes to stimulate growth and development for the African diamond producing nations. A panel led by diamond industry analyst and …
MCCI organised a seminar on ‘Career After Plus 2’ today at Chamber Hall, with erudite speakers comprising , Dr Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, Calcutta University; Dr Parijat De, Director, Department of Technical Education and Training, Government of West Bengal;Shri Pradip Chopra, Chairman, iLEAD and Prof. B.B.Paira, Advisor –Higher Education, Heritage Institute of Technology and The …
The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) provide that in case a project involves forest land, the project proponent shall first explore feasibility to execute the project without use of forest land. In case it is not feasible to undertake the project without use of forest land, the project proponent shall …
The generation target from various conventional hydro sources for the first year i.e. 2012-13 of the 12th Plan period has been fixed as 122.045 Billion Unit (BU). Hydro generation of 104.937 BU has been achieved against the target of 114.048 BU upto February, 2013. The target for generation of power is fixed on year to year basis and not …
Coal India Limited (CIL), at the advise of Ministry of Coal has floated an Expression of Interest in February 2013 for engaging International Consultants for suggesting modernisation and technological improvement in their mines including both underground and opencast mines. The broad objectives to be covered under the proposed study include assessment of the status of …
Shobhit Agarwal, Managing Director – Capital Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle India: As India’s GDP is poised for its slowest growth in over a decade, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised their monetary policy. The RBI has further lowered the REPO rate an additional 25 basis points (0.25%) to 7.5%. The revision in the …