By Nava Thakuria Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, mourns the death of two senior journalists, who died of Covid-19 complications in China recently. According to a media report by Reuters with the dateline of Beijing/Shanghai on 16 December 2022, Yang Lianghua (74, a former People’s Daily reporter) died on Thursday, while Zhou Zhichun (77, a former China Youth Daily editor) died a week earlier. They are the first deaths reported in China among journalists since the beginning of the pandemic three years ago. Both the Chinese media personnel lost the corona battles in Beijing…
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This International Migration Day, 18 December, 2022, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) calls on governments to uphold their commitments to respect migration workers’ rights and increase their efforts to foster inclusion. “We say once again that migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are welcome. Trade unions globally demand safe haven, the right to work and equal treatment for everyone and, furthermore, that no person should be forced to migrate,” said Owen Tudor, ITUC Deputy General Secretary. The number of migrants across the world reached 281 million in 2020, or 3.6% of the world’s population, including many people forced from their…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Left Wing Extremism has almost been eliminated from the Eastern region of the country and efforts should be made to sustain this decisive dominance over Left Wing Extremism. He presided over the 25th Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Kolkata. The meeting was attended by the Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Jharkhand, the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Ministers from Odisha and other senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the States under the Council. He stressed that efforts should be sustained as extremism should not re-emerge in LWE-free States…
Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also the Vice President of CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), announced the launching of “One Week, One Lab” countrywide campaign from 6th January, 2023. In this, each of the 37 premier Laboratories/Institutes of CSIR spread across the country will, one after the other in every successive week, showcase their exclusive innovations and technological breakthroughs to the people of India. Addressing the 200th Governing Body Meeting of CSIR at the Science Centre in New Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the “One Week One Lab” theme-based campaign is expected…
‘Make in India’ is an initiative which was launched on 25th September, 2014 to facilitate investment, foster innovation, build best in class infrastructure, and make India a hub for manufacturing, design, and innovation. It is one of the unique ‘Vocal for Local’ initiatives that promoted India’s manufacturing domain to the world. ‘Make in India’ initiative has significant achievements and presently focuses on 27 sectors under Make in India 2.0. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) coordinates action plans for 15 manufacturing sectors, while Department of Commerce coordinates 12 service sector plans. Investment outreach activities are done through…
According to a Deloitte-Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Study, the Indian telecom industry is expected to grow by US$ 12.5 billion every three years. Apart from that, the Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) market is also expected to reach US$ 1.6 billion by 2025. With the emergence of 5G, around 90% of consumers will focus on the digitally enhanced shopping experience. Mr. Peeyush Vaish, Partner and Telecom Sector Leader, Deloitte India, said, “with the right mindset and technological prowess, the Indian telecommunication industry can use 5G to accelerate economic growth and resilience in the country”. 5G is also…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and reiterated his call for dialogue and diplomacy as the only way forward in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Following up on their meeting in Samarkand on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, the two leaders reviewed several aspects of the bilateral relationship, including energy cooperation, trade and investments, defence & security cooperation, and other key areas. PM Modi also briefed President Putin on India’s ongoing Presidency of the G-20, highlighting its key priorities. He also looked forward to both countries working together during India’s…
Six Chinese diplomatic personnel were forced to leave Britain this week for their alleged roles in assaulting protesters at the Chinese Consulate in Manchester in October. British parliamentarians and rights defenders welcomed this development, even as they criticized 10 Downing Street for not acting sooner. “Six Chinese Consulate officials, including the consul general, are being removed from the U.K., following the disgraceful incident in October,” British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said. .Cleverly added that British authorities requested diplomatic immunity to be waived for the consulate officials so they could be questioned by Manchester police in connection to their roles in…
The United Nations (UN) has recognized Namami Gange initiative to rejuvenate India’s sacred River Ganga as one of the top 10 World Restoration Flagships to revive the natural world. The Award was received by Shri G. Asok Kumar, Director General, Namami Gange at a function in the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada on 14th December 2022, the World Restoration Day. Namami Gange was selected from over 150 such initiatives from 70 countries across the globe. They were selected under the banner of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global…
The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has adopted a resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its four-year term ending in 2026. The development comes in the wake of the country’s brutal crackdown on protests calling for justice for Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in police custody in September. The CSW meets annually in March at UN Headquarters in New York and is described as the biggest gathering of gender equality advocates in the world. The United States introduced the resolution, which received 29 votes in favour…