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Cash-strapped governments will need private sector investment to meet sustainable transport objectives, OECD says

Boosting private sector investment in sustainable transport infrastructure will be essential as governments seek to meet long-term economic and environmental objectives at a time of constrained public finances, according to a new OECD report.




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Labour Activation, Equity and Inclusion

While unemployment is gradually declining in the United States, Mexico and Japan, it is increasing in the Euro area. In emerging economies, tackling low paid employment in insecure jobs with little social protection remains a key challenge.




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Youth unemployment in Tunisia: The need to invest in and activate skills is greater than ever

Investing in Youth in Tunisia most important than ever, and the still relevance of the last Investing in Youth review 2014.




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11th Trento Festival of Economics 2016

11th edition of Trento Festival of Economics: the arena where economists, political and institutional stakeholders, researchers and journalists from all over the world, will exchange views and investigate the topic “Where growth takes place”.




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OECD sessions on Local Development and Spatial Productivity at the 13th Trento Festival of Economics on Technology and Jobs

The OECD Trento Centre organised five sessions within the 2018 Festival of Economics on Technology and Jobs on 1-3 June 2018. OECD and intenational experts along with high level government representatives discussed the impact of new technologies on jobs and its effect on local economies and policies and what regions and regional policy can do to narrow economic gaps and promote productivity catching-up.




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Highlights of 2nd International Film festival of Shimla, 2016

Thousands of people came together from 22 different countries around the world to witness a two-day second International Film Festival in the hill town of Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).




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'Shivaay': A Himalayan Blunder

"Shivaay"; Director: Ajay Devgn; Cast: Ajay Devgn, Erika Kaar, Abigail Eames and Sayyeshaa; Rating: **




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Regrettably low awareness in the private sector is an obstacle to the fight against foreign bribery in the Czech Republic

The Czech government must urgently engage with the private sector to raise awareness, says a new OECD report. The awareness of the Czech foreign bribery offence remains regrettably low among companies, despite the recent adoption of a comprehensive corporate liability regime that holds Czech companies liable for this crime.




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Switzerland’s significant foreign bribery enforcement should be accompanied by harsher penalties and private sector whistleblower protection

The OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed a review of Switzerland's enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments. The Working Group welcomes the significant level of enforcement by the Federal Office of the Attorney General. Switzerland has cracked down on the bribery of foreign public officials in recent years.




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For immigrant students, early arrival is best.

Arriving in a new country, in a new school as an immigrant student is never easy. But the transition can be a little less damaging if the student has already spent a few of his or her earliest years in his new home country. This month’s PISA in Focus examines the “late-arrival” penalty in student performance among immigrant students who arrived in their new country at the age of 12 or older.




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Finding and cultivating talented teachers: Insights from high-performing countries (OECD Education Today Blog)

In a rapidly changing world, having a strong knowledge base in their subject area, good classroom management skills and a commitment to helping students learn may no longer be enough to meet the expanding role of teachers.




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Education Indicators in Focus No. 56: Who really bears the cost of education? How the burden of education expenditure shifts from the public to the private

Despite the obvious benefits derived from education, governments face difficult trade-offs when balancing the share of public and private contributions to education.




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11th Trento Festival of Economics 2016

11th edition of Trento Festival of Economics: the arena where economists, political and institutional stakeholders, researchers and journalists from all over the world, will exchange views and investigate the topic “Where growth takes place”.




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OECD sessions on Local Development and Spatial Productivity at the 13th Trento Festival of Economics on Technology and Jobs

The OECD Trento Centre organised five sessions within the 2018 Festival of Economics on Technology and Jobs on 1-3 June 2018. OECD and intenational experts along with high level government representatives discussed the impact of new technologies on jobs and its effect on local economies and policies and what regions and regional policy can do to narrow economic gaps and promote productivity catching-up.




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Lyft president John Zimmer on rivalry with Uber

How the ride-hailing chief’s good-guy image is paying off




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Qantas axes flights from Sydney to Beijing due to competition from Chinese rivals

The airline launched the service to China for the third time in 35 years in 2017 before decreasing the number of weekly flights from seven to five a year later.




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Virgin Australia fires back at Qantas' warnings the coronavirus will cause an airline survival fight

The CEO of the Qantas Group, Alan Joyce, announced on Tuesday that major capacity cuts would be brought in to fight the plunging demand for international travel.




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Ivanka's personal assistant has tested positive for COVID-19

The assistant has not been around Ivanka Trump for weeks and has been working remotely. Both Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, tested negative for COVID-19.




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Ivan Lendl says tennis 'GOAT' debate will be decided by who wins most Grand Slam titles

Roger Federer, who will be 39 in August, leads the race with 20 Grand Slam singles titles. Rafa Nadal is hot on his heels with 19 titles, while Novak Djokovic is closing in quickly with 17.




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MLB 'considers playing a shortened 80-game season where teams only face regional rivals'

Major League Baseball appears tentatively set to approve a plan that would call for an 80-game regular season beginning in early July. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is seen above.




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Sudiep Shrivastava vs Union Of India Ors on 25 September, 2014

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar (Chairperson) Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.S. Nambiar (Judicial Member) Hon'ble Dr. D.K. Agrawal (Expert Member) Hon'ble Prof. A.R. Yousuf (Expert Member) Dated: September 25, 2014

1. Whether the judgment is allowed to be published on the net?

2. Whether the judgment is allowed to be published in the NGT Reporter?

JUSTICE SWATANTER KUMAR, (CHAIRPERSON) The Ministry of Environment and Forest (for short 'the MoEF'), Government of India vide their letter dated 21st December, 2011 accorded Environmental Clearance for Parsa East and Kanta Basan Opencast Coal mine project of 10 MTPA production capacity along with a Pit Head Coal Washery (10 MTPA ROM) to M/s Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited involving a total project area of 2711.034 hectare under the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 (for short 'EIA Notification, 2006') subject to the specific conditions stated in that Order. 2




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Jsw Paints Private Limited vs Asian Paints Limited on 14 January, 2020

Case No. 36 of 2019 1

Brief facts and allegations

2. JSW Paints is stated to be a part of the JSW group of companies, which is involved in several sectors, including steel, energy, cement, etc. JSW Paints was incorporated in the year 2016 and launched its decorative paints in May 2019 in Bengaluru and Hubli in Karnataka. JSW Paints has introduced many innovative approaches in the paints industry for the first time in India.

3. Asian Paints is a listed company and is primarily engaged in manufacture and sale of decorative and industrial paints. According to its Annual Report for the FY 2018-19, it is the 3rd largest paint company in Asia and largest in India. In India, it has 8 manufacturing plants for decorative paints and 2 for industrial paints.




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Satyen Narendra Bajaj vs Payu Payments Private Limited & ... on 29 January, 2020

2. The Informant is an individual user/consumer of the services provided by PayU and other e-payment gateways.

3. PayU is a fintech company that provides payment technology solutions to online merchants. It was founded in the year 2002 and has its head-quarter at Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It allows online businesses to accept and process payments through payment methods that can be integrated with web and mobile applications. Further, PayU is the e-payment division of Naspers, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the leading technology investors in the world. Naspers is a leading financial services provider in the global growth markets and is engaged in the business of providing payment gateway services and other digital payment enablement services to both consumers and businesses. It also holds a Non- Banking Financial Company ('NBFC') license in India to offer credit services.




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Mr. Makarand Anant Mhaskar vs Usv Private Limited & Other on 7 February, 2020

2. As stated in the information, the Informant is a pharmaceutical wholesaler who had placed an order for purchase of drugs from USV on 31.07.2019. Kundan vide its letter dated 06.08.2019, confirmed receipt of the said order of the Informant along with documents and demand draft.

3. The Informant alleged that USV imposed the following unfair conditions on the Informant:

 Collection of goods from Pune C&F agent (Kundan), which is 360 km away from the Informant's location.  The Informant is not entitled to return any product purchased from USV for any reason whatsoever including those on account of expiry or damage.  Advance payment to be paid every time.  The Informant cannot purchase the products of USV from any other C&F agent.




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Abhiraj Associates Private ... vs Eastern Railways, Kolkata on 28 February, 2020

Case No. 37 of 2019 1

2. The Informant, a private limited company, is engaged in the business of export of stone aggregates/ boulders and has stated that it exports stone aggregates/ boulders through rakes allotted by OP. For allotment of rakes, the Informant places indent itself or through its consignor at respective railway sidings. The Informant also stated that OP follows quota system for dispatch of rakes. Under such a system, the Informant got rakes allotted to it at various sidings in Howrah and Malda Division of the Eastern Railways, which is OP in the present case.

3. The Informant alleges that from July 2019 onwards, OP stopped allotment of rakes to it and instead, the rakes were allotted to Orient Exports Pvt. Ltd. as per the directions of the Indian Railway Board contained in letter No. 2017/TT- III(M)/71/D/10/Quota dated 18.07.2019. The Informant claims that this decision was taken by Indian Railway Board as per the request of the Bangladesh Railway Board. The Informant has stated that non-allotment of rakes has impacted its goodwill amongst its customers as it is not being able to meet its prior commitments.




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Dinesh Srivastava S/O Shri Jay ... vs State Of Rajasthan on 8 May, 2020

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ BHANDARI Order 08/05/2020

1. Heard counsel for the petitioner through video conferencing. Learned Public Prosecutor is present in person in the Court.

2. Petitioner has filed this bail application under Section 439 of Cr.P.C.

3. F.I.R. No.300/2019 was registered at Police Station Murlipura, District Jaipur Metropolitan for offence under Sections 323, 341, 504, 427, 302, 34 of I.P.C.

4. It is contended by counsel for the petitioner that there is inordinate delay of seven days in lodging of FIR. Co-accused has been enlarged on bail.

5. Learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application.




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Ametheus Commodities Private ... vs Union Of Inida & Ors on 6 May, 2020

1. The matter has been heard through Video Conferencing.

2. Ms. Acharya, learned ASG, who appears for the Union of India, states that her briefing counsel, Mr. Gogna, CGSC is ready with advance instructions.

3. After addressing arguments on the maintainability of the present petition particularly, on the aspect of the alleged retrospectivity of the impugned Notification, Mr. Aggarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner had sought some time to obtain instructions from his client. The hearing was deferred to enable him to obtain instructions. He has returned with instructions to the effect that his client does not wish to press the present petition.

W.P. (C) 3057/2020 Page 1 of 2




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Shivappa Nagappa Lade (Dead) Thr ... vs The State Of Maharashtra And Ors on 8 May, 2020

2. The present respondents have filed First Appeal No.1909 of 2019 challenging the Judgment and award in land acquisition proceedings i.e. Land Acquisition Reference No.122 of 2011, decided by learned Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division, Omerga on 02-08- 2014. The appeal is admitted and it is pending before this Court for its turn for final hearing. They have also filed an application for stay ::: Uploaded on - 08/05/2020 ::: Downloaded on - 09/05/2020 12:49:30 ::: 3 CriApln 90-2020 to the execution of the award and a conditional order was passed by this Court. The appellant therein were directed to deposit the entire decreetal amount awarded by the Reference Court along with interest accrued within six weeks from the date of the order i.e. 22- 06-2018. After the amount was deposited by the appellants therein, the present applicants had filed Application No.7291 of 2019 for withdrawal of the amount. After hearing the parties, this Court passed following order : -




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Jorja Smith cuts a stylish figure as she takes to the stage at Made In America festival

The singer, 22, looked in high spirits as she attended the Made In America festival in Philadelphia on Saturday.




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Bella Hadid makes a chic arrival in Milan just hours after partying in London 

The top model was looking super chic despite her late night and early start as she touched down in time for the start of Milan Fashion Week.




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The BMW Concept i4 is a Tesla rivalling electric car with a 373-mile range

German car giant BMW has launched a new electric executive car that features a soundtrack by Academy Award winning movie composer Hans Zimmer.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill throws down the gauntlet to Olympics 2016 rivals

It was a far cry from Rio de Janeiro but Britain’s golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill impressed as she put the final touches to her Olympic preparation at the Stretford Grand Prix in Manchester.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill fires warning to Olympic heptathlon rivals by running fastest 100m hurdles since London 2012 win 

ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Ennis-Hill'S storming, season’s best performance in the 100m hurdles will have her rivals quivering ahead of next month's Olympics.




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From Little Mix at Fusion Festival to Great British Bake Off and Pain & Glory, 7 Unmissable Events

Kings Of Leon, Rudimental and Little Mix headline the Liverpool festival in Sefton Park. Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal and Anne-Marie provide support. Fri-Sun




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How does Manchester United's Harry Maguire compare with Premier League rivals Van Dijk and Laporte?

Maguire's £85million switch - the most money ever spent on a defender - has naturally left fans and pundits closely scrutinizing the 26-year-old's performances in a red shirt.




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Azure Sunrise Private Limited vs Chamundeshwari Electricity ... on 28 February, 2020

1. The present Appeal No. 340 of 2016 has been preferred by M/s. Azure Sunrise Private Limited (Appellant) against the Impugned Order Dated 14th December, 2016 passed by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter the "State Commission") in Petition No. 19/ 2016 (hereinafter the "Petition"), wherein the State Commission has arbitrarily and unjustifiably retrospectively reduced the approved extension of time of 137 days granted by the distribution licensee, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (hereinafter the "CESCOM") to only 25 days, after more than 12 months of such extension being granted and acted upon by both the parties and has further recorded that the necessary consequences as per the terms of the PPA (as defined hereinafter) shall follow.




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Zamil Infra Private Limited vs Haryana Power Purchase Centre ... on 6 March, 2020

1. The dismissal of the claim brought before the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (the Commission) under Section 86(1)(f) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for recovery of Rs. 76,61,606/- on account of "deemed generation" against the Respondent Discom, registered as case No. HERC/PRO-69 of 2017 "for want of prosecution" by order dated 16.01.2019, followed by dismissal of the prayer for Appeal No. 75 of 2020 Page 2 of 6 restoration of the said case by order dated 25.04.2019, has led to the present appeal being instituted before us.

2. We have heard the learned counsel on all sides and have gone through the record. We are of the view that the appeal must be allowed. We set out our reasons hereinafter.




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M/S. Sudhakara Infratech Private ... vs Uttar Pradesh Electricity ... on 6 March, 2020

1. Against the backdrop of validity of certain acts of the third Respondent (Procurer) encashing the Performance Bank Guarantee and terminating the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) being questioned by the Appellant (Developer), the issues of the propriety of the approach of Appeal No. 319 of 2019 & IA Nos. 1565, 1566 & 1915 of 2019 Page 2 of 37 the first Respondent - Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to variously as "UPERC" or "State Commission" or "Commission") - to the process of adjudication and the general expectation of its neutrality particularly at the stage of an appellate scrutiny of its decision by this Tribunal have come up for consideration in this appeal.




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Crystal Palace ready to rival Man Utd and Everton for Burnley star Dwight McNeil

Though Man United and Everton have been monitoring McNeil, Palace hope the offer of regular first-team football coupled with a handsome increase on his current salary will help them land him.




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'Easing laws, concessions to traders a pace setter for economic revival in UP'

The concessions given by the UP government to traders will prove to be a pace setter for the revival of economic activity in the state at a time when the nation is going through a rough phase due to the COVID-19 outbreak, UP Vyapaari Kalyan Board chairman Ravi Kant Garg said. He said the exemption from labour laws for three years is bound to open gates for economic growth that was hit by the coronavirus lockdown. Such measures will spur economic activities and boost the investment climate in the state, Garg said while talking to a group of reporters on Saturday evening. He further said that exemption of 46 variety of fruits and vegetables from the clutches of Mandi Adhiniyam Suchana through Krashi Utapadan Mandi Adhiniyam (Sansodhan) ordinance 2020 would boost the trade. It is bound to help farmers as well as traders, he added. Now, the farmer would be free to sell his produce outside Mandi Parishad. Exemption of Mandi shulk (Mandi tax) from 46 variety of grains would provide maximum .




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Govt should allow private vehicles to ferry migrants: Raut

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Maharashtra government should give permission to private vehicles for ferrying migrant labourers to their native places during the lockdown. Raising concern over migrant workers setting off for their hometowns on foot, Raut said they were falling sick and some have also died. "The labour class is walking back home, this is not a good picture. Their children are with them. Railways is not ready to operate trains for them. The state government should give permission to private vehicles to ply," Raut tweeted. "People are falling ill while walking. Some have died. Even then their walking hasn't stopped, the Rajya Sabha member further said. Sixteen migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks while returning to Madhya Pradesh were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Friday. The labourers, rendered jobless due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, had set off for their ...




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How IDBI Bank let itself be duped by Siva firms

The first loan of Rs 322.40 crore from IDBI was issued to Siva’s Finland-based company Win Wind Oy (WWO) in October 2010, which became a non-performing asset three years later.




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What is the history of Pamplona's San Fermin festival?

The festival has its origins in the combination of two different medieval events. Commercial secular fairs were held at the beginning of the summer.




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What is the Paleo festival?

Simply known as Paleo, the Paleo Festival de Nyon started out small in 1976. It was known as the Nyon Folk Festival then.




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WhatsApp defends its new privacy policy in Delhi High Court

Instant messaging platform WhatsApp today opposed in Delhi High Court a plea alleging that privacy of its users has been threatened by a new privacy policy announced by Facebook, saying regulations were in place and the latter does not have access to any data as it provides end-to-end encryption.




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WhatsApp privacy policy challenged in Delhi High Court: 5 things to know

A public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court (HC) challenges the change in WhatsApp's privacy policy.




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14 Rescued, Some Feared Trapped After Part of Chawl Collapses in Mumbai’s Kandivali

Fire tenders were dispatched to the spot along with an NDRF team and rescue operations are underway.




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'Labourers Walking Back Home Not Good Picture': Raut Asks Maha Govt to Allow Private Vehicles to Ferry Them

'People are falling ill while walking. Some have died. Even then their walking hasn't stopped,' the Rajya Sabha member further said.




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Government Should Allow Private Vehicles To Ferry Migrants: Sanjay Raut

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Maharashtra government should give permission to private vehicles for ferrying migrant labourers to their native places during the lockdown.




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Chemban Vinod Enters Wedlock In A Private Ceremony; Actor Shares The News Through Social Media

Actor Chemban Vinod got hitched to Mariam Thomas in a private ceremony on Tuesday. The actor took to his Facebook page to share the special news. Mariam is a psychologist by profession and also a Zumba trainer. Pictures of