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Index of Core Eight – Core Sector Performance

The Eight core industries have a combined weight of 37.90 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).  The combined Index was 151.2 in October 2012 with a growth rate of 6.5% compared to their 0.4% growth in October 2011. The modest growth in October, 2012 was on account of double digit growth witnessed in the …

Americans are finally get on their financial feet

Americans are finally getting their financial house in order following the 2008 financial crisis. We are paying down debt; bankruptcies and foreclosures are down; non-revolving loans are up and we are getting back on our feet. Below is a great infographic which we invite you to use that highlights how we are getting back on …

Monster Machines – Umesh Shanmygam

This is the largest digging machine in the world. The bucket-wheeler excavator is called Bagger 288 or Excavator 288, built by Krupp of Germany. This thing’s over 300 feet high, more than 700 feet long machine and is the largest land vehicle in the world at 13,500 tons: The Crawler-Transporter is a tracked vehicle used …

Dirty Jobs

Most of us complain about our jobs on a regular basis. But we must remember that it could be worse. We invite you to check out and use this infographic highlighting jobs and salary from which the phrase “there are dirty jobs but somebody’s got to do it” originated. From garbage collector to crime scene …

Coal’s Cruel Face – Chawm Ganguly

The media reports were chilling – a 150 member police force led by the local SP was attacked by the villagers who were allegedly defending a payloader they had earlier captured from a company. The company was  seeking to clear the overburden to access the coal seams that ran under the land the villagers were …