Cochin, 20^th August, 2018:

Idea has activated an Emergency number for its customers to locate others on the Idea network, in the flood-hit regions of Kerala. To locate a missing person Idea subscriber can now dial Toll Free No. 1948 and get instant status on the last known location of the person.

Step 1: Idea customers can dial 1948 from their Idea number

Step 2: Share Idea number of missing person

Customer will receive an SMS with the last known location of the missing person.

Only Idea numbers can be traced.

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From: George Mutholil <provincialkerala@gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

As of today, 2.23 lakh of people are in camps, over 300 lives have been lost in ten days of torrential rain, landslides and floods 82,442 people have been rescued, but thousands remain yet to be rescued from isolated spots.

Today the Prime Minister is visiting the state and we hope to get substantially better support from the Centre.

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The flood situation continues to remain grim. The road, rail and air transport continue to be disrupted. Communication too is heavily affected in the flooded areas.

The three Jesuit centres most affected: Sameeksha, Kalady, Edathua ITI and Loyola, Aluva have been relatively safe. In the latter two, they have moved out to safer locations. We hope and pray that there won’t be any substantial damage to the buildings.

The relief work has been coordinated by the state authorities, local agencies, Church agencies and ordinary folk. We are overwhelmed by the generous support and offer of support from many. Here is the Kerala Jesuit proposal:

We have joined hands with the local relief efforts wherever we are and will continue to do. For the long term efforts, we are focusing on the Wayanad area, one of the worst affected, through our own TUDI, Eachome .  We are working out the concrete details. We will revert to you with request for concrete support.

Meanwhile, some of you have been offering financial and other support. For those of you who would like to contribute  financially here are the bank details.

NAME OF ACCOUNT: JESUIT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY

BANK:  YES BANK, KOZHIKODE BRANCH

IFSC:  YESB 0000 492

A/C NO.   0492 8870 0000 027

Thanking you for your generosity and seeking your intense prayers for a mighty intervention from the Almighty who alone can save the situation.

Fraternally,

thanks and regards

M.K.George S J

Provincial

Christ Hall,

Malaparamba P.O.

Calicut – 673 009, KERALA

Email: provincialkerala@gmail.com

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Service offerings leverage machine learning platform Tookitaki, to enable banks to automate anti money laundering and reconciliation management

Bangalore (India) – August 7, 2018 – Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, guiding its clients to achieve faster business outcomes, is using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to help banks improve their ability to detect financial crimes and enhance reconciliation management. These service offerings are made possible through a partnership with Tookitaki’s machine-learning- powered platform.

Banks and other financial institutions are challenged by both the rising sophistication of financial crimes worldwide and increasingly complex regulations requiring strict operating and reporting standards. The ongoing efforts to manually detect money laundering, dealing with false alarms and fragmented reconciliation processes are costly and time consuming. There is an urgent need for these institutions to automate many of these processes, reducing errors and accelerating their response times to incidents.

To address these challenges, Mindtree and Tookitaki are now offering these services:

• Smart Alert Management: A completely automated, dynamically-adaptive model based on artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to detect suspicious cases more accurately. It reduces false alerts, increases true positives (suspicious cases missed by rules/legacy systems), lowers costs, and enhances the productivity of analysts. Banks can improve the anti-money laundering process using machine learning.

• Smart Reconciliation Management:  An end-to-end automated approach to reconciliation management across business functions. Using machine learning and analytics, it increases match rates, resolves exceptions, recommends adjustment amounts and generates an audit trail for thorough business understanding. This shifts reconciliation from being subjective and error-prone to objective and more accurate. Banks can automatically handle exceptions and correct source systems while staying compliant.

“There is a compelling need for banks today to automate many traditionally manual, intensive, error-prone tasks,” said Kamran Ozair, Executive Vice President and Head of Banking, Financial Services and Insurance at Mindtree. “This partnership combines Tookitaki’s predictive modeling capabilities and Mindtree’s deep expertise in helping enterprise clients capitalize on artificial intelligence and machine learning to help banks run their business more efficiently.”

“Rapid development in artificial intelligence and robotics technologies has brought in massive adoption of automated technologies across industries,” says Abhishek Chatterjee, Founder and CEO of Tookitaki. “For banks especially, who are dealing with strict regulations and little room for error, automation can drive quality, productivity and profitability. Our partnership with Mindtree has made it easier and more efficient for customers in the financial services industry to introduce artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into the critical space of regulatory compliance.”

About Mindtree

Mindtree [NSE: MINDTREE] is a global technology consulting and services company, helping Global 2000 corporations marry scale with agility to achieve competitive advantage. “Born digital” in 1999, more than 340 enterprise clients rely on our deep domain knowledge to break down silos, make sense of digital complexity and bring new initiatives to market faster. We enable IT to move at the speed of business, leveraging emerging technologies and the efficiencies of Continuous Delivery to spur business innovation. Operating across 17 countries, we’re consistently regarded as one of the best places to work, embodied every day by our winning culture made up of 19,000 entrepreneurial, collaborative and dedicated “Mindtree Minds.” To learn more, visit www.mindtree.com or follow us @Mindtree_Ltd.

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Rani’s Voice joins public-private coalition of leading organizations as world marks a day against trafficking in persons.

NEW YORK, July 30, 2018: As the world marks a day against trafficking in persons,  Rani’s Voice, a global social enterprise focused on human trafficking prevention, is joining forces with Thomson Reuters in a public-private coalition, to help step-up the fight against financial crime and modern slavery.

Human trafficking and other financial crimes have a devastating impact on individuals and communities around the world. Every year, an estimated $2.4 trillion in proceeds from this and other causes of human misery such as forced prostitution, terrorism and drug trafficking are laundered through the world’s financial markets and banking systems. Independent research conducted by Thomson Reuters reveals that 47% of the 2,300 organizations it surveyed have been a victim of at least one type of financial crime in the last 12 months.

The high level of incidence means that financial crime is now a depressingly common practice. Public-private cooperation is key to the identification and implementation of innovative strategies that address this challenge and safeguard the integrity of the global financial system.

The formation of the public-private coalition was announced in January 2018 at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Its objective is to mobilise and influence decisions-makers at the highest levels to improve awareness of the extent of financial crime and modern slavery, promote more effective information sharing, and establish enhanced processes to share best practice. The inclusion of Rani’s Voice in the coalition gives a voice to the millions of enslaved people throughout the world, drawing attention to their suffering, and highlighting the importance of finding new ways to secure their freedom.

Rani’s Voice is led by Rani Hong, who at the age of seven was stolen from her family and sold into slavery. As a survivor of child slavery, Rani has dedicated her life to speaking for those without a voice, becoming one of the foremost advocates for combating the crime of human trafficking.

Rani Hong, CEO of Rani’s Voice and former UN Special Advisor: “The United Nations has designated today as World Day against Trafficking in Persons and this gives us cause to celebrate freedom. While I am conscious of how far we still need to go to end the trafficking in children and young people, I believe we are taking a significant step forward through this alliance of influential organisations.”

Phil Cotter, Managing Director, Risk, Thomson Reuters: “We welcome the addition of Rani’s Voice to the coalition as we look to raise more global awareness of financial crime as a critical challenge with grave human and financial costs. Increased collaboration is key to fighting financial crime and Rani’s passion and expertise will be invaluable as we work to bring forward innovative, high-impact solutions that help disrupt and dismantle the criminal networks that cause incalculable harm around the world.”

The founding members of the public-private coalition include Thomson Reuters, Europol and the World Economic Forum. Its membership has expanded to include the Royal United Services Institute, the Atlantic Council and now Rani’s Voice.

To learn more about the costs of financial crime, read the independent report from Thomson Reuters:  Revealing the True Cost of Financial Crime

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of news and information for professional markets. Our customers rely on us to deliver the intelligence, technology and expertise they need to find trusted answers. The business has operated in more than 100 countries for more than 100 years. For more information, visit www.thomsonreuters.com.

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‘Go-Online’ e-commerce solution operated by Network International will be powered by Shopmatic

New Delhi, 24 July 2018: International e-commerce company, Shopmatic has launched in UAE  to boost UAE’s burgeoning e-commerce sector by digitally enabling the country’s SMEs. It has partnered with Network International, the leading payment solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa, to leverage the strength of the two organizations to grow the e-commerce landscape in UAE.

Network International’s   ‘Go-Online’  e-commerce platform, that launched today, is powered by Shopmatic and targeted at local small, medium, and start-up businesses.

Network International will use Shopmatic’s technology to power its Go-Online solution, as an end-to-end enabler and allow SMEs to create their own web stores and start selling their products or services online to customers in UAE and around the world.

Commenting on the development, Anurag Avula, CEO of Shopmatic, said, “The partnership with Network International is a significant step in enabling digital commerce for the growing e-commerce markets of the Middle East and Africa. This marks the entry of Shopmatic in one of the most exciting  emerging e-commerce markets and continues to cement our commitment to supporting SMEs and entrepreneurs in their online commerce journey, around the world.”

Network International is the UAE’s largest merchant acquirer and the company’s ground-breaking partnership with leading global e-commerce player, Shopmatic, lends it a significant first mover advantage in the e-commerce space.

Samer Soliman, Managing Director – Middle East, Network International, commented, “As part of our commitment to enable commerce in the region, our aim is to enhance the e-commerce ecosystem by offering potential entrepreneurs a ready world-class platform with an integrated payment gateway. Go-Online will hasten go-to-market for smaller e-commerce entrants, enhance customer acquisition and instill confidence in shoppers looking to purchase online. We believe our efforts are aligned with the vision of the UAE government as we lend support to the SME sector, the backbone of our economy.”

Go-Online’s simple yet powerful interface offers 60+ customizable, design templates that allow merchants to upload product pictures and build their websites with ease.

Network International’s payment gateway, Network Online, is the Middle East and Africa region’s most innovative, with high levels of security, simple refund capabilities and seamless checkout. It offers a customizable gateway solution that can be tailored to meet the processing needs of diverse industries or business models.

About Network International:

Established in 1994, Network International LLC is the largest acquirer in the UAE, and a leading payment solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa region (MEA), servicing more than 70,000 merchants and 200 financial institutions across 55 countries. The company’s service offering comprises a comprehensive range of payment products and services for both the Issuing and Acquiring segments of banks, financial institutions and retail merchants including end-to-end consultancy ranging from planning and designing to developing of the new card and consumer finance products and services. In addition, the company offers several value-add products including data analytics, scoring, and loyalty solutions. Network International has Operation centers in the UAE, Egypt, Jordan, South Africa and Nigeria, with its corporate head office in Dubai. The company recently acquired Emerging Markets Payments Holdings Limited (EMPH) and continues to invest in strategic partnerships that will increasingly see its influence spread across the region.

As the first independent vendor certified by both Visa & MasterCard for card payments in the Middle East, Network International is a Principal Member of Visa International and MasterCard International in the UAE and enjoys an extension of its MasterCard License in other key countries. It is also a member of JCB and Union Pay card schemes, and it owns and manages the Diners Club International Franchise in the UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan. The company also launched a GCC-based domestic scheme, Mercury, and partnered with Discover Financial Services (DFS) to allow global acceptance of Mercury cards on the Discover, Diners Club International, and PULSE networks. Network International is a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certified company.

 About Shopmatic

Shopmatic is an international e-commerce company that has been launched to help business owners sell their products and services online.  From developing a unique web store to listing businesses on marketplaces and social media channels, to give insights on how to sell online, Shopmatic helps business owners manage the full spectrum of what is required to grow their businesses.

Founded in December 2014, Shopmatic is headquartered in Singapore and has offices in India, UAE, and Taiwan.  The company is quickly expanding to the rest of the Asian countries. For more information, please visit www.goshopmatic.com.

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New Delhi, 16 July 2018: For the second consecutive year, the International Summer School, convened under the banner of the Government’s acclaimed Incredible India campaign is collaborating with CogitoHub, an Education Technology company. CogitoHub specializes in helping students make Right Career Decisions and is partnering with International Summer School for a Special Career Program for its students. Through this Career Program, CogitoHub will provide its Career Assessments and Counselling to international students attending the program to help them make Right Decisions on Subjects, College Courses and Careers.

The International Summer School, New Delhi is an intensive six-week academic program that brings together students from leading universities across the world and aims at promoting international goodwill and cross-cultural dialogue.

This year’s program has seen participation from students of 20 different countries, including Afghanistan, Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Switzerland, Syria, the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA) and India, among others.

CogitoHub offers a range of Career Assessments contextually created for Students from Grades 8^th–12^th, College Students and Young Professionals. The output provides a detailed report with relevant recommendations based on a patented algorithm that classifies students across a unique combination of four Profiles (Builder, Communicator, Innovator, Enabler) by testing them on four parameters of behaviours, aptitude, motivations & interests.

Talking about the collaboration, Amjad Ali Khan, Founder & Director of International Summer School, New Delhi said, “Developing the leadership potential of its students is very much the primary objective of the International Summer School and CogitoHub’s expertise in helping guide these future leaders towards a career trajectory where they can excel, fits in very well with that objective. We are grateful to the CogitoHub team for taking the time to engage with these students from across the world and assessing them through a highly accurate & technologically superior exercise that they may not have ordinarily had the opportunity to partake in.”

CogitoHub has assessed over 35,000 Students the world over and the team has been working closely with schools in South Asia. Talking about the collaboration Kunal Sandhu, Founder & CEO, Talentel & CogitoHub said, “The International Summer School is an exalted international program that builds future global leaders and promotes international goodwill for India. CogitoHub is very proud to be associated with the International Summer School and we look forward to helping these students make informed decisions that will empower them to excel and succeed in their careers.”

About Talentel & CogitoHub:

CogitoHub (www.cogitohub.com) is a Career Decisions product within the portfolio of Talentel (Talent Intelligence). Talentel (www.talentel.com) is a holistic platform for Talent Acquisition, Onboarding, Performance & Learning Management and Reward & Recognition. The platform is designed for its ease of use, powered by advanced frameworks & algorithms.

CogitoHub Career Decisions Platform empowers Students & Young Professionals to make right decisions about Subjects, College Courses & Careers. Through an online assessment of Behaviours, Aptitude, Motivations & Interests, each individual gets personalised recommendations.

About International Summer School, New Delhi:

The International Summer School, New Delhi (ISS, www.issnewdelhi.in) is an intensive, six-week academic program that brings together students from across the world over the course of a summer in New Delhi, India’s capital. The program is convened annually under the banner of the Government’s acclaimed Incredible India campaign and with regular support from the Ministry of External Affairs.

Now in its sixth year, the 2018 session of the International Summer School is scheduled to take place in July-August at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library inside the historic Teen Murti Bhavan. Past ISS sessions between 2013 & 2017 have successfully taken place at the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia, another reputed Central University in New Delhi.

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New Delhi, July 16^th, 2018: Truecaller today introduced their newest Premium feature, Call Recording, for its Android users globally. This is another step towards upgrading their Premium offerings aimed at making communication safe and efficient by helping users report harassment related or fraudulent calls.

From helping users identify new business clients, to empowering women in their fight against harassment or objectionable calls, Truecaller has safeguarded users by identifying unknown calls and SMSs.  The latest Call Recording feature will also assist its users in keeping track of important conversations with businesses, colleagues, or friends.

Call Recording has been one of the most highly requested features by Truecaller users. The team decided to develop and combine it into their Premium package along with the Who Viewed Your Profile feature.

How Call Recording Works

When a Premium user dials or receives a call, they can toggle ‘ON’ the recording feature from the Truecaller Caller ID screen. The recordings are then stored on the user’s phone.

All users without a Premium subscription can get a free 14-day trial of this feature, the company announced.

Important note: Call recordings are stored locally on the user’s phone, and not on Truecaller’s servers. The users of this feature are responsible for following local laws around two-way consent.

More Premium features when you subscribe:

• Who viewed my profile
• Ad-free experience
• Contact requests
• Premium badge for your profile

To upgrade to Premium, tap on the ‘Upgrade to Premium’ tab in the Truecaller app.

About Truecaller:

People use Truecaller to stay ahead. It helps them know who’s getting in touch, filter out unwanted calls and SMS, and focus on what really matters. The company provides a suite of unique services such as a dialler that offers caller ID, spam detection, messaging and more. Truecaller’s mission is to build trust everywhere by making communication safe and efficient. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the company was founded in 2009 by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Atomico and Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers.

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Washington, D.C., July 5, 2018 – Students with a wide variety of disabilities, including Autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, learning, attention, mental health and other disabilities are improving the lives of people in need in Washington, D.C. The teens are making food for people experiencing homelessness, sorting goods in food pantries, visiting senior citizens and improving area parks.

The program is a partnership between the Edlavitch DCJCC, which has more than 25 years of proven leadership in providing safe, outstanding volunteer service opportunities, and RespectAbility, a nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities for people with disabilities. The program, called “Summer of Service” is a special summer day camp filled with community service opportunities for Washington-area middle and high school students. It is open to students with all abilities as youth with and without disabilities are invited to participate in the inclusive, welcoming and successful program.

The non-sectarian program is staffed by experienced CPR-certified professionals. Staff members include para-educators and special education teachers from the Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) programs for children with Asperger’s along and with EDCJCC inclusion staff.

Students in the program earn 30 Student Service Learning credit hours per week in a safe, fun, fully integrated and enriching environment.

Said Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, who co-founded both the EDCJCC community service program decades ago and RespectAbility five years ago, “This is an opportunity for youth with disabilities to show how much they can contribute to people in need. For far too long people have viewed people with disabilities through a lens of pity. However, people with disabilities also have talents they want to contribute to making their neighbors happier, healthier and better off.”

Fully one-in-five people have a disability. Disabilities can be physical, cognitive, mental health or other issues that are barriers to every day living. There are six million students with disabilities in America’s public schools and Summer of Service is a model for other areas to follow. Today 1,107,606 African American/black students with disabilities are enrolled in America’s public schools. Likewise, there are 1,531,699 Latino students with disabilities in our schools today. Overall, only 65 percent of students with disabilities graduate high school compared to 84 percent of students without disabilities. Similarly, only 57 percent of black students with disabilities graduate high school compared to 76 percent of black students without disabilities. Only 59 percent of Latino students with disabilities graduate high school, compared to 79 percent of Latino students without a disability.

“It is vital for students with disabilities to see themselves early on in terms of what they CAN accomplish, and not what they cannot” said Mizrahi. “Some of the most talented people in history had disabilities. Beethoven was deaf and Harriet Tubman lived with epilepsy. Selena Gomez has lupus, Steven Hawking uses a mobility device, and Stevie Wonder is blind. Richard Branson, Whoopi Goldberg, Daymond John, Charles Schwab and Harry Belafonte have dyslexia.”

“It’s wonderful to be able to provide an opportunity for teens of all abilities to gain experience in making a difference while also helping the vulnerable population throughout DC. It’s a win-win for everyone,” said Cassidy Jones, Inclusion Programming Manager at the EDCJCC’s Inclusion Programming – programming for individuals of all abilities.

Today there are vast changes for people with disabilities who want to have jobs and live independently, just like anyone else. RespectAbility and its partners are championing progress. Last year there was a 4-fold improvement in the number of new jobs for people with disabilities; 14,479 people with disabilities got new jobs. In Maryland 5,944 people with disabilities got new jobs. Employment levels for people with disabilities in the District of Columbia lag considerably behind those of other areas in the DMV.

RespectAbility, a national nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities for people with disabilities, is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. They are devoted to expanding educational and employment success for people with disabilities. For more information, see www.RespectAbility.org.

For more than 25 years, the Washington EDCJCC’s Morris Cafritz Center for Community Service (MCCCS) has been a leader in providing community service opportunities in the Washington-area. Anchored by four Days of Service, including the area’s largest Christmas Day volunteer effort involving more than 1000 participants annually, the EDCJCC provides high-impact volunteer projects year around to address unmet needs of the most vulnerable in our city. All volunteer opportunities are open to all. MCCCS provides support to the DC community in need regardless of age, race, gender, disability, or religion. Visit EDCJCC.org/Inclusion to learn more.

RespectAbility is inviting people to give their opinions on a wide range of issues impacting people with disabilities. While the majority of people either have a disability or a loved one with a disability, people do not need to be personally connected to disability in order to have a valued opinion. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and you can win $250 for participating in it.

To give your opinions and do the survey, visit: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RAFaithInclusion.

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Industry leaders join forces to build secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud solution featuring Dell Edge Gateways, VMware Pulse IoT Center and Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

India – June 6, 2018

• Joint IoT solution helps simplify management, enhances security and help lowers cost of deployment at the edge
• Built on innovative analytics applications, management tools and edge gateways to enable network security from edge devices to the cloud
• Accelerates IoT adoption in industry verticals key to economic growth and development

Dell Technologies and Microsoft are collaborating to deliver a joint Internet of Things (IoT) solution designed to help vertical customers simplify deploying their end-to-end IoT solutions, from the edge to the cloud. The combination of Microsoft Azure IoT applications and services, VMware Pulse IoT Center and Dell Edge Gateways will offer customers streamlined management, centralized monitoring and security from devices to the cloud.

Businesses that are implementing IoT initiatives today have invested significant resources and manpower to research and integrate a multitude of hardware, software and cloud services across the fragmented IoT landscape to stand up a solution that meets their business needs and adheres to IT departments’ stringent standards. Those businesses want to harness advanced services such as artificial intelligence (AI) and real-time decision making while also making sure all deployment, asset management, security and compliance requirements are met. Together, Dell Technologies and Microsoft will make IoT easier for customers by delivering a secure solution that provides consistent infrastructure management from the edge to the cloud.

Delivering an integrated, secure solution to unlock the potential of IoT

The joint solution offers an underlying IoT infrastructure, management capabilities and security for customers looking to deploy IoT for scenarios like predictive maintenance, supply chain visibility and other use cases. The solution will deliver:

• Intelligence at the edge with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge: This application extends cloud intelligence to edge devices so that devices can act locally and leverage the cloud for global coordination and machine learning at scale
• Management and monitoring of edge devices with VMware Pulse IoT Center: This provides more secure, enterprise-grade management and monitoring of diverse, certified edge devices including gateways and connected IoT devices, bios and operating systems.  This ecosystem will be built over time involving deeper integration and certification to support customer requirements.
• High-performance, rugged Dell Edge Gateways: IoT devices with powerful dual-core Intel® Atom processors connect a variety of wired and wireless devices and systems to aggregate and analyze inputs and send relevant data to the cloud

An IoT solution that is greater than the sum of its parts

VMware Pulse IoT Center will serve as the management glue between the hardware (Dell Edge Gateways or other certified edge systems), connected sensors and devices and the Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. Initially, Pulse will help to deploy the Microsoft Azure IoT Edge to the requisite edge systems so that it can start collecting, analyzing and acting on data in real-time. While this joint solution is optimized for Dell Edge Gateways it can continuously manage, monitor and better secure certified combination of gateways/edge systems with the latest patches and updates on an ongoing basis as well as monitor the health of these connected devices. Customers relying on Microsoft Azure IoT Edge and VMware Pulse IoT Center for their IoT initiatives will be able to provision, deliver and more securely manage their Microsoft Azure IoT edge components.

Chris Wolff, head of OEM and IOT GTM, Dell EMC

“When we unveiled the Dell Technologies IoT division last fall, we committed to leaning on the Dell Technologies family of businesses to engineer the right solutions to meet customer needs in conjunction with our partner ecosystem. This collaboration will enable customers to implement IoT more seamlessly, for better and faster ROI.”

Ruston Panabaker, vice president IoT Solutions, Microsoft
“When businesses deploy secure intelligent edge to cloud solutions, they can take full advantage of the digital transformation opportunities IoT represents. By delivering this integrated edge to cloud solution, Microsoft and Dell technologies  are making it easier for customers to empower their employees, optimize operations and reimagine their products, services or even business models.”

Mimi Spier, vice president for IoT Business, VMware
“Teaming up with Microsoft on IoT and edge is a natural fit based on the complementary technologies we offer today. Microsoft and Dell technologies can help customers securely and more easily navigate their journey to IoT and edge with integrated and secure solutions that will help them to improve their businesses and deliver a better customer experience.”

About Dell Technologies World

Dell Technologies World 2018 brings together the power of seven technology leaders committed to making the digital transformation real. Join us April 30 – May 2 in Las Vegas, learn more at www.delltechnologiesworld.com or follow #DellTechWorld on Twitter.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 98 percent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.

About Microsoft

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

VMware, Pulse, and Pulse IoT Center are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions.

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Tuesday, 5 June, New Delhi: India is the global host of the 2018 World Environment Day on 5 June 2018. ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ – the theme for World Environment Day 2018 aims to inspire governments, industries, communities and individuals to reduce the consumption and production of single-use plastics. Supporting the campaign, MakeMyTrip has joined WWF-India’s #GiveUp initiative by pledging to make its offices Zero Single-use plastic and help tackle the plastic menace facing the world today.

It is believed that in the last decade, the world has produced more plastic than it has in the whole century. India alone generates 60% of the world’s plastic waste, which has adverse impacts on the health of our oceans, rivers and marine life.  Over the past few weeks, several events and campaigns across the country have highlighted the issue of the irreversible adverse effect of single use-plastics on the environment.

Speaking about the indiscriminate spread of discarded plastic, Ravi Singh, Secretary-General and CEO, WWF-India, said, ‘’Globally, plastic pollution, caused by the production and use of single-use plastics, is deteriorating the environment. As we continue to develop practices which reduce our impact on the planet, our pledge to minimise single use plastics and ultimately phase out its usage across all our offices  is an effort to build a sustainable planet for future generations. We believe it is our responsibility to take up such initiatives and inspire corporate partners, schools, colleges and other stakeholders to do the same. We are extremely happy that MakeMyTrip has taken on the #GiveUp initiative and hope that more companies will come forward to take up this challenge and work towards a greener planet.”

Deep Kalra, Founder & Group CEO, MakeMyTrip, said; “The planet of plastic is not just a doomsday scenario, we are closer to it than most can imagine. It pains me personally to see how Plastic pollution is suffocating our environment and is wrecking the future of humans and animals alike. Every step taken to reduce plastic consumption especially single-use plastic will go a long way in helping course correct and bring us back from the brink. We are happy to partner with World Wide Fund for Nature and join their #GiveUp challenge to raise awareness against single-use plastic.”

Joining the cause, MakeMyTrip has collaborated with WWF in their initiative, GIVE UP TO GIVE BACK CHALLENGE to spread awareness about the scourge of single-use plastic. As part of the entire initiative, MakeMyTrip Founder and Group CEO, Mr. Deep Kalra has posted a video supporting the cause and extending the chain further by tagging his peers from India Inc. and requesting them to support the #QuitPlasticMovement.

MakeMyTrip has given up single-use plastic in the office premises and distributed over 10,000 durable jute bags to all the employees and other NRC companies. MMT is also installing plastic crushing machines in locations such as Andamans, Ladakh, Gurgaon and Bangalore. In order to further reduce the carbon footprints, MMT has planted over a half of million trees near Udaipur from the Rs. 5/- contribution that travellers make while booking on the platform.

WWF-India is taking forward the ‘Give Up to Give Back’ initiative started earlier this year, with several activities and events planned across the country aimed at reducing the use of single-use plastics through awareness and information. WWF-India has pledged to #GiveUp single-use plastic by minimizing and ultimately phasing out usage of all single use plastics in all its offices across India. The organizational policy on the same includes guidelines on plastic use and recycling, and a transparent data monitoring program to track the use of ‘Single Use Plastics’ in WWF offices in India. Globally, WWF is supporting UN Environment’s ‘tag game’ on social media, with staff and network offices all over the world showcasing various ways to #BeatPlasticPollution and encouraging others to do the same.

About WWF-India

WWF-India is one of the largest conservation organizations in the country, engaged in wildlife and nature conservation. It has an experience of over four decades in the field and has made its presence felt through a sustained effort not only towards nature and wildlife conservation, but also through sensitizing people by creating awareness through capacity building and enviro-legal activism. The key areas of the work of WWF-India include conservation of key wildlife species and their habitats, management of rivers, wetlands and their eco-systems, promoting sustainable livelihoods, environment education and awareness activities within a variety of social structures, mitigating the impacts of climate change, transforming businesses and markets towards sustainability and combating illegal wildlife trade.

A part of WWF International, one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations, with over 5 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF-India has a nationwide presence in the country with over 60 state and field offices distributed over 20 states. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

To know more about WWF-India, please visit us at www.wwfindia.org

About MakeMyTrip Limited

MakeMyTrip Ltd. (NASDAQ: MMYT) is India’s leading online travel company. We own and operate well recognized online brands, including MakeMyTrip, Goibibo and redBus. Through our mobile apps and primary websites, travelers can search, plan and book a wide range of travel services and products in India as well as overseas. Our services and products include air ticketing, hotel and alternative accommodations bookings, holiday planning and packaging, rail ticketing, bus ticketing, car hire and ancillary travel requirements such as facilitating access to third-party travel insurance and visa processing. We provide our customers with access to all major domestic full-service and low-cost airlines operating in India and all major airlines operating to and from India, over 50,000 domestic accommodation properties in India and more than 500,000 properties outside India, Indian Railways and all major Indian bus operators.

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