Submission period for Green Talents award has started

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Become a Green Talent, connect with an outstanding network of excellent scientists and Germany’s sustainability research elite and promote your ideas.

Bengaluru,April 2019: How can we realise good and healthy living conditions for everyone around the world when global climate change challenges today’s economies and life styles? How can we preserve our planet’s resources for future generations? How can research contribute to more sustainability? These questions are at the centre of the “Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development”. It invites applications from the creative and open-minded scientist to apply with their project to showcase the research to a broader public, to discuss with renowned experts, and to conduct the research in Germany.

With this year’s special focus on the question of how digitalisation can promote more sustainability in science and our societies, the motto of the 2019 competition is “Smart Green Planet – Solutions for a Sustainable Future”. However, applications from all disciplines are highly welcome and the research does not need to have a direct link to digitalisation.

As a successful Green Talent 2019, the winner will receive
an invitation to the fully funded two-week Green Talents Science Forum 2019, consisting of
visits to leading German sustainability facilities, institutions and companies with exclusive insights into their pioneering research and projects,
individual appointments with German experts of your choosing to discuss possibilities for upcoming joint research and cooperation efforts,
networking opportunities at the 10-year-anniversary Green Talents alumni conference in Berlin with key representatives of the German sustainability landscape,
a fully funded research stay of up to three months at an institution of your own choice in Germany in 2020,
exclusive access for you to the prestigious Green Talents alumni network.

Deadline for submission: 22 May 2019, 2 p.m. CEST.

For more information refer to website

http://www.greentalents.de where both the competition flyer as well as the award trailer are accessible.

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SMILES RENDERED SERVICES TO ONE LAKHS PATIENTS SUFFERING WITH VARIOUS COLORECTAL DISORDERS

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The leading Indian institution for colorectal treatment to open three more clinics under the expansion plan for 2019

SMILES International institute of coloproctology rendered services to one lakh customers suffering with various colorectal disorders like piles, fissure, fistula, IBD, IBS, Chronic constipation, colon cancer, etc SMILES commenced during 2010 at Mandya have also center at Bangalore which is into operationa! since 2014 Smiles has launched its first outreach clinic on 10th April 2019 followed by three more clinics in the year 2019 at Silk% board/ HSR, Whitefield, and Nagarbhavi in Bengaluru. Smiles currently has one tertiary care center in Bengaluru at Yeshwanthpur with India’s 1st Fourth generation laser machine for colorectal treatment and surgery. The leading medical institute is re-defining the shape of colorectal treatments with minimally invasive, painless, bloodless & cost effective procedures to everyone. SlICP has also been awarded by Silicon India Healthcare as one of the ’10 Most Promising Medical Tourism Companies 2018. SICP is also the first Indian hospital to use anorectal manometry technology developed by Mayo Clinic USA. The leading Medical Institution actively contributes to social welfare through various Social Awareness Programs and Initiatives like piles-Free Pregnancy, No More Open Defecation, Eradicating Quacks in India, and Subsidized Treatments

Commenting on the phenomenal growth of the institution, Dr. Parameshwara C M, Chief, Smiles ICP, aid , ” In India , 36.7 % of population suffering with various colorectal disorders and 50 % will suffer once in their life time. The statistics ore a great obstruction in ensuring quality healthcare across this nation. After encountered strange incidents with my friend, a surgeon himself suffering from colorectal problem, I laid ndation of Smiles with an aim to serve millions of Indians suffering from colorectal diseases. With the establishment of three new clinics with advanced facilities, we aim to cover the Bangalore region with our best-in-class advanced treatment for all colorectal problems. The revenues of last financial year have ready proven our success. We are certain to exceed the revenue of US$ 3.5 Million in the FY 19-20 and continue our expansion across India and overseas. On an average we treat 400-450 patients in Mandya and 300-350 patients in Bengaluru in a month. We have performed over 18000 procedures for patients through Smiles since inception. This is a great achievement for us.

We also started “Tough every life” initiative during 2014 and covered 26 lakh families across 5 districts i.e, Mandya, Mysore, Chamrajnagar, Ramnagar and Bangalore rural. We have educated and created awareness on various colorectal disorders to these farnilies” As part of EHA consortium and aligned activities, SMILES have partnered with DHAN Foundation to create awareness among members of DHAN across Mysore and Mandya. Smiles have organised various workshops and educated 80,000 families of DHAN across these two districts. EHA (Equitable Healthcare access for All) consortium is an NGO founded by DHAN Foundation, ISB, IM Udaipur, LVPEI, Aravind eye care, Shankara cancer center, SMILES, Fernandez hospitals, etc. EHA aim is to ensure healthcare access to each and every individual of the country. Dhan foundation is an NGO working to uplift BPL families and have a presence in 15 states. As on date, they have engaged and empowered 1.6 crore families across 15 states.

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Standard Chartered turbo charges open banking capabilities

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9 April 2019, India – Standard Chartered is turbo charging its open banking capabilities, with a focus on driving innovation and technology culture through openness and partnerships with developers, corporations and fintechs to co-create better client products and services through the sharing and use of Application Programming Interface (APIs).

The bank announced three new initiatives aimed at the developer community:
aXess Platform
The aXess platform (https://axess.sc.com/) will offer developers open access to the Bank’s open source code for banking products and its APIs, applications, and libraries. It serves as an adaptive layer in its technology architecture to drive more connectivity and partnerships between developers, corporations and fintechs, so innovative solutions can be co-created.
aXess Labs
The Bengaluru-based test lab is a physical space where the Bank’s in-house developers can experiment with cutting edge technologies, accelerate ideation to service delivery, enable new business models, and share open banking best practices, capabilities, and tools across the Bank.
aXess Academy
The developer academy aims to upskill the Bank’s developers with the technical skills required for open banking through training programmes, hackathons, and technology leadership roundtables. It is also a forum for networking with tech networks in other industries.

Dr Michael Gorriz, Group Chief Information Officer of Standard Chartered said: “Open banking is about putting more choices in the hands of our clients. They can decide what data they want to share, increasing their options of suitable services or products and how they are delivered. From the Bank’s perspective, this also opens many opportunities, because we can now offer banking services through other platforms which are already integrated in our clients’ lives, whether its social media or ecommerce, for example. This connectivity is made possible through APIs.”
Dr Sebastian Wedeniwski, the Bank’s Chief Technology Strategist said: “The future of banking is changing fast with massive technology-led innovations. Our aXess initiatives to boost our open banking capabilities aims to enhance the developer experience and upskill the technology expertise of the Bank, while guiding developers on our journey to build for openness and integration.”

Standard Chartered has been driving innovation in the banking space, co-creating solutions to improve client experience and establishing new partnerships and solutions to change how it approaches and thinks about banking. Following the successful pilot launch of its digital retail bank in Côte d’Ivoire last year, the Bank has further rolled out digital-only retail banks across Africa this year, in Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya. Most recently, the Bank announced the establishment of a strategic joint venture with PCCW, HKT and Ctrip Finance to deliver a new standalone digital retail bank in Hong Kong. It also recently announced the SC Ventures Fintech Bridge, a market-first online platform, through which the bank seeks partnerships with fintechs to solve business challenges which meet current and future client needs. It will soon be launching an open digital platform for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India, to help them grow by providing access to a range of financial and business solutions.

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. ವಿ . ಎಸ್ . ಶಬರೀಶ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಶ್ರೀ . ಹುಲ್ಲುರಯ್ಯ ರವರು ದೂರುದಾರರಿಂದ 17 ಲಕ್ಷ ಲಂಚದ ಹಣವನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ನಿಗ್ರಹ ದಳ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ಠಾಣೆಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ನಡೆಸಿದ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಬಿದ್ದಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ

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ದಿನಾಂಕ : 09 . 04 . 2019

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದ ರಿಯಲ್ ಎಸ್ಟೇಟ್ ಏಜೆಂಟ್‌ರೊಬ್ಬರು 2013ನೇ ಇಸವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಗಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವರಿಗೆ ನಿವೇಶನಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾರಾಟ ಮಾಡಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ . ಸದರಿ ನಿವೇಶನಗಳ ವಿಚಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ತಕರಾರುಗಳಿದ್ದ ಕಾರಣ ಖರೀದಿಸಿದ್ದ ನಿವೇಶನದಾರರು ತಮ್ಮ ನಿವೇಶನವನ್ನು ಮರುಮಾರಾಟ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುವಂತೆ ದೂರುದಾರರಿಗೆ ಕೋರಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ . ನಂತರ ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ಮಾಗಡಿ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಠಾಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಶ್ರೀ . ವಿ . ಎಸ್ . ಶಬರೀಶ್ , ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇನ್ಸ್ಪೆಕ್ಟರ್ ರವರನ್ನು ನಿವೇಶನದಾರರು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿದ್ದರು . ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಶ್ರೀ . ವಿ . ಎಸ್ . ಶಬರೀಶ್ , ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇನ್ಸ್ ಪೆಕ್ಟರ್ ರವರು ಕೆಂಗೇರಿ ಸಂಚಾರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಠಾಣೆಗೆ ವರ್ಗಾವಣೆಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ . ಆದರೂ ಸಹ ಶ್ರೀ . ವಿ . ಎಸ್ . ಶಬರೀಶ್ , ಪೋಲೀಸ್ ಇನ್ಸ್‌ಪೆಕ್ಟರ್‌ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಹಾಗೂ ಶ್ರೀ . ಹುಲ್ಲುರಯ್ಯ , ಖಾಸಗಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ರವರುಗಳು ದೂರುದಾರರಿಂದ ಮರುನೊಂದಣಿ ಮಾಡಿ ನಿವೇಶನದಾರರಿಗೆ ಹಣವನ್ನು ಹಿಂದಿರುಗಿಸುವಂತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಇದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ತಮ್ಮಿಬ್ಬರುಗಳಿಗೆ 7 15 ಲಕ್ಷ ಲಂಚದ ಹಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ ಇಟ್ಟಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ . ದಿನಾಂಕ : 09 . 04 . 2019 ರಂದು ಶ್ರೀ . ವಿ . ಎಸ್ . ಶಬರೀಶ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಶ್ರೀ . ಹುಲ್ಲುರಯ್ಯ ರವರು ದೂರುದಾರರಿಂದ 17 ಲಕ್ಷ ಲಂಚದ ಹಣವನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ನಿಗ್ರಹ ದಳ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ಠಾಣೆಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ನಡೆಸಿದ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಬಿದ್ದಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ . ಇವರಿಬ್ಬರನ್ನು ದಸ್ತಗಿರಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಲಂಚದ ಹಣವನ್ನು ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ . ಪ್ರಕರಣದ ತನಿಖೆ ಮುಂದುವರೆದಿದೆ .

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Lustrum FY15-19 saw sharp increase in fresh investment

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The 74th Survey of project investment in India conducted by Projects Today indicates that during the five-year period FY15-19, 47,911 new projects were announced with a total investment of Rs 60,51,281 crore as against 43,876 new projects worth Rs 29,28,125 crore announced in the preceding five-year period FY10-14, a rise of 106.7 percent.
The buoyancy in announcement of fresh investment was observed across all major sectors except the Electricity sector, which recorded absolute decline both in number of new projects and investment committed therein. While fresh investment increased by more than 100 percent in the Manufacturing, Mining, Infrastructure and Irrigation sectors, the Manufacturing and Irrigation sectors saw less number of new projects announced during the latest five-year period ending 31 March 2019.

Though the Manufacturing sector attracted 1,325 less projects during the FY15-19 period, thanks to increase in the number of mega projects (with cost of Rs 1,000 crore or more), total fresh investment expanded by 130.5 percent from Rs 7,00,725 crore to Rs 16,15,456 crore. As a result, the share of Manufacturing in total fresh investment increased from 23.9 percent in FY10-14 to 26.7 percent in FY15-19. Among the sub-sectors, Fertilisers, Steel, Cement, Refinery and Electronics segments received increased fresh investment commitments during the FY15-19 period.
The FY15-19 period saw announcement of 253 mega projects. Of these, 218 were owned by private promoters. The preceding five-year period had seen announcement of 131 mega projects.
Reflecting the emphasis of the current government on infrastructure building, fresh investment intensions multiplied three times from Rs 11,46,208 crore in FY10-14 to Rs 34,09,300 crore in FY15-19. The sector comprising transport and social infrastructure saw announcement of 39,509 new projects in FY15-19 as against 33,145 projects announced during the FY10-14 period.
The extra emphasis laid by the Central government on expanding highways led to trebling of fresh investment in the Roadways from Rs 3,64,809 crore in FY10-14 to Rs 11,24,996 crore in FY15-19.
The Construction sector comprising Commercial Complexes, Industrial Parks and Real Estate saw a fall in number of new projects during the five-year period FY15-19. Though fresh investment commitments increased from Rs 2,18,439 crore in FY10-14 to Rs 6,42,657 crore in FY15-19, the twin-balance sheet phenomenon affected this sector the most. Further, demonetisation, GST and the RERA Act disrupted the basic functioning of the industry.
The Power sector, during the FY15-19 period, witnessed more stalling of the existing projects than announcement of new projects. Most of the large-size thermal power projects announced during the FY10-14 period could not make much progress due to non-availability of land, lack of finance and delays in signing of PPA agreements.
As against 639 thermal projects worth Rs 7,90,227 crore announced during FY10-14 only 98 new thermal projects worth Rs 2,19,568 crore were announced during FY15-19. On the other hand, new investment in renewable power projects (mainly Solar and Wind) expanded by 294.5 percent from Rs 92,760 crore during FY10-14 to Rs 3,65,953 crore during FY15-19.
Cumulative fresh investment in the Irrigation sector increased sharply from Rs 57,934 crore in FY10-14 to Rs 1,98,869 crore during FY15-19. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana were the large investors in this sector.
The Supreme Court’s decision to cancel 214 coal blocks allocated to developers, not only stalled fresh investments flowing into this sector, but also affected the functioning of power plants with an aggregate capacity of 28,000 MW. Though the Central government re-allocated or auctioned 86 coal mines, actual production has begun in only 23 mines as of December 2018.
The FY15-19 period saw announcement of 763 new projects worth Rs 1,88,272 crore as against 627 projects worth Rs 89,711 crore announced during FY10-14. The Private sector is involved in around 60 oil exploration projects and 25 coal mining projects.
Private Sector Investment: Showing signs of revival
Private investment after picking up in FY15 and FY16 slumped in FY17 and FY18 only to recover in FY19. However, all along the five years (FY15-19) private fresh investment remained higher than the lower figures seen in FY12, FY13 and FY14.
Policy paralysis and financial mismanagement saw large scale stalling of projects in the last three years of the FY10-14 period. Further, heavy borrowings and mismanagement of funds forced owners of such projects to default on their debts mostly borrowed from Indian banks. The resultant “twin-balance sheet” issue weighed heavily on financing the ongoing projects, which in turn forced even the genuine promoters to go slow on new projects announcement.
During FY15-19, total fresh investment by the Private sector increased by 55 percent (thanks to mega projects), however, the number of new projects fell sharply when compared to FY10-14 statistics. This indicates the uneasiness of small- and medium-size private companies that are still awaiting revival in domestic demand to chalk out their expansion plans.
Stalling of Projects continued in FY15-19
The Survey indicates that during the FY15-19 period 3,642 projects worth Rs 16,59,353 crore were put on the back-burner as against 3,791 projects Rs 10,94,945 crore in the FY10-14 period indicating an increase of 51.6 percent in toxic projects during the latest five-year period, FY15-19. Around 82 percent of the total projects investment vanished during FY15-19 was in the Manufacturing and Electricity sectors.
On the positive note, the total quantum of stalled projects after hitting the recent high of Rs 1,95,795 crore in the first quarter of FY18 dropped sharply to Rs 12,477 crore in the last quarter of FY19. This is the lowest quarter figure recorded in the last eighteen quarters.

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