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US: The peace maker!

March 17th, 2010

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In a not so surprising report, by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), US was named as the biggest exporter of weapons in the entire world. Guess who was the biggest importer? No prizes…it is China followed by India. US exports 30% of the entire world export.
The volume of imports by India and Pakistan is increasing steadily and is expected to rise for another five to ten years until they agree an a permanent solutions.
The SIPRI said combat aircraft accounted for 27 per cent of the volume of international arms transfers during 2005-2009. Orders and deliveries of these potentially destabilizing weapon systems have led to arms race concerns in the following regions of tension: the Middle East, North Africa, South America, South Asia and South East Asia. » Read more: US: The peace maker!

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Rising Nations and their growth drivers

December 2nd, 2009

The world economic scenario was in a turmoil for the last two years. U.S., U.K. and other developed countries like Japan were struggling to find the root cause. There is a wise saying, whenever something goes wrong look at the basics. What are the basics of economic prosperity? It is not a rocket science to divide the economic engines into Agriculture, Industrial and Services sector. Everything else come under these three pillars of economy. Finding the right balance is long term and playing with anyone is short term. It is evident that finding the right balance always takes more time than disturbing the right balance. A little push or pull in any one of the » Read more: Rising Nations and their growth drivers

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why watch 20-20?

September 11th, 2009

20-20 is the ‘Reinvented’ cricket of the 21st century. “Cricket is to India what football is to Europe”. Indian Premier Leage-2 generated Rs. 5.5 billion for the teams compared to Rs. 1.3 billion in IPL-1. What were the factors that helped IPL grow more than 4 times? A phenomenal success for an event which was almost scrapped because of some critical reasons.

IPL-2 saw some unique changes in the viewers demographics. This was the first time in the cricketing history that women took an active role cheering their teams. The home delivery fastfood brands like KFC and Domino’s saw a 10% growth over the normal business during the IPL season. » Read more: why watch 20-20?

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