Tag «Impact»

Fukushima nuclear disaster will impact forests, rivers and estuaries for hundreds of years, warns Greenpeace report

Tokyo, 4 March 2016 – The environmental impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will last decades to centuries, warns a new Greenpeace Japan report. Man-made, long-lived radioactive elements are absorbed into the living tissues of plants and animals and recycled through food webs, and carried downstream to the Pacific Ocean by typhoons, snowmelt, and …

Routes Asia to Explore Impact of Aviation Boom on Asia-Pacific Tourism

MANCHESTER, England, January 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Routes Asia and Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) are bringing together industry leaders from Boeing, Amadeus IT Pacific and Digital Jungle to discuss how Asia Pacific tourism will benefit from a thriving aviation industry over the next 20 years. The annual Routes Asia meeting forum is for airlines, airports, tourism authorities …

Genpact Introduces Lean DigitalSM – A Unique Approach That Delivers Digital’s Full Potential and Helps Reclaim Over $400 Billion of Impact

Combination of advanced technologies, Lean principles and design thinking to reimagine large enterprises’ middle and back office NEW YORK, September 16, 2015 – Digital technologies are changing industry dynamics and how enterprises run in unprecedented ways.  However, this surge in digital transformation initiatives is often challenged in reaching digital’s full, truly revolutionary potential because of …

The Ultimate Comic Book Course on “The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture” by SmithsonianX starts on May 5, 2015

  From Superman® and Spider-Man®, to The Avengers® and The Hulk® and beyond, who are these heroes? May 06th, 2015:  For the first time ever, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and edX offers the opportunity to go into the collection and see why superheroes are a dominant cultural force in today’s world.Encompassing the …

Impact of the Union Budget 2014-15 on the FMCG sector

Mr. Ullas Kamath, Joint Managing Director of Jyothy Laboratories The Budget 2015-16 is a sincere effort to address all class of society and bringing the economy back on track. More money in the hands of rural India by way of social sector schemes like farm credit, rural infrastructure funds allocation, MNREGA allocation and increasing agricultural …

JLL: Reaction To The RBI Monetary Policy – Cautious But Positive

Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India The monetary policy announced today indicates that the RBI is of keeping a close eye on inflation rather than facilitating growth just as yet. This makes sense. Globally, emerging markets (including India) continue to remain vulnerable from decisions by US Federal government on withdrawal of stimulus, as …

ACCI Business Expectations SurveY – June quarter 2014 : Poor Trading starts to impact on expectations

The latest edition of the ACCI Business Expectations Survey shows that while actual business conditions in the June quarter remain poor, there was some slight improvement in most indicators. However, the difficult trading conditions have started to weigh on business expectations for the future. Some encouraging signs from the survey include the sharp improvement in …