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Automated facial recognition: what NCRB proposes, what are the concerns

The National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) has released a Request for Proposal for an Automated Facial Recognition System(AFRS) to be used by police officers across the country. The AFRS would be used to identify criminals, missing people, and unidentified dead bodies as well as for crime prevention. AFRS works by maintaining a large database with photos… Continue reading Automated facial recognition: what NCRB proposes, what are the concerns

Haryana launches portal for farmers to report land and crop details

Haryana government has launched ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal. This portal enables farmers to self-report their land and crop details through IT based system and help them receive the benefit of several government schemes directly. The portal has brought the departments of agriculture and farmer’s welfare,revenue, food civil supplies and consumer affairs and science and… Continue reading Haryana launches portal for farmers to report land and crop details

Honour for ‘Plan Bee’ that helped save jumbos

Plan bee has been given the best innovation award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. Plan bee is an amplifying system imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks.This strategy was adopted by the Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR). NFR officials have said that a mix of… Continue reading Honour for ‘Plan Bee’ that helped save jumbos

Worker safety code Bill gets Cabinet approval

The Union Cabinet has approved a proposed Code on Occupational Safety,Health and Working Conditions Bill,2019.The bill seeks to merge 13 central labour laws into a single code. The code will be applicable to all trades including IT establishments and service sector where more than 10 workers are employed.It will also be applicable to mines and… Continue reading Worker safety code Bill gets Cabinet approval

Lok Sabha gives nod to arbitration Bill

The lok Sabha has passed the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill,2019. The Bill provides for setting up of an independent autonomous body for institutional arbitration and to acquire and transfer the undertakings of International Centre For Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR) to NDIAC. The NDIAC will be headed by a chairperson who has been… Continue reading Lok Sabha gives nod to arbitration Bill

Kerala to hold women startup summit

The Kerala Startup Mission(KSUM) is hosting the Women Startup Summit on August 1,2019. The summit will be held in association with the Indian Women Network floated by Confederation of Indian Industry(CII).The theme of the Summit is “Developing an Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem”. The summit aims at encouraging aspiring women professionals to take up their entrepreneurial journey… Continue reading Kerala to hold women startup summit

Raksha Mantri Evolves Methodology to Prevent Ammunition Accidents

Defence Minister has chaired a meeting to review the recommendations of the Task Force of Experts to evolve methodology to prevent ammunition accidents and minimise its effects. The task force was headed by Philip Campose.He explained the causes for ammunition accidents and brought out preventive and mitigative measures. The task force emphasised that the safety… Continue reading Raksha Mantri Evolves Methodology to Prevent Ammunition Accidents

CSO must rethink informal sector estimates:Pronab Sen

Former Chief Statistician of India has said that Central Statistics Office (CSO) needs to rethink how it estimates the growth of the informal sector as the current method is no longer accurate. The current method uses the corporate sector data to estimate the activity in the non-corporate sector. However,this works only as long as the… Continue reading CSO must rethink informal sector estimates:Pronab Sen

CPCB pulls up 52 firms over handling of waste

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has criticised 52 firms for flouting Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (amended in 2018). Under EPR, responsibility of collection of used plastics and multilayered plastics is entrusted upon producers, importers and brand owners. The companies are mandated to provide a timeline or a plan… Continue reading CPCB pulls up 52 firms over handling of waste

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