Tag Wise Current Affairs
Tag: IT, Mobile & Computers
India’s first semiconductor chips for 4G/LTE and 5G NR modems launched
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 28 February 2019
TJ1400: India’s Tejas Networks launches World’s First Ultra-Converged Broadband Product
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 27 February 2019
TRAI released white paper on Enabling 5G in India
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 23 February 2019
India to have own public DNS for safe browsing
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 23 February 2019
Google Doodle celebrates 30 years of World Wide Web
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 12 March 2019
India’s first 1.3 Petaflop supercomputer to come at IIT-Kharagpur
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 16 March 2019
World’s Largest e-waste Recycling Hub opened at Dubai
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 27 March 2019
Facebook launches two new India-specific tools for election engagement
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 27 March 2019
Shanghai becomes world's first district with 5G coverage
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 30 March 2019
Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism on its platforms
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 30 March 2019
WhatsApp launches Checkpoint Tipline to curb fake news
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 03 April 2019
UAE to host first Global Artificial Intelligence summit
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 15 April 2019
IIT Madras develops easy OCR system for reading Bharti Script
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 29 April 2019
Air Traffic Flow Management - Central Command Centre inaugurated at New Delhi
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 24 June 2019
Govt inks SoI with IBM for study on using AI, weather tech in agriculture
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 04 July 2019
Government identifies 9 missions for scientific innovation
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers, Artificial Intelligence, Fourth Industrial Revolution
Published on: 07 March 2019
Internet Saathi programme extended to Punjab and Odisha
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 17 July 2019
Medicine From the Sky: Telangana Govt, WEF ink MoU
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers, Fourth Industrial Revolution
Published on: 20 July 2019
Brain-computer interface for stroke patients
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 21 August 2019
Smartphone app to make eye screening affordable
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 29 August 2019
Facial recognition for teacher’s attendence
Tags: IT, Mobile & Computers
Published on: 08 September 2019
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This Agumbe series of chips builds up on SCRF1401: India’s first RF transceiver chip for high performance wireless standards like 3G/4G and WiFi, created by Signalchip in 2015. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its RF sections cover all LTE/5G-NR bands upto 6GHz. These are optimally designed to support evolving network architectures like Open RAN/CRAN with flexible interface configurations. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These chips are significant step in direction of indigenousation of telecom sector as they have potential to cater to the growing digital connectivity needs of India’s more than 1.1 billion mobile phones currently in use, which is one of the highest in the world.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This card supports various service area features such as monthly passes, season tickets, etc.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also offers value proposition for customers as they need not to carry multiple cards for different usage</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Moreover, stored value in it supports offline transaction across all travel needs with minimal financial risk to involved stakeholders.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It automates the fare collection system and eliminates need to carry change and cash while travelling in metro, bus or train, or for toll and parking.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NCMC was envisaged as part of National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), 2006 by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA).</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">MoUHA also had committee in 2014 with representatives from National Informatics Centre (NIC), National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Ministry of finance to develop NCFC ecosystem.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This committee had recommended an EMV-based (chip-based) Open Loop Card. These are bank-issued single card on Debit/Credit/Prepaid card product platform that can be used for payments across all segments.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Later it January 2019, MoUHA had launched pilot project for the NCMC with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The first-level trials were successfully completed in collaboration with CDAC, BEL, NPCI, and State Bank of India,</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Role of other agencies </span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">NPCI:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It has developed specifications for card to support NCMC ecosystem. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">C-DAC</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">: It has finalised NCMC specification for AFC system including interface with bank servers. It had worked in collaboration with NPCI for this. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL):</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It had designed and developed gates and reader for these cards. It makes BEL first company in India to developed such gate and reader.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It provides unmatched integration of multiple broadband access technologies: fixed wireless broadband (4G/LTE eNodeB upgradable to 5G), gigabit fiber broadband (GPON/NG-PON) and GE/10GE/100GE Business Ethernet services (CE2.0 certified) in highly compact, modular and energy-efficient platforms. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also converges advanced packet transport technologies including OTN, Carrier Ethernet, PTN/MPLS-TP and IP to serve as unified delivery platform for wholesale, mobile backhaul, enterprise and residential broadband services.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It provides highest flexibility to any operator wanting to quickly and cost-effectively roll out broadband services on fibre as well as wireless. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It efficiently packs unrivalled mix of broadband access and packet transmission features in smallest possible footprint.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This efficient packing significantly helps in lowering the cost of rolling out high-speed broadband networks in terms of both capex and opex. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will help India to meet its stated objective of becoming global telecom equipment hub, especially in new 5G world.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">There should be no regulatory or licensing barrier on path of adoption of newer and better technologies, rather, licensing and regulation framework should be enabler in fostering newer technologies.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">5G will enable new capabilities and use cases, which were set to impact not only consumer services but also many industries.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Operators with existing 4G footprints will be able to leverage their 4G infrastructure for providing 5G services and hence, their investment requirement would be relatively lower.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The traditional offerings based on connection speed and volume of usage could see a shift as range of 5G use cases across industry verticals requiring different characteristics.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is latest wireless communication technology based on third-generation partnership project (3GPP). It succeeds 4G (LTE-A, WiMax), 3G (UMTS, LTE) and 2G (GSM) systems.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will offer far greater upload and download speed i.e. 100 times faster internet data speed than current 4G networks.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It unique feature are high data rate, reduced latency, energy saving, cost reduction, higher system capacity and massive device connectivity.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will expand broadband wireless services beyond mobile internet to IoT and critical communications segment and cater high speed network connectivity for augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR).</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also ensure availability, particularly for smaller Interest Service Providers (ISPs) who do not have credible DNS. Bigger ones usually have their own DNS.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 had submitted paper titled 'Information Management: A Proposal' while working at large nuclear physics laboratory CERN in Switzerland. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This paper had proposed and what came out as first web browser- World Wide Web (WWW).</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">WWW had opened up internet to everyone and connected world by way of sharing of information. </span></span></span></li>
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'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur has signed (MoU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to set up India’s first 1.3 Petaflop high-performance computing (HPC) facility and data centre. This project will be under <strong>National Supercomputing Mission</strong>. C-DAC is an autonomous scientific society of Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Uses of 1.3PF HPC facility</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will provide large-scale computational support to researchers engaged in research activities in diverse areas of national importance.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be used for specific challenge domains like cryptography, molecular dynamics, chemistry, drug discovery, artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will accelerate and evolve level of research currently being done with manifold improvement in output and efficiency.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was launched in 2016 and is implemented jointly by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY). </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It envisages installing vast supercomputing grid comprising of over 70 high-performance computing (HPC) facilities spread across the county for empowering national academic and R&D institutions</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Supercomputers developed under it will also be networked on National Supercomputing grid over National Knowledge Network (NKN).</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It also includes development of highly professional HPC aware human resource for meeting challenges of development of these applications. </span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Empower scientists and researchers with state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities and enable them to carry out cutting-edge research.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Minimize redundancies and duplication of efforts in the country and optimize investments in supercomputing.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Attain global competitiveness and ensure self-reliance in strategic area of supercomputing technology.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has processing capacity of 100,000 tonnes of total integrated waste (per year), of which 39,000 tonnes is e-waste. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It utilises state-of-the-art reclamation technology, which surpasses European Union's standards for e-waste.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can process the entire range of end-of-life WEEE ranging from consumer and industrial to commercial and military appliances,</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These include air conditioners, computers, batteries, household appliances, mobile phones, and even military avionics. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">5G</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">5G is the next generation of cellular technology with download speeds that are 10 to 100 times faster than 4G LTE networks.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is latest wireless communication technology based on third-generation partnership project (3GPP). It succeeds 4G (LTE-A, WiMax), 3G (UMTS, LTE) and 2G (GSM) systems.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will offer far greater upload and download speed i.e. 100 times faster internet data speed than current 4G networks. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It unique feature are high data rate, reduced latency, energy saving, cost reduction, higher system capacity and massive device connectivity. </span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Checkpoint Tipline</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed in collaboration with India-based media skilling startup PROTO. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Using this feature, users can report uncertain information or rumours they have received to WhatsApp number (+91-9643-000-888) and check its authenticity.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Once user shares suspicious message with tipline, Proto’s verification centre will respond and inform user if the claim made in message shared is verified or not.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The response will indicate if information is classified as ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘disputed’, ‘misleading’ or ‘out of scope’ and include any other related information. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Using it, WhatsApp will review pictures, video links or texts in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam and English.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also help create database of rumours during elections to study misinformation during elections as part of Checkpoint, a research project commissioned and assisted by WhatsApp.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Background</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">India is the biggest WhatsApp market in the world with over 200 million users. In recent times had faced criticism and notices from Government of India for not being able to check spread of fake news and helping in tracing the origin of such messages.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Since then it has taken numerous inhouse measure to curb spread of fake news including restricting forwarding messages to five chats at once. It has also been putting out advertisements in newspapers and running television and radio campaigns offering tips to users on spotting misinformation.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">However, WhatsApp so far has resisted Government’s demand for identifying message originators, arguing that such move will undermine end-to-end encryption and private nature of the platform, creating potential for serious misuse.</span></span></span></li>
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'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">United Arab Emirates will host first 'Ai Everything', the world’s foremost artificial intelligence (AI) summit to empower global dialogue on future of government, business and society. It will be hosted by UAE National Programme for AI with support of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and in strategic partnership with Smart Dubai.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">First 'Ai Everything'</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its aims to empower global dialogue on the future of government, business and society. </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also serve as knowledge exchange platform for bringing those solutions into the mainstream.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will bring together world leaders to define the underlying pillars of governance, business and society - augmenting the world’s happiness.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will unravel real-world use cases across industries, and forge collaborations and partnerships, hosting over 130 influential speakers.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was developed by team of researchers from IIT-Madras headed by Professor V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is zoonotic disease (disease transmitted to humans from animals) that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. It is caused RNA or Ribonucleic acid virus of family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus, and is closely related to Hendra virus.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Origin:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It was first identified in Kampung Sungai Nipah, Malaysia in 1998 from where it derives its name. Its first outbreak in India was reported from Siliguri, West Bengal in 2001.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Natural host:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Fruit bats of Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus. The virus is present in bat urine, faeces, saliva, and birthing fluids, which then transmits it to Humans climbing trees or drinking raw palm sap covered in it. It can also infect pigs or any domesticated animals.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Transmission: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is transmitted to humans through direct contact with infected bats, pigs, or contaminated foods. Human to Human transmission from other NiV-infected people is also possible. It spreads fast and is mostly fatal. However, it cannot be transmitted through air.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Signs & Symptoms:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> In infected humans, it shows range of clinical presentations i.e. from asymptomatic infection to acute respitatory syndrome and fatal encephalitis (inflammation of brain). It can also cause headache, followed by drowsiness, disorientation and mental confusion. Further without care, it can progress to coma. The mortality rate of patients infected Nipah virus is reportedly 70</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">%</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">. It is capable of causing similar signs and symptoms in domestic animals too. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Treatment:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> There is no vaccine for curing Nipah virus either for humans or animals. The common treatment is intensive supportive care and supportive medicines. It can be prevented by avoiding exposure of infected people without protective gear. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">IBM’s Watson Decision Platform will provide solution in the field of agriculture through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and weather technology at village level/farm level.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will provide soil moisture information and weather forecast on pro bono basis to help farmers for taking decisions regarding water and crop management for better production and productivity.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Quantum Frontier:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will focus on network and data protection to enable robust cyber security system</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Natural Language Translation:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will provide access to scientific materials in native Indian language</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Artificial Intelligence:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will focus on use of intelligent computing system in areas such as healthcare, education, agriculture and transportation among others.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">National Biodiversity:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will include comprehensive documentation of India's biodiversity and mapping all lifeforms of the country.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Electric Vehicles:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will aim to make EVs economically viable and scalable</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Bio-Science for Human Health:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It aims at genomic study of humans to identify and unravel genetic basis and prevalence of rare and inherited diseases</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Waste to Wealth:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It seeks to develop and deploy technology to treat waste to generate energy, recycle materials and extract wealth</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Deep Ocean Exploration</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">: It will aim at exploring deep oceans for resources, climate change advisory services, offshore based desalination techniques and renewable energy generation among others </span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">AGNIi-Accelerating Growth for New India's Innovations (AGNIi):</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will be for taking technologies to commercialization. Under it, efforts will be made to boost innovation ecosystem.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Four Projects are</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Setting up research clusters</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Establishing state-of-the -art 'Earth Museum'.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Conserving critical ecological lifeline of Brahmaputra river system.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Developing comprehensive web portal linking researchers with resources.</span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was constituted in August 2018 headed by Principal Scientific Advisor to government K Vijay Raghavan.</span></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is digital literacy initiative aimed to educate rural women on how to use Internet. These women, in turn, impart training to other women in their community and neighbouring villages. </span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Bodies involved in this pilot project:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Telangana Government, World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network in partnership with the HealthNet Global Limited. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Features:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It conduct comprehensive study of drone-based deliveries for blood, vaccines, medical samples and organs i.e. to study how delivery drones can be used to improve medical supply chains,.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Benefits: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will provide evidence-based approach for implementation of drones in healthcare, enabling emergency-care services to t patients in shortest time frame possible, thus saving their live. It will help to facilitate decision-making in healthcare supply chains, address issues that affect medical distribution system and focus on last-mile deliveries.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About National Data Quality Forum (NDQF)</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Launched by:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> ICMR’s National Institute for Medical Statistics (ICMR-NIMS) in partnership with Population Council (an international non-profit NGO that conducts research in biomedicine and social science).</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Purpose of NDQF:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will bring all relevant stakeholders, subject matter experts, industry leaders, decision makers, and data scientists/analysts on common platform for discussing improvements in the quality of data ecosystem in India. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will integrate learnings from scientific and evidence-based initiatives and guide actions through periodic workshops and conferences. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its activities will help to establish good practices and protocols of data collection, storage, use and dissemination that can be applied to health and demographic data, as well as can be replicated across other industries and sectors also.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will also do brainstorming, piloting and employ advanced modeling techniques in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and big data analytics along with using technology-based solutions to improve data quality.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About National Institute for Medical Statistics</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is one of the permanent institutes of Institutes of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi. It was established in 1977. It is India’s only institute to coordinate and standardize collection of medical and health statistics in the country. Its mandate is to provide technical expertise on research methodology, programme evaluation, mathematical modeling, data analysis etc.</span></span></span></span></p>
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'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">IIT Palakkad researchers have found a way to improve the functioning of the brain-computer interface when used by stroke patients.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Stroke</span></span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. It is one of the major cause of death and a leading cause of disability.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Importance of Discovery</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Stroke patients undergo a passive rehabilitation therapy where the patient plays a passive role while the physiotherapist actively helps by moving the patient’s paralyzed limb.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> Development of the motor imagery brain-computer interface can help develop an active rehabilitation therapy where the patient can move his limb according to his own movement intention</span></span></span><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Drawbacks</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Communication certainly improves as the number of channels electrodes attached to the brain region is increased. But the drawback is that increasing the channels makes computation more complex, increases preparation time and is inconvenient for the person.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Details</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Researchers have used a trained neural network, with inputs from neuroscience, to develop a new channel-selection method that makes the process more efficient and effective. The method employed is more efficient and works in most of the cases.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Engineering students from a college affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, have developed a device and mobile app called <strong>iNethra</strong> to make vision screening easy, accessible and affordable.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A vision screening, also called an eye test, is a brief exam that looks for potential vision problems and eye disorders. Vision screenings are often done by primary care providers.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">iNethra</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, the product, comprises of a handy, stick-like device with a lens on one end and connected to a smart phone camera on the other side. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">While this helps in clicking the retinal image of the patients, the mobile app helps in sharing and receiving information related to the eye condition. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The clicked images are uploaded to the app for the doctor to access and analyse them. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">There is a provision in the app for the doctor to note details about the eye condition, provide tips and if required refer them to hospitals. This will improvise the device and cut down the costs.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Initially, the app will be based on B2B (business-to-business) model under which partner eye clinics would approach patients coming to public health centres.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Eye related problems</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vision screening is most often used to check for possible vision problems in children. The most common eye disorders in children include:</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Amblyopia,</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> also known as lazy eye. Children with amblyopia have blurry or reduced vision in one eye.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Strabismus</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, also known as crossed eyes. In this disorder, the eyes don't line up right and point in different directions.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Other eye problems:</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nearsightedness</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> (myopia), a condition that makes far away things look blurry</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farsightedness</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> (hyperopia), a condition that makes close-up things look blurry</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Astigmatism</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, a condition that makes both close-up and far-away things look blurry</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijlal launched the “QR Code” scheme, which will be delivered through Delhi Police’s “Himmat Plus” app which is meant to ensure the safety of women. </span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The code can be scanned by using the Himmat Plus app. If a user chooses to report the journey using the ‘Report Journey’ button, the app will send the passenger’s location and the driver’s unique ID to the police.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In case the driver is not registered, the passenger can call the police control room in case of an emergency, or tap the ‘SOS’ button on the app.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Himmat Plus app was launched in 2015 to allow users to make a distress call or send an emergency message to Delhi Police and the emergency contact.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">While the Himmat Plus app is targeted at women’s safety, both men and women can register themselves.</span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">There has been a surge in the use of messaging apps such as WhatsApp. At the same time, there has been an increase in fake news and rumour-mongering leading to lynchings. The relation between fake news and socila media usage is unprecidented.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Fake news is not something that has been catalysed in the digital age alone instead it has been a long-standing problem.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The problem has been not restricted to India alone instead it has been discovered in places like Hong Kong too. Instances where state-sponsored elements were perpetrating fake news and sophisticated disinformation campaigns against protesters in Hong Kong has been found.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Companies like WhatsApp has been trying to resist this idea of message traceability, it is also trying to maintain the integrity of the platform.</span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social Media and Fake news</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="list-style-type:none"> </li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WhatsApp has tried to limit forwards to five people and the norm has been tested. It has been piloted in other parts of the world as well.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Fact propagators, fake news busters have been used to clear the myths by tracing origin of fake messages. Habitual and intentional acts are to be seriously punished.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Explosive growth in regulatory guidelines have been initiated. These guidelines from the government have been trying to enhance the agency of the government over technology companies.</span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social Media</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Importance of Social Media</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="list-style-type:none"> </li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social media are not just used for the purpose of messaging. They are, for many people, information discovery platforms.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Retailers who use social media as an integral part of their marketing strategy usually see measurable results.</span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">People visiting the area will be able to hail an autonomous shuttle using the “Ride Now Sentosa” mobile application free of charge.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">As a precautionary measure, on every vehicle, a “safety driver” will be present who can take charge of the vehicle if the need arises. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The vehicle fault system will alert the safety driver if it detects any faults in the system. Road users and pedestrians will be intimated with electric signage telling them that the vehicles are driverless.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The AVs are equipped with collision & obstacle avoidance and overtaking features, remote control, radar, LiDAR (Light detection and ranging), odometry, computer vision and 360-degree sensors. They also have embedded cybersecurity features that protect the vehicles from intrusion and deter hacking.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> The AVs’ charge ranges from 50 km to 150 km per charge depending on the operating scenario.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Autonomous vehicles readiness index</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The “Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index”, prepared by KPMG, has ranked 25 countries based on their preparedness for autonomous vehicles.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The report assesses countries based on 25 variables. These four pillars are – policy and legislation, consumer acceptance, infrastructure and technology, and innovation.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li>
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<li>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Almost the entire population of <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/tag/297-244/ecuador/?utm=bodytag" target="_blank">Ecuador<strong> </strong></a>had their personal data leaked online due to a massive breach from a private unsecured server.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A security company <strong>vpnMentor </strong>has uncovered the breach on the server run by the firm <strong>Novaestrat</strong>, which included citizens' full names, dates and places of birth, education levels, phone numbers and national identity card numbers.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is said that there was even data on the country's president and on Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder who had obtained asylum in Ecuador embassy.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Data Theft</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A data breach, or data leak, is a security event in which protected data is accessed by or disclosed to unauthorized viewers.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Methods of data theft</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Cyber attacks</strong> — Hackers use malware, phishing, social engineering, skimming and related techniques to gain access to protected information.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Theft or loss of devices</strong> — Laptops, smartphones, thumb drives and other data storage media can be lost, stolen or disposed of improperly. If they contain protected information and it ends up in the wrong hands, that’s a data breach.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Employee data theft or data leak</strong> — Employees, especially those who are departing soon, might deliberately access protected information without authorization with malicious intent.</span></span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Preventing data theft</strong></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Protection- </strong>Protecting your data by implementing appropriate safeguards..</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Encryption- </strong>properly encrypted data will be useless for malicious actors; they won’t be able to sell it or use it against you or the individuals whose data they stole.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Employee training and awareness- </strong>Properly training employees to handle threats posed by data attacks so that they can prevent further mishaps<strong>.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Making use of historical and real-time datasets, I- app platforms are empowering the potential for hypotheses made by machines.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Intelligent Apps are the applications which acquire real-time and historical data from user interactions and other sources in order to provide suggestions and make predictions.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">These apps are capable of converging database and data warehouse workloads, operating with Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Today’s digital natives demand much more than simple mobile-enabled access to key business applications and data. They anticipate intelligent user experience and highly usable as offered by consumer apps. And, intelligent apps assure to provide the same.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Artificial intelligence is used in developing an intelligent application that is much sophisticated by having algorithms.It automates how much tasks to be performed.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Features of I-apps</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I-apps work on a vast amount of data, it is able to read and store a vast array of human interactions.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It provides higher returns on investment.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It also allows users to do away with the need to use the business key.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I-app contributes to enhancing output, boost up response time.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">apps have the ability to provide just the right information to do their current job in an effective manner.</span></span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Some examples of I-apps</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Cortana</strong>- Asssistant app developed by Microsoft.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Google Allo </strong>– Specch to text output</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The research paper is yet to be formally approved by peers in the field and became public after having appeared briefly on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) website as apparently some of its researchers were involved in the project.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Exploiting the principles of quantum mechanics, these computers can easily tackle computational problems that may be tough for the classical computer as the size of the numbers and number of inputs involved grows bigger.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conventional computers process information in ‘bits’ or 1s and 0s, following classical physics under which our computers can process a ‘1’ or a ‘0’ at a time. </span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Quantum computers compute in ‘qubits’ (or quantum bits). They exploit the properties of quantum mechanics, the science that governs how matter behaves on the atomic scale. In this scheme of things, processors can be a 1 and a 0 simultaneously, a state called quantum superposition. </span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">While this accelerates the speed of computation, a machine with less than a 100 qubits can solve problems with a lot of data that are even theoretically beyond the capabilities of the most powerful supercomputers.</span></span></p>
</li>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Benefits of Quantum Computers</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A quantum computer can solve this problem rapidly because it can attack complex problems that are beyond the scope of a classical computer.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The basic advantage is speed, as it is able to simulate several classical computers working in parallel. </span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Several encryption systems used in banking and security applications are premised on computers being unable to handle mathematical problems that are computationally demanding beyond a limit. Quantum computers, in theory, can surpass those limits.</span></span></p>
</li>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share the encrypted messages of users with the British police, thanks to a treaty between the US and UK.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> The data will be required to support investigations into suspects of serious criminal offenses such as terrorism and pedophilia. The treaty is due to be signed next month.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The UK and the US will not investigate each other’s citizens under the accord.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Facebook opposed the move and said that the deal undermines privacy and security of its users everywhere.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Government policies like the Cloud Act will allow companies to provide available information when valid legal requests are made and do not require companies to ignore.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>CLOUD Act</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The CLOUD Act or Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, makes it easier for law enforcement agencies to demand online information.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under the Act, the data stored in any country can be demanded by the agencies.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Indian Context</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued a notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor, or decrypt digital communications.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government is seeking to propose amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Act. The new changes seek to trace and access “unlawful” online content<strong>.</strong></span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government stipulates that an online platform must comply with any “lawful order” to provide information or assistance within 72 hours of receiving it from any government agencies.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The amendments also require that encryption be broken to trace the origins of messages.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Implications</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Asking companies to break end-to-end encryption would threaten user privacy and free speech.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This may pave the way for iron fisted approach by the government towards free speech and can ultimately lead to state imposed censorship.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government departments, research agencies and private companies have developed GEMINI, a portable receiver linked to ISRO-satellites, that is fail-proof and warn fishermen of danger.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mobile phone frequencies cannot be accessed 10-12 km beyond the coast and by using GEMINI this range can increase to 300 nautical miles.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">GEMINI is developed by The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), along with Accord, a private company, to develop a box-shaped receiver that has an antenna and in-built battery that can last three to four days.</span></span></p>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">GEMINI works on GAGAN, developed by ISRO and the Airports Authority of India and is an India-made global positioning system and relies on the positioning system by ISRO’s GSAT satellites.</span></span></p>
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<li>
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<li>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With this device, fishermen outside the signal range of their phone companies can also access warnings and alerts.</span></span></p>
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<li>
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<li>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The devices are also relatively expensive for the average fisherman but attempts are being made to subsidise it by as much as 90%.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p>
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It succeeds 4G (LTE-A, WiMax), 3G (UMTS, LTE) and 2G (GSM) systems.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will offer far greater upload and download speed i.e. 100 times faster internet data speed than current 4G networks.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It unique feature are high data rate, reduced latency, energy saving, cost reduction, higher system capacity and massive device connectivity.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will expand broadband wireless services beyond mobile internet to IoT and critical communications segment and cater high speed network connectivity for augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR).</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'trai-released-white-paper-enabling-5g-india', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2658/nuhqr3g56ebn9jm6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2658/nuhqr3g56ebn9jm6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'TRAI white paper on Enabling 5G in India', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, TRAI, releases, white paper, Enabling 5G in India, combined efforts, industry players, regulators,timely roll-out, 5G services, India', 'metadescription' => 'TRAI has released white paper on ‘Enabling 5G in India’. It calls for combined effort by industry players and regulators for timely roll-out of 5G services in India.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/imhcs3hekc5db47/23feb_TRAI_released_white_paper.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 244, 'title' => 'India to have own public DNS for safe browsing', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will soon roll out India’s own public Domain Name Server (DNS) for safe browsing. DNS servers as directory for Internet. It helps to convert domain names that are easy for people to remember into IP addresses, which are used by computers/machines to communicate. If DNS is either slow or fails to work, users will not be able to locate web addresses.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Government’s Public DNS</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is aimed at providing faster and more secure browsing experience for Internet users in the country. It will prevent users from visiting malicious websites. It will ensure that citizens’ data is stored locally.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also ensure availability, particularly for smaller Interest Service Providers (ISPs) who do not have credible DNS. Bigger ones usually have their own DNS.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its roll-out will be executed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) – the technology arm of the government. NIC is already using public DNS within government network.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">MeitY as part of its ongoing awareness campaign for safer Internet, is also planning to reach out to end-users to educate them on DNS and how they could shift to Indian public DNS if they desired.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Under government’s public DNS, Indian users’ data will be stored within the country. It will not be compulsory for users. User is free to choose any DNS. </span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'india-to-have-own-dns-for-safe-browsing', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2508/ombo160c8ggb7fh6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2508/ombo160c8ggb7fh6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'India to have own public DNS for safe browsing', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, MeitY, roll out, India’s own, public Domain Name Server (DNS) for safe browsing', 'metadescription' => 'Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will soon roll out India’s own public Domain Name Server (DNS) for safe browsing', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/8gxxhbpdj9uvig1/23feb_India_to_have_own_public_DNS.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 5 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 443, 'title' => 'Google Doodle celebrates 30 years of World Wide Web', 'description' => '<ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Google Doodle celebrated 30 years of World Wide Web (WWW), an invention of English Computer Scientists Sir Tim Berners-Lee.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 had submitted paper titled 'Information Management: A Proposal' while working at large nuclear physics laboratory CERN in Switzerland. </span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">This paper had proposed and what came out as first web browser- World Wide Web (WWW).</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was made public in April 1993 and first search engine ‘Mosaic’ was launched in November 1993 to accept pictures. Since then it has been replaced by many web browsers.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">WWW had opened up internet to everyone and connected world by way of sharing of information. </span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'google-doodle-celebrates-30-years-world-wide-web', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e91a/d5k0vjy7fjknndk6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e91a/d5k0vjy7fjknndk6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Google Doodle celebrates 30 years of World Wide Web', 'metakeyword' => 'Google Doodle celebrates 30 years of World Wide Web', 'metadescription' => 'Google Doodle celebrates 30 years of World Wide Web, Google Doodle celebrated 30 years of World Wide Web (WWW), an invention of English Computer Scientists Sir Tim Berners-Lee.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/ac3kfuzp2bj2x25/12Mar_Google_Doodle_celebrates_30_years_of_World_Wide_Web.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 6 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 473, 'title' => 'India’s first 1.3 Petaflop supercomputer to come at IIT-Kharagpur', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur has signed (MoU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to set up India’s first 1.3 Petaflop high-performance computing (HPC) facility and data centre. This project will be under <strong>National Supercomputing Mission</strong>. C-DAC is an autonomous scientific society of Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Uses of 1.3PF HPC facility</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will provide large-scale computational support to researchers engaged in research activities in diverse areas of national importance.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will be used for specific challenge domains like cryptography, molecular dynamics, chemistry, drug discovery, artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will accelerate and evolve level of research currently being done with manifold improvement in output and efficiency.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; 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margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Objective</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Make India one of world leaders in Supercomputing and enhance India’s capability in solving grand challenge problems of national and global relevance.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Empower scientists and researchers with state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities and enable them to carry out cutting-edge research.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Minimize redundancies and duplication of efforts in the country and optimize investments in supercomputing.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Attain global competitiveness and ensure self-reliance in strategic area of supercomputing technology.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; 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Finance and government information systems/ information repositories.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'indias-first-supercomputer-iit-kharagpur', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/00ee/4fdztay1ma7t6be6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/00ee/4fdztay1ma7t6be6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'India’s first 1.3 Petaflop supercomputer to come at IIT-Kharagpur', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, IIT Kharagpur, MoU, C-DAC, India’s first, 1.3 Petaflop, high-performance computing (HPC) facility, data centre', 'metadescription' => 'Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur has signed (MoU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to set up India’s first 1.3 Petaflop high-performance computing (HPC) facility and data centre. ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/7ou9ga4m7391ic9/16_Mar_India_s_first_1.3_Petaflop_supercomputer.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 7 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 560, 'title' => 'World’s Largest e-waste Recycling Hub opened at Dubai', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The world's largest e-waste recycling facility was opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located at Dubai Industrial Park on area of 280,000 square feet. It has been set up by “Enviroserve’ company with support of Swiss Government Export Finance Agency. It will service international e-waste recycling efforts across Africa, Middle East and Caucasus region.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Dubai’s e-waste recycling facility</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will recycle Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Information Technology asset disposition (ITAD), refrigerant gas and specialized waste.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has processing capacity of 100,000 tonnes of total integrated waste (per year), of which 39,000 tonnes is e-waste. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It utilises state-of-the-art reclamation technology, which surpasses European Union's standards for e-waste.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It can process the entire range of end-of-life WEEE ranging from consumer and industrial to commercial and military appliances,</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These include air conditioners, computers, batteries, household appliances, mobile phones, and even military avionics. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also recycle specialised waste material such as aerosol cans, light bulbs and FMCG products. </span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'worlds-largest-e-waste-recycling-hub-opened-dubai', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c33d/x2b3a3hm8lzpsk36g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c33d/x2b3a3hm8lzpsk36g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'World’s Largest e-waste Recycling Hub opened at Dubai', 'metakeyword' => 'worlds largest,e-waste recycling facility, opened. Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE. Dubai Industrial Park ', 'metadescription' => 'The world's largest e-waste recycling facility was opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located at Dubai Industrial Park on area of 280,000 square feet.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/ign30wdq4gc6p71/World_s_Largest_e-waste.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 8 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 563, 'title' => 'Facebook launches two new India-specific tools for election engagement', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Social-networking site Facebook launched two new India-specific tools-"Candidate Connect" and "Share You Voted" to boost civic engagement on its platform during the 2019 general (Lok Sabha) elections.<strong> </strong>Both new tools are available in 12 local languages across India.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Candidate Connect</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will help people learn more about candidates. It will let contesting candidates upload 20 second videos to introduce themselves and highlight how they will address outstanding challenges in their constituencies if elected to office. It will help people learn more about candidates contesting for Lok Sabha elections from their constituency</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Share You Voted</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will provide people with polling information and enable them to announce and celebrate their vote. It will send out reminders to people on polling dates in their constituencies. It is aimed at amplifying the voting spirit. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also allow people to show that they voted on Election Day by uploading picture. These shared pictures from users will be aggregated and collage of friends will be prepared. This collage will be showed on the timelines of people connected to them in a video format. </span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'facebook-launches-two-new-tools-for-election-engagement', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7c3e/q114le0jb8fv6ky6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7c3e/q114le0jb8fv6ky6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Facebook launches two new tools for election engagement', 'metakeyword' => 'Facebook launches two new India-specific tools Candidate Connect and Share You Voted to boost civic engagement on its platform during 2019 general elections', 'metadescription' => 'Social-networking site Facebook launched two new India-specific tools-"Candidate Connect" and "Share You Voted" to boost civic engagement on its platform during the 2019 general elections', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/qcrchd3bcna9cme/Facebook_launches_two_new.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 9 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 593, 'title' => 'Shanghai becomes world's first district with 5G coverage', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Shanghai claimed that it has become first district in the world using both 5G coverage and broadband gigabit network. Trial runs of 5G network service, backed by Chinese state-run telecom carrier China Mobile was officially started in Shanghai's Hongkou. To make 5G service available to people, 5G base stations have been deployed over the last three months across the district to ensure full coverage. When fully operational, subscribers will be able avail of 5G service without having to upgrade their SIM cards</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">5G</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">5G is the next generation of cellular technology with download speeds that are 10 to 100 times faster than 4G LTE networks.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is latest wireless communication technology based on third-generation partnership project (3GPP). It succeeds 4G (LTE-A, WiMax), 3G (UMTS, LTE) and 2G (GSM) systems.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will offer far greater upload and download speed i.e. 100 times faster internet data speed than current 4G networks. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It unique feature are high data rate, reduced latency, energy saving, cost reduction, higher system capacity and massive device connectivity. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will expand broadband wireless services beyond mobile internet to IoT and critical communications segment and cater high speed network connectivity for augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR).</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'shanghai-worlds-first-district-5g-coverage', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6ce3/5c4vph2siyw1x2u6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6ce3/5c4vph2siyw1x2u6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Shanghai becomes world's first district with 5G coverage', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Shanghai, first district, in world, using, 5G coverage, broadband gigabit network', 'metadescription' => 'Shanghai claimed that it has become first district in the world using both 5G coverage and broadband gigabit network.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/ibrgvpuve9xre4x/Shanghai_becomes_world%27s_first.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 10 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 592, 'title' => 'Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism on its platforms', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Social media giant Facebook has banned praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on its platforms. This ban comes after recent Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand by white supremacist massacring 50 people in mosques by live streaming it on Facebook.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Facebook has long banned white supremacy under its rules on hateful content but did not previously consider white nationalist or separatist content to be explicitly racist. Now it is planning to start connecting people who search for terms associated with white supremacy and helping people leave hate groups.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Background</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Social media giants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been under pressure to remove white supremacist and neo-Nazi content from their platforms, along with fake news and other types of abusive posts. Civil rights groups have also have criticized social media giants for failing to confront extremism on their platforms. Facebook initially was wary of infringing on broader concepts of nationalism and separatism, which it said are important part of people’s identity. But now it has change its policy and helds that white nationalism and separatism cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'facebook-bans-white-nationalism-white-separatism', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/15a1/0b5b3vr6kb51xyu6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/15a1/0b5b3vr6kb51xyu6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, Facebook, banned praise, support and representation, white nationalism, white separatism, Christchurch mosque shooting,New Zealand', 'metadescription' => 'Social media giant Facebook has banned praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on its platforms. ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/o8dkj899bjkjnkv/Facebook_bans_white_nationalism.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 11 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 671, 'title' => 'WhatsApp launches Checkpoint Tipline to curb fake news', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Facebook owned messaging platform WhatsApp has launched Checkpoint Tipline, an India-focused fact-checking feature to combat fake news, rumours and misinformation. It has was unveiled starting with run-up to 2019 Lok Sabha elections.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Checkpoint Tipline</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It has been developed in collaboration with India-based media skilling startup PROTO. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Using this feature, users can report uncertain information or rumours they have received to WhatsApp number (+91-9643-000-888) and check its authenticity.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Once user shares suspicious message with tipline, Proto’s verification centre will respond and inform user if the claim made in message shared is verified or not.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">The response will indicate if information is classified as ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘disputed’, ‘misleading’ or ‘out of scope’ and include any other related information. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Using it, WhatsApp will review pictures, video links or texts in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam and English.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also help create database of rumours during elections to study misinformation during elections as part of Checkpoint, a research project commissioned and assisted by WhatsApp.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Background</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">India is the biggest WhatsApp market in the world with over 200 million users. In recent times had faced criticism and notices from Government of India for not being able to check spread of fake news and helping in tracing the origin of such messages.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Since then it has taken numerous inhouse measure to curb spread of fake news including restricting forwarding messages to five chats at once. It has also been putting out advertisements in newspapers and running television and radio campaigns offering tips to users on spotting misinformation.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">However, WhatsApp so far has resisted Government’s demand for identifying message originators, arguing that such move will undermine end-to-end encryption and private nature of the platform, creating potential for serious misuse.</span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'whatsapp-launches-checkpoint-tipline-curb-fake-news', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1e02/1vbo4wlyk45n63e6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1e02/1vbo4wlyk45n63e6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'WhatsApp launches Checkpoint Tipline to curb fake news', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, WhatsApp, launches, Checkpoint Tipline, curb fake news', 'metadescription' => 'Facebook owned messaging platform WhatsApp has launched Checkpoint Tipline, an India-focused fact-checking feature to combat fake news, rumours and misinformation.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/6x5w6r2rkydrvvl/WhatsApp_launches_Checkpoint.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 12 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 765, 'title' => 'UAE to host first Global Artificial Intelligence summit', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">United Arab Emirates will host first 'Ai Everything', the world’s foremost artificial intelligence (AI) summit to empower global dialogue on future of government, business and society. It will be hosted by UAE National Programme for AI with support of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and in strategic partnership with Smart Dubai.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">First 'Ai Everything'</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Its aims to empower global dialogue on the future of government, business and society. </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will also serve as knowledge exchange platform for bringing those solutions into the mainstream.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will bring together world leaders to define the underlying pillars of governance, business and society - augmenting the world’s happiness.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It will unravel real-world use cases across industries, and forge collaborations and partnerships, hosting over 130 influential speakers.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It is in line with UAE AI Strategy 2031 with envision to make UAE as global test bed for AI innovation and look at ways to create new vital markets that unlock high economic value for sector. </span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'uae-host-first-global-artificial-intelligence-summit', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/34e8/qz4rpoz1d5rmd766g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/34e8/qz4rpoz1d5rmd766g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'UAE to host first Global Artificial Intelligence summit', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, UAE to host first Global Artificial Intelligence summit, Ai Everything', 'metadescription' => 'UAE to host first Global Artificial Intelligence summit, Ai Everything, United Arab Emirates will host first 'Ai Everything', the world’s foremost artificial intelligence (AI)', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/ym7vob739dsbrox/UAE_to_host_first_Global.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 13 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 937, 'title' => 'IIT Madras develops easy OCR system for reading Bharti Script', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Reaserchers from IIT Madras have developed easy multi-lingual optical character recognition (OCR) schemes for reading documents in Bharati script. They also have developed universal finger-spelling language (method) for the nine Indian languages It was developed in collaboration of TCS, Mumbai and can be used to generate sign language for hearing-impaired persons</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Bharati script</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is unified script for <strong>nine Indian languages </strong>which is being proposed as a common script for India to bring down many communication barriers.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The nine languages are Devnagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil. <em>English and Urdu have not yet been integrated as they have a very different phonetic organisation</em>.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was developed by team of researchers from IIT-Madras headed by Professor V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">OCR schemes for Bharati script</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It involve first separating (or segmenting) document into text and non-text. The text is then segmented into paragraphs, sentences words and letters. Each letter is then recognised as character in some recognisable format such as Unicode or ASCII. The letter has various components such as basic consonant, consonant modifiers, vowels etc.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'itt-madras-ocr-system-for-reading-bharti-script', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/53aa/1u5lzcqh9e1vi096g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/53aa/1u5lzcqh9e1vi096g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'IIT Madras develops easy OCR system for reading Bharti Script', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, IIT Madras, easy multi-lingual optical character recognition, OCR schemes, reading documents, Bharati script', 'metadescription' => 'Reaserchers from IIT Madras have developed easy multi-lingual optical character recognition (OCR) schemes for reading documents in Bharati script', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/wtccaac9kedzgaa/IIT_Madras.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 14 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 1341, 'title' => 'Nipah virus resurfaces in Kerala', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in Kerala a year after it killed 17 people. In recent case 23-year-old student tested positive for the virus and four other people showed Nipah-like symptoms. Union Health Ministry has sent six-member team from various institutes for epidemiological investigation and to implement protocols for the containment of the disease. It also given permission to use the immunoglobulin – monocional antibody, if necessary. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Nipah virus</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is zoonotic disease (disease transmitted to humans from animals) that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. It is caused RNA or Ribonucleic acid virus of family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus, and is closely related to Hendra virus.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Origin:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It was first identified in Kampung Sungai Nipah, Malaysia in 1998 from where it derives its name. Its first outbreak in India was reported from Siliguri, West Bengal in 2001.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Natural host:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Fruit bats of Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus. The virus is present in bat urine, faeces, saliva, and birthing fluids, which then transmits it to Humans climbing trees or drinking raw palm sap covered in it. It can also infect pigs or any domesticated animals.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Transmission: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is transmitted to humans through direct contact with infected bats, pigs, or contaminated foods. Human to Human transmission from other NiV-infected people is also possible. It spreads fast and is mostly fatal. However, it cannot be transmitted through air.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Signs & Symptoms:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> In infected humans, it shows range of clinical presentations i.e. from asymptomatic infection to acute respitatory syndrome and fatal encephalitis (inflammation of brain). It can also cause headache, followed by drowsiness, disorientation and mental confusion. Further without care, it can progress to coma. The mortality rate of patients infected Nipah virus is reportedly 70</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">%</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">. It is capable of causing similar signs and symptoms in domestic animals too. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Treatment:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> There is no vaccine for curing Nipah virus either for humans or animals. The common treatment is intensive supportive care and supportive medicines. It can be prevented by avoiding exposure of infected people without protective gear. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'nipah-virus-resurfaces-kerala', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ef47/sykpc25nzpb93s06g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ef47/sykpc25nzpb93s06g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Nipah virus resurfaces in Kerala | Nipah virus', 'metakeyword' => 'The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in Kerala a year after it killed 17 people', 'metadescription' => 'The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in Kerala a year after it killed 17 people', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/aaz79y2b92vkywd/Nipah_virus.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 15 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 1512, 'title' => 'Air Traffic Flow Management - Central Command Centre inaugurated at New Delhi', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated world class Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) - Central Command Centre at Vasant Kunj in New Delhi. The central ATFM system integrates flight data from various subsystems like ATC Automation System, flight updates and flight update messages. With this, India became the seventh country in the world after the US, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Japan and Brazil to successfully implementAir Traffic Flow Management System.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About ATFM - Central Command Centre</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">The system integrates flight data from various subsystems like ATC Automation System, flight updates and flight update messages. It is connected to all airports in India.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Function:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It processes demand and capacity information and provides decision-making tools to ATFM Flow Manager for collaborative decision makin. It also ensures regulated flow of traffic at each airport in India. It also displays weather information along with static information about airports, airspaces and air routes. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Structure:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is supported by 36 Flow Management Positions (FMPs) at various airports including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad among others. Eight defence airports are also part of this network which are provided with FMPs. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'air-traffic-flow-management-new-delhi', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/71fe/2j72l51myjkdcf66g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/71fe/2j72l51myjkdcf66g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Air Traffic Flow Management - Central Command Centre ', 'metakeyword' => 'Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated world class Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) - Central Command Centre at Vasant Kunj in New Delhi.', 'metadescription' => 'Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated world class Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) - Central Command Centre at Vasant Kunj in New Delhi.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/34r8cr932zbww98/Air_Traffic_Flow_Management.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 16 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 1639, 'title' => 'Govt inks SoI with IBM for study on using AI, weather tech in agriculture', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with IT giant IBM for conducting pilot study to utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Weather Technology solutions in agriculture. As part of the collaboration, IBM’s Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture will be leveraged to obtain village level soil moisture and farm level weather forecast in three districts in Western and Central India. This pilot study will be conducted for 2019 Kharif crop season.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Key Facts </span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Under this collaboration, pilot study will be conducted in 3 districts of Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat) and Nanded (Maharashtra) respectively, with IBM India Private Limited. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">IBM’s Watson Decision Platform will provide solution in the field of agriculture through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and weather technology at village level/farm level.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will provide soil moisture information and weather forecast on pro bono basis to help farmers for taking decisions regarding water and crop management for better production and productivity.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'ibm-study-a-weather-tech-agriculture', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4d57/3fhxe1aw0oodf9a6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4d57/3fhxe1aw0oodf9a6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Govt inks SoI with IBM for study on using AI, weather', 'metakeyword' => 'Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with IT giant IBM for conducting pilot study to utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Weather Technology solutions in agriculture', 'metadescription' => 'Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with IT giant IBM for conducting pilot study to utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) ', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/nsmvqs7781w17a4/Govt_inks_SoI_with_IBM.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 17 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 371, 'title' => 'Government identifies 9 missions for scientific innovation ', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Government has identified nine missions and four key projects of national importance to address societal needs in areas such as health, education, data security, transportation, clean energy and agriculture. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">These missions and key projects were identified by Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science, Technology & Innovation. They are aimed at solving complex scientific problems in reasonable time-frame and bring fruits of scientific development to citizens' doorsteps through various innovations, </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Each of these missions along with four projects will be led by nodal ministry which will implement it by engaging international and national institutional partners, scientists and industries.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Nine missions:</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Quantum Frontier:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will focus on network and data protection to enable robust cyber security system</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Natural Language Translation:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will provide access to scientific materials in native Indian language</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Artificial Intelligence:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will focus on use of intelligent computing system in areas such as healthcare, education, agriculture and transportation among others.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">National Biodiversity:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will include comprehensive documentation of India's biodiversity and mapping all lifeforms of the country.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Electric Vehicles:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will aim to make EVs economically viable and scalable</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Bio-Science for Human Health:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It aims at genomic study of humans to identify and unravel genetic basis and prevalence of rare and inherited diseases</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Waste to Wealth:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It seeks to develop and deploy technology to treat waste to generate energy, recycle materials and extract wealth</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Deep Ocean Exploration</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">: It will aim at exploring deep oceans for resources, climate change advisory services, offshore based desalination techniques and renewable energy generation among others </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">AGNIi-Accelerating Growth for New India's Innovations (AGNIi):</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> It will be for taking technologies to commercialization. Under it, efforts will be made to boost innovation ecosystem.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Four Projects are</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Setting up research clusters</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Establishing state-of-the -art 'Earth Museum'.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Conserving critical ecological lifeline of Brahmaputra river system.</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Developing comprehensive web portal linking researchers with resources.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science, Technology & Innovation (PM-STIAC)</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">It was constituted in August 2018 headed by Principal Scientific Advisor to government K Vijay Raghavan.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif">Mandate:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Quicksand",serif"> (i) advise PM on science, technology, as well as innovation. (ii) coordinate implementation of PMs scientific vision. (iii) Aid in formulation and timely implementation of major science and technology missions and evolve interdisciplinary technology development programmes. (iv) advise government on developing ‘Clusters of Excellence’ in science including city-based R&D clusters. (vi) Bring together all science and technology partners from academia and institutes to industries near such centres or cities.</span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => '9-missions-for-scientific-innovation', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/adf9/oscd7rj8co35v5u6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/adf9/oscd7rj8co35v5u6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Govt identifies 9 missions for scientific innovation ', 'metakeyword' => 'In Science and Technology Current Affairs, 9 missions , four projects, national importance, societal needs, health, education, data security, transportation, clean energy, agriculture', 'metadescription' => 'Nine missions and four key projects identified of national importance to address societal needs in areas such as health, education, data security, transportation, clean energy and agriculture.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'http://www.mediafire.com/file/19y5kyqzx5iczze/7Mar_Government_identifies_9_missions.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 18 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 1725, 'title' => 'Internet Saathi programme extended to Punjab and Odisha', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Google India and Tata Trusts’ digital literacy initiative- Internet Saathi programme has been extended to Punjab and Odisha. With addition of these new two states, the programme is now active in 20 states, reaching to around 2.6 lakh villages across the country. In Punjab, the programme will cover around 5,000 villages and in Odisha it will cover 16,000-plus villages.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Internet Saathi Programme</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It was launched by Google India along with Tata Trusts as a pilot project in 2015 in Rajasthan. It was scaled up to cover 3 lakh villages across India in December 2015.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Objective:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It is digital literacy initiative aimed to educate rural women on how to use Internet. These women, in turn, impart training to other women in their community and neighbouring villages. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Achievements:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Since its launch, this programme has contributed towards bridging the digital gender divide in rural India (female to male ratio from 1 in 10 in 2015 to 4 in 10 in 2018). In the four-year journey, over 70,000 "Internet Saathis" are using Internet to drive positive change in their communities. About 70</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">%</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> of Internet Saathis believe they are seen as source of information in their village. It has led to level of independence that creates financial opportunities for women to pursue their dreams. 30% of Saathis have set up some form of business. This, in turn, has provided economic growth, with business often earning between Rs3,000 and Rs5,000 every month while five in ten Saathis have seen positive impact on employability.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'internet-saathi-programme', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a0a9/kwokadmrcxsp4lm6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a0a9/kwokadmrcxsp4lm6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Internet Saathi programme extended to Rajasthan', 'metakeyword' => 'Google India and Tata Trusts’ digital literacy initiative- Internet Saathi programme has been extended to Punjab and Odisha', 'metadescription' => 'Google India and Tata Trusts’ digital literacy initiative- Internet Saathi programme has been extended to Punjab and Odisha', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/c27nu4tm7gzjg66/Internet_Saathi_programme_extended_to_Rajasthan_and_Odisha.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 19 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 1748, 'title' => 'Medicine From the Sky: Telangana Govt, WEF ink MoU', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Telangana Government and World Economic Forum's Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution Network signed MoU to launch ‘Medicine from the Sky’ project. It is innovative pilot project aimed at delivering emergency medical supplies such as blood and vaccines via drones.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About Medicine from the Sky Project</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Bodies involved in this pilot project:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> Telangana Government, World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network in partnership with the HealthNet Global Limited. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Features:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It conduct comprehensive study of drone-based deliveries for blood, vaccines, medical samples and organs i.e. to study how delivery drones can be used to improve medical supply chains,.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Benefits: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will provide evidence-based approach for implementation of drones in healthcare, enabling emergency-care services to t patients in shortest time frame possible, thus saving their live. It will help to facilitate decision-making in healthcare supply chains, address issues that affect medical distribution system and focus on last-mile deliveries.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'medicine-from-the-sky-telangana-govt-wef', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/041e/p6emt51sxhhfddv6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/041e/p6emt51sxhhfddv6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Medicine From the Sky: Telangana Govt,', 'metakeyword' => 'Telangana Government and World Economic Forum's Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution Network signed MoU to launch ‘Medicine from the Sky’ project', 'metadescription' => 'Telangana Government and World Economic Forum's Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution Network signed MoU to launch ‘Medicine from the Sky’ project', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/vqikearebqzth18/Medicine_From_the_Sky.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 20 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 1785, 'title' => 'ICMR launches National Data Quality Forum', 'description' => '<h2 style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) to improve data collection and use. NDQF aims to generate meaningful dialogue around improvement of data quality in general, and for health and medical research in particular.</span></span></span></span></h2> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About National Data Quality Forum (NDQF)</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It aims to serve an integrated national-level platform to improve quality of health and demographic data by generating meaningful dialogue around the improvement of data quality in general, and for health and medical research in particular.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Launched by:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> ICMR’s National Institute for Medical Statistics (ICMR-NIMS) in partnership with Population Council (an international non-profit NGO that conducts research in biomedicine and social science).</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Purpose of NDQF:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> It will bring all relevant stakeholders, subject matter experts, industry leaders, decision makers, and data scientists/analysts on common platform for discussing improvements in the quality of data ecosystem in India. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will integrate learnings from scientific and evidence-based initiatives and guide actions through periodic workshops and conferences. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Its activities will help to establish good practices and protocols of data collection, storage, use and dissemination that can be applied to health and demographic data, as well as can be replicated across other industries and sectors also.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It will also do brainstorming, piloting and employ advanced modeling techniques in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and big data analytics along with using technology-based solutions to improve data quality.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">About National Institute for Medical Statistics</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">It is one of the permanent institutes of Institutes of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi. It was established in 1977. It is India’s only institute to coordinate and standardize collection of medical and health statistics in the country. Its mandate is to provide technical expertise on research methodology, programme evaluation, mathematical modeling, data analysis etc.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">NIMS’s Major Achievements: I</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">t has established India's first Clinical Trials Registry, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and World Health Organisation (WHO). It has been identified as national nodal agency for the implementation of Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP)-Non-Communicable Disease ( IDSP- NCD) risk factor survey. It has developed Integrated Behavioural and Biological Assessment on National Highways (IBBA-NH) among trackers for HIV epidemic in the country. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'icmr-launches-national-data-quality-forum', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4f9e/lhykcte32rwj92k6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4f9e/lhykcte32rwj92k6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'ICMR launches National Data Quality', 'metakeyword' => 'Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) to improve data collection and use.', 'metadescription' => 'Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) to improve data collection and use.', 'author' => 'Nikhil Paigude', 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/h827kq202fy1l9k/ICMR_launches_National_Data_Quality_Forum.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 21 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 1959, 'title' => 'Brain-computer interface for stroke patients', 'description' => '<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">IIT Palakkad researchers have found a way to improve the functioning of the brain-computer interface when used by stroke patients.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Stroke</span></span></span><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. It is one of the major cause of death and a leading cause of disability.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Importance of Discovery</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Stroke patients undergo a passive rehabilitation therapy where the patient plays a passive role while the physiotherapist actively helps by moving the patient’s paralyzed limb.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222"> Development of the motor imagery brain-computer interface can help develop an active rehabilitation therapy where the patient can move his limb according to his own movement intention</span></span></span><span style="background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Drawbacks</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Communication certainly improves as the number of channels electrodes attached to the brain region is increased. But the drawback is that increasing the channels makes computation more complex, increases preparation time and is inconvenient for the person.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Details</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Researchers have used a trained neural network, with inputs from neuroscience, to develop a new channel-selection method that makes the process more efficient and effective. The method employed is more efficient and works in most of the cases.</span></span></span></span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'brain-computer-interface-for-stroke-patients', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5d45/xd129igz8ex0egm6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5d45/xd129igz8ex0egm6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Brain-computer interface for stroke patients', 'metakeyword' => 'Brain-computer interface for stroke patients', 'metadescription' => 'IIT Palakkad researchers have found a way to improve the functioning of the brain-computer interface when used by stroke patients.', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/ehwmhd6h20mxbn5/Brain-computer_interface_for_stroke_patients.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 22 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 2037, 'title' => 'Smartphone app to make eye screening affordable', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">Engineering students from a college affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, have developed a device and mobile app called <strong>iNethra</strong> to make vision screening easy, accessible and affordable.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:#222222">A vision screening, also called an eye test, is a brief exam that looks for potential vision problems and eye disorders. Vision screenings are often done by primary care providers.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">iNethra</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, the product, comprises of a handy, stick-like device with a lens on one end and connected to a smart phone camera on the other side. </span></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">While this helps in clicking the retinal image of the patients, the mobile app helps in sharing and receiving information related to the eye condition. </span></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The clicked images are uploaded to the app for the doctor to access and analyse them. </span></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">There is a provision in the app for the doctor to note details about the eye condition, provide tips and if required refer them to hospitals. This will improvise the device and cut down the costs.</span></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Initially, the app will be based on B2B (business-to-business) model under which partner eye clinics would approach patients coming to public health centres.</span></span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Eye related problems</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vision screening is most often used to check for possible vision problems in children. The most common eye disorders in children include:</span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Amblyopia,</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> also known as lazy eye. Children with amblyopia have blurry or reduced vision in one eye.</span></span></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Strabismus</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, also known as crossed eyes. In this disorder, the eyes don't line up right and point in different directions.</span></span></span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Other eye problems:</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nearsightedness</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> (myopia), a condition that makes far away things look blurry</span></span></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Farsightedness</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> (hyperopia), a condition that makes close-up things look blurry</span></span></span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Astigmatism</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, a condition that makes both close-up and far-away things look blurry</span></span></span></span></p> </li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'smartphone-app-to-make-eye-screening', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4edd/03po1myuequfgqc6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4edd/03po1myuequfgqc6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Smartphone app to make eye screening affordable', 'metakeyword' => 'Smartphone app to make eye screening affordable, Smartphone app', 'metadescription' => 'A vision screening, also called an eye test, is a brief exam that looks for potential vision problems and eye disorders. Vision screenings are often done by primary', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/u4efenue2hpf8tm/Smartphone_app_to_make_eye_screening_affordable.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 23 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 2038, 'title' => 'QR code for women safety', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issue</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Delhi Police have fitted atleat 1500 taxis and autos outside railway and metro stations, and airport with QR codes. This feature is meant to ensure only verified drivers ferry passengers.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Background</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijlal launched the “QR Code” scheme, which will be delivered through Delhi Police’s “Himmat Plus” app which is meant to ensure the safety of women. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The QR codes will be put on public transport vehicles such as auto-rickshaws and non-app (black-and-yellow) cabs. 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The relation between fake news and socila media usage is unprecidented.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> </li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Fake news is not something that has been catalysed in the digital age alone instead it has been a long-standing problem.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The problem has been not restricted to India alone instead it has been discovered in places like Hong Kong too. Instances where state-sponsored elements were perpetrating fake news and sophisticated disinformation campaigns against protesters in Hong Kong has been found.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Companies like WhatsApp has been trying to resist this idea of message traceability, it is also trying to maintain the integrity of the platform.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social Media and Fake news</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> </li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WhatsApp has tried to limit forwards to five people and the norm has been tested. It has been piloted in other parts of the world as well.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Fact propagators, fake news busters have been used to clear the myths by tracing origin of fake messages. Habitual and intentional acts are to be seriously punished.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Explosive growth in regulatory guidelines have been initiated. These guidelines from the government have been trying to enhance the agency of the government over technology companies.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social Media</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Importance of Social Media</span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> </li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Social media are not just used for the purpose of messaging. 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These buses will be equipped with a multi-sensor technology that will optimise navigation and safety features.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">This will be the island nation’s first on-demand autonomous shuttle vehicle trial since autonomous testing of vehicles began in June 2018. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">People visiting the area will be able to hail an autonomous shuttle using the “Ride Now Sentosa” mobile application free of charge.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">As a precautionary measure, on every vehicle, a “safety driver” will be present who can take charge of the vehicle if the need arises. </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The vehicle fault system will alert the safety driver if it detects any faults in the system. Road users and pedestrians will be intimated with electric signage telling them that the vehicles are driverless.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The AVs are equipped with collision & obstacle avoidance and overtaking features, remote control, radar, LiDAR (Light detection and ranging), odometry, computer vision and 360-degree sensors. They also have embedded cybersecurity features that protect the vehicles from intrusion and deter hacking.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"> The AVs’ charge ranges from 50 km to 150 km per charge depending on the operating scenario.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">Autonomous vehicles readiness index</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The “Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index”, prepared by KPMG, has ranked 25 countries based on their preparedness for autonomous vehicles.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black">The report assesses countries based on 25 variables. 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The geo-fenced biometric attendance system is intended to stop such corruption.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The State Education Department will distribute tablets equipped with geo-tagging and biometrics software to all schools in the next two months.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The app is optimised with an intelligent algorithm that will record facial features of the teachers at the time of the registration, such that a minor variation will not be a hindrance in the recognition.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The use of this technology is on a pilot basis and hence has been installed only on the tablets already provided. 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', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/v9ahp0ck80el9zn/Facial_recognition_for_teacher%C6s_attendence.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 27 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 2238, 'title' => 'Ecuador’s online data leak', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Almost the entire population of <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/tag/297-244/ecuador/?utm=bodytag" target="_blank">Ecuador<strong> </strong></a>had their personal data leaked online due to a massive breach from a private unsecured server.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A security company <strong>vpnMentor </strong>has uncovered the breach on the server run by the firm <strong>Novaestrat</strong>, which included citizens' full names, dates and places of birth, education levels, phone numbers and national identity card numbers.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is said that there was even data on the country's president and on Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder who had obtained asylum in Ecuador embassy.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Data Theft</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A data breach, or data leak, is a security event in which protected data is accessed by or disclosed to unauthorized viewers.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Methods of data theft</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Cyber attacks</strong> — Hackers use malware, phishing, social engineering, skimming and related techniques to gain access to protected information.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Theft or loss of devices</strong> — Laptops, smartphones, thumb drives and other data storage media can be lost, stolen or disposed of improperly. If they contain protected information and it ends up in the wrong hands, that’s a data breach.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Employee data theft or data leak</strong> — Employees, especially those who are departing soon, might deliberately access protected information without authorization with malicious intent.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Preventing data theft</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Protection- </strong>Protecting your data by implementing appropriate safeguards..</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Encryption- </strong>properly encrypted data will be useless for malicious actors; they won’t be able to sell it or use it against you or the individuals whose data they stole.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Employee training and awareness- </strong>Properly training employees to handle threats posed by data attacks so that they can prevent further mishaps<strong>.</strong></span></span></p> </li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'ecuadors-online-data-leak', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9e7a/avfpg44y932v5mo6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9e7a/avfpg44y932v5mo6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Ecuador’s online data leak', 'metakeyword' => 'Encryption- properly encrypted data will be useless for malicious ', 'metadescription' => 'Encryption- properly encrypted data will be useless for malicious actors; they won’t be able to sell it or use it against you or the individuals whose data they stole.', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/def8xwczok3zv37/Ecuador%C6s_online_data_leak.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 28 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'IT, Mobile & Computers', 'keyword' => 'IT-Mobile-Computers', 'id' => (int) 2353, 'title' => 'Intelligent apps (I-apps)', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Making use of historical and real-time datasets, I- app platforms are empowering the potential for hypotheses made by machines.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Intelligent Apps are the applications which acquire real-time and historical data from user interactions and other sources in order to provide suggestions and make predictions.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">These apps are capable of converging database and data warehouse workloads, operating with Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Today’s digital natives demand much more than simple mobile-enabled access to key business applications and data. They anticipate intelligent user experience and highly usable as offered by consumer apps. And, intelligent apps assure to provide the same.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Artificial intelligence is used in developing an intelligent application that is much sophisticated by having algorithms.It automates how much tasks to be performed.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Features of I-apps</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I-apps work on a vast amount of data, it is able to read and store a vast array of human interactions.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It provides higher returns on investment.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It also allows users to do away with the need to use the business key.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I-app contributes to enhancing output, boost up response time.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">apps have the ability to provide just the right information to do their current job in an effective manner.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Some examples of I-apps</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Cortana</strong>- Asssistant app developed by Microsoft.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Google Allo </strong>– Specch to text output</span></span></p> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'intelligent-apps-i-apps', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c924/vilbo65kqshj1236g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c924/vilbo65kqshj1236g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Intelligent apps (I-apps)', 'metakeyword' => 'Today’s digital natives demand much more than simple', 'metadescription' => 'Today’s digital natives demand much more than simple mobile-enabled access to key business applications and data. 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That means that researchers at Google had solved a really difficult problem in seconds with the help of quantum computers which a supercomputer could not.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The research paper is yet to be formally approved by peers in the field and became public after having appeared briefly on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) website as apparently some of its researchers were involved in the project.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Exploiting the principles of quantum mechanics, these computers can easily tackle computational problems that may be tough for the classical computer as the size of the numbers and number of inputs involved grows bigger.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conventional computers process information in ‘bits’ or 1s and 0s, following classical physics under which our computers can process a ‘1’ or a ‘0’ at a time. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Quantum computers compute in ‘qubits’ (or quantum bits). They exploit the properties of quantum mechanics, the science that governs how matter behaves on the atomic scale. In this scheme of things, processors can be a 1 and a 0 simultaneously, a state called quantum superposition. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">While this accelerates the speed of computation, a machine with less than a 100 qubits can solve problems with a lot of data that are even theoretically beyond the capabilities of the most powerful supercomputers.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Benefits of Quantum Computers</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A quantum computer can solve this problem rapidly because it can attack complex problems that are beyond the scope of a classical computer.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The basic advantage is speed, as it is able to simulate several classical computers working in parallel. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Several encryption systems used in banking and security applications are premised on computers being unable to handle mathematical problems that are computationally demanding beyond a limit. 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The treaty is due to be signed next month.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The UK and the US will not investigate each other’s citizens under the accord.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Facebook opposed the move and said that the deal undermines privacy and security of its users everywhere.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Government policies like the Cloud Act will allow companies to provide available information when valid legal requests are made and do not require companies to ignore.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>CLOUD Act</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The CLOUD Act or Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, makes it easier for law enforcement agencies to demand online information.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Under the Act, the data stored in any country can be demanded by the agencies.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Indian Context</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued a notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor, or decrypt digital communications.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government is seeking to propose amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Act. 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receiver linked to ISRO-satellites, that is fail-proof and warn fishermen of danger.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Fishermen away on fishing are cut off from communication services and face threats from disasters.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mobile phone frequencies cannot be accessed 10-12 km beyond the coast and by using GEMINI this range can increase to 300 nautical miles.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">GEMINI is developed by The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), along with Accord, a private company, to develop a box-shaped receiver that has an antenna and in-built battery that can last three to four days.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">GEMINI works on GAGAN, developed by ISRO and the Airports Authority of India and is an India-made global positioning system and relies on the positioning system by ISRO’s GSAT satellites.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">When GEMINI is connected to an app, it also lets fishermen know the probability of fish-catch in the surrounding seas and provides ocean forecast.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ocean State Forecasts include the forecasts on winds, waves, ocean 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style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The government is planning to make FASTag the equivalent of Aadhaar for vehicles, which will allow the government to track their movement across the country.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tracking and identifying vehicles is a tedious task with large resources needed for implementing. Lack of CCTV identification cameras across places makes the process even more difficult. FASTag is expected to perform this duty effectively.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0in"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A FASTag is linked to a bank account. When a vehicle passes through a toll, an SMS with date, time and place of transaction will be sent to the owner of the vehicle.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The master data of all transactions will be with the owner of the toll booth concerned, along with the bank with which the owner has registered the FASTag and the National Payments Corporation of India.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A FASTag uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to make cashless payments through a prepaid account linked to it. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The tag is fixed to the windscreen of a vehicle and an RFID antenna in the canopy of the toll gate scans the QR code and the tag identification number, following which the boom barrier lifts to allow a vehicle to pass through it without the need for a vehicle to stop.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Advantages of FASTags</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They are likely to reduce the nation’s GDP loss by bringing down loss of fuel while waiting at toll plazas.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It reduces traffic jam and waiting period for travellers are toll gates, thereby making journeys free of hassles.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>RFID technology</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. 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