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Chips to Start-up: Good news for engineers

The Ministry of Electronics and Information (MeitY) has also sought applications from 100 academia, R&D organisations, start-ups and MSMEs under its Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme. The Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme aims to train 85,000 high-quality and qualified engineers in the area of Very-large-scale integration (VLSI) and Embedded System Design as well as result in the development of 175 ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), Working Prototypes of 20 System on Chips (SoC) and IP Core repository over five years. This will be a step towards leapfrogging in the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) space by way of inculcating the culture of SoC/ System Level Design at the Bachelors, Masters and Research level and act as a catalyst for the growth of Start-...

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Flu questions the prudence of the jab

Herd immunity through the latest flu is keeping the pandemic at bay. Still, it is unclear whether it is artificial or natural. Jabbed and un-jabbed are equal to the infection of flu. Still, the unvaccinated are second-grade citizens.  Recently ICMR changed the interstate testing policy. Though it is not yet clear, I take it that there is no need for the RT PCR test if one is asymptomatic. By the same equation, recently a group of 32 doctors from India, US and Canada wrote a letter addressing Central and State governments, the Indian Medical Association and doctors. In the letter, they mentioned: “While there continues to be much uncertainty amidst the outbreak of this novel disease, there is now substantive high-quality scientific literature that provides unequivocal guidance on the cl...

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Winners of the National Startup Awards 2021: 46 Startups, one incubator and accelerator.

Startup India is about realising millions of dreams, said Piyush Goyal. Presenting the National Startup Awards 2021, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, said the Startup Mission was a symbol of self-reliant and self-confident India. Be it a fisherman’s son from Chennai or a boatman’s daughter from Kashmir, they all want to bring prosperity to their families and their people, and therefore are thinking bigger and bolder, said Goyal. Prime Minister Modi believes in the potential of Startups to contribute significantly to the growth of the nation during the Amritkaal, the next 25 years. He recognises innovation as the strongest pillar to make India ‘Aatmanirbhar’ Goyal pointed out. According to him, Prime Minist...

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Passenger car to be safer with more airbags

The government has made the driver airbag a compulsory fitment on all motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers, comprising not more than eight seats, in addition to the driver’s seat, manufactured on and after 1st July 2019. An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system that interferes between the driver and the vehicle’s dashboard during a collision. That prevents serious injuries. Subsequently, the government has made it mandatory to have front-seat airbags other than the driver in all M1 category vehicles effective from 1st January 2022.   To enhance the safety of occupants of the motor vehicle against the lateral impact, the government has decided to boost safety features by amending the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR), 1989. The recent draft notificat...

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Opportunities for educated housewives

Opportunities for educated housewives Many educated women, housewives at present, depend on the income of a single bread-earner at home. Many of them, financially average or wealthy, are capable of having a professional life and career. But they face many hassles in taking up full-time engagements because of their priority to family matters. The pandemic has brought in some positive changes in society. Work-from-home (WFH) using high-end technology has become the order of the day for men and women. Educated women, fully engaged in household affairs and unable to pursue their professional aspirations, can now fulfil their dreams in the changing environment. Each of them can add value to their own family’s wealth by providing a professional touch of management to the...

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Central govt wants Venture capital to tap Startups in small towns

While chairing the 4th Roundtable with Global Venture Capital Funds, organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, invited the VCs to explore new sectors for investing in ventures at Tier 2 and 3 cities. The government has already taken several steps to support the Startups.  India is home to over 61,000 recognised Startups across 55 industries, with 45 per cent of them emerging from Tier 2 and 3 cities. Around 45% of them have at least one woman director, a testimony of diversity, spread and inclusivity of the Indian Startup ecosystem. The government has undertaken 49 regulatory reforms to enhance Ease Of Doing Business, Ease Of Raising Capital and Reduce the Compliance Burden. Over 75 V...

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Opportunities for educated housewives

Free training in financial markets and Investment management by experts Many educated women, housewives at present, depend on the income of a single bread-earner at home. Many of them, financially average or wealthy, are capable of having a professional life and career. But they face many hassles in taking up full-time engagements because of their priority to family matters. The pandemic has brought in some positive changes in society. Work-from-home (WFH) using high-end technology has become the order of the day for men and women. Educated women, fully engaged in household affairs and unable to pursue their professional aspirations, can now fulfil their dreams in the changing environment. Each of them can add value to their own family's wealth by providing a professional touch ...

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Vinisha’s solar-powered ironing cart

Vinisha Umashankar, a student innovator turned environmentalist from Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, has been selected as a "change-maker" and Baton-bearer for the ongoing 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay in India. The young innovator and fledgling environmentalist Ms Vinisha has been an inspiration for many. The 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay started at the Buckingham Palace in London on 7th October 2021 and is scheduled to conclude on 28th July 2022 at the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after travelling 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth for 294 days. With the arrival of the Baton in India, the 27th nation in the route, the Queen's Baton Relay will continue in India from 12th to 15th January 2022.  Ms Vinisha Umashankar recei...

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Third Wave: Labourers are safe

Once-bitten twice-shy about wrong propaganda. The Central government seems to have taken special care of the migrant labourers, who may move homewards as the third wave of the pandemic is sweeping in metros. But there is no such movement this time. In March 2020, the media had amplified the migrant labourers’ homeward journey after their worksite closure and the consequent transit crisis immediately after the declaration of the national lockdown. This time there is no such crisis. The government is closely monitoring the situation. Beware of the wrong media propaganda.  Considering the prevailing pandemic situation, Sunil Barthwal, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment chaired a coordination meeting with States and Union Territories to take stock of the preparedness in resp...

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The end of pandemic fuss

The samovar of the pandemic is running dry. All healthy and sick persons in urban centres have suffered from fever. Omicron has been more democratic. But the massive preparation with billions of rupees aside to fight the third Covid-19 war is drawing its end. By mid-February, the two-year pandemic will end to be endemic with the common cold and fever rebranded as Omicron.  A logical mind can manage every situation unmistakably. How does a person develop a logical mind? It is an art of reasoning that comes through a perfect understanding of the situation and a mature approach to it.  The Covid-19 is threatening again. But now fewer people are worried about it for two reasons. First, the exaggerated fear about the pandemic is only a threat to their livelihood. Second, the wave is...

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