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A foolproof way to shrink deep learning models !!

As more Artificial Intelligence(AI) applications move to smartphones, deep learning models are getting smaller to allow apps to run faster and save battery power. Now, MIT researchers have a new and better way to compress models. It’s so simple that they unveiled it in a tweet last month: Train the model, prune its weakest connections, retrain the model at its fast, early training rate, and repeat, until the model is as tiny as you want. “That’s it,” says Alex Renda, a PhD student at MIT. “The standard things people do to prune their…

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Meet Chirag Chopra, the Delhi developer whose biggest Possession is a game on Apple Arcade !!

“In my childhood, we weren’t financially strong. But then things started changing when we started buying sometimes useful, sometimes luxury objects. That’s where the name ‘Possessions’ comes from…our possessions tells us what we are.” Chirag Chopra, the 27-year-old founder of Lucid Labs, the only Indian developer to make it to Apple Arcade, is a matter of fact on why his game is called Possessions. The word ‘Possession’ has deep philosophical meaning, says Chopra, adding he decided to name the game thus because it tells us how successful or financially independent we…

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Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Review its Policies Around State Use of Force and Voter Supression !!

Despite rising criticism over Facebook’s inaction over recent comments from US President Donald Trump, despite Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently stating that he believes in the company’s policy direction is well thought out and on the right track. In light of the ongoing #BlackLivesMatter protests, and internal unrest over its approach, Zuckerberg has today announced that Facebook will review its policies as part of a broader effort to improve, and address concerns around racial inequality. In a long post on his Facebook profile, Zuckerberg shared a memo, which he’d initially posted to Facebook employees, which outlines his thoughts…

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International Yoga Day 2020 To Be Celebrated On Digital Media Platforms Due To COVID-19 !!!

New Delhi:  In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s International Yoga Day would be celebrated on behalf of digital media platforms and there would be no mass gatherings, the government has said. This year’s theme will be ‘Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family’. People will be able to join the Yoga Day celebrations virtually at 7 am on June 21. Indian Missions abroad are trying to reach out to the people through digital media as well as through the network of institutions which support yoga, officials said. The…

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Renewable electricity costs plummet, rendering coal uneconomical !!

The cost of electricity generated from renewables plunged in 2019, making fossil fuel plants increasingly uneconomically, a report has claimed. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said that more than half of the renewable capacity added in 2019 achieved lower power costs than the cheapest new coal plants. On average, new solar and onshore wind power cost less than keeping many existing coal plants in operation and auction results show this trend accelerating. IRENA said this “reinforced” the case to phase-out coal entirely. Next year, up to 1,200 Gigawatts (GW)…

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On World Environment Day, PM Modi asks citizens to preserve planet’s biodiversity !!!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday posted wishes on the World Environment Day, urging people to preserve the planet’s biodiversity. “On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we reiterate our pledge to preserve our planet’s rich biodiversity. Let us do the collectively  whatever possible to ensure the flora and fauna with whom we share the Earth thrive. May we leave an even better planet for the coming generations,” he said on Twitter. “World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year”. The theme of the World Environment Day this year is ‘Biodiversity’, which  described…

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Strawberry Moon 2020 June 6 at 12:42am IST !!!

June 2020 full moon is all set to grace the night skies over the next few days. The full moon or the Strawberry Moon will occur on June 5 at 3:12pm EDT (June 6 at 12:42am IST) and lunar enthusiasts in India will be able to watch it with the naked eyes. Coincidentally, the June full moon is joined by a lunar eclipse that will start at 11:15pm IST on June 5 and end at 2:34am on June 6. What is a full moon? Full moon is an astronomical phenomenon…

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SC steps in to end chaos at Delhi borders, tells government to decide on common policy with UP and Haryana!!

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that the central government to convene a meeting between the officials from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to end the chaos over Delhi borders. The apex court has ordered the government to arrive at a consensus with regard to allowing interstate transport between Delhi and the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The decision regarding the same has to be taken within a week, by the top court. This came after a petitioner named Rohit Bhalla, a Gurugram resident, challenged the sealing of borders…

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You have played constructive, very positive role in these difficult times’: Scott Morrison lauds PM Modi !!

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a visionary leader and lauded him for playing a “constructive and very positive role in these very difficult times”. Morrison thanked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending an invite for the virtual bilateral meet and said that PM Modi’s leadership is laudable not just within India but “broadly throughout the G20 and the Indo-Pacific”. Morrison’s comments came during his first-ever virtual bilateral summit with PM Modi on Thursday. He commended the India on its leadership on taking Chair…

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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…

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