New Delhi: AICRA and IASC-SSC, an autonomous body of Ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, Government of India agreed to work in collaboration with each other to conduct livelihood program by skilling the unemployed youths and up- skilling the un- organised sector technicians in Industries. The thrust of the agreement is to promote and conduct up-skilling projects for MSME sector on Industry 4.0 outcome-based training Assessment and Certification on Qualification packs (QP) as per approved National Occupational Standards (NOS). Initially 17 QPs will be rolled out under various skill development projects…
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Young Scientists Are Among India’s Unsung Heroes !!
Bengaluru: PhD students in India are often ridiculed for their choices, sometimes by their own families and at others by trolls who think of them as ‘parasites’. While the former manifest as casual remarks or snide comments at social gatherings, the latter resort to name-calling on social media. Although research scholars in humanities have been the favourite targets of trolls, those in the sciences have not been exempt. These scholars, however, constitute a majority of the workforce running research and development in the fight against COVID-19. Collectively, their work covers…
Read MoreJapan-Based Fugaku Supercomputer Named World’s Fastest Computer !!
Fugaku, a Japan-based supercomputer, developed by Fujitsu and Japan’s Riken Research Institute, has been named as the world’s fastest computer in an independent survey. This marks the return of a Japanese supercomputer at the top spot after nine years, beating out its US and Chinese counterparts. It is also the first time that a supercomputer based on ARM processors has topped the benchmarking list. Fugaku has further secured the number one position in other major rankings that test supercomputers on different parameters. Supercomputers are used to perform highly complicated tasks…
Read MoreApple Brings New Translate App That Supports 11 Languages, Works Offline!!
Apple has a new Translate app that will come with iOS 14, which was unveiled on Monday. The app offers side-by-side translations in two languages and comes with support for 11 languages. The Translate app by Apple also features an offline mode for voice and text translations. The Cupertino-based tech giant will hope to give stiff competition to Google’s Translate app with this newly introduced app. iPhone and iPod touch users are slated to get the next-generation iOS update by the end of 2020. Translate app features: According to Apple,…
Read MoreSC rejects power companies’ bid to extend emissions deadline !!
Chennai: India’s Supreme Court rejected a request by power producers to extend a deadline to install equipment to cut emissions by two years to 2024, according to an order uploaded on the court’s website late on Monday. India has a phased plan for plants to comply with emissions standards, which involve installing Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) units that cut emissions of sulphur dioxide – known to cause lung diseases. More than half of India’s coal-fired power plants ordered to retrofit equipment to curb sulphur oxide emissions are set to…
Read MoreApple WWDC 2020: Top five new features expected for iPhone, iPad users !!
We’re just a few hours away from Apple’s annual developer conference, WWDC 2020. This year, the company is holding the event online in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Just like every year, Apple will unveil a new iteration of its mobile operating system. The latest iteration for iPhone users is going to be IOS14 or iPhone OS. For iPad users, it will be iPadOS 14. It may be recalled Apple has split OS for the two platforms since last year. The two, however, share some common features and functionalities.’Ahead of…
Read MoreRapido launches Rapido Store in India !!
Bike taxi service Rapido launched the Rapido Store in India today. The Rapido Store is a business delivery service that will enable local businesses to take care of multiple customer deliveries simultaneously in the most affordable and trusted manner. Additionally, it will also enable users to track all their deliveries across customers simultaneously. This service is currently available in Bengaluru and Vijayawada and it will be available in other tier I and tier 2 cities where Rapido is available in the coming days. While in Bengaluru, the base price of…
Read MoreReliance Industries becomes first Indian firm to hit USD 150 billion market cap !!
Reliance Industries on Monday became the first Indian firm to hit a market valuation of USD 150 billion helped by a continuous rally in its share price. In morning trade, the company’s market valuation jumped Rs 28,248.97 crore to Rs 11,43,667 crore (USD 150 billion) on the BSE. The heavyweight stock surged 2.53% to a record high of Rs 1,804.10 on the BSE. On the NSE, it rose by 2.54% to an all-time high of Rs 1,804.20. Reliance Industries on Friday became the first Indian company to cross the Rs…
Read MoreRatan Tata calls for stopping online hate, bullying !!
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata on Sunday called for stopping online hatred & bullying and instead supporting each other in what has been a “year full of challenges” for everyone. In a post on social media platform Instagram, Tata said that online community is being hurtful to each other and bringing each other down. “This year has been full of challenges for everyone, on some level or the other. I see online community being hurtful to each other, bringing each other down, harshly and with quick judgements,” the Chairman Emeritus of…
Read MoreInternet blackout in Myanmar’s Rakhine state enters second year !!
On Friday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for an immediate end to “the world’s longest government-enforced internet shutdown”. The internet shutdown in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden northwest, described by rights groups as the world’s longest, has entered second year, Al Jazeera reported. The Myanmar military has been embroiled in a civil war since January 2019 against the Arakan Army, a rebel group fighting for more autonomy for ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. The government shut down mobile data in several townships across Rakhine state and neighbouring Chin state on June 21 last year, causing panic…
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