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— Mahatma Gandhi
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SoftBank-backed firm to buy online food delivery business in India
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.-backed ride-hailing firm in India is foraying into the food delivery business, by acquiring online food delivery service Foodpanda GmbH’s local business ...
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World's income inequality has worsened, report says
TOKYO - Global income inequality has worsened over the past four decades, a report finds, with the wealthiest 1 percent of the world's population capturing twice as much income growth as the bottom half. The world's middle class, made up mostly of people in North America and Europe, has by some ...
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Mahindra partners with Uber for EV sales
Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra has teamed up with Uber to expand sales of electric vehicles in India, the company’s
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Ivanka Trump’s India visit raises labor rights questions about her brand and its opaque nature
Ivanka Trump described the hurdles faced by women during a speech Tuesday at a business conference in India, which is treating her trip like a ...
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War is driving Afghan girls out of school
Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Afghanistan, NigeriaCountries in conflict, donors and relief agencies need to recognize that helping girls stay in school is critical for any country’s post-war reconstruction and development.Governments Need to Better Protect Girl Students from Attack Heather Barr Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division “There were two bombs in the school,” said ...
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NGOs call for special session of UN Human Rights Council to address Myanmar crisis
Source: Article 19, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Amnesty International, CIVICUS, International Commission of Jurists, International Service for Human Rights, Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de I'Homme, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarIn light of serious reports of human rights violations, including crimes against ...
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A distorted sex ratio is playing havoc with marriage in China
IN PI VILLAGE, on the outskirts of Beijing, a man in his late 50s who gives his name as Ren is mixing cement for a new apartment building. As he shovels, he gives an account of bride-price inflation. When he married, his parents gave his wife 800 yuan, which seemed ...
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Marriage in India is becoming less traditional
INTO A CRAMPED, stuffy room on the outskirts of Delhi shuffles a middle-aged woman in a yellow sari. Giving her name as Nirmala, she launches into an account of a marriage gone horribly wrong. Her husband has become a drunkard, she says. He often comes in late and is sick ...
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Caribbean can only ‘build back better’ with international support and urgent climate action
Source: Caribbean Community Secretariat, UN Development Programme Country: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico (The United States of America), Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin (France), Sint Maarten (The Netherlands), Turks and Caicos IslandsOver US$2 billion pledged, half of which in loans ...
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Successo per l'oro Made in Italy alla fiera internazionale di Dubai
(Teleborsa) - Oltre 20 mila visitatori, di cui la metà proveniente da 84 paesi al di fuori degli Emirati Arabi e, principalmente, da Medio Oriente, India, Asia Meridionale e paesi di lingua...
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Electronics parts maker Murata Manufacturing expands India operations
Japanese electronics parts maker Murata Manufacturing Co. is expanding its operations in India as part of efforts to boost sales by diversifying its markets, according ...
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Despite progress, 180 million children face bleaker prospects than their parents
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: WorldAccording to UNICEF, these children in 37 countries are more likely to live in extreme poverty, be out of school, or be killed by violent death than children in those countries 20 years ago. Despite progress, 180 million children face bleaker prospects than their parents – UNICEF ...
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Honda aggressively expands motorcycle operations in India
Honda Motor Co., the world’s top motorcycle manufacturer, is strengthening operations in India by stepping up research and development and expanding its sales network.“Our global ...
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RCEP leaders hold first-ever summit
MANILA: Leaders from 16 countries including China, India and Thailand began their first-ever summit yesterday to discuss an East Asian free trade deal that has been seen as a China-led rival to the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Japan has been trying to rejuvenate since the US withdrew earlier this year.
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Meccanica, Trasporti & Mobilità
L'azienda bolognese Macvel apre a New Delhi
L’India sta diventando un mercato di crescente importanza per le aziende italiane come testimoniato dalla recente visita del premier Gentiloni nel Paese asiatico. Fra il 2014 ed il 2019 la crescita del Paese sfiorerà il 7.6%, grazie anche all’importante processo di riforme portato avanti dal Premier indiano Modi. Oggi l’Italia è solo ...
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World food import bill rising, says FAO
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: WorldWhile food commodity prices have been generally stable, the cost of importing food is set to rise in 2017 to $1.413 trillion, up 6% from 2016 and the second highest tally on record. The world’s food import bill is rising despite large ...
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GS Group chairman seeks opportunities in India
GS Group Chairman Huh Chang-soo and affiliate CEOs visited India to discuss the group‘s business strategies overseas, th
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Measles continues to kill 90,000 people annually despite global decline
Source: World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Children's Fund, GAVI Alliance Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, World20.8 million children are still missing their first measles vaccine dose. More than half of them live in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and DR ...
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Alibaba and Amazon look to go global
IN SEPTEMBER 2014 Jeff Bezos announced his first big investment in India, hopping aboard a colourful bus in Bangalore. It was the start of a rapid $5bn investment in India, part of Mr Bezos’s plans to take Amazon global. Two months later Alibaba’s Jack Ma appeared in Delhi. “We will ...
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"Als ze wakker werd, herschikte ik haar kussen. En plots was het gedaan"
Samen met haar partner en met vrienden reisde Hilde Motmans de hele wereld af: van de Noordkaap tot Patagonië, van Mali over India tot China. Telkens zocht ze contact met de lokale bevolking en liet ze zich door hen op sleeptouw nemen. Het voedde haar schilderbestaan, waar Hilde niet van ...
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About 7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality
Source: World Bank, World Health Organization, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN Children's Fund Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, WorldEvery day in 2016, 15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46 per cent of them – or 7,000 babies – died in the first ...