GUJARAT
PM Modi launches 3 key projects, including ‘Kisan Suryoday Yojana’, in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three key projects in Gujarat through video
conferencing.
Modi launched the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana for providing 16 hours of power supply to
farmers.
He also inaugurated the Paediatric Heart Hospital attached with U.N Mehta Institute of
Cardiology and Research Centre and a Mobile Application for tele-cardiology at the
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated the ropeway at Girnar on the occasion.
INTERNATIONAL
Andorra Joins IMF as its 190th Member
Andorra has joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to become its 190th member.
IMF’s Membership allows the Andorran government to benefit from IMF policy advice,
especially as the country tackles the crisis caused by COVID-19 and can now receive an
annual review or “health check” of its economy by the IMF, tap technical assistance, and
access IMF lending if needed.
Andorra is a microstate situated between France and Spain. However, it is the largest
microstate in Europe.
Samsung Tops Forbes’ list of World’s Best Employer 2020
South Korea based electronics conglomerate, Samsung Electronics has topped the list of
‘World’s Best Employer 2020′ published by Forbes’.
Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and LG are among the top 5 in the list respectively.
The global list features 750 multinational and large corporations headquartered in 45
countries.
From India, HCL Technologies is the top industry in the list.
It is placed at the 30th position globally.
NATIONAL
CBSE introduces facial recognition system to access documents digitally
The “Facial Recognition System” is now available on Parniaam Manjusha and Digi locker at
digilocker.gov.in/cbse-certificate.html for all 2020 records.
The CBSE – Central Board of Secondary Education has introduced “Facial Recognition
System” which will enable students to download their digital academic documents of classes
10 and 12.
The computer application matches a human face from a digital image that is already stored
in the database. The computer and human interaction with each other to map facial
features.
Further, a live image of the student will be matched with the photograph on the CBSE admit
card already stored in the repository, and once successful, the certificate will be emailed to
the student.
CBSE has already pushed 12 crore digital academic documents in Digi locker which can be
opened by a student to access mark sheets, pass and migration certificates.
The latest facility of face matching will immensely help foreign students and those who are
unable to open Digi locker account for any reason such as Aadhaar card or wrong mobile
numbers.
IIT in Partnership with TCS Sets New Trends in Manufacturing Sector
IT Kharagpur has developed novel Industry 4.0 technology for remotely controlled factory
operations and real-time quality correction during industrial production, jointly with TCS to
set a new trend in India’s advanced manufacturing sector.
The present innovation upgraded the industrial process of friction stir welding to a multi-
sensory system of Industry 4.0. This will make possible for industrial houses to achieve
standardized quality goals throughout the production process and reduce rejection hence
lowering the cost of production.
This technology is connected with a vast experimental knowledge base to conform to a
standard system and prediction of the weld joint strength. Any defect identified during the
monitoring procedure is corrected in real-time by sending modified parameters to the
machine thus ensuring standardized quality of the process.
The concept of this technology can further be evolved for real-time control of other
industrial processes and such work will be carried at the Centre with other industrial
partners soon.
Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal inaugurated the DST-IIEST Solar PV Hub virtually
DST-IIEST Solar PV Hub, has been established at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Technology(IIEST), Shibpur through a generous Research and Development by Department
of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India, under the aegis of Centre of Excellence for
Green Energy and Sensor System at IIEST, Shibpur.
To encourage and support the research by IIESTin the field of Solar Energy and Solar Cells,
the DST has to create a central Hub with the name of “DST-IIEST Solar PV Hub”.
“DST-IIEST Solar PV Hub” has world-class research facilities and will act as the central node
for research and developments.
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