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How Time Zone Difference Helps Indian BPO Industry?

January 21st, 2010 | Comment

The timezone difference of US and Other developed countries and India is approximately 10-12 hours. This is of great advantage in BPO operations. This is because of the reduced turnaround time.
Turnaround time is the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer. In developed countries the processing services are perfomed at night and so India is able to provide round the clock services. This way India is able to leverage the Time Zone difference.

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Which was the first nation state founded by African Desscendants?

January 14th, 2010 | Comment

Haiti is the first post colonial independent nation in the world led by Blacks. It was the first state founded by African descendants. It is the only nation in the world who got its independence out of a successful slave rebellion.

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Which Country is Known as Friendly Islands?

January 13th, 2010 | Comment

Tonga or Kingdom of Tonga is known to geographers as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773. Its an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprises 169 islands, 36 of them inhabited. Tonga, the only sovereign monarchy among the island nations of the Pacific Ocean, has a unique history as the only island nation in the region to have avoided formal colonial tutelage.

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What is Water Footprinting ?

December 2nd, 2009 | Comment

Water footprinting involves evaluating direct and indirect water usage in business activities, including those of suppliers. It also entails understanding linkages to local water sources and scarcity, and assessing impacts on community water resources and the environment, with the goal of adopting conservation measures. ''As a responsible corporate entity, we value IFC's experience and partnership in launching water footprinting at our sites that will improve our understanding of the social and environmental impacts and help us mitigate these impacts. The project will demonstrate effective management of natural resources, particularly the benefits to farmers of water conservation...Jain Irrigation will be the first company in India to measure its water footprint. IFC has invested almost 60 million dollars in Jain Irrigation.

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Abyssal Plain

August 18th, 2009 | Comment

It is also known as deep sea plane. It usually the level of the ocean floor which lies between about 3500 m & 5500 m below the surface of the ocean. The trenches, mid ocean ridges sea mounts, often break the regularity of the abyssal plane. The plane is composed of ooze or red clay. The temperature doesn’t exceed 4 degree centigrade.

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