Author: Vadiraj Bengeri

Shri Varun Gandhi, a BJP MP, has stated that privatising banks and railroads will result in the layoff of 5 lakh people. Is it, however, privatisation alone or the rapid technological revolution that is occurring in several spheres of life,  which is largely responsible for unemployment by saving labour, time, and energy, increasing productivity, efficiency, and profits for entrepreneurs while also benefiting the general public? Bank employees went on strike in the 1990s as the banking industry began to embrace computerization.  However, as the benefits of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) become more widely recognised, people are increasingly demanding cashless…

Ukrainians’ uncomfortable attempts at normalcy were disrupted at morning on February 24. Many citizens of the city had sought refuge deep underground people , in Kyiv’s metro system, by the end of the day. Mike Sapiton, a Forbes Ukraine journalist, was one of few who managed to leave the Russian invasion on Kyiv’s capital. He mentioned several well-known digital businesses, services, and applications with Ukrainian roots in a series of tweets.  On February 24, Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launching airstrikes on towns and military sites as well as sending troops and tanks from several routes, shattering Europe’s…

The Technology rivalry between India and China. Since the China Wuhan Virus broke out in December 2019, the world has been witnessing a dynamic and fluid environment. The power struggle between the US and China has been well documented, and more recently, Russia’s position on Ukraine and its relationships with its immediate neighbor China, as well as India’s neighbor Pakistan, has been well documented.  Closer to home, the Chinese incursions were halted by a robust response from the Indian Defence Forces, particularly the Indian Army, which not only negated but also retaliated strongly along the real control line, notably Galwan.…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is establishing a worldwide training center to assist developing nations in developing vaccines, antibodies, and cancer therapies using the same messenger RNA technology that was used to develop COVID-19 vaccines.  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the new centre would be in South Korea and will share mRNA technology created by WHO and partners in South Africa, where scientists are attempting to reproduce the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Moderna Inc. during a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday. That work is being carried out without the assistance of Moderna.   “Vaccines have helped to shift the…

As part of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations, the Union government will hold exhibitions in 75 locations throughout the country to commemorate 75 years of India’s achievements in science and technology. Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of the North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy and Minister of State (independent charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh will launch the week-long ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’ in New Delhi on Tuesday.  The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Culture, is collaborating with the Department of Science and Technology’s Vigyan Prasar to organise commemoration…

Mekapati Goutham Reddy (50), Minister of Industries and Information Technology in Andhra Pradesh, died of a cardiac arrest on Monday morning at his Jubilee Hills residence in Hyderabad. His wife Srikeerthi, son Krishna Arjun Reddy, and daughter Sai Ananya survive him.  Goutham Reddy’s last rites will be held with full State honours on Wednesday in his native town of Udayagiri in Nellore district, according to the State government.  The untimely death of the young minister, who was a fitness freak and frequent gym goer, shocked the State’s political circles. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister, flew to Hyderabad to…

According to academics, the amount of time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to distinguish them from a broader group in more than one-third of cases, with serious consequences for security and privacy. 780 people’s smartphone data was analyzed by researchers from the Universities of Lancaster and Bath. They used statistical models to analyze data from 4,680 days of app usage. Each of these days was assigned to one of the 780 users, allowing the models to learn about their daily app usage habits. The researchers then examined whether models could identify a person using only a…

On February 4th, Beijing, China hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics. Despite the fact that COVID laws make the Games feel a little different, almost 3,000 athletes from 91 countries compete in 109 events such as alpine skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, bobsled, snowboarding, and speed skating. Athletes are becoming better, faster, and stronger thanks to massive technology advancements behind the scenes.   Let’s look at how artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and smart devices are being employed at the Olympic Games.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Athlete Performance  Coaches can use cameras and sensors in equipment like bike pedals…

Into the Metaverse: A Dive into Technology and Its Future in India In a nutshell, an ideal Metaverse is a hybrid of the physical and digital worlds. It operates in real time, is interoperable, and is decentralized. Because of the scope of the metaverse, many tech titans such as Meta (Facebook until recently), Apple, and Nike have spent billions of dollars on metaverse development. Others further down the chain, such as Polytrade, a cryptocurrency and blockchain-based trade financing platform, are developing products to address challenges such as payments and transactions. WHAT IS METAVERSE? The first stumbling block in my self-education…

ISRO will launch the EOS-04, an earth observation satellites, on Monday, following a poor 2021 that saw only one successful launch. This is expected to be the start of a busy year for the Indian space agency.  There are 19 launches planned this year, including a few high-profile projects like as Chandrayaan-3 and the uncrewed Gaganyaan mission. The Indian Space Research Organization launched EOS-04, a radar imaging satellite, and two additional satellites onboard PSLV-C52 on Monday morning, kicking off its 2022 space programme. The launch comes nearly six months after the GSLV-F10/EOS-03 mission was aborted. According to ISRO the cryogenic…