Sundram Fasteners has won the Deming Prize for all its 17 plants located in India. The award is in recognition of the total quality management initiative at the company. The prize will be given away on November 14, in Tokyo. With a diversified product line, world-class facilities in four countries and a motivated team of … Read more
Evan Atar Adaha’s Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 1,44,000 refugees from Blue Nile state in neighbouring Sudan, UNHCR said. The hospital’s X-ray machine is broken, but Atar and his team perform nearly 60 surgeries per week in a room with just one light, with staff using “ketamine injections … Read more
The Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, with the intention of awarding it in 2019. The decision has been taken in the wake of a sexual and financial scandal that has engulfed the Swedish Academy, the cultural institution responsible for awarding the prestigious prize. According to the Swedish Foundations … Read more
Roger Federer and Garbine Muguruza won the men’s and women’s titles in 2017. Lower-ranked players at Wimbledon will enjoy a greater uplift, with an increase of 10 percent across qualifying and the first to fourth rounds of the singles, boosting the overhaul prize money total to £34 million this year. The haul is larger than … Read more
