Learning from Videos

Learning from Videos is a project of Facebook to develop machines that can automatically learn from publicly available audio, video and textual information. These are information that are posted on the social networking platform and would help improve Facebook’s core ..

BolSubol app

BolSubol app is a mobile application that election information to voters. It was developed and launched by Demokratika, a startup, ahead of the upcoming elections. The app provides information like analyses of political parties, candidates and their performances. On average, ..

Mycotoxin

Mycotoxin is a toxic compound produced as a secondary metabolite by fungi. These compounds are introduced into the foodstuff when the moulds grow on food grains and nuts, especially in warm and humid environment. This can happed before harvest or ..

Carbon border agreement

Carbon border agreement is one of the plans proposed by the European Green Deal. It involves the extension of carbon taxes and carbon emission trading to cross- border systems. This includes the use of carbon border adjustment- a tax on ..

Commission for Air Quality Management

The Commission for Air Quality Management is a statutory authority that was set up under the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020. The commission was constituted as an overarching body to monitor ..

Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal

Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal is a railway terminal, named after the Bharat Ratna awardee and one of the foremost civil engineers in India, in Bengaluru. The terminal is set to be India’s first centralized air conditioned railway terminal. This terminal ..

Mount Sangay

Mount Sangay is an active volcano in central Ecuador. It is a stratovolcano i.e. a composite volcano characterised by steep profile and multiple layers of hardened lava. Recently, the volcano expelled ash clouds as high as 8,500 m into the ..

Migrant Protection Protocols

Migrant Protection Protocol or MPP is a program under the immigration policy of the previous US government. This program, which was initiated in 2019, sent certain immigrants arriving at the southwest border of the USA back into Mexico under the ..

Professor Idiom

Professor Idiom is a chatbot to help students learn the English language. It was developed by a Kolkata based NGO, Abheda Foundation with the help of IBM India. It is powered by artificial intelligence technology and helps students understand the ..

Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act

The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act is a legislation that seeks to maintain status quo in places of worship. It was passed in 1991 to maintain these places’ ‘religious character’ as it was in 1947. The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute ..