Recognizing the growing importance and emerging threats on digital platforms and ensuring women safety, The World University of Design (WUD), the university dedicated to education in the creative domain is hosting Digital Shakti workshop. The workshop focuses on promoting literacy, building awareness about cyber-crimes and recourse available to women to prevent and redress such crimes. The workshop was conducted by Cyber Peace Foundation under the aegis of the National Commission for Women. Speaking about the workshop, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Vice Chancellor, World University of Design (WUD) said, “As the number of…
Year: 2018
Huawei India restores connectivity in flood affected Kerala
Staying true to its commitment to prioritize network continuity in times of critical needs and natural disasters situations, Huawei India, in association with partners, undertook disaster relief initiatives for flood affected sites in Kerala ensuring network restoration and connectivity in record 72 hours. As an immediate response to the flooding situation in 12 districts of Kerala, an Emergency Management Team (EMT) was setup at each customer office to monitor the situation, provide necessary support and guide the 170+ member response team comprising of Huawei and its partners. Overcoming challenges of…
Swiggy rolls out ‘Safety First’ program for its delivery partners
Swiggy has announced its delivery partner focused initiative, Safety First – a collaborative effort with Round TabIe India and CII Young Indians (Yi – is part of Confederation Indian Industry) to conduct road safety programs. Through this initiative, Swiggy aims to make roads safer for both the delivery partners and citizens. Through Swiggy’s Safety First, the company will enable extensive sensitization, awareness and training of its delivery partners on the various nuances of road safety. The program was launched in Bangalore today, in the presence of Commissioner for Road Transport…
Cerebra Green launches ‘India Clean-up Week’ in partnership with MAIT
Cerebra Green has joined hands with Manufacturers Association of Information and Technology (MAIT), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MOEFCC) and Digital India to launch the ‘India Clean-up Week’ (13th – 19th October) by conducting the largest e-waste collection drive in the country. Cerebra Green’s India Clean Up week will be an ‘Awareness Program’ with the support of MAIT as the industry partner for promoting the awareness program. It will be executed in 7 cities- New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune & Ahmedabad. The Program will…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare partners with Dell and Tata Trusts for a nationwide healthcare program
At an event at Nirman Bhavana, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India has exchanged MoUs with the Tata Trusts and Dell who have partnered with Got of India to provide a technological platform to power the nationwide preventive healthcare program. Aimed at improving Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) health screenings for crores of people, this NCD program addresses Hypertension, Diabetes, Oral, and Breast and Cervical cancers and covers all men and women over the age of 30 years. The programme, which is one of the modules in Ashman Bharat’s Comprehensive Primary Healthcare (CPHC) Initiative,…
Vodafone ‘Raksha Sutra’ to keep children safe during Ambaji Mela 2018
Vodafone Idea has announced a first of its kind initiative in Gujarat to ensure a safe and worry free spiritual experience for thousands of pilgrims visiting Ambaji during the Bhadarvi Purnima Mela this weekend. In line with the company’s long-term commitment to achieve the highest standards of health, safety and well-being in and around the communities that it operates, all children under 14 years of age visiting Ambaji this year, will stay protected with Vodafone Raksha Sutras in the form of QR (Quick Response) coded badges that will be pinned on…
Trade War among US and China to impact the Globe ….. the trade war will impact both countries regular needs
Trump gives final touches to his $200-bn bomb, US-China trade war enters new phase. With the trade war between the U.S. and China has escalated with new tariffs imposed by both sides. The dispute began with US President Donald Trump’s complaints about the bilateral trade balance and access to China’s market. It will profoundly reshape the global economy. Washington has imposed 25% tariffs on $50bn (£38.5bn) of Chinese imports, including a second wave of levies worth $16bn (£12.3bn) that came into effect. The door for compromise and restoring…
Google pay updates it’s Privacy Policy after compliant by Paytm
Google has updated it’s privacy policy of its Indian digital payments mobile application, after they receive the compliant from Paytm on Thursday to the Indian retail payments organisation National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) regarding Google Pay’s privacy policy.and complained that the US tech giant’s platform allowed disclosure of customer data for advertising and other purposes. It has highlighted the clauses in the policy that stated that the Google “collects, stores, uses and discloses Indian user’s personal data for advertising and promotional purposes” with not just its “group of…
Vodafone announces ‘Eco Ponds 2018’ to bid an environment friendly farewell to Ganesha
After a resounding response to the ‘Vodafone Eco Ponds’ initiative during Ganeshotsav 2017, Vodafone Idea Limited announces ‘Vodafone Eco Ponds’ 2018, for the Visarjan needs of Punekars. Each year, over 75 lakh Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris are immersed in water bodies in and around Pune at the conclusion of the 11 day festival, leaving behind tonnes of non – degradable waste. Reports show that in and around Pune, water bodies showed a 100X increase in heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium and lead, known to affect…
Skilling and education, not reservation, will uplift the suppressed and underprivileged classes
With the approaching Lok Sabha elections for the year 2019, one can anticipate the string of controversies that are going to sprout like weed in near future in addition to all the ones which have already engaged the masses like, the ongoing hunger strike, political parties taking pot shots, blaming each other for bad governance and finding faults with reservation policies. The reservation system in modern India has become a political weapon to draw votes and brainwash youths. However, saying that reservation is not needed now would also be…