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Goa Tourism witnesses most successful edition of Goa International Travel Mart (GITM)

~The event recorded over 1,200 footfalls across two days. 100 international buyers from 28 countries and 250 hosted buyers from India were present at the event ~Around 8,000 appointments were successfully conducted for the travel-trade ~ Awards were conferred by Goa Tourism for the Best Designed Stalls. Winners included Maharashtra Tourism and Karnataka Tourism among …

The United States and European Union Drop in Science and Innovation Impact while Australia, China, India, France and Great Britain Gain Influence According to Thomson Reuters Forecast

Analysis of G20 nations highlights shifts in emphasis   PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2014 – The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world leader in providing intelligent information to businesses and professionals, today releasedThe Research and Innovation Performance of the G20, a report that mines scientific research and patent information across the G20 …

A call to nurture Global Harmony – Leela Rani.Dondapati

“Everything in this universe has a purpose and we have a higher purpose. Recognizing that and valuing life is what is harmony,” said Ms Bhanumathi Narasimhan, Chairperson of the International Women Conference, 2014 that concluded on Sunday at the Art of Living International Center, Bangalore, India.   Her Excellency Dr. Husn Banu Ghazanfar, Minister of …

ThyssenKrupp Materials France testing hybrid truck

ThyssenKrupp Materials International attaches great importance to environmental protection and sustainability. To minimize oil consumption in the future ThyssenKrupp Materials France is currently testing the use of new hybrid trucks in Paris in a collaboration with Renault Trucks and haulage group Norbert Dentressangle. The 16-ton state-of-the-art Melodys III has a range of 60 kilometers in …

Vienna 2 Initiative Draws Attention to Weak Credit Growth and Special Challenges for South Eastern Europe

The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum met in Brussels on October 21-22, 2013. It assessed recent trends in deleveraging, credit provision, and non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sectors of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE). It discussed the impact of the recently proposed Single Resolution Mechanism for a European banking union on CESEE. …

Hope of an end to the crisis: Findings of the GfK Consumer Climate Europe study for the third quarter of 2013

Nuremberg, 21 October 2013 – Hope is spreading throughout Europe that the worst of the crisis has been overcome and that the economy is gradually beginning to recover. A number of countries registered considerable growth in some areas in the second quarter, while the downward trend at least slowed down significantly in others. These are …

ArcelorMittal announces €92m investment in France

9th October 2013 – ArcelorMittal today announced a €92m investment in a complete revamp of the blast furnace no. 2 at its Dunkirk plant in France. This investment confirms the Dunkirk plant’s capacity to produce 7 million tonnes of slab, to supply other plants within ArcelorMittal including Florange and Liège. With the production at Fos-sur-Mer …

UNWTO Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Islands Opens in La Reunion

  The role of tourism in Island Destinations as a means to promote economic growth and sustainable development is the main topic of the Conference on Sustainable Development of Tourism in Islands, organized jointly by UNWTO and the government of France (Réunion Island, France, 11-13 September 2013). Critical issues for island destinations, including sustainable tourism …