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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Bharti Airtel to absorb 40m users from Tata
MUMBAI: Shares of Bharti Airtel Ltd surged the most since in five months on Friday after it announced that it had agreed to absorb Tata Group's mobile-phone business in the latest among mergers shaking up one of the world's most crowded wireless markets.
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Millions of people still experiencing chronic hunger, according to 2017 Global Hunger Index
Source: Concern Worldwide, Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute Country: WorldGlobal hunger levels have fallen more than a quarter since 2000, however eight countries suffer from extremely alarming or alarming levels of hunger. Report Rates Hunger “Serious”, “Alarming” or “Extremely Alarming” in 52 countries 27 Percent Reduction in Global Hunger Index Scores ...
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Ethio-India Ties Take New Trajectory
[Ethiopian Herald] The two millennia-old friendships between Ethiopia and India is probably one of the oldest ties in history, as Axumite traders in the 1st century AD traded with Indians through the ancient port of Adulis. However, fully fledged bilateral ties were launched in the mid 20th century. The two ...
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Natural disasters in Asia-Pacific will become more destructive without action on disaster resilience
Source: UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, WorldAsia-Pacific Disaster Report 2017 shows that the greatest impacts of disasters are in countries ...
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NDLEA destroys 60.5 hectares of cannabis farm in Osun
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ), Osun command, on Saturday disclosed that it destroyed a 60.8 hectares of India hemp (Cannabis Sativa) farm at Ikeji Arakeji, in the state. Mr Samuel Egbeola, the state commandant of the NDLEA disclosed this during an interview with journalists at the agency’s ...
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Freeport introduces weekly rapid link to key South America ports
Maltese importers and exporters are set to benefit from new trading opportunities to Brazil and Argentina following the introduction of a rapid weekly link by Malta Freeport Terminals. The Sirius Service, calling at six key ports in Brazil (Itajai, Itapoa, Itaguai, Rio Grande, Salvador and Santos) as well as Buenos ...
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Defining emerging markets
WHAT COUNTS AS an emerging market? Broadly speaking, an economy that is not too rich, not too poor and not too closed to foreign capital. The term was coined by Antoine van Agtmael in 1981 when he was working for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a division of the World ...
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Worries about premature industrialisation
BANGLADESH EXPORTS 60% more ready-made garments than India, a country with over eight times its population. On the busy roads of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, white vans nose through the traffic on “Emergency Export Duty”, according to the ambulance-like letters painted on their sides. The success of this quintessentially labour-intensive industry ...
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Economic View: Why Public Health Insurance Could Help, Even if You Don’t Want It
A public option could put competitive pressure on private health insurers. Markets in India and Mexico show how that might work in the United States.
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FIRST MAGAZINE: A tribute to Women Architects
We are now in the month of September, which falls under the star-sign of Virgo, so what better month than this to celebrate the contribution of female architects and designers to the world of architecture and design? On a personal note, this also happens to be the month during which ...
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Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner dies at 91
Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91.Hefner died of natural causes at his home surrounded by family ...
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IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S.
IBM has shifted its center of gravity halfway around the world to India, making it a high-tech example of the globalization trends that the Trump administration has railed against.
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Rise in gold smuggling expected
MUMBAI: Gold smuggling in India, the world's second-biggest consumer of the metal, is likely to rise during the country's peak holiday season as buyers try to avoid paying a new sales tax and to dodge new transparency rules.
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FIRST MAGAZINE: Unlocking talent... an interview with Elisa Krantz of Baton & Baton
Tell us a little about yourself. I'm Maltese-Swedish, was born in Switzerland and lived there until I was 10, when I moved to Malta. I went to school and university in Malta, and realised early on that I was fascinated by psychology and human behaviour, so that became my chosen ...
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Modi: Electricity for every Indian house
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed that every home in India will have electricity by December 2018 as he moves to shore up voter support amid doubts over his handling of the economy.
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Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel agree to forge Europe’s No. 2 steelmaker
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel agreed yesterday to merge their European steel operations in a preliminary deal that would create the continent’s No.2 steelmaker after ArcelorMittal. The deal will not involve any cash, Tata Steel said, adding that both groups would contribute debt and liabilities to achieve an equal shareholding ...
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Korea, India to hold talks on trade deal improvement
South Korea and India will hold a new round of talks on the improvement of a bilateral trade deal in Seoul this week, th
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Ford to tie up with India’s Mahindra, eyes access to huge market
Ford Motor and India’s Mahindra Group have announced they will work together in a fresh partnership as the U.S. giant looks to boost its presence in one of the world’s fastest growing auto markets.
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India’s faltering economy poses questions for Modi
Much-touted economic boom shows signs of wobbling
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Korea slaps anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese, Indian, Ukrainian ferroalloy
South Korea has decided to impose anti-dumping duties on ferroalloy imported from Vietnam, India and Ukraine, the trade
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SKT to export AI solution to India
South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom will export its artificial intelligence network solutions to India’s Bharti Airte