Jets with enhanced protection to join PM’s fleet by September!!

Two specially modified Boeing-777 Aircraft, capable of countering missile threats, will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Air India One fleet by September-end, two people are familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The first head-of-state Boeing-777 Aircraft will arrive in India from the United States by the end of August followed by the second one a month later, they said on condition of anonymity. The planes will come equipped with self-protection suites (SPS) consisting of aircraft infrared counter measures, advanced integrated defensive electronic warfare suite and the counter-measures dispensing system to protect…

Foreign businessmen, engineers and healthcare professionals can get visas to enter India!!!!

The Home Ministry of India has allowed foreign businessmen, engineers and healthcare professionals to enter the country on the condition of that  they will get their visas re-validated and fly into the country in chartered flights, a government statement on Wednesday said. The home ministry order is seen as the first, cautious step to allow foreigners to enter in the country, particularly in context of the government’s efforts to restart the economy again. The home ministry order covered four broad categories of foreigners who can enter the country in non-scheduled…

India’s growth story for 2021 will be driven by Bharat!!

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data for last financial year FY20 released on May 29, came at 4.2  percent, lowest in the last 11 years (since the financial meltdown of 2008), against 6.1 percent  in the corresponding fiscal 2018-19. However, last year, only one week’s lockdown in the last week of March was there.  During the current financial year, most of the activities are in lockdown for around two months from now and the revival of economic activities will be gradual. Some of  the  sectors like aviation and hospitality may…

Zoom Plans to Strengthen Encryption for Paying Clients, Institutions !!

Zoom has attracted millions of the free and paying customers amid the pandemic, in part because users could join a meeting – something that now happens 300 million times a day – without registering. Video conferencing provider Zoom plans to strengthen encryption of video calls hosted by paying clients & institutions such as schools, but not by users for its free consumer accounts, a company official said on Friday. The company, whose business has boomed with the covid-19 pandemic, discussed the move on a call with “civil liberties groups and…

Salto Jumping Robot Masters Pinpoint Landings!!

One of the things that we love about the UC Berkeley’s Salto jumping robot is just how much better it gets, year after year. And these changes aren’t just incremental—the little robot’s capabilities seem to improve by leaps and bounds, as it were. The latest upgrade, presented at Virtual ICRA 2020 this week, it is particularly impressive, since Salto has learned how to very precisely stop jumping exactly where you want it to. As far as we know, the best way of getting Salto to stop jumping without destroying itself has been for someone with exceptional…

Stereotaxis Robotic Technology Referenced In “Over 400 Scientific Publications” !!!!

Stereotaxis , is a developer of  Robotic technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, says it has reached a significant milestone of over 400 scientific publications now on documenting the clinical benefits of Stereotaxis robotic technology. David Fischel, chairman and CEO of  Stereotaxis, says: “The clinical benefits of Robotic Magnetic Navigation have been extensively validated in high-quality clinical literature and in the real-world treatment of over one-hundred-thousand arrhythmia patients”. “We are proud to the depth and breadth of clinical data demonstrating the benefits of robotics to patients and healthcare to…

A good egg: Robot chef trained to make omelettes!!

A team of engineers have trained a Chef robot to prepare an omelette, all the way from cracking the eggs to plating the finished dish, and refined the ‘chef’s’ culinary skills to produce a reliable dish that actually tastes good. The researchers, from the “University of Cambridge”  in collaboration with the domestic appliance company Beko, used  “Machine learning” to train the robot to account for highly subjective matters of taste. The results are reported in the journal “IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters”, and will be available online as part of the…

PM’s First Major Address On Economy After Unlock1 !!!!

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the annual session of the top industrial body – the Confederation of the Indian Industry – this morning, his first major speech on multiple aspects relating to the economy since the government announced a phased plan to reopen India after two months of lockdown to tackle Covid-19. In his speech, PM Modi stressed on five “I”s. “To bring India back on track for fast-paced growth, five things are very important: Intent, Inclusion, Investment, Infrastructure, Innovation,” he said. “The need of the hour is that more and more…

How Technology Helped  To Non-Profit Organisations Support In Rural India!!

These unprecedented  times brings forth a new opportunity. For the rural India, it is the time for the people to upskill, learn and embrace technology in their daily lives. When the nationwide lockdown was announced to curb in the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 60% of the country’s rural population couldn’t fathom  the many challenges that they would be facing. Some non-profit organisations have been instrumental in supporting these changes, and driving a positive societal impact on people. Apoorva Oza, CEO of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India),…

Sensex Jumps Over 550 Points, Nifty Touches at 10,150 Amid Gains Across Sectors!!

Domestic stock markets started Wednesday’s session on a positive note, with the benchmark Nifty 50 index opening above the key 10,000 mark, extending gains to the sixth session in a row. The S&P BSE Sensex index climbed up as much as 1.77 % – or 597.18 points – to 34,422.71 in the first few minutes of trade, after opening up 359.88 points at 34,185.41. The broader  Nifty index spiked to high as 10,159.35, up 180.25 points from the previous close, having started the day at 10,108.30. Gains across sectors – led…