Month: July 2021

Sharad Pawar catches up with PM Modi, indicates Amit Shah’s New Ministry

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Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief linked up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence. During the meeting which lasted for about 50 minutes, he raised concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation which is headed by Amit Shah, and farmers’ issues.   Pawar also wrote him a letter, flagging concerns on the Ministry of Cooperation. He said the cooperative banking sector is a state subject. Citing Supreme Court judgments, he said that any attempt of interference by the centre will be a breach of the Constitution.…

PM’s certificate can’t hide UP CM’s cruelty during 2nd wave says Priyanka Gandhi

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday criticised UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s handling of the second COVID-19 wave, saying that PM Narendra Modi’s certificate can’t hide his “cruelty, negligence and mismanagement”.   Her tweet came after PM called his response to the pandemic “unprecedented”. Saying people faced hardships, she added that PM and Adityanath can forget this but those who suffered won’t.   Recently, PM Modi, during his visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi , praised the Uttar Pradesh government for its handling of the Covid crisis and said the…

Over 2,020 employees to sacrifice their life for Panchayat Polls in UP

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The Uttar Pradesh government will give ₹30 lakh as compensation to the family of polling staff who died of COVID-19 which is estimates to be over 2,020 employees, who died due to COVID-19 during panchayat polls duty.   As per an official, 3,078 applications were received seeking compensation. Over 11 lakh government employees were put on election duty and among them 65%, over 6.5 lakh, were teachers, he added.   Earlier, the state government had claimed that only 74 government employees, including three teachers, had died during the poll duty.…

Additional Skill Acquisition Programme Kerala Joins AWS Academy

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Today, Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala, a Government of Kerala company, announced its participation in AWS Academy, a program by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides higher education institutions with a ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum that prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud computing skills.   ASAP, a wing of the Kerala Higher Education Department, focuses on imparting job-readiness skills to students, supplementing their conventional mainstream school and college education to enhance their employability options. AWS Academy courses help students develop cloud computing skills by providing hands-on experience on…

$50 BILLION NUCLEAR BAILOUT WOULD UNDERMINE BIDEN CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCURE GOALS

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A new report shows why the best infrastructure investment for U.S. jobs, the climate, and the economy is in a rapid transition to renewable energy and a 21st-century electricity system, and to phase out nuclear power and fossil fuels. While nuclear subsidy proposals in play as part of infrastructure negotiations like those from Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) would designate $6-$50 billion to bail out uneconomical nuclear power plants, the new economic analysis shows that subsidizing nuclear reactors would hobble the needed transition to a modern energy system and…

IBM and NASSCOM Foundation make about 5000 students employment ready

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  Bangalore – About 5000 underserved youth from regions across Karnataka, Telangana and Delhi-NCR are now skilled in Data Science and Cloud computing, with over 2000 of them placed in jobs through a program by  IBM (NYSE: IBM) in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation aimed at making India’s youth future ready. As part of IBM’s SkillsBuild career readiness program, IBM and NASSCOM Foundation worked with 23 colleges to certify enrolled students on IBM certified courses on emerging technologies including Data science and Cloud computing in 2019. This unique program engaged students with an on-campus, 250 hour-long…

Despite Regional Challenges, Global Consumer Confidence Again Hits Record High

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Global consumer confidence ticked up to another record high in the second quarter of 2021, according to The Conference Board® Global Consumer Confidence Survey, as economic activity improved, mobility restrictions were loosened, vaccines were distributed, and COVID-19 cases declined in many regions. But concerns over health, economic recovery, and job prospects remained for many consumers worldwide amid an uneven reemergence from COVID-19.   The survey found that overall global consumer confidence rose slightly to 109 in Q2 2021 from 108 in Q1 (a figure above 100 is considered positive.) The global index now…

Private Sector Expects to Lose Control of AI Governance Within Five Years

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A lack of accountability within the private sector will lead to governments taking over responsibility for AI regulation over the next five years, according to new research by Pegasystems Inc., the software company that crushes business complexity. Another research says, surveyed 1350 C-level executives across seven different industries in 12 countries to examine how growing technology trends such as artificial intelligence (AI) governance, hyperautomation, extended reality (XR), extended edge, and distributed cloud will evolve over the next five years.   The research identified a growing need for business leaders to take…

India’s online video industry generated an estimated $1.4 billion in 2020

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As our digital lives become increasingly connected online it’s clear that consumers need comprehensive protection from trusted brands, the latest survey uncovers, 419 threats were discovered every minute representing a 12% increase from the first quarter of 2020. Additionally, mobile threats rose 15% over the previous quarter highlighting the need for consumers to take the proper steps to ensure their personal information and devices are protected.   We have witnessed,  video marketing trends shifted since the arrival of COVID-19? Organizations around the world are faced with new, unprecedented challenges including…

Many are still in dilemma how will be the Future of Work in 2021

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Now that the debate about remote work is over, it’s time for managers to set new goals for managing the workforce of 2021. Many teams have never met in person and may not have worked side by side. Some employees joined the company via Zoom and connected with colleagues exclusively via a laptop screen. Managers need new tactics for communicating with workers day to day and bringing new team members into established groups. This means trying new collaboration platforms such as asynchronous video, dropping the 9-5 schedule in favor of flexible work windows,…