“Through the supply agreement, UNICEF, along with procurement partners including the PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO), will have access to up to 34 million doses of the vaccine for around 92 countries and territories in 2021,” UNICEF said. ANI | , Washington Dc PUBLISHED ON JUN 03, 2021 12:03 AM IST The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with vaccine manufacturer Moderna to supply their international vaccination efforts against the novel coronavirus.”Through the supply agreement, UNICEF, along with procurement partners including the PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO), will have access to up to 34…
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(Photo : The Technology Behind the Most Popular Digital Billboards in San Francisco) While many traditional advertising mediums have not survived the digital age, billboards have adapted to the times and are still one of the most popular ways to advertise. Digital billboard advertising refers to using billboards that display digital images that change every few seconds to advertise different businesses. They are also used for public service announcements. Because there are so many daily commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area, digital billboards can be used to advertise to diverse people. You can also target your advertisements by market,…
(Photo : Walnut founders Yoav Vilner and Dani Friedland) “OK, so I’m going to show you this incredible technology that is totally going to change your life. Fasten your seatbelts…here it comes!” (Awkward silence) “Ummm…this never happens, I promise. It usually works perfectly.” The Missing Link in Sales Demos Product demos are a critical sales asset and crucial element of any customer-facing toolbox, especially in today’s competitive SaaS sales ecosystem. However, a generic, non-personalized and buggy demo is every SaaS sales team’s nightmare and can be a death knell for sales. That’s why sales teams often forgo live demos altogether,…
(Photo : Pixabay/PhotoMIX-Company) Apple Card outage Apple Card is currently experiencing an outage that may affect the user’s ability to make payments, manage their card, and see recent transactions. Apple Card Outage According to Apple’s status page, the interruption in service occurred at 6:17 A.M. Pacific Time on June 2, and it is still ongoing over two hours later. Apple Card is Apple’s solution to credit cards, and it is managed almost entirely through the built-in wallet app in iOS, where the users can pay off their credit card bills, review their recent transactions, and make payments through Apple Pay. Apple stated that…
The United States on Wednesday announced ‘suspended’ additional tariffs on certain goods from India and five other countries it has deemed at the conclusion of a year-long probe to have adopted digital services taxes that are discriminatory against its businesses.The new tariffs will come into effect only after 180 days, giving time for negotiations under way at the G-20 group of countries and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the office of the top US trade representative (USTR) said in an announcement.“The United States is focused on finding a multilateral solution to a range of key issues related…
President Joe Biden is announcing a “month of action” Wednesday to urge more Americans to get vaccinated for Covid-19 before the July 4 holiday, with an early summer sprint of incentives, including free beer, childcare and sports tickets to convince Americans to roll up their sleeves.In an afternoon address from the White House, Biden will announce a slew of new initiatives to ease barriers to vaccinations and to make getting shots more appealing to those who haven’t received a dose yet. It comes as he is closing in on his goal to get 70% of adults partially vaccinated by Independence…
Amid a perceptible shift in India’s Middle East policy, Palestine has expressed concern at India’s abstention during a vote at the UN Human Rights Council that resulted in the setting up of an inquiry into rights violations during the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Palestine’s concerns were conveyed by foreign minister Riad Malki in a letter sent to his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on May 30. The letter, accessed by Hindustan Times, stated that India’s abstention during the vote on May 27 “stifles the important work of Human Rights Council at advancing human rights for all peoples, including those of the…
(Photo : Pixabay/Blomst) Tesla Model 3 vehicles Tesla announced that it recalled 5,974 of its electric vehicles over the company’s concerns that their brake caliper bolts might loosen, which could potentially cause a loss of tire pressure and increase the risk of an accident. Tesla Recalls Electric Vehicles The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents showed that part of the voluntary recall includes certain Model 3 vehicles from 2019 to 2021 and Model Y vehicles from 2020 to 2021. Tesla stated that it is not aware of any crash or injury resulting from the defective brake caliper. It will inspect…
A pair of Democratic and Republican US lawmakers on Wednesday re-introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that proposes to remove a per-country limit on employment-based green cards, which, has created a massive backlog of applicants, specially from India.The ‘Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act 2021’, also called the EAGLE Act, proposes the phasing out of a per-country limit of 7% on the roughly 1 million employment-based green cards issued annually, and raising the cap on family-based green cards from 7% to 15% of a total of about half a million.The bill, which was introduced by…
The fire struck the state-owned oil refinery to the south of Tehran, said Mansour Darajati, the director-general of the capital’s crisis management team. AP | | Posted by Kunal Gaurav, Tehran PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2021 09:40 PM IST A massive fire broke out Wednesday night at the oil refinery serving Iran’s capital, sending thick plumes of black smoke over Tehran. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were injuries.The fire struck the state-owned Tondgooyan Petrochemical Co. to the south of Tehran, said Mansour Darajati, the director-general of the capital’s crisis management team.Firefighters believe it struck a pipeline for liquefied petroleum…