Flooded and abandoned Ural mine turns Russian river orange

Russian prosecutors have announced that they were conducting an inspection of a facility supposed to treat acid runoff from an abandoned Urals mine after photographs emerged of streams running orange. Last week, a drone footage uploaded by an Instagram travel blogger showed a bright-orange landscape near the disused copper-sulphide mine close to the village of Lyovikha in the Urals.   Marina Kanatova, the prosecutors’ spokeswoman, said  that the Nizhny Tagil district prosecutors office has begun to check the facility treating the waste waters from Levikhinsky mine. She also said that…

COVID 19 vaccine would take long to reach all believes Poonawala

Serum Institute, who recently got the DCGI approval to manufacture its indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine, has joined hands with AstraZeneca to support in developing the potential COVID-19 vaccine candidate ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. The CEO of Serum Adar Poonawala believes that the vaccine to fight global pandemic will take a long time to reach all. Scientists, doctors, researchers, healthcare experts, and pharmaceutical companies across the world are racing against time to develop a vaccine for COVID-18 as infections cross 14 million. According to reports, the University of Oxford might have a breakthrough…

Veerappan’s daughter Vidhya is now BJP Youth Wing leader

Vidhya Veerappan, the daughter of forest brigand Veerappan, who was killed by police in 2004, is now a 29-year-old law graduate who runs a “school for kids” in Krishnagiri  and the new Vice-President of the BJP’s Tamil Nadu youth wing.   For Vidhya, it’s about “social service”. “I don’t relate to any particular community, I believe in humanity,” she says. Vidhya came to know about her appointment through a Facebook post by the state party leadership. And almost immediately, the talk was all about her father.   “I had seen…

Digital: The Next Revolution

COVID-19 has brought global economies to the knees, and is becoming more than a health crisis, it hurts badly on the economic activities. India too is dealing with the fast spreading contagion and while the Government’s timely steps have helped mitigate an explosion of cases, various segments of the economy have taken a hit. In the last two months with employees working remotely we have realized the power of virtual collaborative platforms and how they can replace in-person meetings. The workforce is adapting to this new work model with technology…

Manufacturing sector will be the next growth engine for Indian Economics

The Covid-19 pandemic is the deadliest outbreak in our living memory. The world has neither seen such a widespread shut down in mobility nor witnessed such a sudden economic slump.   With about 450 million social media users, 627 million internet users, and we are the largest consumers of the internet, which is why Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime have become household names in the country. Applications such as WhatsApp, PayTM, Google Pay have revolutionized the way we communicate and transact money. India also has the highest average data usage consumption…

Payment industry is eyeing Asia as attractive for V.C. investors amid COVID-19

We are living in a time when information can become outdated pretty quickly, and that has become even more true because of COVID-19, where the world is under the arrest of novel coronavirus that is spread across countries. Partial and complete lockdowns have become a way of life in many countries, including India. During this difficult time, technology only strengthens the business to become something more than hardware or software. Since, digital technology becomes more pervasive and companies move further in the journey of digital transformation, digital strategy and business strategy…

Urgency In Refuelling Digital Transformation For Customizing Needs

There is a huge gap between Pre and Post COVID-19, manufacturers were taking measured steps towards digital transformation and Industry 4.0. The pandemic has changed that. Instead of a “good to have” option, technologies that digitize assets, automate operations, and bring in efficiencies and innovation in the system have become critical for survival and recovery.   Digital transformation projects are returning as organisations realise that improvements in productivity and customer engagement are now even more important – providing that the work can be done remotely and there’s still cash to pay for…

Changing Dynamics Of Cybersecurity In The Age of Coronavirus

COVID-19 has put the world at a slow pace in all aspects of human life and the world continues to live under the cloud of uncertainties and fear arising because of the COVID-19 outbreak, its impact on everyone’s psychology, health issues and behavior issues are unimaginable.   To keep everyone connected in the current situation, growing technological advancements and internet penetration are driving enterprises to invest more into cybersecurity. Digitization across enterprises is prone to cyber threats and information breach. Hence, enterprises are investing heavily in cybersecurity tools. The companies are deploying…

Sattarghat Bridge collapses within twenty-nine days of inauguration

A newly constructed bridge collapsed in the district of Gopalganj in Bihar. The bridge was inaugurated by CM Nitish Kumar on June 15 and aimed at helping the general public. But the bridge collapsed after rains and a little flood. The public is furious over the bad construction and quality of work and call for an answer from the Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. The incident has brought out the debate on the bad construction of work as well as poor quality of work assessment to bad contractors. The CM has…

Global Consumer Confidence Suffers Record Drop in Q2

Deteriorating job prospects and rising anxieties about personal finances drove a record drop in global consumer confidence in the second quarter of 2020, according to The Conference Board® Global Consumer Confidence Survey.   Conducted in collaboration with Nielsen, the survey found that overall global consumer confidence fell to 92 in the second quarter from a near-historic high of 106 early in the first quarter, before the pandemic significantly expanded beyond China.* A reading below 100 is considered negative, indicating that consumers were slightly more pessimistic than optimistic globally for the first time since 2016.…