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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Scientists find 1st evidence of high altitude pollution

TIFR Balloon Facility has developed sophisticated plastic balloons to float at the coldest part of atmosphere at edge of stratosphere. DEVENDRA OJHA, chairperson, TIFR-BF committee

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/scientists-find-1st-evidence-of-high-altitude-pollution/story-H1AdEWbWBFflkUWTA71yxM.html (Accessed on August 20, 2019)

A Review Of Google's Colab And CoCalc for Collaborative Data Science

As part of my on-going series on learning data science and reviewing the latest tools, I ended up needing to work on data analysis with people in different countries. While big companies have their own internal tools for sharing code among teams, there were less available for students and freelancers. Fortunately, two such tools, Google Colab and CoCalc, are emerging to help data scientists collaborate online (Disclosure, I am a contractor with the tech policy nonprofit, Tech4America).

Google's Colaboratory (Colab, for short) began as a research project with makers of the popular online programming notebook, Jupyter. The features have recently ramped up, as machine learning and other data science needs have become more commonplace.

Read the full article at:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregoryferenstein/2019/08/18/a-review-of-googles-colab-and-cocalc-for-collaborative-data-science/#7c6878a46f02 (Accessed on August 20, 2019)

US economists expect recession in the next 2 years

The survey came out after Donald Trump pushed back against talk of a looming recession as a raft of US data reports last week showed a mixed picture on the economy
The survey showed 38% economists expect a contraction of growth next year, while 34% don't see it until the following year

To read the full article, please visit:

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/us-economists-expect-recession-in-the-next-2-years-1566221076095.html (Accessed on August 20, 2019)

HCL signs MoU with MADC to expand its Nagpur campus

IT services major to add 90 acres to its 50-acre MIHAN campus

HCL Technologies (HCL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) for expansion of its campus at the Multi-Model International Passenger and Cargo Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN), in line with its plan for Tier-II cities.

As part of the MoU, HCL will acquire 90 acres of land to add to its existing 50-acre MIHAN campus.

HCL started its business operations in Nagpur in April 2018 and already has more than 800 employees servicing global accounts. The MIHAN centre delivers a spectrum of services, including infrastructure management, application development, product engineering, BPO, IT services management and HCL’s internal enabling functions. The campus, when fully operational, will employ over 8,000 personnel, an HCL statement said.

To read the full article, please visit:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/hcl-signs-mou-with-madc-to-expand-its-nagpur-campus/article29164996.ece (Accessed on August 20, 2019)

Digitising Bharat on agenda at ET Startup Awards 2019

Top industry leaders to deliberate on 'Building Digital Businesses for Bharat' at panel discussion
Digitising Bharat on agenda at ET Startup Awards 2019