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Ajay Singh of SpiceJet gets Rs 96 crores worth Positive Media Visibility, highest among Aviation Spokespersons

India, August 2016: In an analysis of over 30,000 print articles from English and Hindi media tracked by BlueBytes (a Comniscient Group company), a Media Analytics and Research firm – the MD of the low-cost carrier SpiceJet, Ajay Singh, received the highest visibility among Indian Aviation spokespersons, with 25% of all media articles with spokespersons …

What GST Can Do For Real Estate

Anuj Puri – Chairman & Country Head, JLL India The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is the most radical taxation reform that is set to alter India’s economic prospects. A single indirect tax, encompassing all goods and services, is surely a welcome change. GST is built into the value-added structure that would eliminate the cascading …

Tracking The Journey Of Office Real Estate in India

Resurging office demand and lower vacancies across cities driving up rents   Anuj Puri – Chairman & Country Head, JLL India The latest JLL research report ‘Indian real estate: Comprehending the varying speeds of growth’ tracks the journey of different asset classes from 2004 to 2015. Let’s discuss the key trends emerging in the office …

Indian Real Estate – Looking Back… And Forward:  Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India

  Tracing The Boom… The structural adjustment programme of the early 1990s initiated the liberalization of the Indian economy. The roots of the high appreciation rates on India’s property market witnessed during the boom period lie in the reduction of interest rates that were instituted from year 2001 by Government’s continued policy of liberalization of …

Total Rewards: A must for progressive organizations

Total Rewards programs are changing business dynamics in India Inc. The latest TJinsite study by TimesJobs indicates that nearly 43% of the surveyed organizations already have a well-built Total Rewards strategy and 23% have it in the planning stage. July 26, 2016: Total Rewards, encompass not just compensation and benefits but include other rewards such …

American retirement funds are destroying rainforests

American retirement funds are destroying rainforests Innovative new web tool empowers citizen investor action on deforestation WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new transparency tool, “Deforestation Free Funds,” shows which global mutual funds contain palm-oil-related holdings, the fastest growing cause of rainforest destruction today. Friends of the Earth and As You Sow created this free online database to …

Mental health of children threatened by air pollution, according to new Swedish study; Blueair says finding is alarming

Blueair AB – Jul 25, 2016 10:17 GMT “The evidence air pollution may be increasing the risk of young people suffering mental health illness is pretty alarming for any parent raising a child…” said Blueair founder and CEO Bengt Rittri. Stockholm, Sweden, July 25, 2016 – A dangerous link between polluted air and childhood mental …