Current Issues IPL: Boon or Bane? IPL was started with much fanfare in 2008. It was regarded as the next big thing in cricket. Under the able guidance of Lalit Modi‚ it started off really well. It was inspired by the highly popular EPL (English Premier League). Since its inception‚ it has caught the eyes of players and viewers alike. It brought Bollywood and corporates under one roof. It resulted in a huge amount of money being poured into the game. Presence of Bollywood stars during matches raised
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Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data. Especially valuable in areas rich with recorded information‚ analytics relies on the simultaneous application of statistics‚ computer programming and operations research to quantify performance. Analytics often favors data visualization to communicate insight. Firms may commonly apply analytics to business data‚ to describe‚ predict‚ and improve business performance. Specifically‚ arenas within analytics include enterprise
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1) Current Ratio The ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company’s ability to pay back its short-term liabilities (debt and payables) with its short-term assets (cash‚ inventory‚ receivables). The higher the current ratio‚ the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. 2) Quick Ratio An indicator of a company’s short-term liquidity. The quick ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason‚ the ratio excludes inventories
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Monstrous Debt Pakistan’s chief problem is a monstrous debt. Without monetary resources with which to fight the numerous problems of the nation‚ Pakistan remains overpopulated and poor. | Sources of debt | Large military spending | Long‚ costly war with India | | | Trade imbalance | Imports exceed exports | | | Power/Fossil fuel issues | | | Debt controls budget | Loans total 25% of revenues | | Loan repayments equal 50% of expenditures | | | Social‚ economic‚ and
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2011 Current Affairs at a Glance JANUARY The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act‚ UPA’s flagship aam admi scheme‚ turned five on February 2‚ 2011. On January 14‚ the Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification revising the wage rates under the MNREGA from Rs 100 per day to between Rs 117 and Rs 181 (17-30 % hike) in different States. The revision under Section 6(1) of the 2005 Act‚ coming in wake of inflationary pressures on the poor‚ adjusts the wages by indexing it
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design Business Process Mapping Catapult exercise on variability Cause & effects diagram (also known as fishbone or Ishikawa diagram) Chi-square test of independence and fits Control chart Correlation Cost-benefit analysis CTQ tree Quantitative marketing research through use of Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) systems Design of experiments Failure mode and effects analysis General linear model Histograms Homoscedasticity Pareto chart Pick chart Process capability
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Process Mapping Key items to note when process mapping: http://www.bpmenterprise.com/content/c060710a.asp - Follow Best practices and get the right people (SME) for each job. - Get the bigger picture of the entire system instead of just discrete or departmental views. Understanding interactions. But don’t (lose) losing sight of the forest for the trees. - Understanding the current processes in depth. - Prioritize key things that need to be done‚ elements in critical path‚ customer delivery
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W P S (DEPR) : 16 / 2012 RBI WORKING PAPER SERIES Sustainable Level of India’s Current Account Deficit Rajan Goyal DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH AUGUST 2012 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the RBI Working Papers series in March 2011. These papers present research in progress of the staff members of RBI and are disseminated to elicit comments and further debate. The views expressed in these papers are those of authors and not that of RBI. Comments and observations
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Current Situation The image of professional baseball has‚ by and large‚ been an idyllic and relatively unblemished one from its roots as the national pastime in the mid-1800s until the latter part of the 20th century. Aside from the 1919 Black Sox scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to cheat‚ to "fix" the World Series‚ nothing has rocked the game as much as the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED). Since revelations about players using such substances as steroids
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Weathering Process Physical Weathering Processes Freeze Thaw (Frost Shattering) Temperatures need to fluctuate above and below freezing. When the temperature drops below 0 degrees‚ water collected in rock cracks freezes and expands. When temperatures rise again the ice melts. Pressure created by expansion results in progressive weakening of the rock. At high altitudes frost-shattered material forms scree slopes. Heating & Cooling Thermal expansion & contraction of rock in response
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