Tech company Amazon has announced the arrival of Live Translation on its Echo devices
Washington [US]: Tech company Amazon has announced the arrival of Live Translation on its Echo devices, enabling users to have a conversation in two different languages in real-time with Alexa serving as a translator.
According to Mashable, the feature is arriving for Echo devices in the US with a total of six language pairs to kick things off, including English and Spanish. To make use of the new feature, users may simply ask Alexa to translate and name the two languages that will be spoken. The AI will automatically detect what language is being spoken by either person and provide the translations. The new feature has been made possible using Amazon’s ARS system, as well as Alexa’s text-to-speech tech and Amazon Translate.
As reported by Mashable, in addition to the support for translating between English and Spanish, the feature also supports Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, German, French, and Hindi. The Echo device, including smart speakers and displays, must have the locale set to ‘English US’ to use the feature.
Traders from Azadpur Mandi say that due to the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws, their business has been adversely affected
New Delhi [India]: Traders from Azadpur Mandi, one of the largest wholesale markets for fruits and vegetables in the country, say that due to the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws, their business has been adversely affected.
“It is certainly affected. As you know the border is closed. The customers are coming in lesser number than before and so is the supply of goods into the market. There is a lack of supply and also a lack of buyers,” vegetable wholesaler when asked whether the business in the market is affected due to the agitation. Manoharlal, a trader of dates and other consumer goods said, “There is a lack of supply of goods and also lesser numbers of traders are coming here due to fear. There is the problem of goods going out from here due to fear that the borders are closed. Many people who use to come from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are not coming into the market.”
He said that due to the protest rates of goods sold in the market are not affected and added that it is only the consumption that has gone down.
Prem Kumar Yadav wholesaler of watermelon and other fruits said, “Due to farmers agitation, customers are coming in a lesser number. Our goods go to Punjab and Haryana and now it is reduced to 25 per cent. Our customers have decreased as well.”
Farmers have been protesting from November 26 at the borders of Delhi against Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
While India walks towards becoming Vocal For Local, people have started exploring the local fashion brands and to be ‘Swadeshi.’
As Manish Malhotra once said, “What works for our Indian crafts is the mix of craftsmanship, culture and a touch of modernity.” Fashion helps us to tell a story, to express our divine art, in creating our own identity, and to represent our society.
It is important in our society since it has the potential to bring different people and cultures together to celebrate its unique individuality. Bringing people from various states together, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and so on by a touch of Indian diverse festivities and culture. The apparel industry bestows our society by allowing us to experiment, to be creative, and to portray our beliefs to the world.
And as the world battles a bizarre crisis, the Indian fashion industry has suffered a stern hit, with orders came to a sudden halt and a disrupt in manufacturing to production, many well-known labels, designers and small brands, hassle to stay afloat. And because many in the Indian fashion industry who employs Indian weavers, craftsmanship, sewing machine operators, embroiders, the Covid-19 crisis has placed their livelihood and skills under threat.
At the same time our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi announced that it is ‘time to become vocal for our local products’ in his nationwide address, urging the nation to wake up and support our innovative business and their talent and make it reach on a global platform.
Amid this uncertain time, when we are also rethinking our shopping habits and giving it a much mindful approach but not just us, even Instagram came out with a ‘Support Small Businesses’ sticker feature stories which have led to the crowd of talented local designers back in the market. While India is building its image as the largest textile producers in the world, it is bringing in the scope for global investors to invest in and explore the Indian textile market, giving another voice to the local fashion brands and to be ‘Swadeshi.’
Made in India, a clear and simple definition of Swadeshi, and India which is blessed with a vast variety of talented designers, labels and brands. The only loss to it is that they go unnoticed by us in the search of well known international brands.
The hyped-up international labels which are heavy on the pocket and for a one time glory on the Instagram while, on the other hand, India’s traditional artisan techniques, strongly driven design inspiration from our rich cultural heritage, high quality along with minimalism, fairly affordable and sustainable homegrown Indian fashion labels earns its rightful place in our shopping carts and wardrobes. Not just that these homegrown fashion labels are unique and remarkable but they are also easily available, pocket friendly and above all highly beneficial for our economy.
The Department of Posts (DoP) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have virtually unveiled a new digital payment app ‘DakPay’
New Delhi [India]: The Department of Posts (DoP) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have virtually unveiled a new digital payment app ‘DakPay’, an official statement said here on Tuesday.
“The App is launched as part of its ongoing efforts to provide Digital Financial inclusion at the last mile across India,” the statement said. DakPay is not just a digital payment app but a suite of digital financial and assisted banking services provided by India Post and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) through the postal network across the nation to cater to the financial needs of various sections of the society – be it sending money to the loved ones (Domestic Money Transfers – DMT), scan QR code and make payment for services/merchants digitally (Virtual debit card and with UPI), enabling cashless ecosystem through biometrics, providing interoperable banking services to the customers of any bank (AePS) and Utility Bill Payment services.
Announcing the launch of the “DakPay”, Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “India Post stood the test of times by serving the nation through various postal services digitally and physically during the nationwide lockdown. Launch of DakPay adds up to the legacy of India Post, which is about reaching out to every household.”
He added, “This innovative service will not only give access to banking services and postal products online but also is a unique concept where one can order and avail postal financial services at doorsteps. I strongly believe that this double strength of service offerings in the form of online payments and home delivery of financial services combined with a nationwide network of the postal department will be another big leap towards Prime Minister’s vision of a financially inclusive and an AatmaNirbhar Bharat.”
On the occasion, Pradipta Kumar Bisoi, Secretary (Posts) & Chairman, IPPB Board said, “Dak Pay is truly an Indian solution designed to address the financial needs of every Indian”.
“Our motto is – Every customer is important, every transaction is significant and every deposit is valuable,” said J Venkatramu, MD & CEO, India Post Payments Bank.
With over 18 years of experience, Dr Shriyans Jain has created an open environment in the Psycho-sexology space.
Swasth Bharat Ratna awardee, Dr Shriyans Jain is a very reputed name in the healthcare industry. Born in Lucknow, he inherited a legacy of healing from his family. Son to renowned Psyco-sexologist Dr Shail Kumar and grandson of famous Ayurvedacharya of his times Raj Vaidh. Chandra Kumar Jain. Dr Shriyans Jain now leads the family run Burlington Clinic Pvt Ltd as its CEO.
He has been crowned with the Swasth Bharat Ratna Award for his contribution in healthcare sector. An MBBS and MD HIMS from Garhwal University, PGCSD Mumbai, he holds several exceptional awards and accolades in his name. He is known for his expertise in sexology.
Dr Shriyans Jain’s compassion and dedication to duty is what people visit him for, at New Delhi and Noida branch of Burlington Clinic. With his achievements and client feedbacks as his biggest merit, he is also notably famous for his clear diagnosis. Not just that, several patients attest that he charted out the appropriate treatment for their speedy recovery. His in-depth knowledge and experience in Allopathy and Ayurveda has brought him ahead along with time.
Prior to the pandemic, people would take their health for granted and wouldn’t really pay attention to their wellness as well. This has been a major cause for various health issues and even sexual problems and disorders. People are not even able to open up about their sexual problems generally. However, in the 18 years of dedication to his profession, Dr Shriyans Jain has created an open environment in this space. His patients easily discuss their issues with him and he has been providing the best solutions to them.
Ayurveda is more than 5000 years old and Dr Shriyans travels abroad frequently to speak about its benefits. He has saved many couples from the discord between them by guiding them about proper medication and information about their issues. He has even helped several childless couples with his knowledge. An affordable consultation and years of experience also bring people to him.
As per Dr Shriyans Jain, sexual dysfunction is not a disease. Its solution depends on the physical and physiological condition of the patient. It may cause stress and relationship issues between couples. It sometimes leads to loss of physical and mental confidence of a person.
Some of the major causes of sexual dysfunction are high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, among others. Actually, a type of sexual trauma, sexual dysfunction has been perfectly treated at Burlington clinic by Dr Shriyans Jain. He treats patients based on the information gathered about their past life, sexual activity along with proper medications.
While several patients don’t talk about sexual problems due to trust issues, Burlington Clinic emphasizes on the importance of confidentiality between doctors and patients. Dr Shriyans Jainhas got the specialization in Infertility, Male & Female Sexual Problems, STDs, Weight loss, Obesity and more such issues.
With international delivery of medicines and consultations, Dr Shriyans Jain is known across the world as a reputed psycho-sexologist. He has several accolades in his name such as The Mother Theresa Excellence Award by the Govt. of India, International Sexologist Award by Govt. of Thailand, Life Time Achievement Award by Govt. of United Kingdom, Bharat Samman Excellence Award. By Govt. of Nepal and International Medical Excellence Award by Govt. of United Arab Emirates.
Bharti Airtel announced the launch of a customer advisory board with the objective of making clients equal stakeholders
New Delhi [India]: Airtel Business, the B2B unit of Bharti Airtel, on Tuesday announced the launch of a customer advisory board with the objective of making clients equal stakeholders in the product development journey.
The board will have representation from Airtel‘s top enterprise customers cutting across a diverse set of industries and sectors. It will meet at regular intervals to deliberate and offer counsel on customer issues and emerging technology trends to help Airtel Business align its innovation roadmap to the strategic requirements of its customers and create the right solutions for the market.
The forum will also provide Airtel’s key enterprise customers with an early view of the advanced capabilities that the company is building. Airtel Business is India’s largest player in the B2B connectivity space and serves over one million businesses with an integrated portfolio that includes connectivity, cloud, security and collaboration and data centre solutions.
PSO Manzoor had gone to the market to buy milk and he was shot at near the entry gate of PDP leader Pervez’s house.
SRINAGAR (J&K) —
Suspected militants attacked a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Pervez Ahmed in Srinagar’s Natipora area on Monday.
In the attack, a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of the leader, Manzoor Ahmad, received bullet injuries. The wounded PSO succumbed after being shifted to Bones and Joints Hospital, Srinagar.
“He had bullet injuries and succumbed,” a doctor at the hospital said.
Earlier, police officials said that unidentified gunmen fired at Manzoor Ahmad Belt number 328, a selection grade constable, at Natipora, leaving him critically injured. “He was guarding PDP leader Pervez Ahmed,” police had said.
As per local media reports, PSO Manzoor had gone to the market to buy milk and he was shot at near the entry gate of the PDP leader Pervez’s house.
Talking to media, PDP leader Pervez Ahmed said that this is the second attack on him since 2009. “My security cover was trimmed to a large extent despite the fact that I constantly face threats.”
“I don’t know why they are doing it. I have been repeatedly demanding security cover and instead they are cutting it down. I don’t know why they (BJP) are so afraid of PDP,” he added.
Meanwhile, a massive search operation was launched in the area by the police and paramilitary forces to nab the attackers.
Health Secretary Amit Negi said, Uttarakhand govt to provide free COVID-19 vaccine to 93 thousand health workers
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India]: More than 93 thousand health workers of Uttarakhand will be given free coronavirus vaccine, the state Health Secretary Amit Negi said on Tuesday.
He further said that the Central Government has made it clear that no amount will be taken from health workers for the vaccine. In the first phase of vaccination across the country, the centre will provide about 20 lakh vaccines to the state, under this, permanent and contractual workers working in government hospitals, PRD (Prantiya Rakshak Dal) etc., as well as health workers working in private hospitals, will get a free vaccine.
Apart from this, one lakh frontline workers, five lakh sick and 13 lakh elderly are also to be vaccinated, whether the sick people will get the vaccine free or not, it has not been cleared yet.
Preparations are underway to vaccinate 100 people in one booth. The largest store in the state is being built in Dehradun, this centre will have the capacity to carry millions of vaccines, followed by three regional centres in Udhamsinghnagar, Almora and Srinagar, stores in the more populous Haridwar district.
Reddit has acquired Dubsmash, the lip-syncing video app which launched in 2014
Washington [US]: Reddit has acquired Dubsmash, the lip-syncing video app which launched in 2014 and was largely superseded when TikTok showed up.
According to Mashable, the following announcement was made on Reddit’s blog on Sunday (local time): The annexing of Dubsmash’s 12-person team to Reddit’s 700-strong horde is the popular website’s first major acquisition in its 15-year history. Though the financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, Dubsmash will be keeping its own platform and separate branding. Dubsmash’s Android and Apple applications will continue to operate as normal, with its video creation tools simply integrated into Reddit’s infrastructure.
Teamwork makes the dream work! We’re thrilled to share our acquisition of video platform @Dubsmash. Reddit is where communities come together to discuss their favorite topics & video is an integral part of this discourse.
Reddit currently allows users to upload and live stream videos, but its editing capabilities are somewhat lacklustre, which is a problem this acquisition hopes to address.
As reported by Mashable, Reddit was valued at USD 3 billion as of February 2019.
Tech giant Google is testing the Dark Mode feature on its desktop search results
Washington [US]: According to Mashable, 9to5Google has noticed that the company is testing a dark theme for desktop search. In this feature, the white background has been replaced with a dark grey hue, while Google’s colourful logo has been replaced by white lettering. The look matches the dark mode version of Google‘s search app on mobile, which has been available since May 2020.
Notably, 9to5Mac claimed the dark mode is not enabled on the Google.com homepage, which is odd, but would likely change when the feature goes live.
Google is reportedly testing the dark mode theme for search results on desktop browsers. https://t.co/mHhSH6xUxX
As reported by Mashable, Dark mode on Google’s desktop search currently appears to be available to only a small number of users. One Reddit user who has seen it said the dark mode just randomly turned on by itself, and it reverted back to light mode shortly after. Strangely, the same user says that the dark mode did not come with any sort of toggle button, meaning he was unable to turn it off while it was active.
