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Global Hunger index - India's pitiable position murali772 - 18-OCT-2010
In observance of the World Food Day, on 16th October, Genetic Resource Ecology Energy & Nutrition Foundation (GREEN Foundation), with Bangalore Film Society, organised a group discussion on "The Crisis of Food Today", at Ashirvad, Bangalore. |
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sourav894 - 16-OCT-2010
One fine day, my teacher and I were discussing the mushrooming malls in the city of Bangalore. Here is an extract of the conversation- |
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Bangalore - a vanishing act of 25paise/50 paise in circulation? Neeyathi_hemmige - 5-OCT-2010
Dear Readers, have you noticed when you go shopping for groceries/ or hire an auto- you face the problem of paying the exact amount. More often than not you pay-up extra. The amount un-mindful of the other party in picture, the billing agent or the autowallah rounds of the figure to the next rupee.- Say if your grocery bill has come up to 100.78 paise- she /he says 101Rs. |
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The steeply sloping playing field murali772 - 4-AUG-2010
The official demand for returning the money paid by the government telecom arm, BSNL, for third-generation (3G) spectrum (turned down, for now, by the Union finance ministry) is an illustration of why the state should be kept well away from running a business — it is not possible to be both player and umpire. |
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Karnataka - highest tax generator in south Naveen - 2-AUG-2010
Karnataka is the highest tax generator in the south & leads all other states by a huge margin, as reported in TOI today - See this link. |
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Corporate Social Irresponsibility murali772 - 28-JUL-2010
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been a hot topic globally. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has lectured companies on it. Some corporations have won acclaim and awards for CSR. Two of them were BP, the oil giant, and Goldman Sachs, the big investment bank. Every year, the World Economic Forum lists the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations". BP has made the list many times. So has Goldman Sachs, for its work on climate change and carbon trading. |
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Ravi_D - 16-JUL-2010
GOK passed the ITIR Act 2010 on Thursday, becoming the first state to do so. Per this DH Report:
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GIM - Beyond Bangalore, Business World silkboard - 12-JUL-2010
Read some coverage of GIM in BusinessWorld, (Beyond Bangalore). Must say that beyond Bangalore is a nice topic for the article, here are some intereasting bits:
The stat that Karnataka needs to change is this ...
An interesting angle on iron ore controversy. Will illegal activity go away, be legalized now!? |
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silkboard - 4-JUL-2010
After all the tamasha, a global meet attended mostly by Indians, and those concerns looming around equitable use of natural resources and land acquisition, it is all the more important for state government to share as much follow up information on GIM announcements as possible. But the GIM website as gone cold (no updates after June 4!) and as always, we are at the mercy of our journalist friends to know more. Business Standard covered GIM last week, twice. First time on June 21, Karnataka clears 69 new investment proposals. Exceprts:
Wonder where to find minutes of SHLCC meetings |
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psaram42 - 4-JUN-2010
The Global Investors Meet (GIM) which concluded on Friday the 4th June 2010, has thrown up a new monitory scale of lakh crore. With the all too common inflation this is no surprise. It can expand to infinity. The Tata nano has started its production line, when there is no parking space in metros like New Delhi, Bangalore etc. Unfortunately the space on the planet earth is limited however much we wish it is not true. |