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"COVID-19 has brought about disruption in all aspects of life; Diplomacy is no exception ," says Australian High Commissioner Mr Barry O' Farrel. Earlier, important meetings-especially meetings related to Diplomacy, International Summits, Meetings with other countries' heads- all these were conducted physically. Even if few were digital, they were not accepted to be official, just Casual sort of meeting. But COVID has forced all these to change. Virtual will be the New Normal in Post COVID era .  Not only in oratory, this seems to be a true fact! Let us examine some key points- Gopal Baghley, the Indian High Commisioner to Sri-Lanka, was the first Indian to present his credential virtually. Syed Akhbaruddin, India's representative to United Nations retired officially through a virtual Namaste. The United Nations is looking to conduct its General Assembly virtually through pre recorded speeches! It is not that, Virtual Diplomacy is a new concept totally, ...

Have you ever wondered how the Big-Big Large-Scale Projects are implemented! Most of the times we think- Well the government has a lot of money; it can easily manage those! But the case is not so!-atleast most of the times! Now you must be thinking- Public-private Partnerships ; But most of the times Private sector is RELUCTANT to invest in such large scale projects! because Revenue can't be collected from such organisations for prolonged periods! So, overall it is a very hectic procedure- we can even conclude this as the very reason why such projects are so slow to be implemented! As an answer to this Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry , Indian School of Business; has come up with an unique Financial model.Let us understand this model. Let us consider the Government wants to implement a Large-Scale Project. Here goes the chain: The Locals and the State Governments decide mutually and locate 100 acres of land for the project. In addition to this, an additional 100 acres of land...

During the COVID-19 crisis, many have died, many are suffering and many are struggling to stay away from the dreadful virus. Yet there are a other set of people who are looking to help the sufferers-monetarily, morally, and yes- TECHNOLOGICALLY! Here comes the Start-ups. Actually it is a two-way process. The Tech startups have succeeded in pitching their ideas for the mass welfare and in turn generate huge revenue! We will discuss some such cool startups- So Let's Start!! Staqu- An AI(Artificial Intelligence) based security systems; it uses a software called JARVIS to give real time alerts after analysing issues sensitive to social distancing. For example- if too many people enter into a lift, it issues an alert! Similarly if someone is not wearing masks and not taking necessary safety measures, it issues alert! It uses Video Analytics and a combination Thermal Sensing and Face Recognition Technologies for COVID-19 identifications, tracing of suspected individuals, and o...

No doubt COVID-19 has thrashed the economy completely. But as always there are two sides of the same coin; it has proved a BOON for the IT Industry. There have been basically four breakthroughs for the Indian IT Industry. 1995- Discovery of the Internet 2000- Reprogramming of the World's Computer systems 2008- Banks switched to IT solutions for Cost Savings after the Financial crush 2020- and now again 12 years later, suddenly a huge demand for digital solutions  As the governments of the World have imposed lock down, Social Distancing is a must for all the people to slow down the virus from spreading. And as a result-businesses are struggling. This has called for the digitisation. As the governments have been stressing on E-Ids , E-Passes , and Digital Tokens for Wine Shops, there has to be someone who provides the solutions- and here comes the IT-INDUSTRY. The IT Industry says it has seen huge demands in basically 4 sectors- SCAM S ocial C loud A nalytics ...