Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for March 2022

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Scientists have observed yet another behavior in chimpanzees that shows the similarities between them and us. Chimpanzees in Gabon were seen applying insects on each other’s wounds as medicine, and the scientists caught it on video. These African apes, along with gorillas, are endangered in their natural habitat; along the Nigeria-Cameroon border, watch how patroling rangers are protecting the forests’ threatened wildlife. Mongabay’s series Chasing Deforestation explored deforestation in Brazilian Amazon in the new episode, specifically the deforestation driven by grazing pastures made for her… Continue reading “Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for March 2022”

Cobira chooses Valid’s Dynamic IMSI Manager Solution and Subscription Management platform

MADRID, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Cobira ApS, a provider of B2B global, secure IoT connectivity and other IoT enabler services, has chosen Valid’s Dynamic IMSI Manager Solution, to strengthen their IoT connectivity services offering. Valid’s Dynamic IMSI Manager Solution provides secure high quality connectivity and offers high flexibility in sponsored subscription management.

Furthermore, Cobira ApS has chosen to use the latest version of Valid’s eReach Subscription Management Service, enabling Cobira with a full end-to-end eSIM lifecycle management solution. The two solutions combined provides a very strong foundation for the delivery of advanced and future proof connectivity services.

GSMA Intelligence forecasts that there will be 24 billion IoT connections in 2025. Enterprise IoT connections will overtake consumer in 2024, and will almost triple between 2019 and 2025. This will account for just over half of all IoT connections in 2025, according to the GSMA study.

Valid’s Dynamic IMSI Manager, an extension to Valid’s OTA Connectivity Suite, is a client-server solution that includes a Multi-IMSI Applet running on the SIM card remotely managed by an OTA connectivity platform. The solution offers high flexibility in sponsored subscription management by defining several subscription attributes, linking rich profile data to each subscription and including numerous configuration options.

Additionally, Valid provides its remote subscription management services to manage the creation, storage, personalization and download of eSIM profiles to M2M eUICC enabled IoT devices. This platform is operated as a service by Valid from its SAS-SM certified data center located near Madrid in Spain.

“The Valid and Cobira teams have been working together for many years and we know Valid as a strong partner in all aspects related to the field of cellular connectivity. With Valid’s products and services behind us we can deliver the quality required in enterprise IoT solutions.” – Allan Dickow, CTO at Cobira ApS.

“Valid is helping Cobira ApS in their mission to offer reliable and optimized IoT solutions to the market. With Valid’s support, Cobira ApS is now able to offer flexible IoT connectivity services with a secure, convenient, and adaptable solution to their customers” said Pierre Lassus Global Director of Software and Services at Valid.

*IMSI is the international mobile subscriber identity. A number that uniquely identifies every user of a cellular network.

About Cobira ApS

Cobira strives to be the perfect partner when it comes to enabling companies as connectivity providers. With our competencies and knowledge within connectivity we help our customers in building secure, reliable and scalable solutions that make their IoT enabled business a success. To learn more, visit www.cobira.co.

About Valid

Valid (B³: VLID3 – ON) provides tailored solutions that integrate emerging technologies to enable secure, trusted experiences. From Data, Payments, Identity, and Mobile to IoT, Track and Trace, Digital Certification, and Agritech, Valid offers a wide portfolio of services and solutions that accelerate the digital transformation of our clients’ business. With over 60 years of experience and more than 6,000 employees in 16 countries, Valid is the largest issuer of identification documents in Brazil, among the top 5 producers of SIM cards and the world’s largest manufacturers of banking cards. To learn more, visit www.valid.com.

Loans worth Rs1000 billion will be provided to deserving households under Kamyab Pakistan Program: Prime Minister 

Islamabad, March 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Imran Khan has said loans worth one thousand billion rupees will be provided to four point five million deserving households under Kamyab Pakistan Program by next year to lift them out of poverty and enable them earn their livelihoods. He was addressing a ceremony in connection with launch of disbursement of interest free loans under Kamyab Pakistan Program in Islamabad on Wednesday.

He said that loans to the tune of 2.5 billion rupees have already been disbursed under the program. The Prime Minister said Kamyab Pakistan Program, aimed at taking the country towards a welfare state, will be further expanded. Imran Khan said Kamyab Pakistan Program envisages interest free loans of five hundred thousand rupees for businesses, three hundred and fifty thousand rupees for the farmers and two million rupees for the construction of houses.

He said technical training will also be provided to one member of each deserving family in order to help them stand on their own feet. Alluding to other pro people initiatives including health insurance scheme, he said this path, which was envisioned by Philosopher Poet Allama Iqbal, will take the country towards greatness.

Imran Khan regretted that Pakistan in the past could not achieve its due place in the comity of nations because it did not pursue the ideology for which it was created. He noted that the nations which forget their ideology never succeed.

The Prime Minister said he is inaugurating Rahmatul-lil Alameen authority tomorrow and the aim is to acquaint our youth with the life and teachings of Hazrat Muhammad Rasool Allah Khatam-un-Nabiyeen Sallallaho Alaihe Wa Ala Alayhee Wa Ashabehi Wassalam.

Prime Minister Imran Khan also expressed satisfaction over the record revenue collection made by the FBR saying it is because of enhanced revenue, the government was able to reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by ten rupees per liter and the electricity tariff by five rupees per unit. Urging the people to pay their taxes, he assured that this revenue will be used to uplift the poor class and reduce the burden of inflation on the people. Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, on the occasion, highlighted the key features of Kamyab Pakistan Program.

For more information, contact:
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

Pakistan’s project of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami being presented as a model in world: Farrukh 

Islamabad, March 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib says Pakistan’s project of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami is being presented as a model in the world. In a tweet on Wednesday, he said it’s an honour that United Nation’s Environment Assembly has declared Pakistan as Climate leader. He said world is acknowledging Prime Minister Imran Khan’s steps to cope with the issue of climate change.

For more information, contact:
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of Pakistan’s Embassy in Algeria hacked: FO 

Islamabad, March 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):Foreign Office has said that the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of Pakistan’s Embassy in Algeria have been hacked. In a tweet, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said all messages being posted through these accounts are not from Pakistan Embassy in Algeria.

For more information, contact:
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

FBR successfully knocked down February revenue target: Prime Minister 

Islamabad, March 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Imran Khan says the FBR has successfully knocked down February revenue target of 441 billion rupees, posting a robust growth of 28.5 percent. In his tweets on Wednesday, he said the government is able to subsidize petrol, diesel and electricity and give relief to the people because of this performance of the FBR.

Imran Khan said NADRA has expanded its outreach by opening eighty-eight new registration centers including in tehsils where no center existed before. He said thirteen new centers have been opened in Balochistan, twenty-three in Sindh, sixteen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, eleven each in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan, twelve in Azad Kashmir and one each in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to facilitate the citizens.

For more information, contact:
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

Prime Minister to inaugurate issuance of interest-free loans under Kamyab Pakistan Program today

Islamabad, March 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the issuance of interest-free loans under Kamyab Pakistan Program at a ceremony in Islamabad today.

Kamyab Pakistan Program is part of the Prime Minister’s Vision for Poverty Alleviation under which loans worth 407 billion rupees would be disbursed among the youths, women, farmers and for construction of low-income houses during the next two years. The main objective of Kamyab Pakistan Program is to provide relief to the lower class and promote economic growth.

For more information, contact:
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

Announcement would be made soon to increase salaries of govt servants: Tarin 

Islamabad, March 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen says the government would not increase petroleum and electricity prices despite increase of prices at international level.

Talking to a private news channel, he said the objective to reduce prices of petroleum and electricity was to provide relief to the people. The Finance Minister said the government made efforts to facilitate the people at maximum level and soon announcement would be made to increase salaries of the government servants.

For more information, contact:
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk