Sunday 4 December 2016

Terra Techcom an earthquake early warning system.

Terra Techcom an earthquake early warning system. This joint venture with Germany-based company- Secty Electronics GmbH brings to the South Asian countries, the first ever earthquake Onsite Early Warning and security System (EWS).This onsite EWS is developed to detect the primary (P) waves of an earthquake and to warn people by triggering indoor/ outdoor alarm.This onsite EWS is the only available device in the world equipped with all in one security features and connect to a building management system(BMS).
Department of revenue and disaster management, Government of Haryana has already approved this technology and recommended to its various departments to consider in its building bye-laws.

Ex-minister Montebourg launches Socialist bid for French presidency

Former French economy minister Arnaud Montebourg has formally entered the presidential race. Montebourg announced his candidacy Thursday in the presidential primary France’s Socialist party has scheduled for January. The 54-year-old Montebourg’s politics are firmly left-leaning. He lost his cabinet position in 2014 because he denounced president Francois Hollande’s pro-business shift. Montebourg says he favors a strong state to protect France’s industry from “foreign interests.” Another former economy minister of Hollande’s, centrist Emmanuel Macron also is seeing the presidency but without taking part into a primary. Macron advocates free market policies. Hollande must say whether he will stand for re-election before a December 15 deadline.

Trump: ‘Companies won’t leave US without consequences’

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed “consequences” for companies if they try to move their business to a foreign country, as he spoke on a deal that his team reached with Indiana-based air-conditioning manufacturer Carrier. The president-elect did not elaborate, but mentioned that those firms leaving the United States “will be taxed heavily at the border,” while he promised the “lowest” corporate taxes at home. “We will be a very strong border,” he added. “They can leave from state to state, but leaving the country would be very, very difficult.” Trump wants to bring taxes for businesses down from 35 percent to 15 percent, so that there is “no need for them to leave anymore.” As a side note, Trump also mentioned his campaign to build a wall along the Mexican border, saying: “Trust me, we are going to build the wall.”

S. Korean opposition to hold vote on President Park’s impeachment on Dec. 9

South Korea’s opposition parties have announced they will vote on a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye on December 9, with a spokesman for the main opposition Democratic Party saying impeachment will be pursued through “close cooperation and without wavering,” Reuters reported. Two-hundred “yes” votes in the 300-seat parliament are needed to move ahead with impeachment. The three opposition parties and anti-Park independent lawmakers have a total of 172 seats, meaning they will rely on dissenters from Park’s Saenuri party in order for impeachment to take place. If the motion passes, the Constitution Court has 180 days to approve or reject it. If approved, a new election must be called within 60 days. Park, whose approval rating is hovering at a record low of four percent, is embroiled in a corruption scandal involving a personal friend who has been indicted for abuse of power.

UN chief sorry for UN role in deadly Haiti cholera outbreak

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologized to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body’s role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 people and was blamed on Nepali UN peacekeepers. Haiti was free of cholera until 2010, when the peacekeepers dumped infected sewage into a river. The UN does not accept legal responsibility for the outbreak of the disease that causes uncontrollable diarrhea and has sickened 800,000 people. “The UN deeply regrets the loss of life and suffering caused by the cholera outbreak,”Ban told the 193-member UN General Assembly. “We apologize to the Haitian people.” He did not specifically say that U.N. troops were responsible for bringing the water-borne disease to Haiti.Media agencies

UNCTAD REPORT LAUNCH in NEW DELHI on 5 DECEMBER

   

New Delhi, 1 December 2016 – India could save $624 billion a year by 2050 if by following “circular economy” principles rather than continuing down a conventional and wasteful development path, says a new report.

The report, Circular Economy in India: rethinking growth for long-term prosperity and produced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundationwith UNCTAD, reveals that in addition to creating economic benefits for businesses and households, a circular economy would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 44% in 2050, and congestion and pollution would fall significantly, leading to health and economic benefits to Indian citizens.

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