Monthly archives: November, 2018

Home, the most dangerous place for women, with majority of female homicide victims worldwide killed by partners or family, UNODC study says

VIENNA, 25 November (UN Information Service) — Around 87,000 women were killed around the world last year, some 50,000 – or 58 per cent – at the hands of intimate partners or family members. This amounts to some six women being killed every hour by people they know, according to new research published by the …

Indian biosimilar market to be worth $40 billion by 2030

~ Active engagement in Indian industry with about 70 approved biosimilars – Urgent need to expand markets & de-clog RoW market access to actualize potential for global leadership    Chennai, 23, 2018: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) & Sathguru Management Consultants released a position paper on Indian Biosimilars Industry – “Indian Biosimilars Industry: Roadmap …

BLOOMBERG SQUARE MILE RELAY DEBUTS IN INDIA

INAUGURAL RACE IN MUMBAI TAKES PLACE AT JIO GARDEN, BKC Mumbai, 23th Nov, 2018: Square Mile Sport, in association with Bloomberg, has added one more city to their books today as they announced the launch of the Bloomberg Square Mile Mumbai, making India’s financial capital the 11th city globally to participate in the biggest corporate …

Invisible self-disinfection:“wipe-on glass” enables permanent hygiene and protection from infection through creation of antimicrobial surfaces

Saarwellingen, Germany The spin-off from the Leibniz-Institute for New Materials (INM) in Saarbrücken, Nano-Care Deutschland AG launches the third generation of ultra-thin coatings: „wipe-on glass“ provides any kind of hard surface with a self-disinfecting performance for a period of several months, to several years. Simply by wiping onto the surface, this robust and effective barrier …

Porsche 911 GT3 sets lap record at Buddh International Circuit

Mumbai. The 911 GT3, representing the epitome of Porsche’s unrivalled motorsport technology into a road-approved sports car, has set a new lap record of 2 minutes 7.6 seconds at the Buddh International Circuit. India’s first Formula 1 driver, Narain Karthikeyan, got behind the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 to beat the previous track record …

International Blockchain Congress launches India’s biggest blockchain initiative – Genesis Hack

With India’s Blockchain initiatives scaling-up, the need for blockchain-ready developers is growing, Genesis Hack 2019 will change this by congregating over 65k developers from all over India.” – Raghu Mohan, CEO of IBC Media IBC media, the creators of the International Blockchain Congress announced the launch of Genesis hack – the world’s biggest blockchain hackathon …

World Health Organization and EU commit to work together to accelerate progress on health

21 November GENEVA/BRUSSELS – Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization has completed a series of meetings with President Juncker and senior European Commission. Officials. He also signed a joint statement with the European Parliament. Dr Tedros commended the fruitful cooperation between the Commission and WHO, particularly in the fields of antimicrobial resistance, …