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— Mahatma Gandhi
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Sri Lanka battles to get relief to stranded flood-hit villages
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Country: Sri LankaThe floods and landslides have killed some 200 people. More than 80,000 people have been forced into temporary shelters and around 100 people remain missing.By Shihar Aneez and Nita Bhalla COLOMBO/NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Heavy rains, highways buried under landslides and roads submerged under ...
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India’s Bad Debt Is Looking Better to Investors
A new bankruptcy law and efforts to tackle bad debt are providing new incentives to reconsider involvement in the nation’s distressed market.
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Merkel says Europe must stay united in face of ally uncertainty
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday urged European Union nations to stick together in the face of emerging policy divisions with the U.S., Britain's decision to leave the bloc and other challenges.Speaking at a campaign event held in a Bavarian beer tent, Merkel suggested that the G-7 summit in Italy ...
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Business: KCB voted best bank in East Africa
KCB Bank has been named the Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the just-concluded African Banker Awards 2017 in Ahmedabad, India.
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Africa: India's PM Narendra Modi Pitches for Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
[Daily News] India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday pitched for an "Asia-Africa growth corridor" supported by Japan and India and declared Africa is top priority for India's foreign and economic policy.
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UN business group calls for resilience
Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Country: WorldBuilding resilience should be a 'core business' for the private sector, group says, as key forum on disaster risk reduction gets underway.By Jonathan Fowler CANCUN, Mexico, 23 May 2017 – A UN-backed group of companies working to curb hazard impacts has unveiled a new ...
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Business News: 500 jobs at stake as Sameer dismantles tyre plant, moves machinery to India
Workers at Sameer Africa have started dismantling the Nairobi tyre manufacturing factory ahead of its relocation to India.
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Business: 500 jobs at stake as Sameer dismantles tyre plant, moves machinery to India
Workers at Sameer Africa have started dismantling the Nairobi tyre manufacturing factory ahead of its relocation to India.
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Business: Sameer closes tyre plant, moves machinery to India
The manufacturer slid into a Sh652 million loss on account of re-organisation expenses following the decision to shut-down the plant
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Business News: Sameer closes tyre plant, moves machinery to India
The manufacturer slid into a Sh652 million loss on account of re-organisation expenses following the decision to shut-down the plant
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We're likely to see US, UK stamping presence in 'petrodollar' dynamics
China and India are Nairobi’s critical strategic trade partners on the international stage.
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Indian Cabinet approves plans to build 10 reactors in bid to fast-track nuclear power quest
India’s Cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to build 10 nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of 7,000 megawatts, more than the country’s entire current capacity, to fast-track its domestic nuclear power program. The decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government marks the first strategic response to the near collapse of ...
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Police raid homes of ex-finance minister, son
India’s federal police on Tuesday searched the homes of former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son as part of an investigation into suspected corruption during his time in government. The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing whether a finance company owned by Chidambaram’s son Karti helped a client to ...
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SoftBank and Foxconn bring India some of world’s cheapest solar
Companies led by SoftBank Group Corp. and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. are bringing India some of the cheapest solar power in the world, helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi reach his ambitious clean-energy goals. In two auctions this week for renewable energy power-purchase contracts, bids from companies to supply clean ...
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Maruti Suzuki cuts middlemen out of hiring temporary workers
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has adopted a different model for hiring temporary workers at one of its plants, completely eliminating the role of middlemen, according to top company officials. The subsidiary of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp. and India’s largest carmaker is now hiring temporary workers directly, using the same selection ...
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Japan’s no-brand retailer Muji predicts big expansion in India after China success
A Japanese retailer famous for minimalist products and no-logo branding is betting big on India, the world’s most colorful retail market, as it pushes forward with an aggressive overseas expansion. Strong growth and demographic trends will eventually make India the second-largest international market for Muji stores, after China, said Satoru ...
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Business News: KRA seizes bhang worth Sh3.7 million at Malaba border
The first consignment was packaged in three sacks and packed together with 200 logs in transit to India via the Kilindini port in Mombasa on May 1.
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LG Electronics India Sees Its Sales Rise 60 Times and Employment Number 8 Times Since 1997
LG Electronics will celebrate the 20th anniversary this year since moving into India. The company set foot in the Indian market back in 1997 as it established an Indian local corporation in Noida, a planned city 25 kilometers southeast of New Delhi. Now, the company runs production bases in Noida ...
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India’s new property law seeks to protect home buyers
In 2010, Neena Nagpal and her husband spent their life savings on a flat outside Delhi that was never built. Now, a new law seeks to protect thousands of home buyers like her from unscrupulous property developers.
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State Bank of India targets small, medium-size Japanese firms to invest in country
The State Bank of India sees great opportunity in Japan and hopes to lure small and medium-size Japanese companies to invest in India, SBI Chairwoman Arundhati Bhattacharya said in Yokohama on Friday. “There is no doubt that we want to improve our Japan strategy,” Bhattacharya said. She and other SBI ...
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Maradona to visit India ahead of FIFA U-17 WC
Football legend Diego Maradona is set to visit the soccer-crazy city of Kolkata in September ahead of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup being hosted by India. The Argentine superstar will participate in a charity football match against Kolkata’s greatest cricket export and former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, the event promoters ...