Monthly archives: December, 2017

Way Forward for Steel: thyssenkrupp and IG Metall reach negotiated settlement on planned joint venture in steel sector

– thyssenkrupp agrees with employee representatives on conclusion of a collective agreement – Collective agreement contains assurances on site and employment continuation and investment – Agreement enables thyssenkrupp to implement its strategic and operational goals for the joint venture – IG Metall collective bargaining committee recommends acceptance – CHRO Oliver Burkhard: “We have worked out …

Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov: Remarks at the Security Council Debate on the situation in Afghanistan

  21 December 2017 VIENNA/NEW YORK, 21 December 2017 (UN Information Service) — When I addressed this Council on Afghanistan a year ago, I reported that UNODC’s 2016 Afghan opium survey showed a worrying reversal in efforts to counter the drug problem, and highlighted the need to address this destructive threat. One year later, the …

Dutch Blockchain Company Aims to Update Criminal Justice

LegalThings is an Amsterdam-based digital contracts company that’s aiming to update how those accused of a crime move through the justice system by making the law accessible while making judicial record-keeping more open and secure. The justice system is known for many things, but efficiency is not one of them. Neither is being up-to-speed with …

Landmine conference addresses progress in implementation and the need to universalize the convention as the number of new victims grows

VIENNA/GENEVA, 21 December (UN Information Service) – The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention’s Sixteenth Meeting of the States Parties (16MSP) has concluded in Vienna, Austria, recording success in stockpile destruction with Belarus announcing it had destroyed over three million stockpiled landmines bringing to 159 the number of States that no longer have destruction obligations under the …

PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih awards SMS group a contract for two secondary metallurgy plants and two continuous billet casters

Cost-efficient process route and increased plant availability PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, has awarded SMS group (www.sms-group.com) the contract to supply two secondary metallurgy plants and two six-strand continuous billet casters (Nos. 2 and 3). The new plants will be installed next to the existing caster No. 1 at Kryvyi Rih. With the new process route …

This Christmas, SpiceJet turns Santa for orphanage kids

  ~ Airline gifts Christmas vacation and a newly-renovated home for Mala Smriti Home children ~ Gurugram, December 21, 2017: SpiceJet celebrated Christmas week — the season of giving — in a very special way. The airline donned Santa’s red cap and suit and brought fun and cheer into the lives of some of the …

Toyo signs Actress Divyanka Tripathi as brand ambassador

Renowned Indian actress Divyanka Tripathi (Ishita) who works in the Hindi television industry and established herself as one of the most popular actresses in the industry becomes the  Brand ambassador for Toyo. Toyo a name in manufacturing women’s western wear  like Tunics, T-shirts,Kurtis, fancy tops, Leggings, Plazos and Capris of new age fashion garments is …