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IBM today announced that Safexpress , India's leading supply chain and logistics company, has deployed ' PROPEL-i ', a bespoke, end-to-end cloud-native logistics platform, which was developed in collaboration with IBM Global Business Services . The digital platform enables the company to attain agility in demand management, obtain advanced and flexible dynamic pricing modelling capabilities and provides enhanced visibility and transparency for its customers. Established in 1997, Safexpress offers a wide range of innovative supply chain services including express distribution, third-party logistics and consulting to its customers. Safexpress with its network of 60 logistics parks, 42 3PL locations, 1959 booking offices, 7,500 containerized GPS-enabled vehicles, operates on 1,830 routes and delivers 100 million packages a year to over 5,000 corporations across 31083 pin codes in India. Safexpress has been on digital transformation journey for the last few years and has … [Read more...] about Safexpress collaborates with IBM to drive business transformation and deliver rapid growth

Video Player Close GENEVA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has been decreasing for the sixth week in a row, but the more contagious variants of the virus are spreading fast, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly pandemic report published on Wednesday. The number of new coronavirus cases has dropped by 11 percent since last week, and North America, South America, Europe, Africa and the Western Pacific region all reported decreases. The Americas have seen the largest weekly decline with 19 percent, while the U.S. still has the highest number of weekly cases at 480,467. The number of deaths is also trending downward, the WHO said, dropping by 20 percent worldwide since last week. According to the WHO report, since the beginning of the pandemic 110 million infections and 2.5 million deaths have been recorded globally. These figures are expected to increase further as new, more contagious variants of the virus have been … [Read more...] about COVID-19 cases decline for sixth straight week worldwide but more contagious strains spreading rapidly: WHO

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now UP Assembly passes bill against ‘love jihad’; ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill’ now a law View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Narendra Modi Want to vaccinate Bengal free of cost before polls: Mamata writes to PM Modi #Narendra Modi PM Modi to address BJP public meeting, launch projects in Puducherry on February 25 #Narendra Modi Gujarat civic polls: Modi says results show people's faith in politics of development #Narendra Modi PM Modi to address BJP's election meeting in Coimbatore on Feb 25 #Narendra Modi You have ability to move things from patterns to patents: PM Modi IIT Kharagpur convention #Narendra Modi We aim to eliminate Tuberculosis from the country by 2025: PM Modi Just In 36 min ago UP Assembly passes bill against ‘love jihad’; ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious … [Read more...] about Govt has to focus on welfare, amount from monetisation will be invested in development: PM Modi

BEIJING -- China's massive anti-poverty campaign has transformed nearly 100 million lives in just eight years. It was a miracle that helped the world's most populous country achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal on poverty eradication 10 years ahead of the schedule. A leader's promise On a crisp winter day in December 2012, Xi Jinping, who was not long ago elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited the mud-brick house of Tang Zongxiu located in the Taihang Mountains, northern China's Hebei Province. The dilapidated house was engulfed in darkness and had leakages. For two days, Xi visited multiple houses in two villages and saw similar sights of destitution. Knowing what it was like to be in penury, Xi, as the top leader, was determined to end it for all Chinese. He sounded a clarion call to end poverty nationwide, which he deemed an essential requirement of socialism. At the time, China still had 98.99 million people living … [Read more...] about The war on poverty: a Chinese saga

Security has been tightened in the town and surrounding areas ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Puducherry on Thursday. Mr. Modi is scheduled to arrive at the Lawspet helipad by around 11. 30 a.m and would head to the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) by road. After laying the foundation for a few development work projects and inaugurating schemes at JIPMER, the Prime Minister would return to Lawspet and address a public meeting. He would leave by around 1.30 p.m. Security has been strengthened at the venues, on the stretch from Lawspet to Gorimedu and other places in the town. Around 1,500 police personnel, including personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Rapid Action Force would be deployed for security. An advance liaison team from the Special Protection Group has reached Puducherry to oversee security arrangements. Traffic restrictions would be in place during the VIP movement. About 15 … [Read more...] about Security tightened ahead of PM’s visit to Puducherry on Thursday