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The Importance of Systems in giant opens tech Achieving Goals Saudi petrochem centre in Bangalore Setting and achieving goals can be very overwhelming if systems aren't put in place. A system can take many different forms. It can be a simple postit reminder or it can be a routine that you follow on a regular basis. According to Joe Dowie Once you start setting goals, it's tough not to want to set them in all areas of your life – school, work, exercise, your dreams, hobbies, the way you want to act, etc. If systems aren't put in place, it's very hard to keep everything organized and consistent. To achieve a goal, consistency is very important. We have all set out to do something, only to get off track. We'll remember a couple weeks later and try starting it up again, but it never works that way. A year later you think about what could have been. Adding a goal is usually a change in your life, and change takes time to work into your schedule. Starting out small is a great way to incorporate change – it's not too demanding of your time, but you're able to start building a foundation. For example, a lot of people have a goal to exercise more. Starting out with a 10-minute workout is a great place to start. It's not that difficult to squeeze 10 minutes into your busy schedule – finding a system to make it stick is the key. Maybe you walk during lunch, work out in the morning before you start your day or at the end of your day to get rid of all the stress, whatever works for you. Finding those systems that work for you, and not worrying about what other people are doing, will help you be very successful in achieving your goals. As you develop more and more goals and systems, it's important to keep these things organized. Starting your day with a checklist of goals is a great system to keep track of all your goals and systems. Some people have a big chalkboard, others put it on their refrigerator, and some even write it on their hand. It sounds funny, but finding your way is important. Don't look to do something just because it works for someone else. Find your path and be creative!
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BANGALORE: Saudi Arabia's $50 billion diversified petro-chemicals major Sabic opened its technology centre in this tech hub for research in chemistry, material science, process engineering and analytics. Saudi Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayana Al-Saud unveiled the $100-million (Rs.620 crore) technology centre, spread over 46 acres in the city's southern suburb. Ranking among the world's top firms in the field, Sabic -- formally called Saudi Basic Industries Corp -- is a diversified manufacturing company, active in chemicals and intermediates, industrial polymers, fertilisers and metals. "As a strategic centre of excellence, the research facility will cater to global and TM
regional needs of our diversified customers," Sabic chief executive Mohamed H. Al-Mady said on the occasion. Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Srikant Kumar Jena and union Minister of Minority Affairs Rahman Khan were present on the occasion. As part of Sabic's 17 global research and development centres, the Bangalore facility will conduct innovative research in many related fields, including products and processes for its global customers, with 300 scientists and engineers. "We are proud to have our facility in Bangalore, which is a worldrenowned centre for technology in India," Saud bin Abdullah said.
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Addressing the challenges facing Africa requires the international community to act with resolve, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today, adding that the recent upsurge of violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) is yet another reminder of the need for urgency in taking action. Speaking at the Elysée Summit for Peace and Security in Africa, hosted by the French Government in Paris, Mr. Ban noted that considerable progress has been made in recent years on the continent. “In many African countries, the economy is boosted, democracy has developed, civil society mobilized and stability and peace gained ground. Africans have turned a new page in their history.” However, while recognizing the achievements and advances, “we must also act with resolve on Africa's challenges,” he stated, adding that transnational organized crime, piracy, drugtrafficking and terrorism are taking a growing toll, exploiting weaknesses in institutions, borders and the rule of law. The persistence of regional conflicts is another cause of great concern, said Mr. Ban. “Mali has made important electoral progress, but the threat of extremism is very much alive and there is an urgent need for an inclusive dialogue that addresses the root causes of the conflict.”
East African trade bloc approves monetary union deal
KAMPALA: The leaders of five East African countries signed a protocol on Saturday laying the groundwork for a monetary union within 10 years that they expect will expand regional trade. Heads of state of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, which have already signed a common market and a single customs union, say the protocol will allow them to progressively converge their www.alma.in
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Alma Kids has now opened its franchise opportunities to those who are working in educational sector or willing to join this business proposition. Alma Kids has made competitive and flexible opportunities for franchise network. The first phase of Alma Kids campaign is going to begin January 2014 in North India states including J a m m u & K a s h m i r, P u n j a b , Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh while in South India states Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Kerala would be included. Shri Shukla briefed that the franchise is open for all those who are interested in Preschool education with deep devotion. The centre heads of Alma Computer Education Center could avail of these opportunities for further extension of their existing projects. He concludes that those who are interested in franchise opportunity of Alma Kids may contact at Helpline: 0 9993950000 or through email: preschool@alma.in, d i r e c t o r @ a l m a . i n We b s i t e : www.almakids.com, www.alma.asia
currencies and increase commerce. In the run-up to achieving a common currency, the East African Community (EAC) nations aim to harmonise monetary and fiscal policies and establish a common central bank. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda already present their budgets simultaneously every June. The plan by the region of about 135 million people, a new frontier for oil and gas exploration, is also meant to draw foreign investment and wean EAC countries off external aid."The promise of economic development and prosperity hinges on our integration," said Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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INDORE: Study Centres of aiita had recently conducted aiita monthly seminar series topic for which was Mobile Cloud Computing. Centre Head Shri Titus Mukhia told that the seminar was successful. There were more than 90 students. He gave expertise knowledge on Mobile Cloud Computing. He congratulated aiita staff for co-operating and guidance. aiita monthly seminar series started by aiita for last 15 months has been
getting a huge response across the country with exiting zest of centre heads and their faculties to conduct it. This is informed by the President of aiita Shri Santosh Shukla, Advocate. Shri Shukla further told that the seminar on Mobile Cloud Computing got positive response from student community as well as faculties. aiita got number of snaps and reports of Mobile Cloud Computing seminar across the country.
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Ties with India different from Need more American investment into India, says Sibal that with China, says Japan
NEW DELHI: Japan said its ties with India were warm and friendly and unencumbered by any "pending issues to resolve", unlike with China, and New Delhi has now replaced Beijing as the largest recipient of Tokyo's Official Development Assistance (ODA). Sakutaro Tanino, press secretary to visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, made clear that Japan's relations with China and with India were "totally different" and should not be viewed together. Tanino said India-Japan ties are marked by "mutual warm sentiments for each other" and there are "no big pending issues to resolve, unlike with China ... and with no territorial disputes or problems". Japan and China are locked in a territorial dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea. Japan had increased its ODA to China following the 1992 visit by the
Emperor and Empress to Beijing. Aid has, however, declined following their conflict over the islands, which are believed to be rich in hydrocarbons and other minerals. Tanino also said that the visit of the imperial couple to India had been thought of four years ago, but the decision was "postponed". "Some idea (for the visit) was entertained four years ago, but was postponed," he said. "India is now the biggest recipient of Japanese ODA... Earlier, China was No.1, now India is No.1," said the official, adding that Delhi Metro rail was a symbol of the development aid. The assistance in the form of grants-in-aid and soft loans was for development projects in India, including the Mumbai-Delhi Freight Corridor and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. The ODA would also benefit Japanese businesses, he added. "The relationship with China is strained and difficult due to territorial problem," he said, adding that Japan had its "doors open" for dialogue to resolve the issue. "The relationship with China and with India are two totally different issues... should not be seen to be linked," said Tanino. The imperial visit "should not be interpreted as a measure to counter our relationship with China", he clarified.
NEW DELHI: Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Monday called for greater investments from US-based companies in India to create jobs and buying capacity for the local population. "You need to invest in agriculture, medical (sector), electronics and education. Unless you help Indian economy, you won't be able to increase buying capacity of Indian consumers," Sibal said at the the ninth Indo-US Resurgence Summit held here. "The (US investors) are interested in selling their aircraft, defence equipments, but that is not the way to converge in this partnership." According to Indian government estimates, the Indo-US trade in merchandise goods for the calendar year 2012 stood at $62.85 billion with balance of trade surplus of $18.18 billion in favour of India.On the other hand, civilian and military orders placed by India with American companies have created thousands of jobs in the US. Notwithstanding the growing trade ties, the US under its strategic partnership wants to co-develop new systems for civilian and military purposes with India. The minister, who was speaking at the event organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), also attacked the US government policy of restricting visas to Indian information technology (IT) professionals. "You are a country that talks about liberalisation of global economy and yet you are increasing cost of our IT sector by trying to impose restriction on our people trying to go to US. I don't think this is the right attitude for partners," Sibal said. Sibal added that the trade between the two countries can rapidly expand, and pointed at the enormous opportunity for the companies of two sides to collaborate in areas like manufacture of consumer durables as there is exponential demand in India.
India's Mars mission enters second stage; outpaces space rival China India's first mission to Mars left Earth's orbit early on Sunday, clearing a critical hurdle in its journey to the red planet and overtaking the efforts in space of rival Asian giant China. The success of the spacecraft, scheduled to orbit Mars by next September, would carry India into a small club, which includes the United States, Europe and Russia, whose probes have orbited or landed on Mars. India's venture, called Mangalyaan, faces more hurdles on its journey to Mars. Fewer than half of missions to the planet are successful. "While Mangalyaan takes 1.2 billion dreams to Mars, we wish you sweet dreams!" India's space agency said in a tweet soon after the event, referring to the citizens of the world's second-most populous country. China, a keen competitor in the space race, has considered the possibility of putting a man on the moon sometime after 2020 and aims to land its first probe on the moon on Monday. It will deploy a buggy called the "Jade Rabbit" to explore the lunar surface in a mission that will also test its deep space communication technologies. China's Mars probe rode piggyback on a Russian spacecraft that failed to leave Earth's orbit in November 2011. The spacecraft crumbled in the atmosphere and its fragments fell into the Pacific Ocean. India's mission showcases the country's cheap technology, encouraging hopes it could capture more of the $304-billion global space market, which includes launching satellites for other countries, analysts say. "Given its cost-effective technology, India is attractive," said Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, an expert on space security at the Observer Research Foundation think-tank in Delhi. India's low-cost Mars mission has a price tag of 4.5 billion rupees, just over onetenth of the cost of NASA's latest mission there, which launched on November 18. "BIG ACHIEVEMENT" Homegrown companies - including India's largest infrastructure group Larsen & Toubro , one of its biggest conglomerates, Godrej & Boyce, stateowned aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Walchand Nagar Industries - made more than two-thirds of the parts for both the probe and the rocket that launched it on November 5. India's probe completed six orbits around Earth before Sunday's "slingshot," which set it on a path around the sun to carry it toward Mars. The slingshot requires precise calculations to eliminate the risk of missing the new orbit. "Getting to Mars is a big achievement," said Mayank Vahia, a professor in the astronomy and astrophysics department of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai.
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Wipro buys US mortgage firm for $75 million BANGALORE: Indian IT bellwether Wipro Ltd M o n d a y announced it had acquired Opus CMC, a USbased leading mortgage firm, for $75 million (Rs.467 crore) to strengthen its mortgage solutions and outsourcing business. The eight-year-old Illinois-based Opus Capital Markets Consultants provides risk management solutions, including due diligence to the mortgage industry in the US. "The Opus acquisition will help us expand in the mortgage back-office segment, and bring differentiated capability with a platform-based risk management offering," Wipro Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) segment vice-president Manoj Punja said in a statement here. With 490 employees, including 315 loan underwriters and operating from five centres across the
US, Opus offers advisory services on mortgage products, residential and commercial, ranging from reunderwriting whole loans to collateral reviews of securitized pools. Several global banks, mortgage conduits, mortgage investors and independent mortgage originators are among its global customers. "As Opus has an experienced team with understanding of the emerging needs of mortgage business, we believe it will lead with innovative offerings and extend these capabilities to our banking and financial services customers as well," Punja said. Leveraging its capabilities with Opus domain knowledge, the global software major will offer end-to-end solutions to all mortgage players with automation and analytics. "As our industry is driven by the consumer financial protection bureau and government agencies, Wipro will help us assist our clients in navigating the new mortgage regulations and changing business environment," Opus cofounder Joseph Andrea said in the statement. Wipro hopes to complete the transaction, including a deferred earn-out component by fourth quarter of this fiscal.
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Tata Projects bags industrial infrastructure award HYDERAB A D : Ta t a Projects Ltd., a n engineering procurement construction s e r v i c e provider, won the Industrial Infrastructure Project of the Year Award at the Dun & Bradstreet Infra Awards 2013. According to a statement by the Tata Projects here, its Rourkela Steel Plant blast furnace, the largest in India, was adjudged
the best in this category for 2013. This project was selected by an independent jury comprising Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer and managing director, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor; N. Salecha, joint secretary, ministry of urban development, and Ashok Gupta, dean (Infrastructure) at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi. The award was received by Manzoor Ameen, chief strategy officer on behalf of the Tata Projects Ltd. from N. Salecha and Kaushal Sampat, president and chief executive officer Dun & Bradstreet. On this occasion, the Dun & Bradstreet also released its annual publication, 'India's Leading Infrastructure Companies 2013'. Tata Projects Ltd. also featured in this publication.
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Ms. Preeti Vyas of USA gets felicitated by IBP INDORE: "It's my greatest honor to be associated with one of the pioneering Brahmin organizations across the world and got the felicitation by it. I have been devoted to Vedic Culture and Indian heritage since my childhood and followed that where there I have been to from New Zealand, France and Indianapolis (USA). I am proud of it", were the views of Ms. Preeti Vyas of Indianapolis (USA) during the honor by International Brahmin Parliament (IBP). She has been honored by the President Shri Santosh Shukla, Advocate and staff members of IBP. On this occasion Shri Shukla told that IBP is the cosmopolitan organization that works in promoting Vedic culture and Indian Heritage across the world. IBP works in more than 50 countries of Americas, Europe, Australia and Africa. Ms. Vyas shared women empowerment views with great vibes and inspire women staff of IBP. She was congratulated by the members of IBP and well-wishers. During her visit prominent scholar Shri Jaydayal Vyas accompanied her.
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Gold rush in space? Asteroid miners ICT Excellence Awards-2013 in China's IT sector to gross prepare, but $2.04 trillion in 2013 Rodrigues (Mauritius) eye water first BEIJING: The
Mining in space is moving from science fiction to commercial reality but metals magnates on this planet need not fear a mountain of extraterrestrial supply - the aim is to fuel human voyages deeper into the galaxy. Within three years, two firms plan prospecting missions to passing asteroids. When even a modest space rock might meet demand for metals like platinum or gold for centuries, it is little wonder storytellers have long fantasised that to harness cosmic riches could make, and break, fortunes on Earth. But with no way to bring much ore or metal down from the heavens, new ventures that have backing from some serious - and seriously rich - business figures, as well as interest from NASA, will focus on using space minerals in interplanetary "gas stations" or to build, support and fuel colonies on Mars. There may be gold up there, but the draw for now is water for investors willing to get the new industry off the ground.Governments believe it has a future; NASA has a project that may put astronauts on an asteroid in under a decade and on Mars in the 2030s. And if the costs seem high, grumblers are told that one day the new skills might just save mankind from sharing the fate of the dinosaurs - if we can learn how to stop a massive asteroid smashing into Earth. "We are dreamers," declares the web site of Deep Space Industries (DSI), next to an image of a wheel-like metal station hooked up to a giant floating rock. But what the U.S.-based startup firm calls the first small steps in a "long play" to develop the resources of space are about to happen. A priority is using hydrogen and oxygen, the components of water locked in compounds on asteroids, to refuel rockets. Early in 2016, the first of DSI's exploration satellites, smaller than toasters, will hitch-hike into space on rockets carrying other payloads and start scouting for suitable rocks. The same year, another U.S.-based venture, Planetary Resources, expects to launch prospecting craft hunting viable asteroids."They are the lowhanging fruit of the solar system," said Eric Anderson, an American aerospace engineer and co-founder of Planetary Resources, which lists Google's Larry Page and Virgin billionaire Richard Branson among its backers. "They are just there and they are not difficult to get to and they are not difficult to get away from," he told Reuters.
PORT LOUIS: The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) is organizing the third edition of the ICT Excellence Awards to reward the outstanding provisioning and/or use of ICT, from both Government and the Private Sector operating in Mauritius and Rodrigues. Launched in 2011, the ICT Excellence Awards are part of the Ministry of ICT commitment to acknowledge the vital work and recognize the outstanding performance and exceptional contribution by innovators in the ICT community and organizations through the use of ICT tools and processes that have improved efficiency and effectiveness of business, government service delivery and impact to the wider community. This is informed by Shri Anil Audit of International Informatics Mauritius Limited (IIML). Shri Audit further informed that Individuals/Companies who wish to participate in the ICT Excellence Award 2013 should follow the instructions below: Prospective nominees should send a write-up proposal outlining why they deserve the respective Award.
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sales revenue of China's information technology sector will hit 12.5 trillion yuan in 2013. A Ministry of Industry and Information Technology official said that in the first nine months of 2013, the sector's sales revenue reached 8.98 trillion yuan, up 14 percent year on year. Ding Wenwu, chief of the ministry's electronics and information department, made the comments at the 13th China Tianjin Information Technology Exposition, which opened in Tianjin. According to China Daily, Ding said that China's information technology sector has maintained stable growth in the past three years, with its output of mobile phones, computers and color TV sets world leading. He said that with new developments such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing and big data, the information technology sector faces new growth opportunities.
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Women empowerment is need of the hour: Mark Mary Half of the world population is of women and their potential could not be erase easily in terms of Social, Cultural, Educational, Economical, Political, Industrial, Business and Intellectual spheres. In the age of Internet Technology and sophisticated lifestyle, the global economy counts a lot and that differentiates the importance of women power. Women empowerment is need of the hour because without appreciating their potential we cannot max out the things that our suppose to be growth index and guiding factor of business management. It is the prime duty of the government of every country to provide a solid foundation that nurtures the inner strength, creativity and selfesteem of women from all walks of life. With this base established well, women are able to go out into the world, prepared to handle any challenge with skills, confidence and grace. They come to the forefront, where they become agents of peace and positive social change for themselves, their families, other women and their society. According to her Spain has the thirteenth largest economy by nominal GDP in the world, and fourteenth largest by purchasing power parity. She is in views of supporting women in every respect so as to surface out their inborn potential in maximizing national growth.
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