Seeking to fight corruption with the active participation of people, Kerala government on Friday launched two mobile applications which can be used to upload information regarding graft.
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The President will inaugurate a hall — Navachara-II — for permanent exhibition of grassroots innovations and innovative ideas set up with the assistance of National Innovation Foundation (A science and innovation museum called Navachara was inaugurated by the President on August 4, 2015).
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Thousands of attendees are traveling, climbing, and live-streaming their way through the array of interactive art installations at Meet d3 today. Visitors to the spiritual “To the Ends of Earth” were transported to the deserts of Qatar and Antarctica. Hamida Al Kawari, the first Qatari woman to set foot on Antarctica, debuted her piece, which combined her film footage with Gulf music and natural sounds.
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Recently, Stephen Port was convicted in England of four murders, committed over 15 months, and of assaulting seven other men. Once he met them, he invited them to his apartment, drugged them with a date-rape drug and raped them. He’d overdosed those who died. He found his prey via online dating apps, using various names and photos on such sites as Sleepyboy, Grindr, Slaveboys, Gaydar, Daddyhunt, Hornet, and Couchsurfing.
From large companies to tiny startups, many people are working on creating apps to monitor and improve our health. The technical skill needed is widely recognised and developers are becoming more aware of the need to involve consumers and health professionals in the design.
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DarkMatter, an international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, has announces its participation at the IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, IoT, conference, taking place between 12th and 14th December in Washington DC.
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The World Alliance for Clean Technologies expects Indian companies to be part of the global coalition that aims to come up with around 1,000 solutions towards reconciling “economy and ecology”.
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The country needs a strong national encryption policy (NEP) before going cashless in post-demonetisation era to ensure safety of smart card users, according to IPS officer and IT expert Sanjay Pandey.
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The Zayed Giving Initiative, the UAE’s leading philanthropic organisation based on the model of humanitarian volunteer work, is adding nine state-of-the-art mobile medical units to increase the capacity of its Emirates World Humanitarian Field Hospitals, CEO Dr. Adel Al Shamari said.
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Income inequality and a rising rural-urban divide compounded by political instability, are the most challenging issues in the Near East and North Africa, says a new report released today in Tunis by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
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