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Govt Job 2022: એન્જિનિયર્સ અને સાયન્સ વિદ્યાર્થીઓ માટે CDACમાં 530 ખાલી જગ્યાઓ | Project engineer vacancy notification apply online on careers cdac in jobs cdac recruitment 2022

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CDAC એ પ્રોજેક્ટ એન્જિનિયર, મેનેજર, એસોસિયેટની ખાલી જગ્યાઓ માટે અરજીઓ આમંત્રિત કરી છે. સરકારી નોકરીની સૂચના અને ફોર્મ careers.cdac.in પર ઉપલબ્ધ છે.

Govt Job 2022: એન્જિનિયર્સ અને સાયન્સ વિદ્યાર્થીઓ માટે CDACમાં 530 ખાલી જગ્યાઓ

પ્રોજેક્ટ એન્જિનિયર, મેનેજર, CEDAT માં સહયોગી ખાલી જગ્યા (સાંકેતિક તસ્વીર)

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જો તમે એન્જિનિયરિંગનો અભ્યાસ કર્યો છે, અથવા વિજ્ઞાનમાં ડિગ્રી લીધી છે, તો તમારી પાસે ભારત સરકારમાં નોકરી મેળવવાની તક છે. સેન્ટર ફોર ડેવલપમેન્ટ ઓફ એડવાન્સ્ડ કમ્પ્યુટિંગ (CDAC) એ 530 ખાલી જગ્યાઓ માટે સૂચના બહાર પાડી છે. આ સરકારી નોકરી પ્રોજેક્ટ એસોસિયેટ, પ્રોજેક્ટ મેનેજર, પ્રોજેક્ટ એન્જિનિયર સહિત ઘણી પોસ્ટ પર બહાર આવી છે. નોકરીની સૂચના અને અરજી ફોર્મ CDAC ની વેબસાઇટ cdac.in પર બહાર પાડવામાં આવ્યું છે. અરજીઓ શરૂ થઈ ગઈ છે. CDAC વેકેન્સી 2022 ની વિગતો અને ફોર્મની લિંક આ સમાચારમાં છે.

આ Cdt ભરતી દ્વારા, પોસ્ટિંગ બેંગલોર, ચેન્નાઈ, દિલ્હી, નોઈડા, મુંબઈ, પુણે, હૈદરાબાદ, કોલકાતા, મોહાલી, પટના, ચંદીગઢ, શ્રીનગર, સિલ્ચર, જમ્મુ, તિરુવનંતપુરમ, ગુવાહાટીમાં ઉપલબ્ધ થશે.

CDAC: કઈ જગ્યાઓ માટે કેટલી ખાલી જગ્યાઓ છે?

-પ્રોજેક્ટ એસોસિયેટ – 30 જગ્યાઓ

-પ્રોજેક્ટ એન્જિનિયર – 250

-પ્રોજેક્ટ મેનેજર/ પ્રોગ્રામ મેનેજર/ પ્રોગ્રામ ડિલિવરી મેનેજર/ નોલેજ પાર્ટનર – 50 પોસ્ટ્સ

-વરિષ્ઠ પ્રોજેક્ટ એન્જિનિયર / મોડ્યુલ લીડ / પ્રોજેક્ટ લીડ – 200 જગ્યાઓ

CDAC ખાલી જગ્યા માટે કેવી રીતે અરજી કરવી?

-આ સરકારી નોકરી માટે ઓનલાઈન અરજી ફોર્મ ભરવાનું રહેશે. આ માટે, આ સમાચારમાં આગળ આપેલ સૂચના અને ફોર્મ લિંક પર ક્લિક કરો.

-સીડીટી જોબ નોટિફિકેશન ખુલશે. તેમાં, દરેક પોસ્ટની આગળ વિગતો જુઓ અને અરજી કરવાની લિંક આપવામાં આવી છે. તમે જે પોસ્ટ માટે ફોર્મ ભરવા માંગો છો તેના પર ક્લિક કરો.

-તે પોસ્ટની સંપૂર્ણ વિગતો સ્ક્રીન પર દેખાશે. ઉપરાંત, એપ્લાય બટન પેજની ઉપર જમણી બાજુએ જોવા મળશે, તેના પર ક્લિક કરો.

-તમારું ઈમેલ આઈડી અને મોબાઈલ નંબર દાખલ કરો અને ગેટ OTP પર ક્લિક કરો.

-તમારા મોબાઈલ નંબર પર OTP મોકલવામાં આવશે, તેને ભરીને વેરિફિકેશન પૂર્ણ કરો અને ફોર્મ ભરવાનું શરૂ કરો.

CEDAT માં જોબ માટે તમારે કોઈપણ એપ્લિકેશન ફી ચૂકવવાની રહેશે નહીં. ફોર્મ ભરો અને સબમિટ કરો અને સોફ્ટ કોપી સાચવો. પ્રિન્ટ પણ કાઢી લો. ઓનલાઈન અરજીની પ્રક્રિયા 1લી ઓક્ટોબર 2022થી શરૂ થઈ ગઈ છે. તમે 20 ઓક્ટોબર સુધી અરજી કરી શકો છો.

નોકરીની જાહેરાત અને ફોર્મ ભરવા માટે ક્લિક કરો- CDAC પ્રોજેક્ટ એન્જિનિયર નોટિફિકેશન 2022 આ સીધી લિંક છે. આમાં ફોર્મની લિંક પણ આપવામાં આવી છે.

સીડીએસી જોબ 2022: પસંદગી કેવી રીતે થશે?

સૌ પ્રથમ અરજીઓની શોર્ટલિસ્ટિંગ થશે. તમામ લાયકાત પૂર્ણ કરનાર ઉમેદવારોને ટેસ્ટ/ઇન્ટરવ્યૂ માટે બોલાવવામાં આવશે. ઇન્ટરવ્યુની તારીખ હજુ જાહેર કરવામાં આવી નથી.

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Chemistry Nobel Goes To 3 Scientists For Development Of Click Chemistry

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Chemistry Nobel Goes To 3 Scientists 'For Development Of Click Chemistry'

The prize, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, is worth around $915,072.

Stockholm:

The Nobel Chemistry Prize was on Wednesday awarded to a trio of chemists from the US and Denmark who laid the foundation for a more functional form of chemistry.

Americans Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, together with Denmark’s Morten Meldal, were honoured “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry,” the jury said.

The award marks the second Nobel for 81-year-old Sharpless, who won the chemistry Nobel in 2001.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Carolyn R Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless awarded Nobel prize in chemistry for development of 'click chemistry'

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NEW DELHI: The 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Carolyn R Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday.
Sharpless and Meldal have laid the foundation for a functional form of chemistry – click chemistry – in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently.
Development of pharmaceuticals
Click chemistry is utilised in the development of pharmaceuticals, for mapping DNA and creating materials that are more fit for purpose. Using bioorthogonal reactions, researchers have improved the targeting of cancer pharmaceuticals.
Bertozzi, meanwhile, has taken click chemistry to a new dimension and started utilising it in living organisms. Her bioorthogonal reactions take place without disrupting the normal chemistry of the cell.
Sharpless wins second Nobel
K Barry Sharpless has become only the fifth individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes since the award started in 1901.

Untitled design - 2022-10-05T153611.799Barry Sharpless receiving his second Nobel prize, in Stockholm on Wednesday.
He follows in the footsteps of double Nobel prize laureates John Bardeen, Marie Skłodowska Curie, Linus Pauling and Frederick Sanger.
Sharpless was awarded the Nobel chemistry prize in 2001 for his work on “chirally catalysed oxidation reactions”.

Last year the prize was awarded to scientists Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan for finding an ingenious and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules that the Nobel panel said is “already benefiting humankind greatly”.
A week of Nobel Prize announcements kicked off on Monday with Swedish scientist Svante Paabo receiving the award in medicine for unlocking secrets of Neanderthal DNA that provided key insights into our immune system.

Three scientists jointly won the prize in physics on Tuesday. Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger had shown that tiny particles can retain a connection with each other even when separated, a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement, that can be used for specialized computing and to encrypt information.

The awards continue with literature on Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the economics award on October 10.

The prizes carry a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor (nearly $900,000) and will be handed out on December 10.

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The money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
(With inputs from agencies)

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Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless get Nobel chemistry prize | World News

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Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless on Wednesday at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm for click and bioorthogonal chemistry.

In 2021, the Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to scientists Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan for discovering an environmentally cleaner way to build molecules while in 2020 the award was given to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for discovering gene technology tool CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.

The Nobel prize announcements kicked off on Monday with Swedish scientist Svante Paabo receiving the award in medicine for his work on the Neanderthal DNA.

Read more: Nobel winner Svante Paabo’s discoveries show what makes us human: Explained

Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger jointly won the prize in physics on Tuesday for their work in quantum physics.

Read more: Meet the 3 scientists who were awarded Nobel Prize in physics 2022

The awards will continue with literature on Thursday, peace prize on Friday and the economics award on Monday. The Nobel prizes carry a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor (nearly $900,000) and will be handed out on December 10.


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Uttarakhand News: લગ્ન માટે જઈ રહેલા જાનૈયાઓની બસ ખીણમાં ખાબકી, 20 ના મોત થતા શોકની લહેર | Uttrakhand News bus fell in to valley, Mourning wave as 20 die

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અકસ્માત બીરોનખાલના સીએમડી પાસે રાત્રે 8 વાગ્યે થયો હતો. જેમાં 20 લોકોના મોત થયા છે. પોલીસ અને એસડીઆરએફ(SDRF)ની ટીમ ઘટનાસ્થળે બચાવ કામગીરીમાં લાગી છે. બીજી તરફ, ઘટના બાદ સીએમ પુષ્કર સિંહ ધામી (CM Pushakar Dhami)તાત્કાલિક બચાવ કાર્યની સમીક્ષા કરવા ડિઝાસ્ટર કંટ્રોલ રૂમમાં પહોંચ્યા હતા

Uttarakhand News: લગ્ન માટે જઈ રહેલા જાનૈયાઓની બસ ખીણમાં ખાબકી, 20 ના મોત થતા શોકની લહેર

Uttrakhand News- bus fell in to valley, Mourning wave as 20 die

ઉત્તરાખંડ(Uttrakhand)ના પૌડીમાં મંગળવારે એક મોટો માર્ગ અકસ્માત (Major Accident)થયો હતો. અહીં હરિદ્વારની નીચે, લાલધાંગથી કારા તલ્લા જઈ રહેલી 50 સરઘસોથી ભરેલી બસ સિમડી ગામ પાસે બેકાબૂ થઈને 500 મીટર ઊંડી ખીણમાં પડી ગઈ. આ અકસ્માત બીરોનખાલના સીએમડી પાસે રાત્રે 8 વાગ્યે થયો હતો. જેમાં 20 લોકોના મોત થયા છે. પોલીસ અને એસડીઆરએફની ટીમ ઘટનાસ્થળે બચાવ કામગીરીમાં લાગી છે. બીજી તરફ, ઘટના બાદ સીએમ પુષ્કર સિંહ ધામી તાત્કાલિક બચાવ કાર્યની સમીક્ષા કરવા ડિઝાસ્ટર કંટ્રોલ રૂમમાં પહોંચ્યા હતા.

મીડિયા રિપોર્ટ્સ અનુસાર, પૌડીના ધુમાકોટ વિસ્તાર હેઠળના તિમરી ગામ પાસે રાત્રે લગભગ 8 વાગ્યે જાનૈયા ભરેલી  બસ ખાઈમાં પડી હતી.   SDRF રેસ્ક્યુ ટીમ ઘટનાસ્થળે રવાના થઈ ગઈ છે. ધૂમકોટથી 70 કિમી આગળ તિમરી ગામમાં બસ ખાડામાં પડી હોવાના અહેવાલ છે. જનરલ એસડીઆરએફની સૂચના મુજબ શ્રીનગર, કોટદ્વાર, સાતપુલી અને રૂદ્રપુરથી એસડીઆરએફની બચાવ ટુકડીઓ ઘટનાસ્થળે જવા રવાના થઈ ગઈ છે.

બપોરે 12 વાગ્યાની આસપાસ બસ લાલધાંગથી કાંડા મલ્લા તરફ રવાના થઈ હતી. રાત્રે 8 વાગ્યાના સુમારે બસ બેકાબુ થઈને ખાઈમાં પડી હતી. પૌરીની આ ઘટના વર્ષ 2018માં થયેલા બસ રોડ અકસ્માતની યાદ અપાવે છે. જેમાં 61 જેટલા મુસાફરોને લઇ જતી બસ ઉંડી ખીણમાં ખાબકી હતી. આ અકસ્માતમાં 48 લોકોના મોત થયા હતા. જેમાં બાળકો અને મહિલાઓ પણ સામેલ હતી.

બીજી તરફ ઉત્તરાખંડના ઉત્તરકાશીમાં આફત આવી છે. અહીં 5000 ફૂટથી વધુ ઊંચા દ્રૌપદીના દંડ-2 પર્વતની ટોચ પર બરફના તોફાનને કારણે 29 પર્વતારોહકો ફસાયા હતા. જોકે ભારે જહેમત બાદ 8 લોકોને બચાવી લેવાયા હતા. આ કેસમાં અત્યાર સુધીમાં 10 લોકોના મોત પણ નોંધાયા છે. SDRF અને એરફોર્સના હેલિકોપ્ટર ઉત્તરકાશી પ્રદેશની તપાસ કરી રહ્યા છે. એટલે કે હજુ 11ની શોધ ચાલી રહી છે.

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US, S Korea Fire Ground-to-Ground Missiles in Response to North Korea’s Missile Test

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Last Updated: October 05, 2022, 06:46 IST

The US and South Korea participated in a joint missile drill in retaliation to the ballistic missile launch carried out by Pyongyang on Tuesday (Image: Reuters/Representative)

The US and South Korea participated in a joint missile drill in retaliation to the ballistic missile launch carried out by Pyongyang on Tuesday (Image: Reuters/Representative)

The missile tests come a day after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile that flew over northern Japan forcing the country to launch a J-alert

South Korea and the United States fired four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea, more commonly known as the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency said Wednesday, citing South Korea’s military.

The launches were in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, the South Korean military said.

South Korea and the United States each fired two Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles, which hit mock targets, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called the North Korean launch a “provocation”, and vowed a “stern response”.

On Tuesday, South Korean and US fighter jets had carried out a bombing drill at a target in the Yellow Sea.

The last time Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of “fire and fury” when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traded insults with then-president Donald Trump of the United States.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres condemned North Korea’s latest test as “clearly an escalation”, while US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decried it “in the strongest terms”.

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Coronavirus India LIVE Updates, Coronavirus Cases Today, COVID 19 Cases In India, Omicron Covid Cases, India Covid Cases October 5

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Coronavirus Live Updates: India Reports Nearly 2,000 New Covid Cases, 15 Deaths In A Day

COVID-19 LIVE: At least 15 new Covid-related deaths reported in India on Monday.

New Delhi:

India reported 1,968 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the lowest in 133 days, raising the tally to 4,45,99,466, according to the Union health ministry.

The country also reported 15 new Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,28,716.

The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said.

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Bazaars swell, homes decked up as Hyderabad preparations for Dasara day | Hyderabad News

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HYDERABAD: Hours before the city woke up to Dasara festivities, preparations hit a crescendo on Tuesday as hundreds of people were found crowding markets for last-minute shopping, while many were decorating their homes and making travel plans.
According to the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) over one lakh people took buses on Dasara eve to get to their home towns – in other districts of Telangana or neighbouring states – for the festival.

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But while the city roads remained relatively empty with many driving out for a holiday, the popular shopping zones of Hyderabad – across Kukatpally, Ameerpet, Dilsukhnagar, Begum Bazaar, Abids – saw crowds swelling through the day. Malls and standalone stores in other parts of the city too witnessed a high footfall.
“Dasara means new clothes and shopping is a ritual which we could not enjoy for the last two years. So this year since we could shop freely without worrying about Covid, we went all out purchasing something for the whole family,” shared Sahitya K, from Kukatpally
If some indulged in retail hopping, many others were found queuing up outside temples in the city for Navami rituals. The sounds of Durga puja also reverberated from the dozens of pandals dotting Hyderabad’s landscape as devotees – cutting across ages – gathered here for the penultimate day of celebrations. The day also saw various places holding special Jammi pooja which is performed around the Jammi tree seen as the most holy plant for the Dasara festival. The streets across the city were dotted with flowers, pumpkin, and garlands.
As the day progressed, the excitement of ushering in Vijay Dashami and the grand Ravan Dahanam was palpable among revellers. Especially since the event is making a come back after a gap of two years. On Wednesday evening, several large grounds in Uppal, Amberpet, Saroornagar, Nampally will see the effigy of Ravana being burned along with grand firework shows and cultural events.
“This year we are getting orders from even bordering districts of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Here we make effigies up to 40 feet high and as small as 5 feet as well. This year because prices of material have increased, we had to increase the price upto Rs 60,000 which is 10% higher than before,” shared Yadagiri, a worker from Nampally.
Wednesday will also see a grand procession of revellers heading towards Tank Bund, carrying the idols of Goddess Durga. Some of the popular Durga idols by various Bengali associations will be immersed on spot.

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Sony-Zee merger gets conditional CCI nod

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MUMBAI: The country’s antitrust regulator has approved the merger between the local unit of Japan’s Sony and Zee Entertainment, but with certain conditions. The conditions were imposed to prevent the combined SonyZee, which will run more than 90 channels in India, from abusing its dominant position in the market.
The amalgamation has been approved subject to the parties carrying out certain modifications, read a statement from the Competition Commission of India (CCI). While both Sony and Zee welcomed the CCI nod, they didn’t share details on the modifications to be undertaken by them.

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CCI was concerned about the impact the combined entity would have on competition in terms of advertising and channel pricing, particularly in the popular Hindi language segment.
Its preliminary assessment had shown that the combined entity would have a 45% share of the Hindi language category, which pulls the largest audience in India, with rival Walt Dis-ney-Star a distant No. 2. Its strong position would also enable it to enjoy unparalleled bargaining power and, as a result, could increase the price of advertisement and channel packages, the CCI had said in its initial review.
Zee said that the CCI has granted approval for the merger with Sony Pictures Networks India (now known as Culver Max Entertainment) after evaluating the legal and economic submissions made by the company. “Considering the immense value which the proposed merger will generate for all its stakeholders, it has offered the necessary remedies in accordance with the regulator’sguidelines. ” It didn’t share what the remedies were.
Media reports claimed that the proposed remedies include the merged entity offering pricing discounts and restructuring its bouquet of channels. The CCI nod takes Sony and Zee a step closer to the merger, which was announced in September last year. Zee will hold a shareholder meeting on October 14 to seek their approval on the amalgamation.
The contours of the proposed deal include the merger of Zee and Bangla Entertainment, an indirect 100% arm of Sony Corporation, into Culver Max Entertainment.

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Twitter Deal Is "Accelerant" To Creating "Everything App": Elon Musk

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Twitter Deal Is 'Accelerant' To Creating 'Everything App': Elon Musk

Elon Musk reacted after Twitter confirmed that billionaire agreed to buy company at original price.

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Elon Musk said on Tuesday buying Twitter Inc is an “accelerant to creating X, the everything app”, after the billionaire proposed to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take the social media company private.

“Twitter probably accelerates X by 3 to 5 years, but I could be wrong,” he said in another tweet.

Although Musk has not disclosed his plans for Twitter, he has said the service could charge business and government users.

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Ahmedabad: Dengue claims life of 7-year-old girl | Ahmedabad News

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AHMEDABAD: As vector-borne diseases continue to increase in the city, dengue has claimed its first victim – a 7-year-old girl. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation‘s (AMC) health department sources said that the girl who was diagnosed with dengue and under treatment at LG Hospital died in the last week of September.
A man, a suspected case of dengue, had lost his life in August. However, it was not confirmed as dengue death by the AMC as he had comorbidities.

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An age-wise analysis of cases of vector-borne diseases reveals that 28.7% or 388 of the total 1,352 dengue patients, registered between January 1 and September 30, are children under 14 years of age. Most of the dengue cases, 70.2% or 949 of the total 1,352 cases reported between January and September, were registered in September.
AMC figures show that of the total dengue cases, 41 patients were under a year old, 76 were between 1 and 4 years of age, 103 were in the 5-8 years category and 168 patients in 9-14 category. The remaining 964 patients were aged 15 years and above.
The AMC data shows that the city hospitals reported 215 cases of malaria, 16 of falciparum, 949 of dengue and 42 of chikungunya cases in September.
Between January 1 and September 30, city hospitals recorded 692 cases of dengue in the eastern part of the city while the remaining 660 cases were reported in the western part. AMC data showed that most cases in the eastern part of the city were reported from Ramol-Hathijan ward.
In the western part of the city, 77 cases were registered in Bodakdev ward followed by 76 in Thaltej and 71 in Gota. The hospitals in Chandlodia registered 53 cases of dengue while the Jodhpur area registered 58 cases.
AMC figures showed that in September, the city hospitals registered 486 cases of diarrhoea, 206 cases of jaundice, 312 of typhoid and one case of cholera.

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Brainwaves to box office: IIT-Gandhinagar gets ticket to viewers' minds | Ahmedabad News

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AHMEDABAD: If the face of Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships, the minds of cinemagoers have floated legions of studies. But filmmakers have received such muddled insights that metaphors can be justifiably mixed: audiences’ brains remain filmmakers’ Achilles heel.
However, this is where IIT-Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) makes a heroic entry with work that uses the scientific script to produce a breakthrough thriller: the institute has devised a way to predict ‘audience connect’ with 72% accuracy.

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IIT-Gn researchers analyzed brainwaves captured through electroencephalogram (EEG) from viewers to make sense of responses. Another study in the field of ‘neuro-cinematics’ monitored reactions to the ‘navarasas’, the nine common emotions evoked in an audience by an artistic work. The study determined that ‘raudra’ (anger) and ‘hasya’ (laughter) had the greatest provocative power among the rasas.
‘Understanding Consumer Preferences for Movie Trailers from EEG Using Machine Learning’ was recently published on the arXiv repository. The authors are Pankaj Pandey, Raunak Swarnkar, Shobhit Kakaria, and Krishna Prasad Miyapuram from the Centre for Cognitive & Brain Sciences at IIT-Gn. They took into consideration posters and trailers of 12 Hollywood movies.
The movies included “American Made”, “Battle of Sexes”, “Brad’s Status”, “The LEGO Ninjago Movie”, “Bye Bye Man”, “Murder on the Orient Express”, “Black Panther“, “Jungle Book”, and “Dunkirk”. The choices were made to cast the net across genres.
Respondents were asked to watch trailers and rate the movies based on that experience. They were also told to indicate their willingness to spend money to watch a particular film.
“Using machine learning (ML) techniques, we predicted the ‘audience connect’ with 72% accuracy. When viewers liked what they saw, a larger part of their brains was engaged, indicating interest,” said Prof Miyapuram.
“While this is a limited study, it can pave the way for an effective predictor of audience choices based on understanding consumer behaviour.”
Prof Miyapuram said that the study considered five brainwaves: delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma. The analysis was based on high-density EEG collected through a specially designed cap with electrodes to measure brain activity.
Such scientific endeavours are a hit with the film industry. Subhash Ghai, a well-known filmmaker, had visited the team. He told researchers that the box-office outcome is determined by factors such as storyline, cast, and budget. As for the project that focused on neural responses to the navarasas, the team factored in Indian sensibilities.
As part of a different study Dyutiman Mukhopadhyay, a postdoctoral researcher at IIT-Gn, showed viewers clips with the rasas from movies such as “Titanic”, “Modern Times”, “3 Idiots”, “Ghajini”, “Mr India”, “Braveheart”, and “Bhoot.”
The results suggested that among the negative rasas, anger captivated the audience the most, whereas laughter was the star among the positive emotions. ‘Raudra’ had the highest attention span (fixation) among all the rasas. Audience focused on eyes when negative rasas were displayed and on mouths when positive rasas played out.
Further studies are focused on eye movement patterns and emotional association with audio-visual stimuli, Prof Miyapuram said. Some of the data generated by the studies has been put into public domain for further research, he said.

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South Korea, US Fire 4 Missiles In Response To North Korea Test: Report

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South Korea, US Fire 4 Missiles In Response To North Korea Test: Report

South Korea and the US each fired 2 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles, according to reports.

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South Korea and the United States fired four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea, more commonly known as the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency said Wednesday, citing South Korea’s military.

The launches were in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, the South Korean military said.

South Korea and the United States each fired two Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles, which hit mock targets, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called the North Korean launch a “provocation”, and vowed a “stern response”.

On Tuesday, South Korean and US fighter jets had carried out a bombing drill at a target in the Yellow Sea.

The last time Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of “fire and fury” when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traded insults with then-president Donald Trump of the United States.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres condemned North Korea’s latest test as “clearly an escalation”, while US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decried it “in the strongest terms”.

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