Hinduja Group - Wikipedia. The Hinduja Group is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. They are involved in a wide range of activities including foundries, import export, trading, motor vehicles, banking, call centres and healthcare.[2]History[edit]The company was founded in 1. Parmanand Deepchandh Hinduja, who was from a Sindhi family based in India.[3] Initially operating in Karachi and Mumbai, India, he set up the company's first international operation in Iran in 1. The headquarters of the group moved to Iran where it remained until 1. Islamic Revolution forced it to move to Europe. Srichand Hinduja and his brother Gopichand moved to London in 1. · · A great Headline dance mix from the legend that is "Fatboy Slim" on the Breezeblock show on BBC Radio 1. Recorded August 20th 2001 Tracklist: 01. History of Colonization and Formation of the Settler State. The history of South Africa and its peoples, like that of all peoples, does not begin or end with contacts. The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) is a 13,000–square-mile area in West Virginia, Virginia, and part of Maryland that heavily restricts radio transmissions and. Get information, facts, and pictures about South Africa at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about South Africa easy with credible articles. Prakash manages the group's finances in Geneva, Switzerland while the youngest brother, Ashok, oversees the Indian interests. The brothers are all devout Hindu, vegetarian and teetotallers, and dress in similar ways, with a preference for black suits and round glasses.[4]Under the leadership of its chairman, Srichand, today the Hinduja Group has become one of the largest diversified groups in the world. The group employs over 7. India. In 2. 01. 7, Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja were described as the wealthiest men in Britain with an estimated wealth of £ 1. Sunday Times Rich List 2. In 2. 01. 5 at The Asian Awards, the Hinduja brothers were honoured with the Business Leader of the Year Award.[6]Hinduja Group companies[edit]Ashok Leyland Ltd[edit]Ashok Leyland, a flagship business of Hinduja group, is the 2nd largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in India, 4th largest manufacturer of buses in the world and 1. The company has its footprints across 5. Chennai. [9] It has 9 manufacturing plants around the world with 7 manufacturing plants in India and one each in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE and Leeds, United Kingdom. Ashok Leyland recorded a sales turnover of Rs. March 2. 01. 6.[1. In late 2. 01. 6, Ashok Leyland launched India’s first electric bus aiming to penetrate the electric/hybrid vehicles market. The company became the first truck and bus manufacturer outside of Japan to win the Deming Prize for its Pantnagar plant.[1. In 2. 01. 6, Interbrand India nominated Ashok Leyland as the 3. Greenpeace will never stop fighting for a greener, healthier world for our oceans, forests, food, climate, and democracy—no matter what forces stand in our way. > Global Challenges. Our expertise and global reach help promote safety and health for the planet and its inhabitants. > Dupont Innovation. We create a bridge from. India. [1. 9]Ashok Leyland Defence[edit]The Hinduja group has formed as an independent company to spearhead its defence business. Ashok Leyland Defence Systems, is the newly floated company by the Hinduja Group. Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of Hinduja group, holds 2. Ashok Leyland Defence Systems (ALDS), which has a mandate to design and develop defence logistics and tactical vehicles, defence communication and other systems. Dr V. Sumantran, Executive Vice Chairman, Hinduja Automotive Limited, heads the new venture.[2. Ashok Leyland is the largest supplier of logistics vehicles to the Indian Army. It has supplied over 6. Stallion vehicles which form the Army's logistics backbone.[2. Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd[edit]The chemical hub of the Hinduja Group was strengthened by the merger of Gulf Oil India Limited with IDL Industries Limited, which became effective from 1 January 2. The company has four major operating divisions: Commercial Explosives - handling explosives, detonators, explosive bonded metal clads and special devices for defense and space applications. It has eight plants in India, its Hyderabad plant being the largest detonator manufacturing facility in the world (1. It is the largest exporter of explosives and detonators to 2. Philippines and countries in South East Asia, North Africa, the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. Lubricants - lubricants, greases, and car accessories. Set up in 1. 99. 3, and now the second largest private sector lubricant oil manufacturer in India. Mining and Infrastructure - undertakes large scale mining services in coal and iron ore, plus services to the infrastructure sector such as underground metro railways and national highways. It is executing two large projects for Coal India Ltd. The division has a major presence in the iron ore mining sector where it is working in very large mines rich in iron ore. Speciality Chemicals - manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients, intermediates, and finished forms such as tablets, capsules, injectables and liquids. Also undertakes contract research and development services. Manufacturing based in Hyderabad. Gulf Oil International[edit]Gulf Oil International, which operates from London offices, is one of the largest petroleum companies and petroleum product traders in the world, operating in more than 8. It employs 3. 00. It has filling stations in most countries in Europe, parts of South America, and Indonesia. It markets car batteries, car care products, vehicle air filters, lubrication machinery, and speciality chemicals in many countries. The company operates its Gulf Express chain of car service centres in Saudi Arabia and is planning to expand into Bahrain and other countries in the Middle East. Gulf Oil International is one of the biggest petroleum product traders in the world, with a large plant in China and expanding into the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific Region, with entries announced into Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and China, and expansion projects in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and India. Indus. Ind Bank Ltd[edit]Indus. Ind Bank is a private sector bank, and is the only Indian bank to have been founded by NRIs (Non- resident Indians), and the only commercial bank in India to receive ISO- 9. It began its operation in 1. US$1. 6 million) and with a focus on corporate and SME lending, and following its merger with Ashok Leyland Finance Ltd (ALFL) in 2. US$1. 60 million) and assets of around ₹2. US$3. 1 billion). It has a customer base of 1. ATMs (as on 3. 1 March 2. India. The bank has representative overseas offices in Dubai and London, and correspondent banking relationships with 3. The bank has entered into strategic alliances with Union National Bank in the United Arab Emirates and Doha Bank in Qatar to enhance its NRI business. The bank’s national reach is extended further through its marketing arrangements for loan products through an associate firm, Indus. Ind Marketing and Financial Services, which has 7. The bank has secured high domestic investment- grade ratings for its financial instruments from the local subsidiaries of S& P, Moody's and Fitch. Hinduja Foundries Ltd[edit]Hinduja Foundries is a five decades old company catering to the casting needs of the automobile OEMs in India. It has three manufacturing plants in operation in Southern India. Around 3. 0% of the vehicles rolled out in India (cars, commercial vehicles and tractors) have major castings supplied by the company. A modern new green field foundry was set up in Sriperumbudur near Chennai with an R& D centre and started its production in 2. The company has been growing at the rate of around 4. CAGR (Sales - 3. 2 to 1. Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd.[edit]Hinduja Global Solutions Limited (formerly HTMT Global Solutions) commenced its IT operations in 1. It provides outsourcing solutions including back office processing, contact centre, and customized IT services to a global clientele comprising several Fortune 5. Hinduja Global Solutions began as an IT consulting firm specializing in providing solutions centred on a mainframe platform, in partnership with IBM. In 1. 99. 5, the company entered corporate training in mainframes. The company has 4. North America and London, and 6. Bangalore, Mysore, Mumbai, Nagercoil, Chennai, Durgapur, Siliguri and Hyderabad in India; Lyndhurst, Peoria, Illinois, St Louis, Waterloo, and El Paso in the United States; Montreal, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Ontario in Canada, Cyber City in Mauritius, Manila in the Philippines and Dubai in UAE. The Contact Centre and Back Office Services Division houses international voice centres and back office processing units for Health Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Telecom, Banking and Financial Services, Consumer Electronics / Products, Technology, Automotive, Government, Media and Entertainment, Energy and Utilities and Transportation and Logistics companies. HTMT’s acquisitions have made the company into one of the top Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in India, with a customer base of 6. US$2. 00 million. Its Mauritius centre supports the French- speaking population, and its Texas centre provides support in Spanish. In. Cablenet is one of the companies which come under the umbrella of Hinduja TMT or HTMT. It is part of its foray into Media and Communications. P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre[edit]The P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai is a multi- speciality tertiary care hospital with a medical research centre set up in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston. The hospital has an inpatient capacity of 3. As a tertiary care hospital, it offers services covering investigations and diagnosis to therapy, surgery, and post- operative care. It is the first tertiary care hospital to have been awarded ISO 9. KEMA, Netherlands, for Quality management systems, and was awarded the "Golden Peacock Global Award" for philanthropy in emerging economies (2. The hospital has treated 1. Its laboratory is the first hospital laboratory to be accredited by the College of American Pathologists. Hinduja Bank (Switzerland) Ltd[edit]Hinduja Bank (Switzerland) Ltd was founded as a finance company in 1. Swiss regulated bank in 1. Hinduja Bank has its headquarters in Geneva and has a network in Switzerland including offices in Lucerne, Zurich, St Margrethen,Basle and Lugano. Additionally it has a global presence in London, Dubai, Paris, New York, Mauritius and Chennai. Over the years, its businesses have expanded to include Wealth Management, Trade Finance Services, Global Investment Solutions and Corporate Finance Services.[2. South Africa facts, information, pictures. LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENTTOPOGRAPHYCLIMATEFLORA AND FAUNAENVIRONMENTPOPULATIONMIGRATIONETHNIC GROUPSLANGUAGESRELIGIONSTRANSPORTATIONHISTORYGOVERNMENTPOLITICAL PARTIESLOCAL GOVERNMENTJUDICIAL SYSTEMARMED FORCESINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONECONOMYINCOMELABORAGRICULTUREANIMAL HUSBANDRYFISHINGFORESTRYMININGENERGY AND POWERINDUSTRYSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYDOMESTIC TRADEFOREIGN TRADEBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBANKING AND SECURITIESINSURANCEPUBLIC FINANCETAXATIONCUSTOMS AND DUTIESFOREIGN INVESTMENTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTHEALTHHOUSINGEDUCATIONLIBRARIES AND MUSEUMSMEDIAORGANIZATIONSTOURISM, TRAVEL, AND RECREATIONFAMOUS SOUTH AFRICANSDEPENDENCIESBIBLIOGRAPHYRepublic of South Africa. Republiek van Suid- Afrika. CAPITAL: Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial)FLAG: The national flag, adopted in 1. Bands of red, white, green, white, and blue appear horizontally. ANTHEM: Two anthems are currently in use: the official anthem, Die Stem van Suid- Afrika (The Call of South Africa), and Nkosi Sikelel' Afrika (God Bless Africa), a hymn adopted by most liberation groups. MONETARY UNIT: The South African rand (r) is a paper currency of 1. It is used throughout the South African monetary area. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 1. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is in use. HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Republic Day, 3. May; Kruger Day, 1. October; Day of the Vow, 1. December; Christmas, 2. December; Goodwill Day, 2. December. Movable religious holidays include Good Friday and Ascension; Family Day is a movable secular holiday. TIME: 2 pm = noon GMT. The area of South Africa is 1,2. Comparatively, the area occupied by South Africa is slightly less than twice the size of the state of Texas. Considered as a whole, South Africa extends 1,8. It is bounded on the n by Botswana and Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), on the ne by Mozambique and Swaziland, on the e by the Indian Ocean, on the s by the confluence of the Indian and Atlantic oceans, on the w by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the nw by Namibia. South Africa also controls two small islands, Prince Edward and Marion, which lie some 1,9. Cape Town. South Africa's capital city, Pretoria, is located in the northeastern part of the country. South Africa has a mean altitude of about 1,2. Parts of Johannesburg are more than 1,8. There are three major zones: the marginal regions, which range in width from 8. Cape folded belt, and western plateau slopes; a vast saucer- shaped interior plateau, separated from the marginal zone by the Great Escarpment; and the Kalahari Basin, only the southern part of which projects into north- central South Africa. The land rises steadily from west to east to the Drakensberg Mountains (part of the Great Escarpment), the tallest of which is Mt. Injasuti (3,4. 08 m/1. Lesotho. The coastal belt of the west and south ranges between 1. Cape. North of the coastal belt stretch the Little and the Great Karoo highlands, which are bounded by mountains, are semiarid to arid, and merge into sandy wastes that ultimately join the arid Kalahari. The high grass prairie, or veld, of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal is famous for its deposits of gold and silver; other minerals are found in the Transvaal's bush veld. From the Drakensberg, the land falls toward the Indian Ocean in the rolling hills and valleys of Natal, which are covered with rich vegetation and, near the coast, subtropical plants, including sugarcane. The two most important rivers draining the interior plateau are the Orange (with its tributary the Vaal), which flows into the Atlantic Ocean, and the Limpopo, which empties into the Indian Ocean through Mozambique. Of the fast- flowing rivers with steeply graded courses that produce spectacular waterfalls, the largest is the Tugela, which rises in the Mont- aux- Sources and flows swiftly to the Indian Ocean. South Africa lies almost wholly within the southern temperate zone, and its climate is more equable than that of corresponding northern latitudes because of its surrounding waters. Temperature differentials between east and west coasts stem from the influences, respectively, of the warm Mozambique (Agulhas) Current and the cold Benguela Current. The average daily minimum temperature at Durban, on the east coast, ranges from 1. July to 2. 1°c (7. February; on the west coast, at Port Nolloth, the range is from 7°c (4. Temperatures are cooler in the highlands: at Johannesburg, the average daily minimum is 4°c (3. June and July and 1. January. On the high veld there are sharp differences. Rainfall is unpredictable in large parts of the country, and prolonged droughts are a serious restriction on farming in such areas. While the mean annual rainfall is 4. Much of South Africa gets its rain in the summer months, but the western coastal belt is a winter rain area. Along the Cape south coast, rain falls during both seasons. The variety of South Africa's climate and altitude accounts for its diversified flora and fauna. Major vegetation zones include the forest and palm belt of the east, south, and southwest coasts; the temperate grasslands (veld) of the eastern portion of the interior plateau; the desert and semidesert (Karoo) vegetation of the western interior; and the bushveld (savanna) of the Kalahari and the northeast. Of the 2. 00 natural orders of plants in the world, over 1. South Africa has over 2. There are 2. 00 species of euphorbia, about 3. Cape Province alone, and more than 5. Wild flowers (including the protea, South Africa's national flower) grow in great profusion throughout the Cape region. Aardvark, jackal, lion, elephant, wild buffalo, hippopotamus, and various kinds of antelope are still found in some parts of the country. In the great game parks, animals may be seen living in natural surroundings. So extensive is the variety both of smaller mammals and of plants that they have not yet all been identified. The number of different kinds of birds is estimated at well over 3. The number of species of insects is estimated at 4. Recent industrialization and urbanization have taken their toll on the South African environment, as have such agricultural practices as veld fires, overgrazing of livestock, and intensive use of pesticides. Soil erosion and desertification are two more significant environmental issues in South Africa. Three hundred to four hundred million tons of soil per year are lost. The country's limited water resources have been impaired by mineralization, eutrophication, and acidic mine drainage. South Africa has 4. The country's cities produce about 4. Air pollution in urban areas stems primarily from coal burning and motor vehicle exhausts. The government has taken steps to address these issues: Johannesburg was the site of the 2. World Summit on Sustainable Development, and South Africa is seen as a leader of the developing world on issues such as climate change, conservation, and biodiversity. The principal environmental bodies are the Department of Water Affairs, the Department of Environmental Affairs, and the Department of National Health and Population Activities. Pursuant to a government "white paper" about environmental conservation policy, approved in 1. It included development of a comprehensive technology for treating sewage and industrial effluents, surveys of threatened natural habitats, research on marine pollution, monitoring of atmospheric pollutants, and a program of environmental education in the public schools. According to a 2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), the number of threatened species included 2. Threatened species in South Africa include the riverine rabbit, Cape Mountain zebra, Treur River barb, and several species of butterfly. Twelve species have become extinct, including the cape warthog, bluebuck, Burchell's zebra, and quagga. About 5. 5% of the total land area is protected and there are numerous nature and game reserves and national parks. Some 1. 20 rare Addo elephants are protected in Addo Elephant National Park, 5. Port Elizabeth; Bontebok National Park (near Swellendam, Cape Province) is a habitat for the last surviving herd of bontebok antelope; Mountain Zebra National Park (near Cradock, in Cape Province) is a refuge for several hundred rare mountain zebras and springbok; and Kruger National Park, in northeastern Transvaal, has almost every species of South African wildlife in its natural habitat. The population of South Africa in 2. United Nations (UN) at 4. In 2. 00. 5, approximately 4% of the population was over 6. There were 9. 6 males for every 1. According to the UN, the annual population rate of change for 2. The projected population for the year 2. The overall population density was 3. The UN estimated that 5. The administrative capital, Pretoria had a population of 1,2. Johannesburg, the largest city and the commercial and industrial center of the country, had a metropolitan population of 3,2. Cape Town, the legislative capital, had a population of 3,1. Other major cities include East Rand, 3,0. Durban, 2,6. 43,0. West Rand, 1,2. 97,0. Sasolburg, 1,2. 59,0. Port Elizabeth, 9. Bloemfontein, the judicial capital, approximately 3. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS has had a significant impact on the population of South Africa. The UN estimated that 2. HIV/AIDS in 2. 00. The AIDS epidemic causes higher death and infant mortality rates, and lowers life expectancy. Preference was given in the past to immigrants from those countries from which South Africa's present white population is derived. Between 1. 96. 3 and 1. Between 1. 98. 0–8. Zimbabwe residents emigrated. South Africa. After 1. Of the 6. 3,4. 95 immigrants between 1. African countries, 1. United Kingdom, 1. European countries, and 1. Emigration came to 4. In 1. 98. 6, it was estimated that between 1. Africans migrate temporarily to South Africa each year to fulfill work contracts, although only about 5. Africans are living and working in the country at any given time.
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