ROCKWOOL International A/S – transaktioner i henhold til aktietilbagekøbsprogram
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Selskabsmeddelelse for ROCKWOOL International A/S Meddelelse nr. 52 – 2020 til Nasdaq Copenhagen
16. september 2020
ROCKWOOL International A/S – transaktioner i henhold til aktietilbagekøbsprogram
Som meddelt i selskabsmeddelelse nr. 2/2020 har ROCKWOOL International A/S iværksat et aktietilbagekøbsprogram, som løber i perioden fra og med 6. februar 2020 og til og med den 5. februar 2021. I denne periode vil Selskabet købe egne aktier for op til maksimalt EUR 64 mio. som led i aktietilbagekøbsprogrammet.
Tilbagekøbsprogrammet gennemføres i henhold til EU-Kommissionens forordning nr. 596/2014 af 16. april 2014 og EU-Kommissionens delegerede forordning nr. 2016/1052 af 8. marts 2016, der tilsammen udgør ”Safe harbour” reguleringen.
I perioden 9. – 15. september 2020 er foretaget følgende køb:
Dato
Antal A-aktier
Gennemsnitlig købspris
A-aktier (DKK)
Samlet beløb
A-aktier (DKK)
[I alt, seneste meddelelse]
18.512
26.405.350
9. september 2020
10. september 2020
11. september 2020
14. september 2020
15. september 2020
Akkumuleret under programmet (A-aktier)
18.512
26.405.350
Dato
Antal B-aktier
Gennemsnitlig købspris
B-aktier (DKK)
Samlet beløb
B-aktier (DKK)
[I alt, seneste meddelelse]
242.755
364.588.510
9. september 2020
600
2.267,09
1.360.254
10. september 2020
500
2.270,84
1.135.420
11. september 2020
400
2.261,47
904.588
14. september 2020
300
2.258,22
677.466
15. september 2020
400
2.251,53
900.612
Akkumuleret under programmet (B-aktier)
244.955
369.566.850
Derudover har Selskabet i henhold til selskabsmeddelelse nr. 48/2020 tilbagekøbt 57.557 A-aktier for i alt EUR 16 millioner fra ROCKWOOL Fonden.
ROCKWOOL International A/S ejer herefter 76.069 A-aktier og 304.033 B-aktier svarende til 1,73 % af selskabets samlede aktiekapital.
Separat oversigt med transaktionsdata for perioden 9. – 15. september 2020 vedlægges denne meddelelse.
Yderligere information:
Thomas Harder Director, Group Treasury & Investor Relations ROCKWOOL International A/S +45 46 55 86 77
ROCKWOOL International A/S – transaktioner i henhold til aktietilbagekøbsprogram
The Farmer Who Sold His Cow So His Daughter Could Study
The Farmer Who Sold His Cow So His Daughter Could Study
"Money has always been tight- I make 5000 Rupees each month, sometimes less, but I ensured that both my children went to school," said the famer.
A farmer sold his cow so his daughter could continue her education.
A farmer from Himachal Pradesh who sold his cow so his daughter could continue online classes has received an outpouring of praise and offers of help on social media. On Tuesday, popular page 'Humans of Bombay' shared the story of the farmer, who has not been named. In his interview with 'Humans of Bombay', the farmer revealed that when the pandemic forced schools to move their classes online, he borrowed money from his friends so he could buy a smartphone for his 10-year-old daughter.
"Money has always been tight- I make 5000 Rupees each month, sometimes less, but I ensured that both my children went to school," he said, adding that he had to drop out of school in eight grade but wanted his seven-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter to get the best education possible.
When his daughter's school started online classes, he did not have a smartphone. The schoolgirl initially went around their village, borrowing smartphones from people so she could study. "She would spend half the day wandering around the entire village, trying to find someone to borrow a phone from. Soon, people started to get fed up," the farmer said.
Seeing her despondent, he decided to arrange for a smartphone. "I spoke to a few of my friends, explained my situation and they lent me 5000 Rupees!" he said. The farmer and his wife then surprised their children with a smartphone. "My daughter took it and immediately started studying; she's the one who has the phone most of the time. I was so happy that her studies weren't compromised," he said.
After a few weeks, however, the farmer's friends wanted him to return the money he had borrowed. He would have had to sell the smartphone to arrange for the money, but the thought of breaking his daughter's heart forced him to make the difficult decision of selling his cow instead.
"I did what I had to - I sold my cow and paid my debts, even though we're dependent on selling cow milk to survive," he said. He added that it was his daughter's dream to become a doctor and concluded his interview with the conviction that she would, one day, definitely wear a doctor's white lab coat.
The farmer's story has touched hearts on social media, garnering 14,000 'likes' on Facebook and more than 52,000 'likes' on Instagram.
In the comments section, several people asked for the farmer's contact details so they could offer help, while others praised him.
"Such an inspiring story, I'm sure they would need plenty of help going forward too. If Humans of Bombay could publish more of such stories and enable us to help them directly (I would love to be able to support this family or another in need) then I'm sure lots would come forward to do their bit," wrote one commenter.
"Humans of Bombay, how do I help this wonderful father educate his children and get his cow back?" another asked.
St Louis Rapid Online Chess: P Harikrishna In Joint Lead After 3 Rounds
Harikrishna defeated the experienced Alexander Grischuk in 41 moves
Harikrishna started with a win over US Grandmaster Leinier Dominiguez
Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna claimed a share of the top position with Armenian GM Levon Aronian after posting two wins and a draw in three rounds of rapid competition in the St Louis Rapid and Blitz online chess tournament. The India No.2 started with a win over US Grandmaster Leinier Dominiguez, before settling for a draw with Iranian prodigy Alireza Firouzja in games played late on Tuesday. In the third round, Harikrishna pulled off a victory over experienced Russian Alexander Grischuk in 41 moves.
World champion Magnus Carlsen, the favourite to win the title, was fifth with three points.
After a win over Hikaru Nakamura in his opener, the Norwegian went down to Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi in the second round. A draw with Wesley So in the third left the world no.1 in fifth spot.
Harikrishna, coming from a good showing in FIDE Online Olympiad, outwitted the American in 51 moves with black pieces, to begin his campaign in the elite 10-player event.
The Indian ace will face Nepomniachtchi in the fourth round, followed by games against Aronian and Carlsen late on Wednesday.
In each rapid game, a win is worth 2 points, and a draw is worth 1 point, while in the blitz game, a win is worth 1 point and a draw fetches half a point.
The 10 players are competing for a USD 250,000 prize fund in nine rapid games and eighteen blitz games over five days of play.
The tournament hosted by US-based St Louis Chess Club concludes on September 19.
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The country’s economic recovery is likely to be gradual as the country is still reeling from the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19), RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday.
Addressing the FICCI National Executive Committee Meeting, the central bank chief said that the economic recovery is not fully entrenched. He added that the GDP data for the first quarter (Q1) was a telling reflection of how COVID-19 affected the economy.
Meanwhile, the Parliament's monsoon session is underway, which started on Monday with unprecedented precautions against the coronavirus, including staggered sittings of both houses and social distancing between MPs.
The Bihar government has set the wheels in motion for the construction of a new complex of the Patna Collectorate, days after the high court lifted an interim stay on the demolition of the historic landmark, dealing a blow to a sustained bid by citizens for its preservation. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is slated to lay the foundation stone of the new complex.
Process to Pick Next Party President Set in Motion With Constitution of Election Authority: Congress
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On whether the organisational changes had Rahul Gandhi's imprint, Surjewala said Rahul Gandhi was unanimously elected in an AICC session, but post the 2019 verdict he chose to take moral responsibility and resigned.
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The Congress on Saturday said that Sonia Gandhi has made organisational changes after authorisation from the party's working committee and has set in motion the process of election of the next party president by constituting an election authority. Asked about the organisational changes made by Gandhi and the subsequent reported statements by some leaders who had written to her over party reforms, Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said he had not seen a single statement by any Congress leader on the issue and cannot comment on that.
On whether the organisational changes had Rahul Gandhi's imprint, he said Rahul Gandhi was unanimously elected in an AICC session, but post the 2019 verdict he chose to take moral responsibility and resigned. "Crores and crores of Congress workers and unanimously all leaders including the ones that you mentioned in the meeting of the CWC expressed complete confidence in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and in fact some of them urged him to take over as Congress president," he said at an online press conference.
However, he said, it was not for him to comment on the issue at this juncture "for Congress president Sonia Gandhi has constituted an election authority and has set the process of election of the President in motion". On being pressed further on the issue, Surjewala recalled Sonia Gandhi's remarks where she had said that "'our job is to fight the Modi government and its anti-people policies and not fight with each other' and all of us are working towards that single minded goal, like Arjuna used to only look at the eye of the fish".
To queries on the organisational changes made by Sonia Gandhi, he said change is part of a continuous process and in one voice the Congress Working Committee had decided that she should make all organisational changes afresh, based on which she made these changes. "A lot of new people have got a chance, many old people of the party have got a chance, a lot of colleagues who were already there have got more strength to continue serving the organisation," he said.
In a major organisational reshuffle, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday dropped Ghulam Nabi Azad, Motilal Vora, Ambika Soni and Mallikarjun Kharge as AICC general secretaries, reconstituted the CWC and appointed P Chidambaram, Randeep Surjewala, Tariq Anwar and Jitendra Singh as its regular members. Gandhi also formed a six-member special committee to assist her in organisational matters, apart from reconstituting the central election authority of the AICC with Madhusudan Mistry as its chairman, Rajesh Misra, Krishna Byre Gowda, S Jothimani and Arvinder Singh Lovely as its members.
Gandhi, 73, left for the United States on Saturday for a routine medical check-up, sources close to her said. She would return in the last week of September and would miss more than half of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
She is accompanied by Rahul Gandhi, who is expected to return within a week, they said. Her medical check-up was overdue and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sources said.
She had cleared the Congress' organisational restructuring before departing for her medical check-up.
Project Aspiration 2020 has empowered hundreds of teachers, many of whom have limited experience using computers, by putting powerful digital tools and skills at their disposal
Prakash Mallya, VP & MD – Sales and Marketing Group, Intel India
When The covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in March forced school classes to go online, the digital divide in the country became even more apparent. Only a handful of private schools located in big cities and towns could adopt online teaching methods while budget private schools and government schools were left in the lurch. .
Cut to present. Technology companies have developed and delivered learning modules via free apps and radio channels, and free live classes are being delivered through popular social media platforms. Edge-based technologies can play a crucial role in expanding the impact of digital learning beyond private schools in urban centres. Effective industry collaboration to accelerate technology innovation across cloud, network and at the edge can also pave the way to a more dynamic and accessible school environment across the country. A success story from the National Capital Territory of Delhi’s (NCT Delhi) government schools shows how technology can act wonders.
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The department of education of NCT Delhi engaged Career Launcher to find a fast-scaling solution to not only ensure educational continuity but to also serve as a platform for long-term educational transformation. Career Launcher enlisted the help of Intel and Amazon Web Services (AWS) and worked with educators to adapt aspiration.ai, Career Launcher’s learning portal, to address the needs of Delhi’s government schools. Within two weeks the trial was successfully launched, and Project Aspiration 2020 was born.
From the initial group of 55 schools and 1,500 students, aspiration.ai is now serving over 165,000 students with extremely high rates of engagement: 90% of students enrolled are regularly active. With requests to participate in the programme coming in from across the country, the project aims to reach one million students. “The aspiration.ai learning platform is focused on delivering learning, fun, and mentoring at scale,” said Rahul Sharma, president – Public Sector, India and South Asia, Amazon Internet Services.
“The goal for the programme stretches well beyond the Covid-19 crisis. The fast scaling that Career Launcher, Intel, and AWS have achieved is inspiring government officials to think differently about education. They’re seeing the potential for this programme to have a lasting impact on students’ lives and to help lead a transformation in the education system across the country that gives more children access to the best learning experience possible,” said Prakash Mallya, VP & MD – Sales and Marketing Group, Intel India.
Aspiration.ai is built on AWS Cloud, which offers scalable performance and built-in AI acceleration with Intel Xeon Scalable processors. AWS scaled up quickly and seamlessly while offering a wide array of services and delivering the needed performance for very large groups of users. For intensive workloads that involve video, analytics, AI, and more, Intel’s Xeon Scalable processors deliver extensive compute headroom to cost-effectively scale platforms like aspiration.ai to meet the future learning needs of students.
Project Aspiration 2020 has empowered hundreds of teachers, many of whom have limited experience using computers, by putting powerful digital tools and skills at their disposal. To ensure that the special connection between teachers and students continue, Career Launcher is using cloud technology to offer livestreaming of classes as well as archival and replay of past recordings. By offering both synchronous and asynchronous learning content, the programme is inclusive of students who have limited access to broadband internet. While these students are unable to stream the lessons live, they can view the content on demand when they are able to get online, often via a parent’s smartphone. In addition to the face-to-face connection that aspiration.ai allows, it is enabling advanced analytics for teachers.
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India To Receive 100 Million Doses Of Sputnik V Vaccine From Russia
India To Receive 100 Million Doses Of Sputnik V Vaccine From Russia
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is expected to supply 100 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine to Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. by the end of the year.
Outlook Web Bureau September 16, 2020 00:00 ISTIndia To Receive 100 Million Doses Of Sputnik V Vaccine From Russia
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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (Dr. Reddy’s), a global pharmaceutical company headquartered out of India, have agreed to cooperate for clinical trials and distribution of Sputnik V vaccine in India. Upon regulatory approval in India, RDIF shall supply 100 million doses of the vaccine to Dr. Reddy’s. The Sputnik V vaccine, is undergoing clinical trials for Covid-19.
According to reports, the vaccine can be potentially delivered to Dr. Reddy’s by the end of 2020. However, it will be subject to completion of successful trials and registration of the vaccine by regulatory authorities in India.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, said, “Dr. Reddy’s has had a very well established and respected presence in Russia for over 25 years and is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in India. India is amongst the most severely Covid-19 impacted countries and we believe our human adenovirus dual vector platform will provide a safe and scientifically validated option for India in its battle against Coronavirus."
G V Prasad, Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, said that the Phase I and Phase II trials of the Russian vaccine have been promising. “We will be conducting Phase-III trials in India to meet the requirements of the Indian regulators. Sputnik V vaccine could provide a credible option in our fight against COVID 19 in India,” Prasad added.
On August 11, the Sputnik V vaccine developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology was registered by the Ministry of Health of Russia and became the world’s first registered vaccine against Covid-19 based on the human adenoviral vectors platform.
According to reports, post-registration clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine involving 40,000 volunteers are currently ongoing. The first results of these trials are expected to be published in October-November 2020.
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During a pandemic like COVID-19, there is a strong rationale for living in integrated townships. These self-sustaining, compact urban ecosystems are now more than just lifestyle upgrades – they provide the kind of controlled environment that makes a big difference during such an outbreak. Gated communities offer security, but integrated townships let residents get through the prolonged siege-like situation of a pandemic with a much lower impact on the quality of life.
Anuj Puri, Chairman – ANAROCK Property Consultants, says, “Going forward, dispersed offices and flexible workplace policies around WFH will spur housing demand on city peripheries, beyond the city-center hotspots. This will lead to higher demand for large township developments which, because of their massive size, have been developed on the peripheries. However, they account for a mere 2 pc of all housing supply since 2010, so their numbers are currently inadequate to meet the coming demand.”
Constrained supply
Integrated townships began their Indian innings primarily as a lifestyle statement – the conveniences and address value come at an added cost which does not appeal to budget home seekers. The subtle luxury quotient, a function of the surrounding infrastructure rather than in individual properties, resulted in townships catering to a niche rather than to the masses. Also, very few developers have the expertise and resources to deploy integrated townships. As a result, the supply of integrated townships remained restricted even as other formats proliferated. As on date, the top 7 cities have just over 101 township projects (launched since 2010 till date), accounting for around 3.16 lakh housing units. (Besides mixed-use developments, townships with more than 2,000 housing units are also considered).
This is only a minuscule 2 pc share of overall housing projects launched during this period. Clearly, this is a hugely under-served segment whose underpinning relevance and importance has been emphatically brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Out of the 101 projects, nearly 57 are large purely residential projects with some basic facilities like a retail shop, pharmacy, salon, and some form of entertainment. The remaining 44 are full-fledged mixed-use developments with dedicated retail, entertainment, education, commercial, health, and residential spaces. NCR and MMR have the highest saturation of townships.
“Beyond superior conveniences and security, townships offer a sense of community which is extremely important in times like the coronavirus pandemic,” says Puri. “Living in such projects also helps work-from-home professionals to maintain optimum productivity while being assured of their and their families’ health and safety. Many townships even offer a walk-to-work option.”
Apart from the expertise to plan and execute such large projects, integrated townships also require gargantuan investments in capital, land, and other resources. Resultantly, integrated townships will largely remain the purview of Grade A developers.
Integrated Township Supply (Completed & Ongoing)
NCR – 42 township projects with approx. 1.33 lakh residential units. 22 of these (with 55,000 units) are mixed-use developments; the remaining 20 projects are exclusively residential with over 78,000 units.
MMR – 17 township projects, of which 8 are mixed-use and 9 exclusively residential. Together, they account for over 63,500 homes.
Bengaluru – 10 mega township projects with 35,230 units in all, of which 3 are mixed-use and the remaining 7 are large, well-equipped residential communities.
Hyderabad – 9 township projects, of which only 1 is mixed-use and 8 are purely residential. Together, they have more than 21,600 units.
Pune and Kolkata – 8 large township projects each, with approx. 19,700 and 27,150 homes respectively. Interestingly, Pune has more mixed-use developments (5) than purely residential townships (3) while Kolkata has 2 mixed-use developments and 6 purely residential townships.
Chennai – 7 township projects with nearly 16,200 residential units, of which 3 are mixed-use developments and 4 are purely residential.
The USPs
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important features of townships probably are their considerable distance from mid-city infection hot zones and their superior security and sanitation. It has also been confirmed that the virus is more easily transmitted in areas polluted by excessive traffic. The reduced and regulated traffic and large, air-cleansing green zones in integrated townships are therefore a compelling argument. In townships where they are available, schools, shopping and healthcare nearby are distinct advantages. Multi-level security arrangements can ensure very effective segregation from surrounding areas, as well as contact tracing if the need arises.
However, the main value-adds in such projects predate the pandemic. Most townships are well-planned layouts where optimum space is utilized. Landscaped gardens, jogging tracks and dedicated play areas enhance the overall liveability quotient. Integrated townships also tend to have advanced waste management and rainwater harvesting.
Opening up
Given the nature of the times, we may soon see more such projects being announced. Various government and nodal development agencies have already incorporated various townships-focused changes in their city planning, such as better road connectivity, utilities supply and sewage.
Some of the more promising areas for future development include Kalyan-Bhiwandi and Boisar in MMR, Sohna in Gurugram, North Bengaluru, Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, Gahunje in Pune, and West Hyderabad, among others.
These locations meet the most important criteria of being well-connected and having enough contiguous land parcels to accommodate integrated townships.
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As on date, the top 7 cities have just over 101 township projects (launched since 2010 till date), accounting for around 3.16 lakh housing units. (Besides mixed-use developments, townships with more than 2,000 housing units are also considered).
