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As we face what may be the most significant medical crisis of our times with the Covid-19 pandemic, we may be staring at yet another global recession. Similar to the 1918-19 Spanish flu, which infected around 200 million people and killed almost a fourth of it, coronavirus also has no cure and will possibly keep spreading…
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According to a recent report by the Labour Department, approximately 3.3 million people filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending March 21. This is a record-breaking increase from the previous figures and is also the highest level of claims in recorded history. With the increasing fear of job losses looming amid COVID-19 pandemic, all…
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According to a recent UN trade report, the world economy is predicted to go into recession this year with an estimated loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is spelling severe trouble for developing countries. However, according to the report, India and China are likely to escape from…
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In order to help analysts, researchers and data scientists in the effort to combat COVID-19, Google is making a hosted repository of public datasets which will be free to access through Google’s COVID-19 Public Dataset Program. Data scientists and analysts will also be able to use BigQuery ML in order to train their advanced ML models…
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According to the national cybersecurity agency, there has been a spurt of growth in the number of cyberattacks on employees’ personal computers and routers since the whole work from home protocol began for companies, due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The national cybersecurity agency — the CERT-In is an agency that is responsible…
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Property tax is one of the key sources for revenue collection in India — there is no state where property tax is not collected. It is also considered the single most crucial local tax. However, according to reports, India manages to collect only 0.04 – 0.08% of the property values as the property tax, which…
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Amid this COVID-19 lockdown, while people are struggling to stay inside and be productive, the Coursera community is here with free online resources to help in any way that they can. In a blog, Coursera states, “During this critical time, we remain as passionate as ever about helping you learn, grow, and connect with learners…
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With the coronavirus outbreak in hand, the Indian government has recently put lockdown in place, where people are urged to stay back at home in a bid to contain the spread. At this global crisis, the worst-hit sector of the country is the daily wage earners, who usually run their life on their daily salary.…
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In a recent paper released by IBM, the company describes an AI system that generates videos that are seen during training, as well as the videos that are unseen. While Navsynth, the AI system, isn’t a novel idea, it’s indeed a deep interest for many companies like DeepMind and others. According to the researchers, this…
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After launching a chatbot with WhatsApp to share coronavirus related information, the Ministry of Health along with MyGov has launched a ‘corona Helpdesk’ chatbot on Facebook Messenger for providing updates and information about COVID-19. The corona helpdesk chatbot has been designed to suggest the ‘dos and don’ts’ related to deadly coronavirus in order to prevent…
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