Project Kashmir Super 50 is a joint initiative by Indian Army, Center for Social Responsibility and Leadership (CSRL) and PETRONET LNG Limited (PLL).
It was launched on 2013 to transform the educational status of children from economically weaker sections in the Kashmir region.
As part of the 11-month program, selected students are provided with complete free residential coaching for IIT-JEE, JKCET and other premier Engineering Institutes.
The project has equally helped the families of these youths in their growth and prosperity.
It is a major initiative towards bringing normalcy in the valley.
On similar lines of Kashmir Super 50 for engineering aspirants, Indian Army is planning to provide selected students with complete free residential coaching for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).
Swachh Iconic Places (SIP)
The third phase of SIP was launched at Mana village which is situated close to the Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand.
Sabarimala in Kerala and the Raghavendra Swamy temple in Kurnool of Andhra Pradesh are among the 10 iconic sites added to the phase III Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) mission
The Swachh Iconic Places is an initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
SIP is a collaborative project with three other central Ministries- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism.
It also involves local administrations in the concerned States and Public Sector and Private Companies as sponsoring partners.
It is a special clean-up initiative focused on select iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural places in the country.
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
Union Home Minister recently exhorted the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) to work towards imparting training in soft skills to all the policemen in the country.
Ministry of Home Affairs de-merged NCRB from BPRD recently.
The Government of India formally established the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), under the Ministry of Home Affairs giving a new orientation to then existing Police Research and Advisory Council (1966).
BPR&D was to directly participate in police functions and suggest reforms.
Its primary objective was to modernize police force and
To take direct and active interest in the issues
To promote a speedy and systematic study of the police problems,
To apply science and technology in the methods and techniques used by police.
Norman AI
Norman is an artificial intelligence (AI) system created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
It is also known as the first psychopathic artificial intelligence.
The goal is to explain in layman's terms how algorithms are made, and to make people aware of AI's potential dangers.
Norman represents a case study on the dangers of Artificial Intelligence gone wrong when biased data is used in machine learning algorithms,
The AI was named after the psychopathic killer Norman Bates in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film “Psycho.”
Chernobyl disaster
Radioactivity levels post Chernobyl disaster still continues to contaminate milk in Ukraine.
It is a consequence of the catastrophic Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion that took place over 30 years ago.
The highest levels found were about 500 Becquerel per liter - five times over the limit for adults and more than 12 times that for children.
The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel.
Without large-scale intervention, the radiation will remain above the adult level until at least 2040 and above the child threshold even longer.
Ink from Pollutants
A team of Indian engineers has figured out how to capture some of the generator exhaust and turn it into ink, keeping the emissions from entering the atmosphere.
They have created the first-ever device to capture emissions specifically from diesel generators.
The Chakr Innovation’s device captures emissions from diesel generators and turns it into ink.
It is a welcome invention for a country that has 14 of the world’s 15 most polluted cities, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
The company has collected over 500 kg of soot, which has been used to create more than 20,000 litres of ink.
