India and its Youth : The Viewspaper Youth personifies caliber, potential, diligence, novelty and innovation. Blatantly, we all concede the fact that the youth have a broad perception of things and if guided by well-versed hands, they have the caliber to trigger the whole dormant government mechanism and make it operational in the real sense. However, in the present political scenario, we find very meager portion of youth in the political parties and within the political realms. There is a long running monopoly of old members in our political system. And when it comes to youth, they say they do not have the required experience and are too amateur to initiate and take national decisions affecting every citizen of our country. What a baseless allegation! Recently, the present election exemplifies the dynamic changes that have come up in the thoughts of the people. The recent Mumbai terror assault is a major example of the people’s fury.
Australia - Klimat, pogoda, temperatura Strona główna » Odyssei Pogoda » Australia - Klimat, pogoda, temperatura Zobacz zdjęcia Temperatura powietrza Klimat Australii Większość terytorium Australii połozona jest w strefie klimatu zwrotnikowego kontynentalnego suchego lub wybitnie suchego. Średnia miesięczna temperatura powietrza w lipcu wynosi 20-25°C, jednak na południowym - wscodzie i Tasmanii spada do 10°C, a w górach poniżej 5°C. Roczna suma opadów atmosferycznych przedstawia się następująco:- 50 mm - Nizina Nullarbor- 100 mm - rejon Jeziora Eyre- 1000-2000 mm - wschodnie wybrzeże i Tasmania Materiał źródłowy: Popularna Encyklopedia Powszechna. Australia - co jeszcze Cię interesuje? Wybierz obszar, który cię interesuje:
The World Bank’s open data: 7 apps to play with Sanjay Pradhan was thrilled when, at age six, a cart full of sweets was wheeled to his family’s doorstep in Bihar, India. The gift, however, was intended as a bribe for his father, who was responsible for building roads in India’s poorest state. “My father had developed a firm stance against corruption, even though he was harassed and threatened,” says Pradhan in this moving talk from TEDGlobal 2012. “His was a lonely struggle, because Bihar was also India’s most corrupt state, where public officials were enriching themselves rather than serving the poor.” Years later, Pradhan joined the World Bank, which aims to fight poverty by transferring aid from rich to poor countries. However, he was quickly disillusioned. Pradhan, now the vice president of the World Bank Institute, believes that the spirit of openness is changing international aid. Poverty DataFinder (for iOS or Android). Happy data excavating.
International - the global coalition against corruption With governments committing huge sums to tackle the world's most pressing problems, from the instability of financial markets to climate change and poverty, corruption remains an obstacle to achieving much needed progress. The 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index shows that nearly three quarters of the 178 countries in the index score below five, on a scale from 10 (highly clean) to 0 (highly corrupt). These results indicate a serious corruption problem. To address these challenges, governments need to integrate anti-corruption measures in all spheres, from their responses to the financial crisis and climate change to commitments by the international community to eradicate poverty. Notable among decliners over the past year are some of the countries most affected by a financial crisis precipitated by transparency and integrity deficits. Read the ReportDownload French report About this table Click the column headings to sort the table by rank or country.
Hilton Foods Forms Australian Joint Venture | FDBusiness.com Posted on11 January 2013. Hilton Food Group, Europe’s leading specialist retail meat packing business, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Woolworths, Australia’s largest retailer. The joint venture has been established through a new company, Woolworths Meat Co, which is 50 per cent owned by a new Hilton subsidiary, Hilton Foods Asia Pacific, and 50 per cent owned by Woolworths. Woolworths Meat Co will operate the Bunbury Meat Centre at Bunbury, near Perth, Western Australia under an agreement commencing early in 2013. The board of Hilton believes that good opportunities exist for further collaboration with Woolworths in Australia through the new joint venture. Currently supplying major retailers in 12 countries across Europe, Hilton operates from six European locations and is a large supplier to Tesco, Ahold and Coop Danmark. Woolworths has been serving Australian customers for more than 80 years.
Better Transportation Options=Healthier Lives The NewPublicHealth National Prevention Strategy series is under way, including interviews with Cabinet Secretaries and their National Prevention Council designees, exploring the impact of transportation, education and more on health. “Better Transportation Options = Healthier Lives” tells a visual story on the role of transportation in the health of our communities. Some highlights: Public transit users walk an average of 19 minutes getting to and from public transportation.Countries with lower rates of obesity tend to have higher rates of commuters who walk or bike to work.The risk of obesity increases 6 percent with every additional mile spent in the car, and decreases 5 percent with every kilometer walked.Lengthy commutes cost $100 billion each year in excess fuel costs and lost productivity.More than 30,000 people died in car wrecks in 2010.Strong seatbelt and child safety laws resulted in a 25 percent decrease in car accident deaths since 2005.
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Hilton extends reach with Woolworths Ltd JV Hilton Foods announced yesterday (11 January) it has reached an agreement with Australian grocer Woolworths Ltd to operate a joint venture company. The move will mark Hilton's first foray into the Australian market and could point to further expansion plans in the region. Katy Askew reports. Hilton Foods and Woolworths Ltd have joined forces to form a joint venture operation that will supply Woolworths stores in western Australia. The deal establishes a new company, Woolworths Meat Co, in which Hilton Foods subsidiary Hilton Foods Asia Pacific Ltd will hold a 50% stake. The firm will operate the Bunbury Meat Centre, which currently supplies 84 Woolworths stores in Western Australia with a range of fresh meat including beef, lamb and pork and value added products. "We do not expect Hilton to inject any capital into the JV, with Woolworths providing for any investment Hilton brings its operational expertise to the company," Shirley writes in a note to investors.
America's (Really) Big Ideas Deficit | Umair Haque. Eudaimonics. Redesigning Global Prosperity. NB--this is an archived version of the very first essay I wrote on the internets, in 2004 (i think :). i've republished it here in 2012 (dis)honor of SOPA.The New Economics of Music: File-Sharing and Double Moral Hazard Part 1: Why the Music Industry is (Really) Broken ‘The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing’ – Cory Doctorow Every major label 's setting up an iTunes these days. I reached this conclusion because, as I was scoping BoingBoing one day, I read Cory's statement, and it struck me as exactly right. Fundamentally, I'm going to argue that consumers download music, as much to derive extra value from getting something for free, as they do because they want insurance against buying something they didn't want in the first place. Here are the basic economics of the music industry: The major record labels assume market risk in exchange for value. We can also look at this through the lens of contract theory. Now, in most real-world markets, information is an issue.
Outsourcing in India | Health care Reform Please support our site by enabling javascript to view ads. MUMBAI, India – U.S. healthcare reform gave 32 million new Americans insurance, the new U.S. president a feather for his cap and a good seven years' boon to the workload of India's $61 billion outsourcing industry. India's Economic Times declared it the industry's "biggest bonanza yet" and "far bigger than the Y2K." Finance and banking, telecommunications and manufacturing are the sectors that provide the lion's share of work to India's outsourcers. India's BPO and information technology exporting industry grew about 6 percent the fiscal year ending this March, according to NASSCOM, but is expected to more than double its growth — up to 15 percent — this year. It's the classic outsourcing debate but with a newer, larger scale: Does the $940-billion bill, coming as unemployment persists at just under 10 percent, mean sending another round of jobs abroad? That's where Firstsource Solutions, a Mumbai-based IT firm, sees an opening.
Women in Paris finally allowed to wear trousers On January 31, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France's minister of women's rights, made it officially impossible to arrest a woman for wearing trousers in the French capital. The law was kept in place until now, despite repeated attempts to repeal it, in part because officials said the unenforced rule was not a priority, and part of French "legal archaeology." In July however, in a public request directed at Ms Vallaud-Belkacem, Alain Houpert, a senator and member of the conservative UMP party, said the "symbolic importance" of the law "could injure our modern sensibilities," and he asked the minister to repeal it. Ms Vallaud-Belkacem agreed, and in a published statement on Jan. 31st wrote: "This ordinance is incompatible with the principles of equality between women and men, which are listed in the Constitution, and in France's European commitments. "From that incompatibility follows the implicit abrogation of the ordinance."
Worldwide Retirement ages This map shows the statutory retirement age for men in the private sector. The statutory retirement age is the age at which men working in the private sector can retire and receive full benefits. This map shows the statutory retirement age for women in the private sector. The statutory retirement age is the age at which women working in the private sector can retire and receive full benefits. This map shows the difference between men and women in statutory retirement age. The statutory retirement age is the age at which a person working in the private sector can retire and receive full benefits. This map shows the minimum pensionable age for men. This map shows the minimum pensionable age for women. This map shows the difference between men and women in minimum pensionable age. This map shows is it mandatory or not to retire at the statutory retirement age.