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AISI DISAPPOINTED AT ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURE TO NAME CHINA A CURRENCY MANIPULATOR

On November 28th 2012, AISI President and CEO, Thomas J. Gibson, issued the following statement in reaction to the Administration’s decision not to name China a currency manipulator in the Treasury Department’s semiannual report: “We are extremely disappointed that once again the Administration decided not to name China a currency manipulator in the Treasury Department’s …

Creatures in Micro Movie Sweep the Field, Earning First Prize in Olympus BioScapes Imaging Competition

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., December 17, 2012 – The judges dove Down Under to select an Australian video of freshwater rotifers as First Prize winner in the 2012 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®, the world’s foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies of life science subjects. Ralph Grimm, a teacher from Jimboomba, Australia, captured the …

A DOCTRINE FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE JEWELLERY BUSINESS Transcript of presentation by CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri to 3rd International Gem and Jewellery Conference GIT 2012

MILAN, ITALY: DECEMBER 17, 2012 – CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri addressed the 3rd International Gem and Jewellery Conference GIT 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 12, 2012, outlining a comprehensive doctrine for Corporate Social Responsibility in the greater jewellery industry. The following is the transcript of his address. I begin with a standard 18-Karat yellow …

McAfee 2013 Consumer Solutions Provide Powerful, Fast and Complete PC Protection

As Web Threats Increase by 20 Percent New McAfee Products Offer Social Network Protection and Enhanced Performance and Scanning Capabilities India, December 17, 2012 – McAfee today announced significant enhancements to its portfolio of consumer PC security products — McAfee Total Protection 2013, McAfee Internet Security 2013 and McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2013 – with new …

New National Water Policy

Ministry of Water Resources has evolved the Draft National Water Policy (2012) to meet the present challenges in the water sector. The salient features of the Draft National Water Policy (2012) are at Annexure I.             State Governments have been actively involved while drafting the Policy. The National Water Board comprising of Chief Secretaries of all the …

Consumption of Steel

The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that the present per capital consumption of steel in the country is 59 Kg. (source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC). In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, Steel is a deregulated sector. The role of government in a liberalized economic/market scenario like …

Sponge Iron Plants

The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that as per information available in the Ministry of Steel, there are about 431 number of Sponge Iron Plants set up across the country including Chhattisgarh (Source: Annual Statistics of JPC for the year 2010-11). In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he …

Government to Develop 54 Cities as Solar Cities.

The Minister of New and Renewable Energy, DR. Farooq Abdullah informed Rajya Sabha today that in-Principle, approval has been given to 54 cities for developing as Solar Cities. The draft Master Plans have been prepared for 28 cities, out of which 8 Master Plans have been approved by his Ministry for implementation. So far, an …