Category: Events
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Cairo to host Egyptian-Turkish Business Forum today
Cairo (IINA) – The activities of the Egyptian-Turkish Business Forum will kick off Monday in Cairo, with the attendance of 120 senior businessmen from Turkey and Egypt. Those who address the forum inlcude Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Trade Eng. Tareq Qabeel, and President of Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Rifat…
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Morocco to take part in Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai
Rabat, (IANS/MAP) : Morocco will take part for the fourth time in the 2017 Arab Health Exhibition, to be held from January 30 to February 2 in Dubai. The country would be represented by a delegation of a dozen businessmen at the event, said the Moroccan centre for exports promotion “Maroc Export”. The exhibition is…
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13 companies sign MoUs to invest Rs 600 crore in Sri City
Visakhapatnam, (IANS) : Thirteen companies have signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Sri City to invest Rs 600 crore in the integrated business city in Andhra Pradesh. The MoUs were signed with the CII Partnership Summit, which concluded here on Saturday. The agreements are expected to create employment for about 2,000 people. The 13 companies…
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Delegates from 51 countries to attend Partnership Summit in Vizag
Visakhapatnam, (IANS) : Over 2,000 delegates from 51 countries will attend business chamber CII’s Partnership Summit, beginning here on Friday. Senior officials from both the Central and state governments as well as a galaxy of leading industrialists will attend the two-day event with the theme ‘Partnerships for shared new realities’. The summit is the annual…
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With just 40% closure on projects, are Bengal business summits fruitful?
By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Kolkata, (IANS) : With just 40 per cent of the Rs 4.93 lakh crore ($72 billion) investments proposed in the past two editions of Bengal Global Business Summits under implementation, should it come as a surprise that the just-concluded third edition fetched about Rs 15,000 crore ($2.2 billion) less proposals than last…
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Mamata raises demonetisation issue at Bengal business summit
Kolkata, (IANS) : Raising the issue of demonetisation at the Bengal Global Business Summit here, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said economic growth has slowed down and industries were facing problems. “We are facing some hardship for demonetisation and remonetisation. Industries are facing problems. It’s a fact that the economy has slowed…
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Pranab praises Mamata, calls Bengal investment destination
Kolkata, (IANS) : President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said Bengal has truly emerged as “the investment destination” in the country and praised the Mamata Banerjee-led government for improving revenue buoyancy. Inaugurating the third edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit, Mukherjee said: “Bengal has truly emerged as the investment destination and the presence of so many…
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Jordanian FM, Arab League chief discuss preparation for Arab summit
Amman (IINA) : Jordanian Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Ayman Al-Safadi on Tuesday discussed over the phone with Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit preparations for the upcoming Arab summit, which Jordan will host in late March. The two ministers also talked about areas of cooperation between the two countries and…
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Creativity will drive India’s prosperity: Is anyone listening?
By Amit Kapoor, (IANS) : A special “Nobel Series” session was a notable addition at the latest Vibrant Gujarat Summit (January 9-12). Nine laureates were invited to share their thoughts about the challenges of humankind and what could be done to alleviate them. A Nobel exhibition is housed in Ahmedabad’s Science City for five weeks…
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African, French leaders open summit on peace, climate, economy
Bamako (Mali), (IANS) : African and French leaders kicked off a summit here, focusing on key issues including peace and security, climate and economy. The 27th Africa-France Summit was held under the theme of “Partnership, Peace and Emergence”, with participation of 35 heads of state and government, including French President Francois Hollande, Xinhua news agency…