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What had just happened? Why in recent news? The victim has been recognized as Saranitha, 32, a local of Namakkal region who has finished her MBBS and was pursuing after a post-graduate clinical course in Coimbatore. A 32-year-elderly person specialist was shocked as she came into contact with electric stockpile supposedly while she was charging her PC in a ladies' lodging in Ayanavaram. The victim has been distinguished as Saranitha, 32, a local of Namakkal region who has finished her MBBS and was chasing after a post-graduate clinical course in Coimbatore. She was remaining with her better half Udayakumar who is likewise a specialist in Coimbatore. Since she was to go through one month preparing program at Establishment of Psychological well-being grounds here, she came to the city on May-1-2024. She was remaining at a ladies' inn on K.H. Street, Ayanavaram and was going to the preparation program. On Sunday, May 26, 2024 when her significant other attempted to reach her, she ...

What has just happened? Why in the recent news? Taking a dip in contaminated water cannot only be dangerous bupt also fatal. In a recent instance from Kerala, a 5 year old girl died after swimming in a contaminated water of a pond. The girl who bathed in the pond is said to have died due to rare infection caused by a brain eating amoeba. The girl was afflicted by amoebic meningoencephalitis a rare brain infection. The child hailing from Moonniyur Panchayat passed away on Monday night at the Kozhikode Medical College Institute of maternal and child healthcare where she was undergoing treatment for over a week. The girl had bathed in the nearby pond on May-1-2024 & showed symptoms of fever, headache & vomiting by May-10-2024, according to PTI sources. The child was on a ventilator & unresponsive to medication other children who also swim with the girl in the same pond were under observation. However they were discharged after being found to be free of infection the report add...

What has just happeneed? Why in the recent news? 2 youngsters were killed after a speeding Porsche car, allegedly being driven by a 17-and-half-year old boy rammed into a motorcycle in the Yerwada area of Pune in the only hours of Sunday. The Pune Police detained the boy, who sources in the force is from the family of a prominent Pune realtor. According to the Pune Police the deceased have been identified as Aneesh Awadhiya & Ashwini Koshta both 24 and software engineers from Madhya Pradesh who were working in Pune. Aneesh Awadhiya friend Akib Mulla lodged the First Information Report (FIR) copy in connection with Porsche accident at the Yerawada Police Station. Case registered against the minor. A case was registered against the car driver at the Yerawada Police Station under various Indian Penal Code Sections, including Section-279, rash driving or riding on a public way, Section-304A, causing death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homici...

What has just happened? Why in the recent news? The USA military has warned that China is moving forward with development of floating nuclear reactors in the South China sea to bolster its claim to disputed maritime territory. Analysts say the plan to build ships with mobile nuclear power sources would raise tensions with its neighbours and pose risks to the environment. What is floating nuclear reactor? Chinese media reports described the marine nuclear power platforms as small plants inside ships that would act as a mobile power banks at sea for stationary facilities & other ships. Beijing had suspended the project a year ago over safety & effectiveness concerns reported the South China Morning Post. But the outgoing of the USA Indo-Pacific command & state Department officials this month said China is still building the floating reactors to supply power to disputed islands, the Washington Post reported. Although USA officials hold the post the deployment of such reactors ...

What has just happened? Why in the recent news? White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks expected to touch on a Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. One piece of wider agreement, Washington hopes will lead to normalisation of Israeli - Saudi relations. But what risks & benefits the deal may after the USA & Saudi Arabia & how it fits within USA efforts to broker Israeli - Saudi reconciliation. What is a Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement? Under Section 123 of the USA Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the United States may negotiate agreements to engage in significant Civil Nuclear Cooperation with other nations. It specifies 9 nonproliferation criteria that those states must meet to keep them from using the technology to develop nuclear arms or transfer sensitive materials to others. The law stipulates congressional review of such pacts. Why Saudi Arabia wants this deal?  As the world's largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabi...

Infosys slapped over CAD 130K fine by Canada citing wealth tax underpayment. Canadian Government has levied a penalty exceeding 1.34 lakh Canadian dollars (approxiamately Rs.82.lakhs) on I.T. firm Infosys. For purpotedly underpaying employee health tax for the fiscal year ending 31-Dec-2020 as per regulatory filing.  Infosys received a directive from Canada's Finance ministry on 9th May. The filing stated penalty imposed on alleged underpayment of Employee Health Tax for the year ended 31-Dec-2020 & indicated that a penalty of Rs.1,34,822.38 Canadian Dollars was imposed on the company, rreported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). Infosys clarified this issue has no sifnificant impact on its financials, operations, or other activities. What is Employee Health Tax (EHT)? Employee Health Tax (EHT) in Canada is a compulsory payroll tax enforced on employees in certain Canadian provinces such as Ontario and British Columbia. This tax is computed based on a range of employee com...

What is draft Digital Competition Bill proposes? Why big Tech Giant opposes it? - Why in recent news? Recently the committee on Digital Competition Law released its report recommending a New Digital Competition Law for India alongside the Draft Digital Competition Bill (DCB). The genesis of the report can be traced back to the 53rd report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) released in Dec-2022. The Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) Report recognised the unique dynamics of digital markets which it stated are charecterised by strong network effects and concentration. It stated that due to the swift evolution of digital markets the current Competition Law framework may not timely address the anti co9mpetitive conduct by large digital enterprises. Consequently the report emphasised the necessity for a new Law restructing certain leading players from engaging in specific anti competitive activities that could distort competition. The draft law called the Draft Digital Compet...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says India is well-positioned to influence global AI advancements - This is what Google CEO Sundar Pichai conveys his views to Indian students.  During a roundtable at Google's annual conference, Google I/O 2024, Sundar Pichai discussed the unique opportunities for technological advancement in emerging countries lile India. Google and Microsoft, among other tech giants, are focusing on India as a significant hub for Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) development. As Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) becomes increasingly vital, these companies view India as crucial in shaping the future of this technology. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet (Google's Parent Company), emphasized India's potential, stating that the country is well-positioned to influence global A.I. advancements .

At the Google I/O 2024, A.I. integration took centre stage, transforming products like Google Assistant and introducing the advanced generative A.I. model, Veo. Google kicked off its annual developer conference Tuesday in Mountain View, California, with a more aggressive A.I. strategy incorporated into its most popular products. Alphabet’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai had a strong message for the thousands of developers and coders he addressed at a packed Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, just down the road from Google’s headquarters, assuring them that the company is still innovating at breakneck speed by putting A.I. at the forefront of nearly every service and product it ships. “We see so much opportunity for creators or developers or startups or everyone helping to (advance) those opportunities – is what Gemini is all about,” said Sundar Pichai. Project Astra is Google’s first A.I. assistant Project Astra is focused on creating an universal A.I. agent As...

At the annual developer conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini 1.5 Pro that was announced just two months ago, will now be available to the public via Gemini Advanced In Short: Sundar Pichai opens Google I/O 2024 discussing AI Over 2 billion users and 1.5 million developers use Gemini Gemini 1.5 Pro now available to all via Gemini Advanced At the Google I/O 2024, Sundar Pichai opened the event talking about the biggest talking point for both its users and developers –– A.I. Sundar Pichai claims that over 2 billion users use Gemini, and more than 1.5 million developers use Gemini APIs. At the event, as expected, Sundar Pichai announced the expansion and deeper integration of AI within its apps and products. Pichai announced integration of Gemini A.I. into Google Photos. With the integration, you can ask Google Photos to simply, say, tell you what your license plate number is, or something even more specific. Gemini will look through your images and show you the answe...

Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, emphasized the significance of A.I. in simplifying tasks and enhancing productivity during the keynote address, which featured numerous mentions of A.I. totalling up to 121. Google's recent I/O conference was brimming with A.I-related announcements, showcasing the company's continued focus on integrating A.I. into various aspects of its ecosystem. Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, emphasized the significance of A.I. in simplifying tasks and enhancing productivity during the keynote address, which featured numerous mentions of A.I. totalling up to 121. One of the central highlights of the event was Google's Gemini A.I. models, which are being deeply integrated into applications such as Workspace and Chrome. The Gemini A.I. model received a notable update with the introduction of a faster version called Gemini Flash, aimed at competing with OpenAI's latest GPT Iteration GPT-4.0. In addition to Gemini, Google introduced significant changes to its ...

Why in recent news? The southern region encompassing states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and  Tamil Nadu. Has significantly reduced water storage compared to historical average at 17% reservoir capacities, according to the recent bulletin of the Central Water Commission (CWC). In the bulletin released by the Central Water Commission (CWC) concerning reservoir storage level across various regions of India. It was reported that 42 reservoir under Central Water Commission (CWC) monitoring in the Southern region have a total live storeage capacoty 53,334 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM). As per the latest report the total live storage available in these reservoir stands at 8.865 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM) representing only 17% of their total capacity. this figure is considerably lower  conpared to the storage levels during the same period last year 29% and the ten year average for the corresponding period (23%) Why it matters? The reduced storage levels in the Southe...