The deer scent the wolves and stand silent and watchful. They turn and leap off like ballerinas, their plume-like tails raised in alarm." - Kathleen Valentine, Each Angel Burns: A Novel
"Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think about them."
- Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale"
NEW DELHI, JUNE 18 :
The President of India, Mr Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a State visit to Greece began his formal engagements today (June 18, 2018). He met his counterpart, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Presidential Mansion where he was accorded a ceremonial welcome prior to the meeting.
"Be not another, if you can be yourself. " - Paracelsus
4th meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 :
The Prime Minister,Mr Narendra Modi, today delivered closing remarks at the fourth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 :
Mr Venkaiah Naidu calls for constructive public discourse, not negative and divisive one in national interest Hosts high tea for RSTV professionals for landmark of one million YouTube subscribers .
NEW DELHI, JUNE 13 :
To enhance the representation of women in the State Police, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved raising two women Battalions for Jammu and Kashmir Police.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 13 :
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) should come up with a phased manufacturing plan to encourage manufacturing of electronic components other than mobile phones, suggested a recent ASSOCHAM-NECTI joint study.
"The child turns up still trusting these lies to be the truth."
― Patricia Dsouza, When Roses are Crushed
On World Day Against Child Labour 2018, the spotlight is on ending hazardous child labour. It is a priority in the wider ILO campaigns against child labour and for safe and healthy work for youth of legal working age – "Generation Safe & Healthy ."
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 :
The last date for online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2019 is September 15, 2018. Already 1,654 Registrations have been made on the website, out of which 1,207 nominations/recommendations completed since the nominations opened on May 01, 2018.
NEW DELHI, MAY 12 :
Following the bank's strong recovery and the Government of India's continued support Punjab National Bank (PNB) has been assigned Counterparty Risk Rating (CRR) from Moody's Investors Service.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 11 :
Continuing with its constant endeavour to ensure highest level of safety, operational efficiency and airport capacity, AAI has decided to augment the existing Air Traffic Control facilities of Indian Navy at Dabolim Airport, Goa which includes provision of real time data of air traffic operating in the airspace adjoining Goa airspace.
Joint press release by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, World Bank Group Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva and AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina on the occasion of their meeting in Berlin on 11 June 2018.
Our common approach of fostering international economic policy cooperation remains necessary to address global challenges, set new standards and improve the prospects for inclusive and sustainable growth.
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Holy Spirit who solves all promblems, who lights all roads so that I can attain my goal : James Redfield
NEWDELHI, JUNE 11 :
The Infrastructure segment is a key propeller for the Indian markets, contributing significantly to the growth of the national economy. Consequently, the Government of India lays special emphasis on this sector, initiating and establishing several regulatory, financial and operational structures to ensure the fast advancement of this sector.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 06 :
The President of India, Mr Ram Nath Kovind, in his closing remarks expressed satisfaction that participants at the conference contributed to meaningful discussions. He was confident the deliberations would strengthen our national effort to improve the lives of every Indian.
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder highlighted the importance of addressing the root causes of child labour, including in unpaid family work in agriculture. He spoke at a panel on child labour held on the sidelines of the International Labour Conference.
Thesynergyonline Economics Bureau
GENEVA : ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, called for urgent action to tackle the economic root causes of child labour, pointing out that attention needs to be paid not only to global supply chains, but also to unpaid family work in agriculture.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 05 :
With an objective of creating awareness about conservation of environment, Airports Authority of India Officers Institute celebrated the World Environment Day today.
On this occasion Mr Sudhir Raheja, Member (Planning) and Mr Anuj Aggarwal, Member (HR) planted saplings.
On the sidelines of the 107th International Labour Conference, Iraq completes ratification of ILO Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize.
GENEVA : The Government of Iraq has ratified the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) , bringing it into the group of countries that have ratified all eight ILO fundamental Conventions. It also brings to 68 the total number of ILO Conventions ratified by Iraq , which include three out of the four governance (priority) Conventions.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 04 : The Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, today addressed the opening session of the 49th Conference of Governors at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
The Prime Minister spoke at length about how Governors could leverage their experience in different walks of life, so that people derive maximum benefit of various central development schemes and initiatives. He said the institution of Governor has a pivotal role to play within the federal structure and Constitutional framework of our country.
DAHEJ, Gujarat , JUNE 04 :
The first LNG cargo under the long term contract between GAIL and Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore (GMTS) of Russia arrived today at the LNG terminal of Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) in Dahej, Gujarat. The LNG vessel "LNG Kano" carried 3.4 TBTU of LNG.
Taj Mahal Declaration adopted to Beat Plastic Pollution near the Taj Mahal; area upto 500m around the monument to be made litter free
Thesynergyonline Environment Bureau
NEW DELHI, JUNE 03 :
The Ministry of Culture held a high level stakeholders' workshop on the Taj Mahal in Agra today. Chaired by the Minister of State (I/C) of Culture and Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, the meeting was called to discuss the issues of pollution around Taj Mahal with a focus on drawing short term and long term measures to deal with the problem and to protect the Taj from environment pollution.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 01 :
The Vice President of India, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu,s said that a self-reliant nation cannot be built unless each individual is empowered to contribute to it. Delivering the 8th Nanaji Memorial Lecture organized by the Deendayal Research Institute, here today, the Vice President said that the country needs selfless leaders like Nanaji at the grass root level to inspire and empower each citizen to become a proud partner in India's progress.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told delegates at the ILO's International Labour Conference in Geneva that social justice should be a foundation of lasting peace. He also stressed the key role of decent work.
Thesynergyonline Economics Bureau
GENEVA : Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told the International Labour Conference (ILC) that having achieved peace, Colombia now needs to anchor it in social justice, by creating more jobs, tackling poverty and reducing inequality.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 01 : :
State-run gas utility GAIL has launched its 2nd round of Solicitation from June 01, 2018 to invite investment proposals from Start-Ups.
GAIL had launched its ambitious Starup initiative 'Pankh' in July' 2017 to invest in equity of promising Startups. It has created a corpus of Rs. 50 crore for these investments. In addition, it also provides mentoring to Start-ups operating in its core areas to help them scale-up faster.
NEW DELHI, MAY 31 :
“During the last 48 months India has witnessed an extraordinary transformation in almost all the spheres of human activity and progress. Developmental initiatives and relentless efforts of the Government of India ensured that fruits of the development have reached the last mile in the remotest corner of India .
NEW DELHI, MAY 31 :
With the current trend of double digit passenger traffic growth in aviation the Airports Authority of India is giving a major boost to the provision of Air Traffic Services by implementing state-of-the-art RADAR projects in the North-Eastern region of India.
NEW DELHI, MAY 30 :
Oil and Natural Corporation registered 36.2 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 5,915.12 crore for the quarter ended March 2018 (Q4FY’18) on a standalone basis as compared to net profit of Rs 4,340 crore in the corresponding quarter previous fiscal (2016-17).
GENEVA :
The unemployment rate in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) has risen to the world’s highest level, at 27.4 per cent in 2017, says an annual report of the International Labour Organization (ILO), entitled The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories .
Women and youth are part
NEW DELHI, MAY 29 :
The Vice President of India, Mr M Venkaiah Naidu, has said that the role and contribution of a teacher in the formation of a nation is immense and praiseworthy.
NEW DELHI, MAY 29 :
The President of India, Mr Ram Nath Kovind, addressed the annual convocation of the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University in Surat, Gujarat, on Tuesday (May 29, 2018).
GENEVA :
The ILO and the Global March Against Child Labour (Global March) will be holding a joint event during the 107th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva to mark the World Day Against Child Labour and the 20th anniversary of the Global March.
Research is crucial in transforming our country into a knowledge economy
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NEW DELHI, MAY 28 :
The Vice President of India, Mr Venkaiah Naidu has said that peace was prerequisite for progress and attention could not be paid to developmental activities if there was tension on border.
International Labour Conference to address a range of issues, including workplace violence, women at work, social dialogue, application of standards and development cooperation.
Thesynergyonline Economics Bureau
GENEVA : The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, warned of ‘heightened tension in the world’ as he addressed the opening of the 107th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC).
NEW DELHI, MAY 27 :
The Prime Minister of India, Mri Narendra Modi, on Sunday, dedicated to the nation, two newly built expressways in the Delhi NCR Region. The first of these is the 14 lane, access controlled, Phase-I of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, stretching from Nizamuddin Bridge to Delhi UP Border. The second project to be dedicated to the nation is the 135 km long Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), stretching from Kundli on NH 1 to Palwal on NH 2.
NEW DELHI, MAY 23 :
In a bid to meet the aggressive air traffic growth, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has embarked upon creation of world class R & D Center at Hyderabad to develop in-house research capabilities in the field of airport and air navigation services.
NEW DELHI, MAY 23 :
The Vice President of India, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, has said that there is an immense investment potential in the Northeastern region and ASEAN countries should not be allowed to miss that opportunity. He was addressing the 2nd Convocation of National Institute of Technology, in Dimapur, Nagaland today.
9TH convocation of Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry
NEW DELHI, MAY 21 : The President of India,Mr Ram Nath Kovind, addressed the 9th convocation of the Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry today (May 21, 2018) in Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
NEW DELHI, MAY 21 :
A team of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has successfully summited the third highest and most challenging peak, Mt Kanchenjunga.
Adi Shankara was not only a great philosopher but an extraordinary poet;
NEW DELHI, MAY 21 : The Vice President of India, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that along with "gross national income", we must focus on how science and technology can foster greater "happiness" and better quality of life as well as harmonious inclusive societies.
Udan scheme proposed to be extended to all the under-served destinations
Thesynergyonline Tourism Bureau
NEW DELHI, MAY 18 : The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, Mr. K. J. Alphons held a high level meeting with the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Suresh Prabhu and Minister of State for Civil Aviation,Mr Jayant Sinha along with senior officials from both the Ministries regarding providing better air connectivity for tourist destinations.
Flagship report highlights the critical role of social dialogue in creating decent work and inclusive growth. But it also notes that much more needs to be done to promote the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Thesynergyonline Economics Bureau
PARIS : A report by the Global Deal partnership says social dialogue plays a key role in creating decent jobs and improved performance for business but that new efforts are needed to ensure the recognition and realisation of the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
NEW DELHI, MAY 17 :
Punjab National Bank (PNB), Delhi Zone, organized the credit distribution function (loan fair) at Dr Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi under the Prime Minister's Money Scheme. Currency loans were distributed to 511 beneficiaries belonging to he Scheduled Caste / Tribes / Other Backward Classes and Minorities of the society.
NEW DELHI, MAY 17 :
Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) organized a workshop on "Strategic Performance Measurement – Route to Successful Strategy Execution" which was inaugurated by Mr Ved Prakash, Chairman, SCOPE & CMD, MMTC in the presence of large many senior executives of public sector enterprises.
• Every month 50 new patients are diagnosed with kidney disease due to hypertension
• Among these 50 patients half are below 40yrs of age
Thesynergyonline Health Bureau
LUCKNOW, MAY 16 :
Instituted by the World Hypertension League (WHL) in 2005, each year World Hypertension Day is celebrated on May 17 to increase the awareness of Hypertension and related disease. With numerous studies and stories hypertension and cardiac ailments are well established relationship but fewer know that hypertension can results in renal failure as well.
NEW DELHI, MAY 15 :
Air Traffic Flow Management Steering Group was constituted by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with an objective to address the air traffic flow capacity management (ATFCM) and form regulation to avoid exceeding flow of air traffic beyond the airport and air space capacity.
NEW DELHI, MAY 15 :
Punjab National Bank ( PNB) Punjab National Bank ( PNB) gross domestic business grew 7.8 year- -on-year s in the fourth quarter (Q4 FY'18) over the corresponding period last year to Rs. 10.31 lakh crore.
<i>“When we combine very real workplace inequalities with these romantic opt-out stories,</i> the idea that "having it all" is a laughable goal becomes enshrined as immutable truth. And when we portray opting out as a simple matter of "choice," we ignore the systematic problems that make combining work and motherhood so difficult.”
Emily Matchar Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity
NEW DELHI, MAY 14 :
A survey conducted by ProEves, aleading childcare & maternity solutions provider,and Medela India, leading manufacturer of breast pumps and nursing accessories, revealed that one of the most common reasons why new mothers switch from breastfeeding to formula feeding once they get back to work, is the lack of breastfeeding support and facilities at their workplace.
ILO flagship report estimates job losses and job
creation as the world moves to a greener economy.
Thesynergyonline Economics Bureau
GENEVA : Twenty-four million new jobs will be created globally by 2030 if the right policies to promote a greener economy are put in place, a new ILO report says.
MUMBAI, MAY 13 :
Shrimad Jagatguru Shankaracharya Param Pujya Vidyanarsimha Bharati Swami of Math at Karvir, Kolhapur, chose to honoured Lata Mangeshkar with the ‘Swara Mauli’ title and conferred the same to her at her Prabhu Kunj residence in Mumbai on May 12.
The South African President will join global body poised to make recommendations for a rapidly transforming world of work.
GENEVA : The President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, joins a top-level Commission on the Future of Work set up by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2017.
With nonstop Mother's Day endorsements and mothers of all age, shapes and sizes being features in news stories feature moms of all ages, shapes and sizes can be a ruthless reminder that your dream of becoming a mother is incomplete. It is a rather difficult period to cope up with the fact that you are childless and infertile.
NEW DELHI, MAY 11 :
Airports Authority of India and AAI Employees Friends Society organized a Blood Donation Camp on Friday in association with Indian Red Cross Society at its Corporate Headquarters, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, New Delhi.
Seafarers to continue receiving wages if held by pirates
The Special Tripartite Committee approved amendments of the Maritime Labour Convention providing for seafarers to continue to be paid if held captive as a result of piracy or armed robbery against ships.
Thesynergyonline Economics Bureau
GENEVA : Seafarers held captive as a result of an act of piracy or armed robbery against ships will continue to receive their wages and entitlements during their period of captivity under amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) adopted by the Special Tripartite Committee of the MLC, 2006 at a recent meeting at the ILO in Geneva.
AAI modernization plan ; signs contract with Harris Corporation
NEW DELHI, MAY 10 :
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a 15-year contract worth Rs. 945 crore with Harris Corporation for its Futuristic Telecommunications Infrastructure initiatives. Harris Corporation will serve as the prime contractor and systems integrator for the same.
The Indian real estate sector is one of the biggest markets in the world. From past few years, the said sector has gone through a lot of transformation. The technological advancement and the contemporary way of conducting the business which is adopted massively by Indian realtors have brought monumental changes in the real estate market.
Where EVs and charging are synonymous , conjuncture
and fittingly well
NEW DELHI, MAY 08 :
The Government of India is taking slew of initiatives to promote mass adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) to achieve sustainability and energy security.It will also combat air pollution and climate change.
NEW DELHI, MAY 07 :
The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), the Delhi-based research institute which specialises in studying India’s industrialisation issues, today celebrated its 31st Foundation Day at its campus.
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