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Rome, 12 October 2020 – Governments need to make critical investments to halt the increase in poverty and hunger rates to ensure ongoing food supply for every one of us, said Meike van Ginneneken, who joins the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today as the new Associate Vice President of the Strategy and …
This week, 18-year-old Chaitanya Venkateswaran from New Delhi had the unique opportunity to spend a day as the UK’s senior most diplomat in India. As top boss – overseeing the UK’s largest overseas network – Chaitanya’s busy day included handing out tasks to the High Commission’s department heads, interacting with senior female police officers, meeting …
Baltimore, MD— Recently published work from Carnegie’s Allan Spradling and Wanbao Niu revealed in unprecedented detail the genetic instructions immature egg cells go through step by step as they mature into functionality. Their findings improve our understanding of how ovaries maintain a female’s fertility. The general outline of how immature egg cells are assisted by …
(Stockholm, 9 October 2020) SIPRI would like to congratulate the World Food Programme (WFP) on being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. According to the Nobel Committee, the motivation for the prize was ‘for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a …
1 in 3 Indian professionals believe remote working is slowing career progression, making them feel more lonely, and harming work-life balance India, October 8, 2020: Towards World Mental Health Day 2020, LinkedIn, the world’s largest online professional network, has released key survey data from April to September 2020 to highlight how pandemic stress and remote …
Unemployment is main concern among executives, closely followed by infectious diseases, while fiscal crisis is third as top risks for doing business Climate risks such as natural catastrophes and biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse are moving up the list The findings of Regional Risks for Doing Business 2020 are based on a survey of over …
NASSCOM believes that the changes announced to the H-1B visa program will restrict access to talent and will harm the American economy, endanger U.S. jobs, put U.S. interests at risk, slowing down R&D into solutions to the COVID crisis. It is important for the U.S. market to be able to access skilled talent for its …
05 October 2020 Brussels, Belgium The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced the shortlist for the 11th Steelie Awards. The Steelie Awards recognise member companies or individuals for their contribution to the steel industry over a one-year period in a series of categories impacting the industry. The winners will be revealed on Wednesday 14 October. The …
In the run up to COP26 to be hosted by the UK at Glasgow, Scotland in 2021, the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata in partnership with Asian Confluence organised a virtual Young Thinkers’ Conference on ‘Climate Action and Resilience in East and Northeast India’ on Saturday, 3 October. Mr. Ken O’Flaherty, COP26 Regional Ambassador for …
Brussels 29 September 2020 – The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first half year of 2020 showing that stainless steel melt shop production decreased by 9.4% year–on–year to 23.7 million metric tons. The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) is a non-profit research organization based in Brussels which represents the interests of the …