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ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC (1 st  September to 30th September 2019)   All the below Active Users are eligible for one extra library card for the month of October 2019 Sr. No. Member No of Transaction 1 CLETUS AGNELLO DSOUZA 22 2 MASCARENHAS RACHEL NOEL JACINTA 20 3 D'SOUZA JOYAL PREETHAM LAWRENCE CLERA 20 4 ANDHALE SHREYA VILAS URMILA 20 5 MELVIN YOHANNAN MARIAMMA YOHANNAN 19 6 NELKIN ELDHO 18 7 CHAUHAN DEEPAK DINANATH SHEELA 16 8 BHATNAGAR RISHABH SUSHIL RITU BHATNAGAR 16 9 BHATT KEDAR NIMESH YAMINI 16 10 SHOBHAN AKSHAY GIRIDHARAN HEMA 16 11 NADAR AKHIL SUKUMARAN SREEJA 16 12 GAIKWAD NEITRIK JAGANNATH JYOSTNA ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company's newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for the centrepiece vehicle of SpaceX's quest to launch humans to the moon and Mars. Elon Musk showed a crowd of space enthusiasts and reporters at SpaceX's rocket development site late on Saturday in the remote village of Boca Chica, Texas, animat....... Read the full article at: https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/elon-musk-unveils-new-mars-rocket-prototype-expects-missions-in-months-2109363

We are amidst the 4th Industrial Revolution, and technology is evolving faster than ever. Companies and individuals that don't keep up with some of the major tech trends run the risk of being left behind. Understanding the key trends will allow people and businesses to prepare and grasp the opportunities. As a business and technology futurist, it is my job to look ahead and identify the most important trends. In this article, I share with you the seven most imminent trends everyone should get ready for in 2020. Source:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/09/30/the-7-biggest-technology-trends-in-2020-everyone-must-get-ready-for-now/#740f03802261

Quantum Computers are highly powerful machines that process information at a subatomic level. But, the quantum computers that we have today do not have the advanced capabilities needed in a real quantum computer. To that end, researchers have now  developed  a hardware aimed at bridging the gap between real advanced quantum computers and the standard computers. This hardware has been created for a “probabilistic” computer called p-bits that performs a calculation comparable to that of a real quantum computer. Read more at: https://in.mashable.com/tech/7230/researchers-develop-a-new-chip-that-could-bridge-the-gap-between-classical-and-quantum-computing

For some understandable yet deeply misguided reasons, a defining majority of our country’s discourse has focused on the financial outcomes of college – the blindingly narrow “return on investment.” Source:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2019/09/29/studying-stem-isnt-the-career-boost-we-think/#6ef0c3bb2539

The proposal is on the agenda of the IIT Council meeting called Friday, The Indian Express has learned. The Council, headed by the Human Resource Development Minister, is the highest decision-making body of all the 23 institutes. Source:  https://indianexpress.com/article/education/iits-have-a-plan-weak-students-to-exit-in-3-years-with-bsc-in-engineering-6029521/

IIIT researchers simplify cancer diagnosis, prognosis Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/71284205.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

For the first time in recent years, an Indian company is amo .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/71270260.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst x

AICTE to take up patent rights for on-campus inventions issue with commerce ministry Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/71359166.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst