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Paras Hospitals, Gurgaon initiates “Friendly public breastfeeding”; urges government to build breastfeeding rooms in public

Lactating mothers find it difficult and discomforting breastfeeding in public due to unwanted gaze Live petition campaign to invite more masses through social media and online petition web channels Gurgaon, August 2015: The idea of breastfeeding in public spaces is discomforting for every breastfeeding mother. While breastfeeding is a natural and obvious gesture, when done …

Leaders Urge Business and Government to Inject Confidence into Asian Markets

Leaders Urge Business and Government to Inject Confidence into Asian Markets Regional institutions could do more to build trust and attract investors to Asia Asian economies need to prepare for possible capital outflows stemming from an expected US interest rate rise China is key to confidence in the region’s financial markets For more information about …

India: Victory for Bhopal gas leak survivors as government promises additional compensation

India’s government has today agreed to increase a multi-million dollar compensation claim against Union Carbide over the 1984 gas leak from the company’s pesticide plant that poisoned more than half a million people. The government promised to revise the numbers of deaths and injuries for which it was seeking compensation in order to end a …

Aon welcomes Government Trailblazer standard for insurance apprentices

London, August 20, 2014 – – Aon plc (NYSE:AON), the leading global provider of risk management and human resources solutions, today issued the following statements regarding the UK government’s announcement of the Trailblazer insurance apprentice programme. Dominic Christian, CEO of Aon UK Limited, said: “We are proud to have been instrumental in the development of …

Economic Survey asks the government to move towards a Low and Stable Inflation Regime through Fiscal Consolidation.

Survey calls for Revamping Social Sector Schemes like MNREGA, NRHM, and SSA; Favors Reforming the Food Market. GDP at constant prices is expected to grow in the range of 5.4 – 5.9 per cent in 2014-15. There are downside risks to the economy arising from a poor monsoon, the external environment and the poor investment …

Omnix successfully hosts ‘Autodesk Channel Summit’ for partners and distributors in the UAE

June 05, 2014 Omnix International, the MENA region’s leading provider of computer aided engineering solutions, and one of the authorized distributors for Autodesk products in the Middle East successfully hosted the ‘Autodesk Channel Summit’ to further strengthen ties between Autodesk, a leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, and its distributors and partners in …

What A Government That Means Business Can Do For Real Estate : Arvind Jain, Managing Director – Pride Group

The dust has settled on the elections drama and the BJP is now firmly in the driver’s seat. By and large, this is being seen as the best possible news for the Indian real estate sector – and rightly so. Narendra Modi has the business mind-set, background and also determination which are called for to …

Soft-Power or Hard-Power? Let’s put our heart where the money is – Pratim Ranjan Bose

Many years ago, I wrote a ‘story’, as we journalists describe newspaper reports, about an Indian company planning to sell solar powered inverter kits, good enough to run a TV, to Afghanistan. This was soon after the US invaded the frontier country and established a Taliban-free Hamid Karzai government. The war ravaged country was devoid …

Government is keen to Provide a Suitable Mechanism for Resolution of Tax Disputes between the Tax Department and Foreign Companies Operating in India: J.Seelam, MOS (Revenue)

Shri Jesudasu Seelam, Minister of State (Revenue), Ministry of Finance said that the Government of India is keen to provide a suitable mechanism for resolution of tax disputes between the tax department and foreign companies operating in India. In this direction, he said that the Government inserted provisions relating to Advance Rulings vide Finance Act, …

ZyXEL appoints its Regional Head for Eastern India

June 11, 2013, New Delhi: ZyXEL Communications, a world-class broadband networking company that provides leading Internet solutions for customers ranging from telecommunication service providers, businesses to home users, announced the appointment of Mr Pronob Mukherjee Eastern Region. Mr Pronob Mukherjee would be concentrating on Eastern India region which will be having West Bengal, North- East, …