Industry Chamber FICCI today said it has appointed Dilip Chenoy as its Director General. “Chenoy had been the Managing Director and CEO of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Director General (DG) of SIAM and Deputy DG of CII,” FICCI said in a statement.
He had resigned from NSDC in late 2015 amid reports that the government was unhappy with the functioning of the skills development body. He was appointed by the previous Congress-led UPA government.
Indonesia demands more answers from Facebook on data misuse
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has given Facebook a week to provide more information on how personal data of about one million of its citizens was misused and on the steps the company is taking to prevent such breaches, the country’s communications ministry said.
More than 115 million Indonesians use Facebook and authorities in the Southeast Asian country have been pressing the firm to explain how personal data was harvested by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica via a personality quiz.
Apple marks Earth Day with a donation programme and the debut of a disassembly robot called Daisy
In its mission to create a healthier planet through innovation, Apple on 20 April announced a donation programme and debuted a disassembly robot "Daisy" as a part of its ongoing recycling effort.
Ahead of Earth Day, which would be celebrated on 22 April, Apple said that for every device received at its stores and apple.com through the "Apple GiveBack" programme till 30 April, the company would make a donation to the non-profit Conservation International.
Commonwealth leaders’ summit opens in London
The 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting kicked off in London on Wednesday, as Britain, the current chair, sought to position the community as a route for tackling a number of global challenges, from climate change to protectionism, based on “equal” voices from across the group.
“It’s a meeting that takes place at a time of significant global challenges. The rules-based international system, which has consistently delivered both prosperity and peace, faces threats in many forms and on many fronts,” Prime Minister Theresa May said during the opening of the first of three executive sessions that took place on Thursday, ahead of the leaders’ “retreat” at Windsor on Friday.
Qatar approves draft law on property ownership by foreigners
Qatar announced approval of a draft law on regulating the ownership and use of properties by foreigners, media reports said on Thursday.
The decision was announced during the cabinet meeting chaired by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani.
19 crore Indian adults don’t have bank account: World Bank
India has 19 crore adults without a bank account despite the success of the ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana, making it the world’s second largest unbanked population after that of China, the World Bank said on Thursday.
Besides, almost half of the bank accounts remained inactive in the past year, the multilateral financial institution said in a report, even as it lauded the Indian government’s financial inclusion scheme, the Jan Dhan Yojana, for bringing in additional 31 crore Indians into formal banking system by March 2018. It also said the country’s adult population with a bank account has more than doubled to 80% since 2011.
Swaziland king renames country 'the Kingdom of eSwatini'
King Mswati III of Swaziland announced on Wednesday that he was renaming the country "the Kingdom of eSwatini".
The monarch announced the official change in a stadium during celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence.
The celebrations also marked the king's 50th birthday.
Senate Votes to Confirm Bridenstine as NASA Administrator
The most contentious nomination process for a NASA administrator in the agency's six-decade history came to an end April 19 when the Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine.
The Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Bridenstine, a Republican congressman from Oklahoma, as the agency's 13th administrator. The party-line vote for a NASA administrator is unprecedented, as past administrators have been confirmed by the Senate with little or no dissent.
Alibaba confirms developing self-driving vehicles
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has confirmed that it has been working on autonomous driving technology, the China Daily reported on Wednesday
Wang Gang, Chief Scientist at the company's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Labs, is leading the research team and it has made rapid progress, the daily quoted Alibaba as saying.
Microsoft has delayed Windows 10 Redstone 4 update because of the Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft was planning to release its next major update for Windows 10 last week but the company ended up delaying the launch.
The update was supposed to launch on 10th April internally, but Microsoft discovered a last-minute “blocking bug”. Microsoft has issued a new build to fix the issue instead of releasing an update through Windows Update to patch the bug later.