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Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2022 Rising Stars awards. Through July 13, the 19 winners will be featured. The Rising Star for Communications is Florian Büngener, who is Hyundai Europe's head of public relations and communications. For his full profile click here. The 2022 Rising Stars winners will be honored in Prague at a gala dinner on July 13. To qualify, candidates should have a minimum of 10 years of work experience, have multiple language skills and be 45 years or younger. Nominations are accepted from carmakers, suppliers, automotive service and mobility providers and retail/aftersales businesses. The prestigious Automotive News Europe Rising Stars awards are jointly presented with our exclusive lead sponsor, Capgemini, as well as our partner, Mercuri Urval.

Psoriasis is a skin condition that leads to itchy rashes and scaly patches, most commonly on the knees, elbows, trunk and scalp. It is a common, long-term disease with no cure, according to Mayo Clinic. While a lot is known about the disease, there are still several misconceptions about psoriasis. 🚨 Limited Time Offer | Express Premium with ad-lite for just Rs 2/ day 👉🏽 Click here to subscribe 🚨 “How many times have you had to explain to someone that psoriasis isn’t contagious? We’re here to settle that — as well as a few other misconceptions,” Ayurvedic expert Dr Nitika Kohli said, busting some common myths about this skin disease. Myth: It’s contagious. Fact: Dr Kohli said that psoriasis is not contagious. Myth: Only adults get psoriasis. Fact: “People of any age can have psoriasis,” she said. ALSO READ |Five steps to effectively ‘clear up back acne’ Myth: There is no treatment for psoriasis. Fact: The expert highlighted that there are safe and effective Ayurvedic treatments for the condition. Many believe that psoriasis is just itchy skin, it’s not! (Source: Pixabay) Myth: It’s just itchy skin – this can’t be serious. Fact: She said, “It is also connected with some potentially worrisome health conditions, including diabetes, liver disease and heart disease. It can affect your joints and cause arthritis, known as psoriasis arthritis.”

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New York: While a balanced diet is advisable to provide the body with all the essential nutrients, customized diets and lifestyle changes could be key to optimising mental health, according to new research including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. "There is increasing evidence that diet plays a major role in improving mental health, but everyone is talking about a healthy diet," said Begdache, an assistant professor of health and wellness studies at Binghamton University and co-author of a new paper in Nutrients. "We need to consider a spectrum of dietary and lifestyle changes based on different age groups and gender," she said. "There is no one healthy diet that will work for everyone. There is no one fix." Begdache, who is also a registered dietitian, believes that mental health therapies need to consider the differences in the degree of brain maturity between young (18-29 years old) and mature (30 years or older) adults, as well as the brain morphology among men and women. She and her research team conducted an online survey to examine food intake, dietary practices, exercise and other lifestyle factors in these four subpo[CENSORED]tions. Over a five-year period (2014-19), more than 2,600 participants completed the questionnaire after responding to social media posts advertising the survey. The team collected data at different time points and seasons and found important dietary and lifestyle contributors to mental distress -- defined as anxiety and depression -- in each of the groups. Key findings of this study are:- Significant dietary and lifestyle approaches to improve mental well-being among young women include daily breakfast consumption, moderate-to-high exercise frequency, low caffeine intake and abstinence from fast food. Dietary and lifestyle approach to improve mental well-being among mature women include daily exercise and breakfast consumption, as well as a high intake of fruits with limited caffeine ingestion. To improve the mental well-being of young men, dietary and lifestyle approaches include frequent exercise, moderate dairy consumption, high meat intake, as well as low consumption of caffeine and abstinence from fast food. Dietary approaches to improve mental well-being among mature men include moderate intake of nuts. Begdache and her team split the respondents into two age groups because human brain development continues into the late 20s. For young adults of both genders, quality of diet appears to have an impact on the developing brain. "Young adults are still forming new connections between brain cells as well as building structures; therefore, they need more energy and nutrients to do that," Begdache said. As a result, young adults who consume a poor-quality diet and experience nutritional deficiencies may suffer from a higher degree of mental distress. Age is also the reason high caffeine consumption was associated with mental distress in both young men and young women. "Caffeine is metabolized by the same enzyme that metabolizes the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen, and young adults have high levels of these hormones," Begdache said. "When young men and women consume high levels of caffeine, it stays in their system for a long time and keeps stimulating the nervous system, which increases stress and eventually leads to anxiety." The team also split respondents based on biological sex, since brain morphology and connectivity differ between men and women. Put simply, the male brain is "wired" to enable perception and coordination, whereas the female brain is built to support analysis and intuition. Begdache and her team believe these differences may influence nutritional needs. "I have found it in my multiple studies so far, that men are less likely to be affected by diet than women are," said Begdache. "As long as they eat a slightly healthy diet they will have good mental well-being. It's only when they consume mostly fast food that we start seeing mental distress. "Women, on the other hand, really need to be consuming a whole spectrum of healthy food and doing exercise in order to have positive mental well-being," she added. "These two things are important for mental well-being in women across age groups." According to Begdache, current recommendations for food intake are all based on physical health; there are no recommendations for mental health. She hopes that will change -- and that her work will play a role in making those changes. "I hope to see more people doing research in this area and publishing on the customization of a diet based on age and gender," she said. "I hope that one day, institutions and governments will create dietary recommendations for brain health."

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A teardown of Volkswagen AG’s first dedicated electric vehicle found it measures up favorably to Tesla Inc. models in several key aspects. The deep dive into the ID.3 by UBS Group AG analysts found the platform underpinning VW’s EV models will be fully cost competitive with Tesla and boast best-in-class energy density and efficiency. Analysts led by Patrick Hummel called the car “the most credible EV effort by any legacy auto company so far.” UBS’s assessment is the latest positive development for an EV that got off to a bumpy start last year. Production hiccups, software glitches and disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic plagued the ID.3’s launch and cast doubt over the ability of traditional automakers to field products that can compete with the likes of Tesla’s Model 3. While other incumbents have converted existing combustion-engine cars into EVs, VW opted to take a more radical approach in the wake of its emissions wrongdoing. VW is primarily targeting Europe with the ID.3 hatchback, which will be flanked this year with its crossover sibling, the ID.4. The latter model will be produced in China and the U.S. in addition to Germany. VW group brands Audi, Skoda and Seat also will introduce vehicles this year that share the underpinnings to boost economies of scale. Ford Motor Co. also will license VW’s modular EV platform to make a compact car in Europe, adding additional volume. VW plans to at least double the share of its sales that are fully electric this year to between 6 percent and 8 percent, suggesting it might narrow the gap with Tesla by boosting deliveries to roughly 700,000 cars. Tesla expects to hand over at least 750,000 vehicles in 2021. “VW might not be the Apple, but the Samsung of the EV world, with profitable, high-volume EV brands,” UBS’s Hummel said. He estimates the ID.3’s gross margin is around 15 percent, “already almost on par” with VW’s combustion-era Golf model.

explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As we remain in quarantine, unsure if the slow jog to normalcy is a few more miles or a million, Melissa Kirsch, a culture and lifestyle editor, is part of a team at The New York Times that spends a lot of time thinking about how to embrace a full and fulfilling life in isolation. We asked Ms. Kirsch, who writes the At Home newsletter, to share what she has learned in the last year and talk about some of her own strategies for living well during an uncertain time. The following are her edited comments. Give myself something to look forward to. On Monday nights, I meet up with two friends on FaceTime to watch a crime documentary. We don’t talk during the movie, but having them in the room, even on a screen, makes the experience more exciting. If my energy starts to flag in the middle of a Monday afternoon, I’ll remember it’s movie night and feel both relief and anticipation. It’s not an actual movie in a theater, but it still feels special. Think about how I want to look back on this time. I find myself consciously trying to do things that will make me feel better about this experience in the future. That may mean reading more or cooking more or trying to be creative about the ways that I connect with other people — like writing letters or meeting people for walks in the cold. I don’t want this year to turn into a blur of Zoom chats and Netflix. ADVERTISEMENT Continue reading the main story Write down tiny details. I keep a log book, which is an idea that I got from the artist Austin Kleon. Every day, or as often as I can, I try to write down the most mundane details of the day. Today, I might write something about the fact that I reheated farro for lunch or that I spoke to somebody at The Times about a computer problem. Those tiny details that make up a day are the things we’ll forget when we look back on this time. I hope that when I read them over a decade from now, the complexion of the days will come to life: what it was really like, separate from the larger narrative of “a year in quarantine.” Thanks for reading The Times. Subscribe to The Times Act like I’m a person with a purpose. I try to give some structure to the day, even if it’s just by making my bed and taking a shower and leaving the house first thing in the morning for even a short walk before work. Doing those things really helps me feel normal. Another thing is bedtime. Going to bed at a reasonable time has helped keep some kind of armature to the days. Differentiate my days. I really want to get better at clearly demarcating the weekend from the week. We normally think of the weekend as a time to slow down. Each day is so similar to the one before, so I’m trying to see the weekend as a time to kind of speed up. So I might have a socially distanced outdoor hang with one friend in the middle of the day and meet up with another friend in the evening, and squeeze in cooking and cleaning and errands. I don’t have a commute or a social schedule, so I tend not to need more down time to recover from the week; I need up time. Make exercise part of my “social” life. When my daily life is busy and chaotic, I often treat exercise as a solo activity, a short period of time for contemplation before re-engaging with the world. Since so much of my time is already spent disengaged from the world these days, I’ve started jogging without headphones, purposely trying to take advantage of the moments when I’m outside the house and around other people, even if I’m not deliberately interacting with them. I purposely jog down the street that has outdoor restaurant seating or a playground, routes I would have avoided before. This way, I’m not just exercising to keep my mind and body in shape, but also to inhabit my neighborhood, to feel how we’re all connected, living our lives in parallel. Seek out information. Whether it’s jogging somewhere more po[CENSORED]ted or intentionally taking a walk someplace with more shops and more things to look at, I try to make each outing an exercise in replenishing my experience of the world. Our thoughts and actions and creativity are inspired by the people and things around us. And when we have limited people and things around us, it makes life smaller. Even though we’re social distancing, we still need social interactions, information input that keeps our minds sharp and our personalities interesting. Editors’ Picks A New York Drugstore Nearly as Storied as the City Itself The Activists Working to Remake the Food System Kazuo Ishiguro Sees What the Future Is Doing to Us Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Continue reading the main story Create a tiny routine. These can be small pleasurable things. A routine doesn’t have to be an elaborate, punishing system that you impose on your day. Rather, you can take the tiny things that you do every day and just sort of keep doing them. It can be deciding that you’re going to just have coffee on your stoop every morning or to walk your dog at 1 p.m. I make my bed each morning and do the crossword puzzle during lunch. These are pretty rudimentary elements of a day, but they’re two poles between which to hang the hours of the morning. Anything you do regularly and with intention can give the day some shape and some meaning.

Islamabad : An important seminar was held on the occasion of ‘World Obesity Day’ under the chairmanship of Senior Vice President Dr Abdul Kayum of Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) here in a local hotel on Thursday that was hosted by Sana Ullah Ghumman, General Secretary, PANAH. Among the guests were medical specialist, gastroenterologist, diabetologist, Dr. Col. Junaid Saleem, Dr. Abdul Qayyum and Squadron Leader Ghulam Abbas while many political, social and medical experts and journalists attended the seminar. PANAH Senior Vice President Dr Abdul Kayum said that obesity is one of the main causes of various diseases including heart. Natural foods are very important for a healthy body. Unhealthy foods, fats, salt and sugary drinks increase the risk of disease. We have been encouraging people to use simple and natural foods for the last 36 years, he said. Head of Ministry Tobacco Control Cell De Zia Ul Islam said that according to World Obesity Day, 800 million people worldwide are obese. Dr. Colonel Junaid Saleem said that obesity is a disease caused by an increase in body fats. Increased belly fat causes heart disease. Awareness about this started in 1960. The highest increase was in the United States and the Middle East. Obesity is also on the rise in Pakistan in recent years. If parents are obese, the risk of obesity increases in 80% of the children. Sugary drinks, smoking, extra food and excessive consumption of alcohol are the main causes of obesity. Two tablespoons of ghee is better than four tablespoons of the best oil. Having fat on the liver increases the chances of cancer, he said. Consultant Food Policy Program (GHAI) Munawar Hussain said that neglecting health is tantamount to inviting diseases. 38 million children under the age of five are obese. Obesity can be prevented by avoiding sugar and its derivatives such as sugary drinks, Due to obesity, people are suffering from diseases like heart, cancer, diabetes and cerebral palsy. Steps should also be taken at the government level to prevent this, he said.

Volvo Cars are committed to becoming a leader in the fast-growing premium electric car market and plan to become a fully electric car company by 2030. By then, the company intends to only sell fully electric cars and phase out any car in its global portfolio with an internal combustion engine, including hybrids. The company’s transition towards becoming a fully electric car maker is part of its ambitious climate plan, which seeks to consistently reduce the life cycle carbon footprint per car through concrete action. Volvo Cars’ move towards full electrification comes together with an increased focus on online sales and a more complete, attractive, and transparent consumer offer under the name Care by Volvo, and to promote this, the carmaker’s fully electric models will be available online only. The 2030 ambition represents an acceleration of Volvo Cars’ electrification strategy, driven by strong demand for its electrified cars in recent years and a firm conviction that the market for combustion engine cars is a shrinking one. Already by 2025, it aims for 50 per cent of its global sales to consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids. Volvo Cars launched its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge, in markets around the globe last year. In the coming years, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models, with more to follow. Already by 2025, it aims for 50 per cent of its global sales to consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids. By 2030, every car it sells should be fully electric. Live TV Also Read | India woos Tesla with offer of cheaper production costs than China Also Read | Rising fuel prices: Corporate, IT-BPO sector seek rebate to shift to electric vehicles Also Read | Tata Nexon EV bags the Green Car Award by ICOTY, Hyundai Kona Electric and MG ZS EV complete top 3 Volvo Cars launched its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge, in markets around the globe last year. In the coming years, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models, with more to follow. Already by 2025, it aims for 50 per cent of its global sales to consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids. By 2030, every car it sells should be fully electric

When you look back on your day, did most of it seem to happen from the vantage point of your desk or couch? If you find yourself sitting more often than not, your sedentary lifestyle could be putting your health at risk. People who are sedentary spend a lot of time sitting down and get very little exercise, putting them at a higher risk of obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer and other serious conditions. With the shelter-at-home orders in place with COVID-19, it is even harder to get out and exercise. It may not be easy to change your lifestyle, but the effort can add years to your life. Here are some small but important changes you can make to get moving more:Get moving at work If you have a desk job, you could end up spending a lot of time on your keister throughout the day. You most likely can’t fit a workout into your workday, but you can still get a little more movement into your routine. Find ways to get up each hour, perhaps with a trip to the water cooler, a stroll around the office or a moving meeting with a coworker rather than a sit-down. Revamp your TV time There just aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything you need to, and sometimes you just want to spend those hours in front of the TV instead of at the gym. Well, go ahead and do both. Throw a treadmill, exercise bike or elliptical in your TV room and work out while you catch up on your shows. Don’t fret if you don’t have the space, money or desire to turn your living room into a gym. Do some squats, lunges, pushups and other exercises insteadPlan more playtime Get your whole family more active with a little bit of planning. Take the kids to the park or go for walks together. If you are planning a family gathering, work in some physical activities like a volleyball game. Bring a basketball, football or baseball to your party and some pickup games are bound to happen Trade four wheels in for t Ditch the car and hop on your bike to run an errand or go to work. Biking to work has gotten more po[CENSORED]r in the last few years, especially in bike-friendly communities. Plan a little extra time to bike to work or run short errands and save the environment while you keep yourself healthy “Working some exercise into your weekly routine may be hard at first, but the effort can have a major impact on your long-term health,” says Robert Gerken, administrator at Newport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. “Find exercises that you enjoy and are able to do correctly so you have a better chance of sticking with your new lifestyle Change isn’t easy, especially if your body isn’t used to a lot of physical exercise. Start slowly, and talk to your doctor about how to safely get moving. Put these tips into action to convert your lifestyle from sedentary to active. It may take time, but your life is worth it..”.wo.

MIT has been honored with 12 No. 1 subject rankings in the QS World University Rankings for 2021. The Institute received a No. 1 ranking in the following QS subject areas: Architecture/Built Environment; Chemistry; Computer Science and Information Systems; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering; Economics and Econometrics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering; Linguistics; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy; and Statistics and Operational Research. MIT also placed second in four subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Biological Sciences; Earth and Marine Sciences; and Materials Science. Quacquarelli Symonds Limited subject rankings, published annually, are designed to help prospective students find the leading schools in their field of interest. Rankings are based on research quality and accomplishments, academic reputation, and graduate employment. MIT has been ranked as the No. 1 university in the world by QS World University Rankings for nine straight years.

Volvo is the latest automaker to radically reshape its marketing and retail operations, moving all its vehicle sales online and going all-electric by 2030 — a process accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s going to be a dramatic shift and customers are asking for it,” said Carla Bailo, head of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “The traditional dealership model is not very pleasant and most people are going online to do their homework before they buy. They’d be happy to just go pick up (their new vehicle) when they’re done, or even have it delivered to their home.” On Tuesday, Volvo rolled out the C40 Recharge, its second long-range battery-electric vehicle. The automaker plans to offer only battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids by 2025, then pare down to pure electric vehicles by 2030. At the same time, it will slash the seemingly countless options buyers currently must wade through, shifting to pre-selected packages with only a few standalone options. Volvo also will automate the buying process. Dealers will largely just offer test drives, and handle service and repairs. Virtually everything else will go online. The internet revolutionized the retail sector, but the transformation has been slow to take hold in the auto industry. That began changing when the pandemic struck. With showrooms closed much of last spring, the shift to virtual car buying accelerated “by at least two to three years from where I thought we would be,” Mark LaNeve, Ford’s recently retired head of sales, service and marketing, told NBC News. It's not just the pandemic, however — it's also “the Tesla effect,” said Stephanie Brinley, principal analyst with IHS Markit. The California carmaker rejected the traditional industry model, replacing franchised dealers with factory-owned stores — even though that meant being locked out of some states. “There’s an assumption Tesla was more successful by selling their vehicles differently,” Brinley said. A recent study by advocacy group Plug-In America found barely 15 percent of respondents felt dealer salespeople were knowledgeable and able to help them while shopping for an EV. So, while plenty of shoppers still prefer the traditional retail model, many manufacturers are restructuring their sales process to let customers shape the way they buy a vehicle. That’s why Nissan, Toyota, Volvo and others are retaining retailers in their new plans. But how dealers operate will change. Home deliveries are becoming more common. And dealers will more likely pick up and then return vehicles needing service and repairs, especially high-line products, according to various industry planners. Dealers also will have smaller inventories than they have today, Brinley said. The typical U.S. showroom today maintains the equivalent of a 60- to 70-day supply of vehicles on hand, enough for two months of sales. Volvo plans to cut that down to “a handful” of vehicles, said Anders Gustafsson, CEO of the automaker’s North American operations. It will keep more in central depots ready for quick shipment when an order comes in. Some manufacturers are even looking to shift to a build-to-order model, Bailo said. Products will be assembled specifically to meet customer orders — though this approach would likely be used for those seeking unusual paint colors or features. While franchise laws prevent a wholesale move away from traditional showrooms, with more and more of the buying process moving online, fewer dealers will be needed, analysts anticipate. Cadillac, planning to go 100 percent electric by 2030, recently offered buyouts to dealers around the U.S. The focus is on retailers who don’t want to make the hefty investment to set up for EV sales and service — which can push into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Cadillac will begin the transition with the launch of the all-electric Lyriq in 2022 and 150 dealers have so far accepted buy-outs. Traditional carmakers will come under particular pressure to change their retail models, Bailo said. “There are a lot of new companies entering the battery-car market,” including Lucid, Rivian and Fisker, “and they have an open book” to start with a completely new approach like Tesla. Automakers will have to adapt to changing consumer preferences and reduce the cost of their sales and marketing processes if they hope to survive, Bailo said.

Women are three times more likely than men to enroll in the national Diabetes Prevention Program, although once enrolled, men and women attend the same number of sessions, according to study data published in The Diabetes Educator. “Although similar numbers of males and females were eligible for the national Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle change program, nearly three times as many females, compared with males, had enrolled in the lifestyle change program by the end of 2017,” Bryce D. Smith, PhD, MSSW, branch chief for translation, health education and evaluation in the division of diabetes translation at the CDC, told Healio. “One interesting finding was that, while enrollment differences between males and females persisted across ethnicity and age groups, once in the program, males and females attended about the same number of sessions.” Smith and colleagues compiled data on the number of people eligible to be participants in the lifestyle change program and compared it with the program’s cumulative enrollment. Program eligibility was estimated using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2011 to 2014. Adults aged 18 years or older who had a history of prediabetes or gestational diabetes, were not pregnant, and had overweight or obesity were deemed eligible. Program enrollment was calculated using data from the CDC’s Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program on participants enrolled in the lifestyle change program from February 2012 to December 2017. The data included demographic information as well as height, weight and physical activity minutes during the week preceding a session. Slightly more men were eligible to participate in the program compared with women (32,043,820 vs. 30,861,053); however, there were more women enrolled than men (121,007 vs. 39,321). Women were about three times more likely to enroll than men (OR = 3.2; 95% CI, 3.17-3.24). The difference was unchanged after adjusting for age and ethnicity. Although there was a large difference in enrollment by sex, researchers found no significant difference in the number of sessions men and women attended through 44 weeks. The researchers wrote that several barriers may be keeping men from enrolling in the program, including the nature of their interaction with the health care system and their perceptions of health care. “The clinical findings from this study suggest that lifestyle change programs may benefit from tailoring enrollment and recruitment efforts to male-centered audiences when attempting to enroll more men into their programs,” Smith said. When broken down by age, adults aged 45 to 64 years were more likely to enroll than those aged 18 to 44 years (OR = 1.46; 95% CI, 1.44-1.47), whereas those aged 65 to 75 years were less likely to enroll (OR = 0.88; 95% CI, 0.87-0.89), according to study data. Ethnicity was categorized as non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic and other. Compared with white adults, the “other” group had the highest likelihood for enrollment (OR = 2.88; 95% CI, 2.84-2.92), whereas Hispanic adults were the least likely to participate (OR = 0.62; 95% CI, 0.61-0.63).

LONDON: The British government will provide 2.8 million pounds ($4 million) to pursue a five-nation bid for a World Cup with Ireland. The English Football Association disclosed the financial assistance for a potential British Isles bid on Monday as it received fresh backing from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “We are very, very keen to bring football home in 2030. I do think it’s the right place,” Johnson said in an interview with The Sun newspaper. “It’s the home of football, it’s the right time. It will be an absolutely wonderful thing for the country.” The newspaper reported that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will set aside 2.8 million pounds in his Budget on Tuesday to promote a bid for FIFA’s World Cup tournament along with 25 million pounds of fresh funding for the grassroots game. “We want to see a bonanza of football in the years ahead,” Johnson added. Johnson calling England the home of football is the language the country’s bid for the 2018 World Cup sought to avoid so the FA didn’t give the impression of seeming entitled to host the FIFA men’s showpiece. The 2018 bid flopped, with only two of 22 FIFA votes received, despite Prince William lobbying executive committee members on the eve of the decision. England, which hosted and won the 1966 World Cup, is exploring bidding with Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. London, Glasgow and Dublin are being used this year among the 12 cities across the continent staging the 2020 European Championship that was rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We will continue to undertake feasibility work to assess the viability of a bid before FIFA formally open the process in 2022,” read a joint statement on Monday from the five British Isles football associations. “Staging a FIFA World Cup would provide an incredible opportunity to deliver tangible benefits for our nations. If a decision is made to bid for the event, we look forward to presenting our hosting proposals to FIFA and the wider global football community.” FIFA is planning for its congress of 211 football nations to pick the 2030 host in 2024. A rival bid in Europe is being pursued by Spain and Portugal and UEFA wants a single proposal from the continent. There is also a coalition of South American countries pushing ahead with a bid from Argentina, Uru­guay, Paraguay and Chile. China could also bid if FIFA changes its rules on rotation of World Cup hosts with the Asian Confederation also staging the 2022 edition in Qatar. The continent’s turn on hosting is not due to come again until 2034. The 2026 World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The 2018 bidding process was mired in controversy with many of the voters later embroiled in investigations or banned. EURO MATCHES Johnson also left the door open to the UK hosting additional Euro 2020 games, after the government last week unveiled plans to end all restrictions on social contact in England by June 21. “We are hosting the Euros. We are hosting the semis and the final,” he said. “If they want any other matches that they want hosted, were certainly on for that but at the moment that’s where we are with UEFA.”

LONDON: Volvo’s entire car lineup will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a growing number of carmakers planning to phase out fossil-fuel engines by the end of this decade. “I am totally convinced there will no customers who really want to stay with a petrol engine,” Volvo Chief Executive Håkan Samuelsson told reporters when asked about future demand for electric vehicles. “We are convinced that an electric car is more attractive for customers.” The Swedish carmaker said 50% of its global sales should be fully-electric cars by 2025 and the other half hybrid models. Focus on chip shortage hurting production as Japanese automakers report results Owned by Hangzhou-based Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Volvo said it will launch a new family of electric cars in the next few years, all of which will be sold online only. Volvo will unveil its second all-electric model, the C40, later on, Tuesday. Samuelsson said Volvo will include wireless upgrades and fixes for its new electric models - an approach pioneered by electric carmaker Tesla. Carmakers are racing to switch to zero-emission models as they face CO2 emissions targets in Europe and China, plus looming bans in some countries on fossil fuel vehicles. Last month, Ford Motor Co said its line-up in Europe will be fully electric by 2030, while Tata Motors unit Jaguar Land Rover said its luxury Jaguar brand will be entirely electric by 2025 and the carmaker will launch electric models of its entire line-up by 2030. And last November, luxury carmaker Bentley, owned by Germany’s Volkswagen, said its models will be all-electric by 2030. Electrification is expensive for carmakers and as electric vehicles have fewer moving parts, employment in the auto industry is expected to shrink. Last week, the head of Daimler AG’sDE> truck division said going electric will cost thousands of jobs in the company’s powertrain plants in Germany. Toyota develops fuel cell system to cut carbon footprint Volvo said it will invest heavily in online sales channels to “radically reduce” the complexity of its model line-up and provide customers with transparent pricing. The carmaker’s global network of 2,400 traditional bricks-and-mortar dealers will remain open to service vehicles and to help customers make online orders. Via volvocars.com customers will be able to choose from a simplified range of pre-configured electric Volvos for quick delivery - but they will still be able to order custom-made models.

There might be many influencers on the web who are doing their bit to engage the audience on social media platforms but not many have reached out to their audiences on real-life issues and change-making discourses. In conversation with Ryan Hodge, a staunch believer of "Someone has to stand up to lift the world up", we understand how lifestyle entrepreneurs can motivate the audience to be agents of change in the 21st century. Ryan Hodge is today a top-rated celebrity social manager who has made his name synonymous with expert quality and precision by identifying various brand needs by divulging into the various social responsibility that it has to undertake. Ryan has attracted a large number of socially conscious individuals who wish to be a part of conversations that center around the global issues of health and wellness. He has always believed that one must be grateful to the society where one lives and should reciprocate to give their bit back in any capacity. Because of such intent, he is a trusted face for businesses who want to start their corporate social responsibility campaigns. " I believe that as individuals who people look up to, especially social media influencers and even entrepreneurs who live their lives as being audience representatives should regularly indulge in activities that related to their day-to-day issues, there is no dearth of people who wish to connect with those who can raise their concerns on the larger level, collaborating with brands is another prominent way through which people can be motivated to participate in wellness drives", says Ryan Hodge. "Today, people are quite welcoming to such concepts and they actively want to seek people who talk about important issues that are not covered in the way it should, if you start to have discussions, people begin to channelize and within no time, it becomes a whole movement which reaches to the responsible stakeholders to take actions", adds Ryan while talking about how social media movements have awakened authorities