PM4K NEWS 009: DESIGN DEFICIENCY LED TO DELHI METRO PILLAR 67 MISHAP
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The aftermath of Poor Quality lasts much longer after the sweetness of making a Scheduled Date is forgotten. (THIS QUOTE NEVER SEEMED MORE CORRECT)
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) director E Sreedharan on Tuesday tabled the action taken report on the July 12 mishap on pillar 67 and announced that the tragedy occurred due to the design and material deficiencies.
Sreedharan added, “We will finish all the projects linked to Phase II of Delhi Metro before commencement of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.”
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PM4K NEWS 008: MICROSOFT KEEN TO PARTNER IN ‘UNIQUE ID’ PROJECT
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NEW DELHI: Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue Unique Identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said today. "Microsoft wants to be part of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) project," he said here at a joint event with Nasscom.
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PM4K NEWS 007: BANKS EYE BIG ROLE IN ‘UNIQUE ID’ PROJECT
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MUMBAI: Banks are likely to play a vital role in the government’s initiative to issue unique identification number (UIN) for every Indian citizen. Speaking to ET, chairman of Indian Banks Association, MV Nair said “IBA will like to work very closely with the government to make this venture successful because eventually banks will be the biggest beneficiaries .” Recently, the government appointed Nandan Nilekani, former CEO of Infosys , as chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India which will issue UIN.
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PM4K NEWS 006: MICROSOFT ADVANCES ITS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
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REDMOND: The growing number and complexity of projects that companies must manage has led to rapid growth in the demand for highly skilled project management practitioners. Reflecting this growing demand is the dramatic increase in membership in the Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading membership association for the project management profession. PMI, the first project management standards body to achieve recognition by ANSI (American National Standards Institute), has seen its membership grow from 17,058 members in 1995 to nearly 220,000 in 150 countries today.
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PM4K NEWS 005: WIPRO BAGS 5-YEAR DEAL FROM BJ’s
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BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, announced it has entered into a five year agreement to provide IT data centre and applications management services for BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc, a leading membership warehouse club headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.
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