Smart Cities are Getting Smarter in Surprising Ways

New technologies and approaches spur five key smart cities strategy shifts Oyster Bay, New York – It’s time for smart cities to embrace new technologies and approaches to combat a growing list of challenges, states global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. In its new whitepaper, 5 Ways Smart Cities Are Getting Smarter, ABI Research identifies digital twins & urban modeling, resilient cities, circular cities, micro-mobility, and smart spaces as the five new urban strategy shifts that will make smart cities surprisingly smarter. Cities have faced challenges like congestion, pollution,…

Four arrested for blackmailing and extorting money from a Kashmiri doctor

Four persons have been arrested in Kolkata for trying to blackmail and extort money from a Kashmiri doctor practising in the city.   A senior police officer says that the doctor on Friday received a call from a Dumdum-based woman who complained of severe chest pain and requested him to visit her residence. After reaching the woman’s house, the doctor started checking her previous prescriptions but she suddenly embraced him. Soon, three persons, claiming to be policemen, barged into the room and forced the doctor to undress. They then took…

Govt may introduce e-way bill on gold movement to check GST evasion

Currently, the movement of gold is excluded from the e-way bill system and the government is considering introduction of e-way bill on the movement of gold to plug evasion and arrest declining goods and services tax (GST) revenue collections. To ensure that the movement of gold is not tracked by robbers or other anti-social elements, an encrypted version of e-way bill is being considered by a panel comprising central and states officials. “E-way bill on gold is being examined by the law committee as a measure to tighten enforcement amid reports…

CSS Corp wins Gold in IT Services at the 11th Annual 2019 Golden Bridge Awards®

CSS Corp, a new-age IT services and technology company, has won Gold in the 11th Annual 2019 Golden Bridge Awards® for its Innovative Network Solutions. The company was bestowed with the ‘Best Solution of the Year’ title in the IT services category. The award was presented in San Francisco on October 28, 2019, during the red-carpet awards ceremony.              CSS Corp’s innovative network solutions are designed to enable telcos to address the challenges associated with 5G installations and accelerate their 5G rollouts. Leveraging cognitive technologies such as AI/ML, advanced analytics and intelligent…

Eureka Forbes gives you protection from the killers in the air

Air pollution is at worrisome levels. In order to make Indian homes safer, Eureka Forbes Limited, India’s leading health and hygiene brand, has launched its finest purifiers to date – Aeroguard AP 700 DX and Dr Aeroguard HPA 500. These are India’s first air purifiers with a disease protection system and an H1N1 HEPA filter that helps prevent swine flu. The purifiers were launched keeping in mind the current air pollution concerns in India, which include indoor pollution. The purifiers are powered by six-stage filtration systems to tackle the new-age…

ABB To Strengthen E-Mobility Portfolio With Acquisition Of Chargedot

European technology company ABB has announced plans to acquire a majority stake of 67 percent in Shanghai Chargedot New Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (Chargedot), a leading Chinese e-mobility solution provider. The transaction is expected to be completed in the coming months and ABB has the possibility to increase its stake further in the next three years.   Shanghai-based Chargedot has made a significant contribution to the uptake of electric vehicles in China. The company supplies AC and DC charging stations, as well as the necessary software platform to a range of customers…

World’s most expensive parking space in Hong Kong changes owners for US$969,000

A parking bay at The Center – the 73-storey Hong Kong office tower that still holds the world record as the costliest commercial building ever sold for HK$7.6 million (US$969,000), making it the most expensive spot on earth to park a vehicle.   As per the report, the transacted price is equivalent to US$7,205 per sq ft for a standard parking space that measures 134.5 sq ft, more than three times Hong Kong’s median home price   The seller, logistics heir Johnny Cheung Shun-yee, said he sold the last of his four…

Strong Fundamental of Bandhan Bank Helps To Cross crosses ₹1 lakh crore

Bandhan Bank was incorporated on 23rd December 2014 as a wholly oened subsidiary of Bandhan Financial Holdings Limited. Initially started with 501 branches,50 ATMs and 2,22 Door step service centres(DSCs) on day one. With it’s 4,229 banking outlets pan-India serving more than 1.83 crore customers. Of these outlets ,1,009 are bank branches,3,025 Doorstep service Centres( DSCs) and 195 GRUH centres. And the bank has 485 ATMs.   The bank has mobilised deposits more than Rs.49,195 crore and its total advances stand at Rs.64,186 crore taking the total business to Rs.1,13,381 crore…

Shashi Tharoor slams Pak at Serbia meet

An Indian delegation on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly in Serbia, saying it is ironic that a state responsible for countless terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir is trying to masquerade as a champion of international law.   Speaking for the Indian delegation which was headed by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said Parliament of India will not allow these malicious efforts to succeed. “We expect better from parliamentarians then vituperative mudslinging,” he said.  …

Land Acquisition case: Not only must Justice be done, it must also be seen to be done

In the United Kingdom back in 1923, McCarthy got involved in a road accident case resulting in his prosecution before a court of Magistrates for dangerous driving. The clerk to the justices was a member of the firm of solicitors acting in a civil claim arising out of the accident. The justices retired from the court for arriving at a verdict and the said clerk followed. The justices then convicted McCarthy. On learning of clerk’s association with the firm, McCarthy appealed for the quashing of his conviction. Before the appellate…