CoNTE j\:\PORA.R'f Contents Foreword Preface iii v Chapter 1 The Cold War Era 1 Chapter 2 The End of Bipolarity 17 Chapter 3 US Hegemony in World Politics 31 Chapter 4 Alternative Centres of Power 51 Chapter 5 Contemporary South Asia 65 Chapter 6 International Organisations 81 Chapter 7 Security in the Contemporary World 99 Chapter 8 Environment and Natural Resources 117 Chapter 9 Globalisation 135 Chapter 1 The Cold
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VALUE ADDED TAX ACT, 1991 (22 No. ACT OF 1991) [Date of assent of the Acting President and publication in the official Gazette, the 10th July, 1991/25th Ashar, 1398 (BS)] An Act to make provision for imposition of value added tax on goods and service WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for imposition of value added tax, It is hereby enacted as follows:1. Short title and commencement.(1) This Act may be called the Value Added Tax Act, 1991 (2) In this Act,(a) sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21
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guidance and constant supervision as well as for providing necessary information and invested his full effort in guiding us in achieving the goal. Abstract Telecom industry, collection of all the industries and companies providing phone service, data or entertainment to consumers and businesses, is the fastest growing industry in Pakistan. As recently as 1994, trained basically in voice telecomm technologies, a Divisional Engineer at a PTCL city exchange could not believe that data could also
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a happy, empowered and sustainable life for everyone Bharti Airtel Ltd. India Sustainability Report 2011- ‘12 mob ile m oney know ledge mobile health mobile education l TV digita mobil e agri cultur e internet the backdrop The Indian economy has seen a significant development in the last two decades. Several hundred million people are benefiting from the country’s progress. Concurrently, India’s population too has risen to more than 1.2 billion, placing an increasing
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facilities and service would be deemed superior in 'absolute' terms." The importance of customer satisfaction diminishes when a firm has increased bargaining power. For example, cell phone plan providers, such as AT&T and Verizon, participate in an industry that is an oligopoly, where only a few suppliers of a certain product or service exist. As such, many cell phone plan contracts have a lot of fine print with provisions that they would never get away if there were, say, 100 cell phone plan providers
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Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) A vehicle to usher in inclusive growth and bridge the digital divide January 2011 www.deloitte.com/in 2 Contents Message from Chairman, TRAI Message from President, ASSOCHAM Message from Secretary General, ASSOCHAM Message from Deloitte Objective & Methodology Executive Summary Introduction What is MVAS? What is Utility MVAS? Key categories in Utility MVAS A Framework for Utility MVAS Drivers for Utility MVAS Categories in focus Category 1 : M-Commerce
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RELIANCE COMMUNICATION [pic] [pic] INTRODUCTION A DREAM COME TRUE The Late Dhirubhai Ambani dreamt of a digital India — an India where the common man would have access to affordable means of information and communication. Dhirubhai, who single-handedly built India’s largest private sector company virtually from scratch, had stated as early as 1999: “Make the tools of information and communication available to people at an affordable cost. They will overcome the handicaps of illiteracy and
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Milk Processing | | 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Pakistani dairy industry is contributing significantly to the country's economy, besides improving the health standard by increasing the nutrition value of the food. The value of output from Dairy Sector increased to Rs.5,00,510 million in 1994-95 from Rs.2,75,080 million in 1990 and is expected to reach the level of Rs. 8,50,000 million by the year 2000 A.D. 1.2 Pakistan occupies first position in the world having a total bovine population of 29
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& SingTel Annual Report 2014 This Year's Report CoNTENTS overview an overview of our business, providing details on how we performed, key events and achievements from the past year, as well as our strategy moving forward Our Vision and Mission Our Mobile Reach What Differentiates Us Our Strategy An Exciting Year Chairman's Statement GCEO Review 01 02 04 05 06 08 10 12 buSineSS review insight into each of our business units SuSTainabiliTy and governance information on our organisation
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Dependency Theory: An Introduction 1. Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA July 1996 Background Dependency Theory developed in the late 1950s under the guidance of the Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, Raul Prebisch. Prebisch and his colleagues were troubled by the fact that economic growth in the advanced industrialized countries did not necessarily lead to growth in the poorer countries. Indeed, their studies suggested that economic activity
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