Month: January 2022

Capgemini uses AI to help The Nature Conservancy protect at-risk environments in the Mojave Desert

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Capgemini has announced its pro bono engagement with the Nevada chapter of The Nature Conservancy. As part of this project, Capgemini has helped identify indicators of landscape and ecosystem degradation in the Mojave Desert, and designed and delivered an AI solution to remotely detect and measure the impact of those indicators across the region. The nearly 47 thousand square miles of the Mojave Desert are extraordinarily difficult to monitor, and the ecosystem is experiencing significant damage from the use of unauthorized off-highway vehicles across the landscape. To help The Nature Conservancy…

Biophore to manufacture indigenous ingredients of 

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Biophore India Pharmaceuticals has today announced that they have developed and started manufacturing the key intermediates of Nirmatrelvir, one of the active ingredients of Paxlovid, the latest anti-COVID therapy, approved by the US FDA through the emergency use authorization route. The manufacturing is being done in collaboration with Rakshit Group. This is expected to greatly reduce the dependence on imports, mainly from China, from where these intermediates are being procured currently. Biophore is also manufacturing Nirmatrelvir in a US FDA compliant facility and has announced that they will be filing…

E-campaigning in Assembly polls 2022: A campaign with a byte

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Leaders savvy and unsavvy, freelance techie gunslingers who do saffron in the morning and socialism by night, the smell of virtual cordite… India is seeing its first online-only elections. What do the Digital War Rooms of parties look like? On January 8, the Election Commission of India, while announcing a seven-phased voting calendar for the poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand, made a parallel ruling that changes the complexion of these assembly elections. No physical rallies and roadshows will be allowed till January 15. The Omicron…

Hindutva vadis’ cowards, spreading hatred on virtual spaces, says Rahul Gandhi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that ‘Hindutvavadis’ are cowards who spread hatred on the internet. Countering the ‘untoward remarks’ on social media, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that those preaching Hindutva are spreading hatred in the cyber world. Calling them cowards, he said they do not have the courage to come out in the open and asked supporters to fight the ‘hatred’. “‘Hindutvavadis’ have been spreading hatred in the cyber world because cowards only attack while hiding. Had they mustered enough courage, they would have come forward. We…

Smoke billowing under AC coach of Visakhapatnam-Delhi Andhra Pradesh Express triggers panic

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Billows of smoke were seen coming from an AC coach of the Visakhapatnam-Delhi Andhra Pradesh Express, triggering panic among passengers on Friday. Panic gripped passengers of the Visakhapatnam-Delhi Andhra Pradesh Express when they saw smoke coming from an AC coach of the train on Friday morning. The smoke was billowing under the S6 coach of the Visakhapatnam-Delhi Andhra Pradesh Express. The loco driver stopped the train near Nekkonda Railway station in Warangal after being informed about the incident. Initial findings suggest that the incident took place due to the breaks…

Stampede at Liberia church gathering kills 29

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Astampede at a church gathering in Liberia’s capital Monrovia killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister told state radio on Thursday. The incident occurred during an all-night Christian worship event at New Kru Town, a neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital, Jalawah Tonpo said. “The doctors said 29 persons died and some are on the critical list,” Tonpo said, calling into state radio from a nearby hospital. “This is a sad day for the country.” Exodus Morias, a resident who attended the event, told Reuters the stampede began…

Before Yogi Adityanath, just one Uttar Pradesh CM contested election from Gorakhpur and lost

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Yogi Adityanath is only the second Uttar Pradesh chief minister to contest an Assembly election from Gorakhpur. The first time, it did not end well. Gorakhpur is a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the home turf of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Gorakhpur, an important centre in eastern Uttar Pradesh or Purvanchal, is the seat of Gorakhnath Dham or Math, which is headed by Yogi Adityanath. The Math became the political centre of Gorakhpur during the time of Yogi Adityanath’s guru Mahant Avaidyanath. Mahant Avaidyanath won…

Solar flare from Sun causes radio blackout over Indian Ocean, could spark minor geomagnetic storm

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Solar flares usually take place in active regions, which are areas on the Sun marked by the presence of strong magnetic fields. Entering its new cycle, activities on the sun are picking up pace as the bright star emitted a major flare on Thursday. Sunspot AR2929 erupted, producing a powerful M5.5-class solar flare, which has been recorded by Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in an extreme ultraviolet flash. According to spaceweather.com, during the flare, a pulse of X-rays ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a shortwave radio blackout around the…

Assembly Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Samajwadi Party announces tickets for 5 candidates in Bijnor

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Assembly Election LIVE Updates: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will on Friday release the party’s youth manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Meanwhile, the Shiromani Akali Dal is keen to field Bikram Singh Majithia from Amritsar against Navjot Singh Sidhu. The BJP is also likely to field former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh against Sidhu. The elections in five states — Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Goa will take place in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. The Samajwadi Party on Friday announced…