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75 years of US atomic bombing: Nagasaki urges world leaders for nuclear ban

The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban.

At 11:02 a.m., the moment the B-29 bomber Bockscar dropped a 4.5-ton (10,000-pound) plutonium bomb dubbed Fat Man, Nagasaki survivors and other participants stood in a minute of silence to honor more than 70,000 dead.

The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world’s first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000.

On August 15, Japan surrendered, ending World War II.

Many survivors developed cancer or other illnesses due to their exposure to radiation and suffered discrimination.

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Invesment

Learn to Give Your Brand a Voice at Upcoming Zoho Event

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by Martha

The second Zoho Educational Webinar is titled, Establishing Your Brand Story and Voice. This is part of a series of free webinars designed to provide users with some key tools for today’s digital ecosystem.

The first one, which will take place on August 26 starting from 1-1:45 p.m. EST, is about Domain and Web Hosting. The follow up will teach you how to find, incorporate, and use your brand’s voice throughout your website.

According to Zoho, the goal is to increase website traffic, improve customer engagement, and drive brand loyalty. As you learn more skills from each session, you will have fundamental knowledge about getting your business online and growing your brand.

The good news is there are more resources than ever to establish the story of your brand and get your voice out there. With some basic knowledge and of course hard work you can launch

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Economic

E-auction for commercial coal mines likely in October, results in November

August 8, 2020August 9, 2020 by Martha

The online auction of coal blocks for commercial mining and sale for private companies will commence in October and final winners declared in November, said a government’s notice on Saturday. The Centre has also extended the deadline for various processes under the auction including a site visit, sale of tender documents, and submission of technical bids.

In a revised schedule shared on e-commerce portal of MSTC, the nominated authority for coal auction, the last date of submission of queries by bidders has been extended to September 11. The first deadline expired on July 23. In earlier comments submitted to the ministry of coal, several investors raised concerns about the timing of the auction citing Covid-19 as the dampener.

Several investors asked the government for a deferment of the auction process by three months, mentioning it will help bidders make an informed decision.

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Biz News

Nasa sounding rocket finds helium structures in Sun’s atmosphere

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 by Martha

Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists are not sure just how much there actually is in the Sun’s atmosphere, where it is hard to measure.

Knowing the amount of helium in the solar atmosphere is important to understanding the origin and acceleration of the solar wind — the constant stream of charged particles from the Sun.

In 2009, NASA launched a sounding rocket investigation to measure helium in the extended solar atmosphere. The results, recently published in Nature Astronomy, are helping to better understand our space environment.

Previously, when measuring ratios of helium to hydrogen in the solar wind as it reaches Earth, observations have found much lower ratios than expected. Scientists suspected the missing helium might have been left behind in the Sun’s outermost atmospheric layer — the corona

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Economic

Why RBI has allowed one-time restructuring of corporate and personal loans

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 by Martha

The true financial cost of Covid-19 is something India would rather not acknowledge, let alone bear — at least not until the pandemic has played out.

That explains why the central bank on Thursday allowed a one-time restructuring of corporate and personal loans that have been under stress ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi put the country under a severe lockdown in March.

Those nationwide restrictions have given way to more localised containment. But with India becoming only the third country after the US and Brazil to zoom past the 2-million-infection mark, it will be months before the authorities can shift the economy back into its pre-Covid gear.

The engine was sputtering then, too, with consumers retreating from a debt binge, companies deleveraging, exports anemic, real estate in a mess, finance haunted by a mistrust of borrowers, and public

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Francis Carden of Pega: RPA Doesn’t Automatically Mean You’re Adding Intelligence to Your Automation Efforts

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 by Martha

Robotics Process Automation.

RPA.

It’s something that companies are expected to spend over $2.4 billion on by 2022, up from $689 in 2018 according to Gartner.

But what exactly is it? And where does it fit in when it comes to helping companies with their digital transformation efforts?

Interview with Francis Carden of Pega on Robotics Process Automation

These are big questions I was able to ask during a recent LinkedIn Live conversation I had with Francis Carden, Vice President of Digital Automation and Robotics for Pega – a leading customer engagement and process automation platform provider.

Below is an edited transcript from a portion of our conversation. Click on the embedded SoundCloud player to hear the full conversation.

Small Business Trends: What exactly is RPA?

Francis Carden: RPA stands for robotic process automation, and about a million things underneath it, dependent upon who you speak to.

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