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Deloitte India announces promotions, promotes 30 directors to partners

With the new announcements, Deloitte’s partner tally crosses 480. The promotions were across the five verticals — audit, tax, consulting, financial services and risk— but audit division saw the maximum number of partner induction (over 10).




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No need to further curb 'non-audit' services of auditors: Industry bodies tell govt

Several industry bodies have told the government that the existing framework in this regard is adequate and benchmarked with the best global practices.




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India's rising distress, mounting job losses

About Rs 10 lakh crore worth of output is gone for good while job losses are estimated to have crossed 140 million.




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Amid vast unemployment, India's biggest job creator short of labour

The challenge of retaining staff despite 12.2 crore people losing their jobs in India last month shows how difficult it will be for Modi to restart Asia’s No. 3 economy, where the bulk of the workforce comprises so-called informal labour that are denied security and benefits. Economists predict a rare contraction in national output.




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Tokyo Games could be 'greatest ever', says Olympics official

John Coates cites the examples of positive Summer Games that followed the two world wars of the 20th century.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Don’t miss out: 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Get your free tickets here.


This week, on Thursday, December 5, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.


Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell on the history of the wall itself, why it fell, and how German reunification impacts today’s politics and the future of democracy.


The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.

Register for a ticket here.


Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov

 




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: TOMORROW - Ivan Krastev on Europe's Illiberal Turn

It's not too late to sign up for our author salon with Ivan Krastev on The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy.

Get your free tickets here.

It’s happening TOMORROW, February 19, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building.

Join former Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations Ivan Krastev as he is interviewed on his new book about Europe’s, and the world’s, turn towards illiberalism.

A reception will follow the discussion.

Get your free tickets here.

The event is free, but registration is recommended. Entry is not guaranteed.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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'IPL is good for domestic cricketers'

UP batsman Suresh Raina on his successful outing in New Zealand and how the inaugural IPL put his career back on track.




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'I want to make sure Mumbai Indians win'

After a fine domestic season that earned him a place among the probables for the T20 World Cup, all-rounder Abhishek Nayar is raring to go in the second edition if the IPL.




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'I don't have to prove myself to anyone'

Harbhajan reflects on the year that was, the secret behind India's recent successes and the upcoming Indian Premier League.




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'IPL a stepping-stone for youngsters'

Ajinkya Rahane talks about his recent successes, the recent trip to the Rainbow Nation, interactions with Jonty Rhodes and Shaun Pollock and, of course, his idol Sachin Tendulkar.




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Migrants resort to violence in Gujarat's Surat, pelt stones at police, damage vehicles; 50 detained

The incident took place in Mora village near the industrial town of Hazira.




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ED attaches part of AJL Mumbai building worth Rs 16.38 cr; charges Moti Lal Vora

A portion of a nine-storey building in Mumbai's tony Bandra area, valued Rs16.38 crore, has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money-laundering probe against the Congress-party promoted Associated Journals Limited (AJL).




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Two held in Shamli for 'objectionable' WhatsApp post against PM Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi

A case was registered against the two men under Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act and Indian Penal Code Sections 500




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Chhattisgarh's first CM Ajit Jogi suffers cardiac arrest, put on ventilator, condition serious

A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi had served as the first CM of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in then Congress government, after the state came into existence.




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Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin claims responsibility for Handwara attack, says 'India has upper hand' — Video

Almost five days after the encounter operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara that claimed lives of five security personnel including a decorate officer, the Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen, headed by Syed Salahuddin, has reportedly claimed the responsibility.




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A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name: 34 Untimely Interventions


 

With irrepressible humor, Slavoj Žižek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex “unicorns” to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. Taking aim at his enemies on the Left, Right, and Center, he argues that contemporary society can only be properly understood from a communist standpoint.

Why communism? The greater the triumph of global capitalism, the more its dangerous antagonisms multiply: climate



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A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name: 34 Untimely Interventions


 

With irrepressible humor, Slavoj Žižek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex “unicorns” to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. Taking aim at his enemies on the Left, Right, and Center, he argues that contemporary society can only be properly understood from a communist standpoint.

Why communism? The greater the triumph of global capitalism, the more its dangerous antagonisms multiply: climate



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The World's Construction Mechanism: Trajectories, Imbalances, and the Future of Societies


 

The interdisciplinarity between the biological and human sciences is here to serve a daring objective: to decipher, by means of a logical chain, the explanatory factors of human trajectories and imbalances between societies and nations. To do this, The World’s Construction Mechanism is based on an unprecedented analysis of the dynamics of the human species, combining the contributions of anthropology, archeology, biology, climatology, economics, geography



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Essentials of the California Verbal Learning Test: CVLT-C, CVLT-2, & CVLT3


 

Part of Wiley's Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book covers the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the CVLT-C, CVLT-II, and CVLT-3. Additionally, readers will find a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the assessment, a review of the CVLT's performance in clinical populations, and illustrative case reports. Each chapter ends with a Test Yourself section for enhanced learning.



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Companion to Women's and Gender Studies


 

A comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies, featuring original contributions from leading experts from around the world

The Companion to Women's and Gender Studies is a comprehensive resource for students and scholars alike, exploring the central concepts, theories, themes, debates, and events in this dynamic field. Contributions from leading scholars and researchers cover a wide range of topics while providing



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Optical thin films and coatings: from materials to applications / edited by Angela Piegari and François Flory

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Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics: RACMP-2018: conference date, 12-13 October 2018: location, Kurukshetra, India / editors, R. K. Moudgil, Annu Sharma and Manish K. Kashyap

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Quantum strangeness: wrestling with Bell's theorem and the ultimate nature of reality / George Greenstein ; foreword by David Kaiser

Hayden Library - QC174.12.G7325 2019




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George Placzek: a nuclear physicist's odyssey / Aleš Gottvald (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), Misha Shifman (University of Minnesota, USA)

Hayden Library - QC774.P53 G65 2018




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Novel trends in rheology VIII: conference date, 30-31 July 2019: location, Zlín, Czech Republic / editors, Martin Zatloukal and Jan Musil

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Einstein's unfinished revolution: the search for what lies beyond the quantum / Lee Smolin ; illustrations by Kaca Bradonjić

Hayden Library - QC174.13.S6545 2019




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Fundamental aspects of asymptotic safety in quantum gravity / Zoë H. Slade

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Handbook of particle detection and imaging / editors, Ivor Fleck, Maxim Titov, Claus Grupen, Irène Buvat

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Beyond Curie: four women in physics and their remarkable discoveries, 1903 to 1963 / Scott Calvin

Hayden Library - QC774.A2 C353 2017




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Nanophotonics, Nanooptics, Nanobiotechnology, and Their Applications: Selected Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (NANO2018), August 27-30, 2018, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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From classical to quantum fields / Laurent Baulieu, John Iliopoulos, Roland Sénéor

Hayden Library - QC174.45.B345 2017




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Applied Physics of Condensed Matter (APCOM 2019): conference date, 19-21 June 2019: location, Strbske Pleso, Slovak Republic / editors, Jozef Sitek, Ján Vajda and Igor Jamnický

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Proceedings of PPS-33: the 33rd International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society: conference papers: conference date, 10-14 December 2017: location, Cancun, Mexico / editors, Octavio Manero and Fausto Calderas

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High-Energy Processes in Condensed Matter (HEPCM 2019): proceedings of the XXVI Conference on High-Energy Processes in Condensed Matter, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of S.A. Chaplygin: conference date, 3-5 April 2019: location, Novosibi

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The special theory of relativity: Einstein's world in new axiomatics / Helmut Günther, Volker Müller

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The theory and applications of instanton calculations / Manu Paranjape (Université de Montréal)

Hayden Library - QC174.17.M35 P36 2017




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The formative years of relativity: the history and meaning of Einstein's Princeton lectures: featuring Einstein's classic text The meaning of relativity in its historical context / Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn

Hayden Library - QC173.6.G878 2017




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AdS3/CFT2 and holographic entanglement entropy / Jie-qiang Wu

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Einstein's war: how relativity triumphed amid the vicious nationalism of World War I / Matthew Stanley

Hayden Library - QC173.52.S73 2019




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No shadow of a doubt: the 1919 eclipse that confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity / Daniel Kennefick

Barker Library - QC173.55.K35 2019




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The road to Einstein's relativity: following in the footsteps of the Giants / David Lyth

Dewey Library - QC173.57.L95 2019




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Physics, Technologies and Innovation (PTI-2019): Proceedings of the VI International Young Researchers' Conference: 20-23 May 2019, Ekaterinburg, Russia / editors, Vladimir A. Volkovich, Sergey V. Zvonarev, Ilya V. Kashin, Andrey A. Smirnov and Evgeni

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Recent progress in few-body physics: proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics / N. A. Orr, M. Ploszajczak, F. M. Marqués, J. Carbonell, editors

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Constructing quantum mechanics.: 1900-1923 / Anthony Duncan, Michel Janssen

Dewey Library - QC174.12.D86 2019




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Gravitational wave astrophysics: early results from gravitational wave searches and electromagnetic counterparts: proceedings of the 338th symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Baton Rouge, United States, October 16-19, 2017 / edited b

Hayden Library - QC179.I684 2019




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Carbon nanotubes, graphene, and emerging 2D materials for electronic and photonic devices IX: 28-31 August 2016, San Diego, California, United States / Manijeh Razeghi [and three others], editors ; sponsored by SPIE

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Proceedings of the 35th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-35): 26-30 May 2019, Cesme-Izmir, Turkey / editors, Fevzi Cakmak Cebeci, Yusuf Z. Menceloglu, Serkan Unal and Yakup Ulcer

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Quench dynamics in interacting and superconducting nanojunctions Rubén Seoane Souto

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Gravity's century: from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes / Ron Cowen

Hayden Library - QC173.6.C36 2019