Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Undemocratic republic of...

In what is threatening to once again draw the Democratic Republic of Congo’s neighbours openly into the conflict and may undo a six-year regional and international endeavour to alleviate the Great Lakes region, fresh fighting has resumed in the Eastern Congo region between government forces and those of Laurent Nkunda.

As reports last came, rebel forces led by the Congolese Tutsi general – head of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), have affirmed an armistice after four days of hostility in the North Kivu province. Congolese soldiers and displaced civilians moved into the province's capital Goma, fleeing advancing rebels.

The fighting has led to the migration of at least 50,000 people, according to UN reports. A crisis sitting of the Security Council late last week has agreed to a non-binding declaration, which condemned the hostility and called upon CNDP to "bring its operations to an end", which they said was creating a "humanitarian catastrophe".....Continue


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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Employers perferring more of Management Institutes like IIPM

The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) set a record for itself in campus recruitment with more than 2,000 jobs for its students during the ongoing placement season for the class of 2006-08. The total number of placements by March second week had hit a high of 2,014, highest achieved ever. The highlight of the placement season was that 85 new companies entered the IIPM campus to net the talent for their enterprises, said an IIPM release. More than 10 international placements was the added feature of the season.

More than 600 companies have visited the IIPM campus for recruitment so far, with the first timers like Yes Bank picking up 33 students in early January, Zee Entertainment netting seven, UB Group (King Fisher Airlines) selecting 14 among others.

Satyam Computer Services picked up 60 students on the first day of the placement exercise offering a whopping package of Rs 8.8 lakh per annum, the highest domestic package offer, exceeding the average offer of Rs 5 lakh per annum, said IIPM.

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