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September 29, 2019
International Press Institute to celebrate its 70th anniversary at its founding location, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Vienna, Austria — International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, will hold its 2020 World Congress in New York City from September 10 to 12, 2020.
The World Congress is IPI’s flagship event and a top international forum for issues related to media freedom and quality journalism.
“On the occasion of the organization’s 70th anniversary, IPI is honored to be hosted by Columbia University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism,” the Institute announced. IPI was founded at Columbia in 1950 by 34 editors from 15 countries to defend journalistic quality and independence.
“The fact that our network stood the test of time is a testament to the importance of our mission,” IPI Executive Board Chair Markus Spillmann said. Spillmann is the former editor-in-chief of Switzerland’s Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). “Returning to New York just weeks before the United States presidential election puts us at the right place at the right time,” he added.
IPI got established in the aftermath of World War II on the belief that a free press will contribute to a better world. Today, with members in nearly 100 countries, IPI brings together media representatives from digital, print, and broadcast outlets. They address press freedom challenges and promote independent journalism as a core pillar of democracy.
“Media freedom, journalistic independence, and integrity are the guiding principles of our school. They are the values we aim to teach to all our students,” said Steve Coll, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School.
“We are proud of our numerous alumni who have joined IPI’s fight for media freedom around the world. We look forward to welcoming the IPI community back to Columbia University,” he added.
In the coming days, IPI will announce the leading news organizations and other institutions that will partner with IPI for the 2020 World Congress and 70th-anniversary celebration.
The 2020 Congress will see IPI members and other leading editors, journalists, media executives, and experts from all over the world gather in New York. There would be two-and-a-half days of engaging discussions, roundtables, workshops, and Q&A sessions addressing critical questions for today’s journalism.
“We would like to thank Columbia University for supporting IPI’s efforts and mission since the very beginning,” said IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi. “We feel so proud and privileged to have been born at an institution that has played such a key role in defining and spreading fundamental journalistic values worldwide.”
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Back to our roots!
— IPI (@globalfreemedia) September 24, 2019
IPI is thrilled to announce that our 2020 World Congress will take place at @Columbia University in New York City - where IPI was founded in 1950. #70Years #PressFreedom #IPIWoCo
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September 26, 2019
Prime Minister Modi meets with Global CEOs and Senior Executives of leading American Companies.
Photo: The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, meeting the CEO of Marriott Hotels, Mr. Arne Sorenson, in New York on 25 September 2019.
Photo: The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, in a group photograph with the CEOs at a Roundtable, in New York, USA on 25 September 2019.
New York, 26 September 2019 — Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, chaired an exclusive roundtable discussion, at New York, with 42 global captains of industry from across 20 sectors. The companies that participated in the roundtable had a combined net worth of US$ 16.4 trillion, of which their net worth in India is US$ 50 billion.
The gathering included Ms. Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM; Mr. Douglas McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart; Mr. James Quincey, Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola; Ms. Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin; Mr. Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan; Mr. James D. Taiclet, CEO of American Tower Corporation and co-chair of the India-US CEO forum; and Senior Executives from Apple, Google, Marriott, VISA, Mastercard, 3M, Warburg Pincus, AECOM, Raytheon, Bank of America, Pepsi to name a few.
The participants appreciated the great strides made by India in striving towards Ease of Doing Business and many reforms which have led to a conducive environment for investors. The business leaders complimented the Prime Minister on taking firm decisions with a focus on Ease of Doing Business and making India more investor-friendly. The leaders mentioned that their companies remained committed to growing their footprint in India.
The CEOs briefly outlined their specific plans in India and also put forth recommendations to aid India’s efforts towards skill development, Digital India, Make in India, inclusive growth, green energy, and financial inclusion.
In response to the CEOs’ comments, the Prime Minister stressed upon continued political stability, predictability of policy, and pro-development and pro-growth policies. He further emphasized the development of tourism, plastic recycling, and waste management initiatives. He urged the companies to leverage the Startup India innovation platforms in partnership with other countries - to make solutions not only for India but for the world, including challenging issues like nutrition and waste management.
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September 23, 2019
A Green Roof and Solar Panels gifted by India installed on the Roof of the UN Headquarters in New York
Photo: A view of the solar panels, a gift from India, installed on the roof of the United Nations. 21 September 2019. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Cia Pa.
Photo: A view of the green roof placed next to the new solar panels, gifts from India, on the roof of the conference building at the United Nations headquarters. 21 September 2019. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Cia Pak.
Photo: A view of the green roof placed next to the new solar panels, gifts from India, on the roof of the conference building at the United Nations headquarters. 21 September 2019. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Cia Pak
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Watch as @dwaughray joins @IsabellaLovin, @PrakashJavdekar at a @UN press conference to announce the Leadership Group on #IndustryTransition, supported by @wef and @ETC_energy: https://t.co/CZ63QaOg8q #MissionPossible
— World Economic Forum (@wef) September 23, 2019
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September 21, 2019
Observance of International Peace Day at the UN Headquarters
Photo: A view of flags held by students at the annual ceremony at the UN headquarters in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September).
The theme of the International Day of Peace of 2019 is “Climate Action for Peace” to draw attention to the importance of combatting climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world. 20 September 2019. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Laura Jarriel.
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People around the 🌎 are taking action for peace in different ways, including through #ClimateAction.
— United Nations (@UN) September 21, 2019
On Saturday's #PeaceDay, find out how you can contribute to a more peaceful world : https://t.co/eSz3GOyLKA pic.twitter.com/ihJN7QkVjL
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September 16, 2019
India's Human Resource Development Minister launches Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) - 2019
Photo: India’s Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal’ Nishank’, at the launch of the Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) and Leadership for Academicians (LEAP), in New Delhi on 16 September 2019.
Photo: A building in Cornell Campus. Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) is an Ivy League School. Image Credit: Tom Flemming.
New Delhi, 16 September 2019 — Union Human Resource Development Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal’ Nishank’, launched Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) - 2019 and Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) - 2019 under Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) in New Delhi today.
The Minister said that teachers are the base of the education system. ARPIT is an excellent platform for teachers to learn about the latest developments in their field and develop their teaching qualities. He said that for better results, we need to increase the participation of teachers in this program.
He said that we have a vision and mission. We need better coordination, such as between the University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
The Minister appreciated the LEAP program and said that we could develop administrative capabilities and leadership for organizations through this program. He further said that the leaders thus produced would have the responsibility of bringing institutions to the world ranking.
• Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) -
The Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) develops leaders for Higher Education Institutions.
LEAP is a three weeks leadership development program (2 weeks domestic and one-week foreign training) for second level academic functionaries in public-funded higher education institutions. Its main objective is to prepare the second tier academic heads that are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future. The Government is implementing LEAP through the following 15 institutions:
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Banaras Hindu University
- Jamia Milia Islamia
- Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata
- University of Hyderabad
- NIT Trichy
- University of Delhi
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Indian Institute of Technology, BHU
- TISS, Mumbai (CALEM)
- AMU (CALEM)
- NIEPA (CALEM)
The mandatory eligibility conditions are a minimum of eight years of experience as Professor, three years of administrative experience, Impeccable Integrity, and high academic standing.
A maximum of Rs. 10 Lakhs per participant (including foreign training) is approved and each training institution signs MoUs with its international counterpart. LEAP training institution prepares information brochures with relevant information, such as the Structure of the Program, Curriculum, Resource Persons, Pedagogical aspects, Assessment and Evaluation, and Scheduled Dates for Indian & Foreign training. Each training module has a batch of 30 trainees. At the end of the training, the program evaluates the trainees on ten critical leadership attributes, namely, visioning & strategizing; communication skills; people management; conflict management & handling stress; decision making; teaching & learning research and innovation; financial planning and management; administrative skills; understanding students; and collaboration. In 2018-19, out of 15 LEAP approved Institutions, 12 have completed LEAP training with 280 participants.
In 2019-20, a centralized online selection process has been put in place and is now open for applying. The last date of registration is 25 September 2019, and the institution-wise selections would be available by 27 September 2019. The tentative LEAP (2019-20) Training Schedule is as follows:
LEAP Training Institution - Tentative Dates - Proposed Foreign University
- IIT, Roorkee - 29 March to 4 April 2020 - University of Michigan
- The University of Hyderabad - 28 October to 16 November 2019 - Cornell/Yale/Duke University, USA. Kyoto University, Japan
- Jawaharlal Nehru Univ. - 2 to 13 December 2019 - NTU Singapore
- AMU - February 2020 - Monash University
- TISS - 20-31st Jan 2020 - University of Pennsylvania
- NIEPA - 6 to 20 November 2020 - Oxford University, UK
- Banaras Hindu University -16 to 21 March - University of Chicago
- IIT Bombay - 24 February to 31 March 2020 - Cambridge /Oxford Univ/LSE/Kellogg School of Management
- NIT Trichy - 2 to 7 March 2020 - NTU Singapore
- IIT Kanpur - January/February 2020 - NTU Singapore
- IISER Kolkata - July 2020 - Details awaited
- IIT (BHU) - Dec 2019 to Jan 2020 - Details awaited
- Jamia Milia Islamia - February/March 2020 - Oxford University UK/ University of Virginia, USA
- IIT Kharagpur - 6 to10 Jan 2020 - University of Cambridge, UK
- University of Delhi - February 2020 - Ross Business School, University of Michigan
• Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) -
Ministry of Human Resource Development launched the Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) in November 2018. ARPIT is a unique initiative comprising the online professional development of 1.5 million higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM.
The ARPIT program first identifies the discipline-specific National Resource Centers (NRCs). These NRCs are then tasked to prepare online training material with a focus on the latest developments in the discipline, new & emerging trends, pedagogical improvements, and methodologies for transacting revised curriculum.
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September 12, 2019
Oxford tops Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
Photo: The University of Oxford. Sheldonian Theatre and Bodleian Library from beneath Balliol’s Great Beech. Image Credit: Piers Nye.
London, 11 September 2019 — Times Higher Education today announced its World University Rankings 2020. The rankings include 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date.
The University of Oxford tops the rankings. It is in the first place. The California Institute of Technology is second, while the University of Cambridge is in the third place.
Stanford, Yale, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and Imperial College London all appear in the top fifteen.
Times Higher Education ranks universities on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.
Mainland China now provides both of Asia’s top two universities, with Tsinghua and Peking universities finishing at 23rd and 24th place respectively. The country’s universities have continued to expand their influence and presence on the world stage.
Ha Wei, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Education, Peking University, says that China’s excellence initiatives have “poured billions of US dollars” into select groups of universities.” “Talent attraction programs” have also helped the institutions improve, he said.
The latest Double World-Class project, launched in 2015, includes a “monitoring and evaluation system to make it more results-oriented,” Ha Wei added. It means that “those who are deemed less efficient in using the resources will get removed from the list of beneficiaries.”
“I believe the upward trend for Chinese universities will continue,” he said.
• Times Higher Education World University Rankings — Top 30
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- California Institute of Technology, United States
- University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Stanford University, United States
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
- Princeton University, United States
- Harvard University, United States
- Yale University, United States
- University of Chicago, United States
- Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- University of Pennsylvania, United States
- Johns Hopkins University, United States
- University of California, Berkeley, United States
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- UCL, United Kingdom
- Columbia University, United States
- University of California, Los Angeles, United States
- University of Toronto, Canada
- Cornell University, United States
- Duke University, United States
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States
- Northwestern University, United States
- Tsinghua University, China
- Peking University, China
- National University of Singapore, Singapore
- University of Washington, United States
- Carnegie Mellon University, United States
- London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
- New York University, United States
- University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Source: Times Higher Education
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September 10, 2019
A View of the United Nations Headquarters on 09 September 2019
Photo: A view of United Nations Headquarters and parts of Manhattan as seen from Queens. 09 September 2019. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Evan Schneider.
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Watch as history is made.
— United Nations (@UN) September 7, 2019
World leaders will converge on UNHQ in NYC to tackle major challenges facing humanity at the 74th session of the #UNGA. pic.twitter.com/9roqBD7RyZ
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September 7, 2019
UNESCO Creative Cities Annual Conference: Santos, Brazil, will host it in 2020; Istanbul, Turkey, will host it in 2021.
Photo: Istanbul, Turkey. Image Credit: Juan Antonio Segal. The city of Istanbul in Turkey is a UNESCO Creative City of Design.
Paris, France, 07 September 2019 — Istanbul has been selected as the Host City of the XV UNESCO Creative Cities Network’s Annual Conference in 2021 following an online vote by the 180 members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) present in 72 countries.
Istanbul is a major city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait. Istanbul’s Old City reflects the cultural influences of the many empires that once ruled here.
“Future Proof Cities” will be the theme of the 2021 conference. This theme refers to the concept of urban future-proofing. It involves monitoring developments in all areas of urban life to ensure an equilibrium between the environment, technology, economic activity, and human needs and aspirations.
The UCCN Annual Conferences bring together mayors, municipal decision-makers, and other stakeholders. They examine ways to place people at the center of sustainable urban development from the economic, environmental, social, and cultural perspectives. The UCCN conferences echo the overarching objective of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Leaving no one behind.
Fabriano, Italy, hosted this year’s conference.
Photo: Santos, Brazil. Image Credit: Ricardo ATB. The city of Santos in Brazil is a UNESCO Creative City of Film.
The 2020 event will take place in the city of Santos in Brazil, a UNESCO Creative City of Film since 2015. Santos will be the first city of the Latin America and Caribbean Region to host the UCCN Annual Conference and the first Creative City of Film to do so. Under the theme “Creativity, Path to Equality,” the 2020 Annual Conference will demonstrate the power of creativity and culture in advancing sustainable development and reducing social and economic inequalities.
Krakow and Katowice, Poland hosted the Annual Conference in 2018, after Enghien-les-Bains, France (2017), and Östersund, Sweden (2016).
UNESCO established the Creative Cities Programme and Network to promote international cooperation between cities that are committed to investing in culture and creativity to stimulate and drive sustainable development. The Network covers seven creative fields: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts and Music.
Cities in the Network anchor culture and creativity in their development frameworks and policies to advance objectives such as social cohesion, employment, entrepreneurship, and gender balance among others for the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The annual conferences are a unique opportunity for cities to review their results, exchange best practices and ideas, and identify new trends. The cities discuss challenges and opportunities and build connections and partnerships.
Home to over half of the world’s population, the cities play a crucial role in developing and implementing strategies that address the development challenges of the 21st century. In this context, the UNESCO Creative Cities Programme and its Annual Conference have an ever more critical role to play in addressing the contemporary challenges and opportunities facing cities and human settlements.
Source: UNESCO, Paris.
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Good morning from #Istanbul Sunny and pleasantly warm today a high of 24°C & a low of 14°C. Have a great day! pic.twitter.com/vjyTsVGrcD
— Istanbul CVB (@istanbul_cvb) May 6, 2019
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September 4, 2019
UN Secretary-General Appoints Melissa Fleming of United States Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Photo: UN Secretary-General António Guterres swears in Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications. 04 September 2019. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
New York, NY — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Melissa Fleming of the United States as the next Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.
She succeeds Alison Smale of the United Kingdom.
Ms. Fleming brings to the position more than 25 years of strategic vision, innovative management, and communications expertise. She worked in the UN in the fields of humanitarian action, conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and free media.
Since 2009, Ms. Fleming has been Head of Global Communications and Spokesperson in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva. While there, she led global media outreach campaigns, social media engagement, and a multimedia news service serving audiences ranging from media, public, donors, Governments and refugees themselves.
Ms. Fleming joined UNHCR from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), where she served for eight years as Spokesperson and Head of Media and Outreach. Before IAEA, she headed the Press and Public Information team at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Earlier still, she served as Public Affairs Specialist at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich, Germany.
Having begun her career as a journalist, Ms. Fleming held the position of Senior Advisor and Spokesperson on the transition team of the current Secretary-General from 2016 to 2017.
She holds a Master of Science in journalism from the College of Communication, Boston University, and a Bachelor of Arts in German studies from Oberlin College, Ohio, United States.
Source: United Nations, New York
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September 1, 2019
Newly Crowned World Badminton Champion, Ms. P.V. Sindhu, calls on the Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu.
Photos: The Newly Crowned World Badminton Champion, Ms. P.V. Sindhu, with the Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, in Hyderabad on 31 August 2019.
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