How development can help Kashmiris choose tourism over terrorism

 One way of nudging Kashmiri youth along the peaceful path could be development, as seen in this clip from the film The Unreserved, which chronicles the lives of people who travelled in the general compartment of trains. Visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a message for the state’s youth – choose between tourism and terrorism. “I want to tell the misguided youth of Kashmir, realise the power of a stone,” Modi said. “On the one hand, there are some youth who pelt stones, on the other hand, there are young men from the same Kashmir who carve stones to build infrastructure.” One way of nudging Kashmiri youth along the peaceful path could be development, as seen in this clip from the film The Unreserved which chronicles the lives of people who travelled in the general compartment of trains. The video shows a Kashmiri youth travelling in a train shortly after the railway network reached Kashmir for the first time.

254 dead in Colombia mudslides, including 43 children

 Santos, who traveled to the southern town to personally oversee relief operations, warned the toll could keep climbing. Devastating mudslides in the Colombian town of Mocoa killed at least 254 people, 43 of them children, President Juan Manuel Santos said, in yet another sharp rise in the death toll. Santos, who traveled to the southern town to personally oversee relief operations, warned the toll could keep climbing. "Unfortunately, these are still preliminary figures," he wrote on Twitter. "We offer our prayers for all of them. We send our condolences and the entire country's sympathies to their families." Survivors described gruesome scenes in the remote southern town, as rescuers kept up a bleak search for victims in the muck and debris. Covered in mud, 38-year-old Marta Gomez told of going to search for her missing niece -- and making a chilling find instead.

Mobile wallets, biometric modes of payments to replace cards' 

Mobile wallets and biometric modes of payments will replace debit and credit cards in the next three to four years, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said today Mobile wallets and biometric modes of payments will replace debit and credit cards in the next three to four years, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said today. "Physical banking in India is almost dead and it is adopting pervasive technologies with such an accelerated pace that in next three to four years, the digital transactions would move through mobile wallet and biometric modes completely replacing debit and credit cards," Kant said. In the last two-and-a-half years, the government has announced several reform measures that resulted in attracting healthy FDI, Kant said at an event organised by the PHD Chamber here. "Our foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased by 60 percent in the last two years. 

EY to launch its first artificial intelligence centre in India

 EY’s AI Center will bring together teams of multi-disciplinary practitioners, combining expertise in AI, robotics etc. along with domain experience in sectors. Ernst and Young (EY), the leading global professional services organisation, on Friday announced its plans to enhance its suite of automation and artificial intelligence offerings with the opening of its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center in India. The AI Center resonates with EY’s purpose of “building a better working world”, by helping businesses to accelerate innovation and leverage on emerging technologies to operate more efficiently, manage risk and inspire confidence. Milan Sheth, Partner – Advisory Services and Technology Sector Leader, EY India,

Apple's initiative in Bengaluru for iOS app developers 

"iOS is...the foundation for iPhone and iPad, and the App Accelerator in Bengaluru will provide specialised support for developers, including tools and best practices to hone their skills and transform the design, quality and performance of their apps on the iOS platform," a company release said. "Apple's initiative in Bengaluru for iOS app developers" Indian developers and enable them to transform the design and performance of their apps on its mobile operating system iOS. "iOS is...the foundation for iPhone and iPad, and the App Accelerator in Bengaluru will provide specialised support for developers, including tools and best practices to hone their skills and transform the design, quality and performance of their apps on the iOS platform," a company release said. The App Accelerator in Bengaluru, which is the home of India's start-up scene, will inspire the next generation of Indian developers, the company said. "Each week

Bitcoin: A revolutionary idea, but is it bulletproof?

 In the 1990s, entry of personal computing provided individuals and groups to communicate and interact anonymously, without the fear of state censorship. The idea, now known as the Internet, created an opportunity for the free flow of information and virtually erased the concept restrictive sovereign borders. Numerous ventures sprung out and many decimated during the 'Dotcom crash', but Internet still stayed relevant and gained significance. Such is the case now that a life without Internet is unimaginable —the idea of free exchange of information is bulletproof. Ove past decade, another idea with immense potential for disrupting the society germinated and is growing roots.

'Mobile wallets, biometric modes of payments to replace cards' 

Mobile wallets and biometric modes of payments will replace debit and credit cards in the next three to four years, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said today. Mobile wallets and biometric modes of payments will replace debit and credit cards in the next three to four years, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said today. "Physical banking in India is almost dead and it is adopting pervasive technologies with such an accelerated pace that in next three to four years, the digital transactions would move through mobile wallet and biometric modes completely replacing debit and credit cards," Kant said. In the last two-and-a-half years, the government has announced several reform measures that resulted in attracting healthy FDI, Kant said at an event organised by the PHD Chamber here.