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Grand challenges for the next decade in global health policy and programmes – Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization

Grand challenges for the next decade in global health policy and programmes Keynote address at a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization Seattle, Washington, USA 8 February 2017 Honourable ministers, distinguished fellow speakers, faculty and staff at the …

Harnessing the Power of Transparency – Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Speech by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, February 8, 2017 February 8, 2017 Good morning. Thank you for the kind introduction, Mona. And thank you to Fred Kempe, Andrea Montanino, and the Atlantic Council for giving me the opportunity to talk about the importance of transparency in the work …

INTEL SECURITY REVEALS NEW RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES AS CONNECTED LISFESTYLE GROWS IN INDIA

57% of Indians say that they have had to compete with their partners device for attention on a first date 60% of adults thought that their significant other paid more attention to their own device when they were together one-on-one 75% of Indians report getting into an argument with a friend, significant other, or family …

It’s so very exciting being a businesswoman – Anjana Datta, Interior Designer

One gets to meet two types of people in business, broadly, that is. One, that think that you are just a pretty face, trying to kill time, your business being nothing more than the extension of your hobby. The typical rich housewife with a visiting card and a website: someone who is beyond facebook, but …

Shop staff are crucial to ‘big four’ survival as Amazon prepares market entry, says retail expert

Britain’s big four supermarkets should invest in their workers to remain competitive when Amazon Go launches in the UK, according to a leading retail expert at Aston University. Professor Heiner Evanschitzky, director of the Aston Centre for Retail Insights (ACRI) at Aston Business School, comments: “The big four should be worried about Amazon’s move …

What REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Mean For Indian Real Estate – Kishor Pate, CMD – Amit Enterprises Housing Ltd.

The real estate sector in India has been lucrative for savvy investors over the last decade, but it has not been without accompanying uncertainties. The introduction of REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) will open up a platform that will allow all kinds of investors – even those with smaller budgets – to make safe and …

A Tale of Two Spirits – Monoranjan Roy CMD, Pincon Spirit Limited

Let me re-tell the Tale of two Spirits. Of two generations of highly creative people in two different lands, united in their raw creativity and their “weaknesses” (I personally prefer the term “willingness” – to indulge, imbibe) for their preferred poison. Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Aleister …

Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs

3 February, 2017 ¦ GENEVA: New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), launched ahead of World Cancer Day (4 February), aims to improve the chances of survival for people living with cancer by ensuring that health services can focus on diagnosing and treating the disease earlier. New WHO figures released this week indicate that …

Zika: We must be ready for the long-haul. Commentary by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan

On 1 February 2016, I declared that the Zika outbreak sweeping through the Americas was a public health emergency of international concern. That was not an easy call. But looking back, it was the right one. At that time, the disease itself, long dismissed as an obscure medical curiosity, could hardly be described as “extraordinary”, …

Social Media – top trends for 2017 and beyond. Chawm Ganguly

Wither to Social Media? How do we ride the new boom to reach out and join the conversations happening around our brands, that too, in real time? What are the key areas that should concern us? How do we engage customers, both real and potential? How do we dominate the social media space? Can the …