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Bengaluru: Edtech unicorn Unacademy is foraying into offline learning with the launch of Unacademy Centres , as the demand for online education drops with the lifting of Covid restrictions . Bengaluru-based Unacademy said its first offline centre will be operational in Kota by next month, followed by centres in Jaipur, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Patna, Pune and Delhi, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The company aims to enrol up to 15 ,000 learners in the first batch across its offline centres, its said in a statement. It said the centres will facilitate learning from top educators in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test ( NEET ), Joint Entrance Exam ( JEE ) and grades 9 to 12. “Unacademy aims to meet the growing demand for inter-personal mentoring for learners with this new approach,” Munjal said. The company declined to share additional information on the total number of centres and how much it plans to invest in its … [Read more...] about Edtech’s post-Covid offline push continues with Unacademy Centres

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) celebrated the pausing of plans for the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board but noted that the pause isn’t permanent and argued that the board “only paused because the American people found out” and Congress should pass legislation “to ensure that it and nothing like it can ever be created again in the future.” Cotton stated, “I’m glad to know that this Orwellian Ministry of Truth is at least paused for the moment, but I think it’s important to realize that it’s only paused because the American people found out about it. The government has no business refereeing disputes engaged in political campaigns or public debates. If you don’t like someone else’s speech, the solution is more speech. It’s not to use the Department of Homeland Security, for goodness sakes, to try to censor or label someone’s arguments in the public sphere. I think the Democrats often … [Read more...] about Cotton: Disinfo. Board Was Only Paused Because People Found out, Congress Needs to Ensure Nothing Like It Can Ever Exist

Virtual private network service providers that are not ready to comply with the new guidelines have the only option to exit from India , minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. The minister, while releasing FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on the recent directive on reporting of cyber breach incidents, said that every well meaning company or entity understands that a safe and trusted internet is going to help it. "There is no opportunity for somebody to say we will not follow the rules and laws of India. If you don't have the logs, start maintaining the logs. If you are a VPN that wants to hide and be anonymous about those who use its VPN and you don't want to go by these rules, if you want to pull out, then frankly you have no other opportunity but to pull out," he said. The ministry of electronics and IT has mandated cloud service providers, VPN (Virtual Private Network) firms, data centre companies and virtual private … [Read more...] about vpn: Comply with rules or exit from India, govt tells VPN service providers

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation ( Isro ), which had a relatively quiet year (2021-22) so far as space launches were concerned, had been working on unique, cutting-edge technologies and processes through the year. Data from the space agency shows that its personnel from across centres filed 25 patents at the rate of one every 15 days in the said period. The agency also filed five fresh copyright applications. Comparatively, Isro had filed 19 patents and one copyright application in 2020-21. At the end of 2020-21, Isro had 144 active patents, 66 copyrights and 13 trademarks. And, as of May 2022, the agency has 193 active patents, 73 copyrights and 13 trademarks to its name. Overall, it has filed more than 370 patents across various technology domains such as electronics, mechanical, chemical, etc. While 96 more patent applications are under various stages of examination, 18 applications are undergoing drafting by patent attorneys. Sudheer Kumar … [Read more...] about isro: In 2021-22, Isro filed 1 patent every 15 days

LONDON: Schroders , Britain's biggest listed asset manager, said on Wednesday it would back a swathe of shareholder resolutions at Amazon , Meta and Google-owner Alphabet concerning workers' and digital rights . Schroders, which manages around 730 billion pounds ($905.64 billion), said it was declaring its intention to vote against management on the issues as an escalation measure following talks with the companies. While any move to declare voting plans is still relatively rare among asset managers, more are starting to do so as part of efforts to accelerate change on environmental, social and governance-related issues such as climate change. In total, Schroders said it would vote against 11 resolutions across the three companies at their annual general meetings, scheduled for next week. The money manager said its engagement with Amazon had centred on supporting workers' rights, specifically improving staff pay and benefits, the health and wellbeing … [Read more...] about schroders: Schroders to oppose Amazon, Meta, Alphabet over worker, digital rights