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India and Japan discussed cyber security cooperation during the fourth India-Japan Cyber Dialogue on Thursday.The two sides discussed the important areas of bilateral cyber cooperation and reviewed the progress made thus far in the areas of cyber security and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), including 5G. The Indian Delegation was led by Muanpuii Saiawi, Joint Secretary, Cyber Diplomacy Division of Ministry of External Affairs (Mea), while the Japanese delegation was led by Yutaka Arima, Ambassador…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The world's first biodiversity-adjusted sovereign credit ratings shows how ecological destruction affects public finances—driving downgrades, debt crises and soaring borrowing costs, according to a team of economists led by Cambridge University. …

Sweden and Poland lead a group of Nordic and eastern countries to provide more military aid to Ukraine. Germany and a few other states prefer to focus now on applying existing sanctions and closing loopholes, officials say. (Reuters)…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study in the Global Business and Economics Review looks at the economic and psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nations of the GCC (the Gulf Cooperation Council). …

GENEVA—The member countries of the World Trade Organization agreed Friday on a narrow measure aimed at boosting the supplies of Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries, wrapping up a bitter fight over corporate patent rights governing critical medical products during a pandemic.The compromise measure on intellectual property rights will make it easier for companies in developing nations such as South Africa to manufacture and export a patented Covid-19 vaccine—under limited circumstances—without a consent from the…

Congress is pressing ahead with legislation that could rewrite the rules for American companies investing abroad, proposing the screening of investments in countries like China seen as adversaries to protect U.S. technologies and rebuild critical supply chains. The measure, part of broader legislation to bolster U.S. competitiveness with China, would require American companies and investors to disclose certain new outbound investments and authorize the executive branch to form a new…

NEW DELHI : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s objective is not only to pursue space science research and planetary exploration, it also aims to harness space technology for the nation’s development, said Dr. S. Somanath, Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space, ISRO on Wednesday.  Dr Somanath inaugurated the state-of-the-art facility at KIADB Aerospace Park, Bengaluru. The new establishment is equipped with cleanrooms for spacecraft sub-systems…

First Nations relative discourse intensity in Australian news and opinion peaked around the ‘Sorry’ event, and has been on the up and up around Australia Day in the last few years. Credit: Data: Factiva, Dow Jones, Visualisation: SoDa Laboratories, Monash Business School "We say sorry." …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Workplaces can be hostile, overwhelming and unwelcoming places for many First Nations Peoples. My research has explored how this is the case in many organizations, including universities. …

Many people occasionally travel for work.But for some, travel is at the heart of their jobs.CNBC Travel spoke with people from four industries about occupations where working from home — or an office for that matter — isn't an option.A year of travelName: Sebastian ModakJob: Former New York Times "52 Places Traveler"Modak was one of 13,000 people who applied for a role that sent one person to every destination on The New York Times' "Places to Go" list in 2018 — the first year the newspaper hired for the position. He…