Monthly archives: March, 2019

Seqrite detects around 50 million cyber threats during H2 2018

–          Cryptojacking malware emerges as one of the most prominent threats, with more than 15,000 hits detected every day –          With more than 2000 detections every day, ransomware is not dead yet as it continues to evolve and becomes more sophisticated and targeted in nature –          The IT/ITES industry (27%) had the maximum malware detections, …

Future of workplace survey reveals 66 percent Indians keen on developing new skills if they had an extra free day

Workers Worldwide Provide Their Work-Life Wish list Bengaluru, India, March 12, 2019 — The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated released part two of a global survey examining how 3,000 employees across eight nations view their relationship with work and life. Asking the simple question, “What would you do with more time?” these results from The …

Global arms trade: USA increases dominance; arms flows to the Middle East surge, says SIPRI

(Stockholm, 11 March 2019) The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2014–18 was 7.8 per cent higher than in 2009–13 and 23 per cent higher than in 2004–2008, according to new data on arms transfers published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) at www.sipri.org. The five largest exporters in 2014–18 were the …

International Women’s Day – 8 March 2019

The British Deputy High Commission Kolkata supported NSHM Knowledge Campus’s ‘Y-Factor International Conference on Media and Society’ to mark International Women’s Day 2019, held at Birla Industrial Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata on 8 March. Over the course of today and tomorrow, the sessions will discuss a number of topics including “Woman and Media”, as well …

Message on International Women’s Day 2019

The Secretary-General New York, 8 March 2019 Gender equality and women’s rights are fundamental to global progress on peace and security, human rights and sustainable development. We can only re-establish trust in institutions, rebuild global solidarity and reap the benefits of diverse perspectives by challenging historic injustices and promoting the rights and dignity of all. …

UOSSM Doctors Run Training Mission in Bangladesh To Prevent Diabetic Amputation

Geneva, Switzerland – Over 900,000 Rohingya refugees are living in unhealthy conditions in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Due to a lack of available medical care, chronic diseases are ravaging the population. Among them, diabetes. This silent disease, whose severity is frequently underestimated, can cause multiple complications including the diabetic foot in 15% of cases. The onset …

Virgin Atlantic ushers in no-makeup for cabin crew

Female cabin crew can now opt to go without makeup and wear pants 7th March 2019, New Delhi: In a significant change for the aviation industry, Virgin Atlantic announced to drop off compulsory dress codes such as wearing make-up for both female and male cabin crew as well as skirts for female cabin crew. Virgin …

IFAD launches global campaign to close gender gap in agriculture and amplify the voices of rural women

Rome, 7 March 2019 – On International Women’s Day, the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will kick off a campaign aimed at closing the gender gap in agriculture by drawing attention to the often overlooked contributions that rural women in developing countries make to rural economies, local communities and to improving the …

NASSCOM Organized Partnership Program to Promote Trade Between NASSCOM Member Companies and Israeli Companies

NEW DELHI, March 7, 2019: In an effort to provide market access toIT-ITeS companies from India, The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), today announced that ithas established one more collaboration initiative to boost trade between Indian and Israeli companies. The initiative was announced in partnership with the Embassy of India in Israel …