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IBM Study: New Shift Points to Growth Markets Investment in U.S. and European Jobs

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2010TechnologyChina, denis brousseau, ebidata, Europe, global human capital study, globally, globe, ibm, India, North America, western europe, workforce investments, working beyond borders

*Social Networks Value for Business Use on the Rise*

ARMONK, N.Y. – 12 Oct 2010: In a dramatic shift of workforce investments, growth market companies – led by the twin forces of China and India — are increasingly hiring in North America and Europe, according to the findings of a major new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study of over 700 Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) and senior executives from 61 countries and 31 industries worldwide. (more…)

Facebook Captures Top Spot among Social Networking Sites in India

By Guest PostAugust 25, 20104 commentsTechnologyasia-pacific, bharatstudent.com, brazil, Comscore, facebook.com, Germany, India, region, russian federation, sites, Social networking, will hodgman, yahoo! pulse, yahoo!bbuzz

*Indian Social Networking Audience Soars 43 Percent in Past Year*

Mumbai, India, August 25, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on traffic to Social Networking sites in India, revealing that Facebook.com grabbed the number one ranking in the category for the first time in July with 20.9 million visitors, up 179 percent versus year ago.

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In India, Traffic to Business and Finance Web Sites Surged 45 Percent in Past Year

By Guest PostAugust 18, 2010Economy, Technologybanking sites, business, category, comscore media metrix, finance, India, web financial, will

*Banking Sites See Strong Growth as More Indians Turn to the Web for their Personal Financial Needs*

Mumbai, India, August 18, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its June 2010 ranking of the top Business/Finance sites in India based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service.

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Building Bridges for Women

By PravdaAugust 6, 2010Culture, Politicsanne-marie goetz, Bangladesh, darfur, governance, India, juba, make women count for peace, pravda, security council resolution 1325, timothy bancroft-hinchey, uganda, unifem, violence against women

Exclusive Interview between PRAVDA.Ru* and UNIFEM Chief of Governance for Peace and Security Ms. Anne-Marie Goetz, who states that the way we think about gender and war has changed in the last decade, although a lot more needs to be done. What is the situation regarding women’s rights in conflict zones, what can Governments do, and fundamentally, what can you do?

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IBM and IIT Bombay to Collaborate on Mobile Web Research

By Guest PostAugust 4, 20106 commentsTechnologyanimation, anirudha joshi, bombay, ibm, iit bombay, India, indian institute of technology, industrial design, industrial design centre, interaction design, manish gupta, mobility, ocr, open collaboration research, pedagogic experimentation, visual communication

NEW DELHI – 04 Aug 2010: Continuing to foster greater innovation through joint research collaboration with world-class academic institutions in India, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an Open Collaboration Research (OCR) project with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay). The unique research collaboration will focus on the development of new designs for mobile device interfaces that can easily be used by people who are semiliterate or illiterate, as well as individuals who have limited or no access to information technology.

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‘Sea Levels Rising in Parts of Indian Ocean’

By Guest PostJuly 15, 20102 commentsEnvironmentafrica, Antarctica, arabian sea, atmospheric, balaji rajagopalan, Bangladesh, bay of bengal, global climate, greenhouse gases, India, indian ocean, indo-pacific, Java, mascarenhas archipelago, naval research laboratory in Mississippi, ncar, sea levels, seychelles Islands, sri lanka, sumatra, Tanzania, university of colorado at boulder, weiqing han, Zanzibar

*Greenhouse gases are playing a role in changes, say scientists*

Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases, says a study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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UN Predicts Global Rise of Food Prices

By Guest PostJune 27, 20103 commentsEconomyafrica, agricultural products, agronews, asian farmers, biofuel, brazil, bric, canada, Chicago, China, coarse grains, dairy products, developing countries, eastern europe, fao, food and agriculture organization, food colonization, food consumption, grain traders, India, oecd, organization for economic cooperation and development, russia, the philippines, ukraine, un, united states, us midwest, vitally salnik, Wall Street Journal, western europe, wheat

In the next ten years, prices for agricultural products in the world will grow in real terms by 15-40%, say experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. The reason for it is the increasing demand for food in developing countries and production of biofuels.

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Save the Irrawaddy dolphins

By ShamsApril 12, 20092 commentsEnvironment, ScienceBangladesh, Ganges River, India, Irrawaddy dolphins, Royal Bengal Tigers, Sunderbans mangrove forest, Wildlife Conservation Society

A study conducted by the Wildlife Conservative Society (WCS) found large numbers of Irrawaddy dolphins in the freshwater region of Sunderbans Mangrove forest in Bangladesh. The study approximates the number to about 6000.

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