NEP 2020 aims to increase gross enrolment ratio in higher education to 50% by 2035: PM Modi ……

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with the finalists of the hackathon through video conferencing. Students from various colleges including The hackathon is being organised by the HRD ministry’s All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Persistent Systems and i4c. The Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020 (Software) will be held from August 1 to 3. The hackathon is a nationwide initiative to provide students with the a platform to solve some of the pressing problems people face in daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product…

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PM Modi at Smart India Hackathon 2020: Data-driven solutions boost Indian healthcare sector, says prime minister !!

While addressing the Smart India Hackathon 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 1 said that the data-driven solution is bringing about a huge change in the healthcare sector in India as wel. “Even those in remote villages can get affordable and world-class health service,” the prime minister said while interacting with students. While addressing students after a brief interaction with them, the prime minister also spoke about the New Education Policy 2020. “India’s education should become more modern and India’s talent gets more opportunities. NEP was announced some days…

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Google is missing out on the Covid e-commerce revolution !!

The Covid-19 pandemic is fueling an e-commerce boom as per the shuttered businesses move online — but Google isn’t benefiting in the way its big tech rivals are. Google advertising sales fell 8% in the second quarter, causing overall revenue at parent Alphabet to shrink for the first time. The company’s main digital ad rival Facebook Inc. saw sales jump 11%, while Amazon revenue soared 40%. Those gaps is highlighted how Google has struggled to parlay its online search dominance into a meaningful e-commerce business. Google’s shares fell upto 3%…

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Google’s added biometric checks to Chrome’s autofill security !!

Google has added a few security tools to protect your passwords and financial information saved on Chrome’s autofill better. One of these features will be use biometric information, like fingerprint etc, to verify your identity when you want to use your credit card online.Google has rolled out a couple of security tools to protect the financial information and passwords that you saved with Chrome’s autofill feature. One of them will allow you to verify your identity using biometric information, such as your fingerprint, whenever you want to use your credit card online. Currently, these…

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Reliance Makeover Is Being Carefully Watched !!

Things nobody should lose in a taxi – their phone and wallet – are what India’s richest man wants to control. And Mukesh Ambani intends to do it in a market of a billion-plus consumers. The oil-and-petrochemicals tycoon’s digital services startup requires him to dominate the use of mobile devices, while his retail chain, India’s largest, needs maximum grip on customers’ moneybags. Through that the fog of the pandemic, the billionaire’s flagship Reliance Industries Ltd. is showing glimpses of this twin-track strategy. Although padded by a one-time gain from selling…

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UK Researchers Trial Robots to Ease Social Care Burden During COVID-19 Pandemic !!

Pepper’s skill set includes making phone calls, identifying missing items in the kitchen and occasional aerobics instruction. Now, after a surge in loneliness among vulnerable groups during the coronavirus pandemic, this robot’s potential as a companion have earned her a role in a Scottish university’s assisted living all experiment with artificial intelligence. Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have programmed robots, including Pepper — who was launched as per the world’s first humanoid in Japan in 2014 — to perform tasks normally carried out by care workers. “We are specifically interested in…

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Microsoft Edge Bug Crashed Browsers When Default Search Engine Set to Google, Now Fixed !!

Microsoft Edge browser is started crashing for users who has selected for Google as their default search engine. The crashes went on around for four hours before Microsoft fixed it. This issue only affected users who had Google selected as their default engine. This issue was affecting users on both MacOS and Windows, according to reports. Microsoft acknowledged the issue, and suggested a workaround of turning off search suggestions while it worked on a fix. As per a report by The Verge, the browser is started crashing when users typed into the…

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