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Video PlayerClose BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's cybersecurity market is expected to post robust growth of more than 20 percent in 2019 to over 60 billion yuan (around 8.5 billion U.S. dollars), an official said Monday. The growth rate is higher than the international average of 8 percent, said Zhao Zhiguo, director of the cybersecurity management bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. China has made significant progress in emerging fields such as industrial internet security, 5G security, blockchain and artificial intelligence, Zhao said. Up to now, China has 23 listed security enterprises, more than 100 investment institutions and about 150 innovative enterprises in the field of cybersecurity, Zhao said. China still lags behind developed countries in the cybersecurity industry, as reflected in the lack of influential leading enterprises, core technology and talents, Zhao said, calling for more efforts to boost the industry. … [Read more...] about China’s cybersecurity market to expand 20 pct in 2019

Video PlayerClose MUMBAI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- India's Tata Steel on Monday said it had rolled out a new human resource policy that allows its employees from LGBTQ+ community to declare their partners and avail all HR benefits permissible under the law. LGBTQ+ refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and related communities. Under the expanded Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) policy, Tata Steel employees and their partners, which would mean people of same-sex living like a married couple, will be able to avail a host of benefits including health check-up, medical benefits, joint house points, adoption leave, new-born parent leave, child care leave, and inclusion in employee assistance program (EAP). Employees will also get financial assistance for gender reassignment surgery and 30 days special leave for the same, the world's diversified steel producer, with annual revenue of 22.3 billion US dollars, said in a statement. "Research shows that people are more engaged … [Read more...] about India’s Tata Steel rolls out new human resources policy

Video PlayerClose NEW DELHI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A joint exhibition of Chinese and Indian paintings and calligraphy was held at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi as a warm-up event for the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of China-India diplomatic ties. The event was jointly organised by the Women's Group of the Chinese Embassy in India, and the Center for India-China Studies at the O.P Jindal Global University in India's northern state of Haryana. Titled "Share the Beauty, Achieve the Harmony," the exhibition was attended by a host of foreign dignitaries and artists from both China and India. Bao Jiqing, wife of Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong, said that efforts were jointly made by as many as 10 artists from both the countries to elaborately produce 70 works of art primarily with the characteristics of the traditional style. "The exhibition provides artists from both sides an opportunity to deepen cultural understanding and enhancing mutual trust and … [Read more...] about Exhibition held by Chinese, Indian artists to mark 70th anniversary of ties

Video PlayerClose NEW DELHI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The lawmakers in Indian parliament's Upper House Rajya Sabha on Monday expressed condolences and observed a two-minutes silence over the horrific incident that claimed 43 lives on Sunday. Expressing his concern, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu termed the incident as "unfortunate and painful." He also expressed concern over the inadequate fire-safety measures in the ill-fated building which led to the fire. Senior leader of the main ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Vijay Goel laid stress on the fact that a large number of illegal buildings without fire safety measures were operating in the country's capital city. He called for a joint effort by all the political parties to work together on the issue, and ensure that such mishaps could be averted in future. Member of the House belonging to Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sanjay Singh also expressed grief over the tragedy. Suggesting that should be no politics over such issues, … [Read more...] about Indian Parliament extends condolences over Delhi’s massive fire

Video PlayerClose HONG KONG, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong police warned on Monday that teachers should prevent students from taking part in violent and destructive acts instead of leading them to do so. The police conducted preemptive patrols at multiple locations across Hong Kong early Monday morning to prevent disruptions of traffic initiated by radicals. In Sheung Shui, the New Territories, the police intercepted and checked 12 people, and seized various weapons and instruments to be used for road blockage and vandalism, including nails, electric drills, homemade barricades for puncturing tires, and flammable liquid and glass bottles to be used to make petrol bombs. The 10 males and two females on Monday were arrested for unlawful assembly and possession of instruments fit for unlawful purpose. Chief Superintendent of Police Public Relations Branch (PPRB) Kwok Ka-chuen said what alarmed the police most is that six of the arrested are students and one is a teacher. "Teachers … [Read more...] about Hong Kong police warn against teachers leading students into violent acts