August 26, 2010 – 5:39 pm
For those who think management lessons are taught only inside the air conditioned classrooms, Xavier Institute Of Management, Bhubaneswar has a different approach. It has a tradition of reaching out and contributing to the weaker sections of the society and thus creating management graduates who are sensitive towards society.
A group of students from XIMB have [...]
August 21, 2010 – 6:42 pm
Mr Shantaram Naik M.P strongly opposed nationalization of mines in thecountry although, he said, he is personally inclined towards socialist policies and that in principle, he would certainly like natural resources to be in the hands of the State.
Mr Naik , who was participating in a debate in the Rajya Sabha held on Friday, on [...]
Amidst acute poverty across South Asia, the five states of Delhi, Kerala, Goa, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have the least number of poor people in India, according to a new measure of global poverty developed at the University of Oxford for the UNDP.
The new measure, called the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), has been developed and [...]
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up of a new Greenfield International Airport at Mopa of international standards in Goa. The new airport at Mopa will be constructed on a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis, for which, a private entity will be selected through a global tendering process. The Cabinet also decided to grant [...]
Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Shri Prithviraj Chavan informed Mr. Shantaram Naik, MP in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha that instruments worth 12.30 crores are going to be installed at Meteorological Centre, Goa.
Shri Chavan further told Mr. Naik that a Doppler Weather Radar costing Rs.11 crores, Global Positioning System based Upper Air System [...]
Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) has achieved yet another milestone in its journey towards indigenous production of high-tech GRP interceptor boats by successfully delivering 61 boats to various states /UTs under coastal security scheme of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the marine police.
These boats have been designed and constructed for deployment in Indian territorial waters [...]
March 18, 2010 – 11:36 am
In what appears to be the defence ministry’s flipflop on expansion of the Dabolim airport, A K Antony on Wednesday said the Indian Navy has no qualms in letting it happen.
Speaking to the media after commissioning the Indian Coast Guard ship Vishvast at Goa Shipyard Limited in Vasco, the defence minister said all obstacles to [...]
December 4, 2009 – 8:47 pm
There is little business at the Goa beaches at the start of the peak tourist season because allotment of beach shacks has been delayed.
“I have never seen Goa like this. It is so lifeless. Look at the beaches. It’s only private shacks that are open presently and they are very few. It is a very [...]
December 1, 2009 – 6:31 pm
German major Bosch will invest Euro 10 million (about Rs 70 crore) to set up a new manufacturing unit in Goa to cater to its growing customer-base in food and pharmaceuticals segments in India, a senior company official said.
“We are planning to set up a manufacturing unit for Euro 10 million at Viena in Goa. [...]
November 20, 2009 – 3:43 pm
Hey there,
This is only for US folks.
All the walmart shoppers out there… Black friday walmart sale is up and everybody seems to be excited about the upcoming Thanksgiving break. I have picked up a couple of walmart gift card offers that will make your day!
We will be adding more as and when we find them… [...]
