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First national human rights investigation into climate change impacts proceeds despite opposition from fossil fuel companies

Manila, 8 December 2016 – The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) today initiated the next steps in the world’s first-ever national investigation into human rights harms resulting from climate change (1), despite apparent opposition from some fossil fuel companies. A legal petition submitted by 18 individuals and 14 organisations, including Greenpeace Southeast …

Hyatt Regency Gurgaon adds “2016 Best MICE Hotel -North India” to a growing list of national and international awards.

Hyatt Regency Gurgaon is again celebrating new recognition in support of their continuing commitment to innovation, quality, attention to detail and Events style.   On Saturday 23rd January, at the 2016 Exhibition Excellence Awards, the Hyatt Regency Gurgaon team received their  “2016 Best Mice Hotel- North India “ recognition.   This glittering event, featured the crème de …

Philippines launches world’s first national human rights investigation into 50 big polluters

Paris, 4 December 2015 – The Philippines Commission on Human Rights (CHR) announced that it will launch an investigation on December 10 (International Human rights Day), which could hold fossil fuel companies responsible for the impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather events. This will be the world’s first national human rights investigation into …

400 Units of vitamin D recommended daily for all infants – deliberations at national Pediatric Endocrinology conference

The Indian Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (ISPAE) has been conducting its national conference from Nov 27 to 29th, at the Epicentre, Gurgaon. The conference was  organised by the Endocrinology division of the Medanta Hospital, in association with the Indian Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (ISPAE), the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) …

FIFAs national Football Associations should only support presidential candidates of high integrity

ALL CANDIDATES SHOULD COMMIT TO INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT FOR FIFA REFORMS Today Cobus de Swardt, managing director of Transparency International sent the following letter to the head of all 209 Football Associations (FA) that are members of FIFA, world football’s governing body, asking them to support FIFA presidential candidates “with outstanding personal records of integrity and who …

Pratt & Whitney and Supplier Partners Celebrate Expansion of Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust Residential Facility for Girls

HYDERABAD, India, July 16th, 2015 – Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and its supplier partners today announced the expansion of the girls dormitory in cooperation with the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust (KGNMT) in Hyderabad, India. UTC, Pratt & Whitney and its supplier partners contributed more than $55,000 USD (34,90,000 …

India formulates a draft national M2M policy road map to position itself as an M2M leader -Morgan Mullooly

April 2015   The Government of Indiapublished its draft policy reportNational Telecom M2M Roadmapin January 2015, which recognisesthe potential of machine-to-machine (M2M) to transform various industrial sectors, citizen and consumer experiences.[1]The draft report represents the foundation for future M2M policy making.This comment examines some of the policy directions proposed in the draft report. India’s draft policy roadmap aims to …

India’s only Luxury Housing Section now goes National – launched by Magicbricks

Magicbricks pioneers offering Luxury home listings to cater to the wired high-end property buyer’s exacting demands for superlative accommodation October 2013: Magicbricks has now introduced its Luxury Section offering nationally with a launch covering the top 6 metros in India. The section features 300+ carefully selected luxury property listings – covering both new projects from …