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Bharat Biotech to lead monoclonal antibodies project for Covid-19 therapy

This project brings together National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune; Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, and Gurgaon-based PredOmix Technologies in a collaborative mode for a public health emergency.




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Got drug controller nod for Favipiravir’s clinical trial on COVID-19 patients: CSIR DG

The CSIR has already tied up with Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd to evaluate Mycobacterium W (Mw) for faster recovery of hospitalised COVID-19 patients and minimise the spread of disease.




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Entire family to be home-quarantined if one breaches seclusion rules

In Himachal around 90,000 persons returned home from other states on passes issued by state government in the past one week and another 20,000 plus are waiting to enter the state.




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Central Government Employee? Modi govt makes new clarification on travelling allowance

Central Government Employees Travelling Allowance: This order was issued after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, as mandated under Article 148(5) of the Constitution.




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COVID-19 lockdown: Delayed academic plans and uncertainty-anxiety grips CBSE class 12 students

The COVID-19 lockdown, came with a different set of concerns for class 12 students, whose board exams were postponed midway following the outbreak of coronavirus, putting on hold their future plans as well.




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CBSE Class 10, 12 board evaluation begins! Teachers to be provided answer sheets at home

The evaluation of the answer sheets has been delayed due to a nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak.




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Tamil Nadu moves SC against high court order for closure of Tasmac liquor outlets

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order for closure of state-run liquor outlets on grounds of violations of COVID-19 guidelines, arguing that it would lead to "grave losses" in revenue and complete halt in commercial activities.




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After flip-flops, IndiGo clarifies pay cut for senior employees will be for entire 2020-21

The country's largest domestic airlines had on Friday announced pay cut ranging between 5 and 25 per cent, in addition to its leave-without-pay programme for May, June and July, for senior employees.





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TCL 10 Pro unboxing and first look

The TCL 10 Pro has finally landed, delivering a mid-range device with a sleek design and an impressive camera setup. The main highlight of the phone is its curved 6.47 FHD+ AMOLED display which is not that common when looking at mid-range devices like this. Powering the phone is a Snapdragon 675 with 6GB of ...




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A Few Clouds and Breezy and 45 F at Shirley, Brookhaven Airport, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 25.3 gusting to 32.2 MPH (22 gusting to 28 KT). The pressure is 1009.6 mb and the humidity is 34%. The wind chill is 36. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:56 am EDT.




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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy and 37 F at Schenectady Airport, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 23.0 gusting to 35.7 MPH (20 gusting to 31 KT). The humidity is 41%. The wind chill is 26. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:45 am EDT.




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Partly Cloudy and Windy and 42 F at White Plains - Westchester County Airport, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 28.8 gusting to 34.5 MPH (25 gusting to 30 KT). The pressure is 1010.2 mb and the humidity is 40%. The wind chill is 31. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:56 am EDT.




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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy and 44 F at The Gabreski Airport, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 24.2 gusting to 35.7 MPH (21 gusting to 31 KT). The pressure is 1009.3 mb and the humidity is 35%. The wind chill is 35. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.




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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy and 39 F at Newburgh / Stewart, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 24.2 gusting to 40.3 MPH (21 gusting to 35 KT). The humidity is 52%. The wind chill is 28. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:45 am EDT.




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Economic development with Inclusivity - Narendra Modi, PM

Economic development with Inclusivity says Prime Minister Modi in his maiden speech in Parliament




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Modi govt has made no improvement to investment climate - HDFC Chairman

Narendra Modi govt has made no improvement to investment climate, says Deepak Parekh, HDFC Chairman




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Major Public Sector banks report decline in profits

Major Indian Public Sector Banks report decline in the profits




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Clarification About Indian Rupee Demonetisation Of Notes

Answers To Indian Rupee Demonetization Of Rs 500, 1000 currency Notes




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Partly Cloudy and Breezy and 44 F at New York, La Guardia Airport, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 21.9 gusting to 29.9 MPH (19 gusting to 26 KT). The pressure is 1011.0 mb and the humidity is 34%. The wind chill is 35. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:51 am EDT.




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Zoetis Declares First Quarter 2016 Dividend; Board Approves 14.5% Payment Increase




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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy and 40 F at Montgomery, Orange County Airport, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 23.0 gusting to 34.5 MPH (20 gusting to 30 KT). The pressure is 1010.0 mb and the humidity is 43%. The wind chill is 30. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:54 am EDT.




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Partly Cloudy and Breezy and 42 F at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Airport, NY


Winds are from the West at 20.7 gusting to 34.5 MPH (18 gusting to 30 KT). The pressure is 1009.0 mb and the humidity is 41%. The wind chill is 33. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.




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Partly Cloudy and Breezy and 45 F at New York, Kennedy International Airport, NY


Winds are from the West at 23.0 gusting to 31.1 MPH (20 gusting to 27 KT). The pressure is 1011.3 mb and the humidity is 39%. The wind chill is 36. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:51 am EDT.




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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy and 41 F at Albany International Airport, NY


Winds are Northwest at 23.0 MPH (20 KT). The pressure is 1008.1 mb and the humidity is 35%. The wind chill is 31. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:51 am EDT.




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Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner Launched In India: Price, Specs And All About Mi Vacuum Mop-P

Xiaomi unveiled Mi Robot Vacuum-Mop P robotic vacuum cleaner in India. A product under the vacuum cleaner series by Xiaomi, the Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner comes with a two-in-one sweeping and mopping function with a Laser Detect System (LDS) for navigation. Mi Robot Vacuum-Mop P packs in 12 high-precision sensors with support for remote operations. […]

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Vesper closes $23M Series B for its sensor-based microphone: Amazon Alexa Fund among investors

Vesper, the maker of piezoelectric sensors used in microphone production and winner of CES Innovation Award 2018 raised a $23M Series B round. American Family Ventures led the investment with participation from Accomplice, Amazon Alexa Fund, Baidu, Bose Ventures, Hyperplane, Sands Capital, Shure, Synaptics, ZZ Capital and some undisclosed investors.

Vesper VM1000

Vesper’s innovative sensors can be used in consumer electronics like TV remote controls, smart speakers, smartphones, intelligent sensor nodes, and hearables. The company will use the funding proceeds to scale-up its functions like mass production of its microphones and support expanded research and development, hiring, and establishing international sales offices.

The main product of Vesper is VM1000, a low noise, high range,single-ended analog output piezoelectric MEMS microphone. It consists of a piezoelectric sensor and circuitry to buffer and amplify the output.

Vesper VM1010

The hot-selling product of Vesper is VM1010 with ZeroPower Listening which is the first MEMS microphone that enables voice activation to battery-powered consumer devices.

The unique selling point of Vesper’s products is they are built to operate in rugged environments that have dust and moisture.

"Vesper's ZeroPower Listening capabilities coupled with its ability to withstand water, dust, oil, and particulate contaminants enables users that have never before been possible," said Katelyn Johnson, principal of American Family Ventures. "We are excited about Vesper's quest to transform our connected world, including IoT devices."

Other recent funding news include $24 raised by sensor-based baby sock maker Owlet, IFTTT banks $24M from Salesforce to scale its IoT Enterprise offering, and Intel sells its Wind River Software to TPG.




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Smart baby monitor Nanit closes $14M Series B investment

Smart baby monitor company Nanit raised a $14M Series B round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). Other investors that participated include existing investors Upfront Ventures, RRE Ventures, Vulcan Capital and Vaal Investment Partners. The latest investment brings total equity funding of Nanit to $30M.

Nanit Camera

Nanit announced it will use the funding proceeds to expand its team of computer vision and machine learning engineers and grow its sales in Europe and Canada.

Nanit’s baby monitor helps new parents oversee nursery conditions as it has built-in temperature and humidity sensors. The camera lets parents remotely monitor baby’s crib whereas sound and motion are detected via smart sensors.

Nanit's mobile app

The monitor’s insights can be accessed via an accompanying mobile app. Nanit charges $10 per month for its premium package.

The key use cases of Nanit’s baby monitoring technology include sleep insights, behavioral analysis, expert guidance, and nightly video summaries. The company currently sells its smart monitors via its website.




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Microsoft buys conversational AI company Semantic Machines for an undisclosed sum

Microsoft announced it has acquired Semantic Machines, a conversational AI startup providing chatbots and AI chat apps founded in 2014 having $20.9 million in funding from investors. The acquisition will help Microsoft catch up with Amazon Alexa, though the latter is more focused on enabling consumer applications of conversational AI.

Microsoft will use Semantic Machine’s acquisition to establish a conversational AI center of excellence in Berkeley to help it innovate in natural language interfaces.

Microsoft has been stepping up its products in conversational AI. It launched the digital assistant Cortana in 2015, as well as social chatbots like XiaoIce. The latest acquisition can help Microsoft beef up its ‘enterprise AI’ offerings.

As the use of NLP (natural language processing) increases in IoT products and services, more startups are getting traction from investors and established players. In June last year, Josh.ai, avoice-controlled home automation software has raised $8M.

Followed by it was SparkCognition that raised $32.5M Series B for its NLP-based threat intelligence platform.

It appears Microsoft’s acquisition of Semantic Machines was motivated by the latter’s strong AI team. The team includes technology entrepreneur Daniel Roth who sold his previous startups Voice Signal Technologies and Shaser BioScience for $300M and $100M respectively. Other team members include Stanford AI Professor Percy Liang, developer of Google Assistant Core AI technology and former Apple chief speech scientist Larry Gillick.

“Combining Semantic Machines' technology with Microsoft's own AI advances, we aim to deliver powerful, natural and more productive user experiences that will take conversational computing to a new level." David Ku, chief technology officer of Microsoft AI & Research.






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Siemens to acquire smart lighting control company Enlighted Inc. for an undisclosed sum

Siemens Building Technologies division announced it will acquire Enlighted Inc., a smart IoT building technology provider. The transaction is expected to close in Q3’18.

Enlighted Inc.’s core element is an advanced lighting control application. It is based on a patented, software-defined smart sensor that collects and monitors real-time occupancy, light levels, temperatures and energy usage.

The sensor can gauge temperature, light level, motion, energy, and has Bluetooth connectivity.

The Enlighted Micro Sensor

The Enlighted system works by collecting temperature, light and motion data via its smart sensors. A gateway device carries the information to Energy Manager, a secure browser-based interface to create profiles and adjust settings of the entire Enlighted Advanced Lighting Control System. The Energy manager operates as an analytics device.

The whole system consists of multi-function sensors, distributed computing, a network, and software applications run by Enlighted Inc.

“With Siemens as a global partner, we will both accelerate innovation and market adoption of our smart building technologies on an international scale.”Joe Costello, Chairman, and CEO of Enlighted Inc

Enlighted Inc.’s main target market is commercial real estate. Key use cases of its intelligent Lighting Control System are energy efficiency, controlling heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and building utilization reports.

Use the Postscapes 'Connected Products Framework' to understand the smart home and buildings eco-system.




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Smart lock company LockState closes $5.8M Series A to fast track sales & partnerships

Smart Lock Company LockState raised $5.8M Series A in new investment to fund its aggressive sales and marketing and partner development plan. The company previously raised $740K seed round and $1M in a round led by angel investors. The lead investor in latest round was Iron Gate Capital. Other investors include Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc, Nelnet and Service Provider Capital.

Access Control Dashboard and WiFi Smart Locks

The company’s Wi-Fi-enabled RemoteLock is used by 1000s of Airbnb and other vacation rental hosts. It helps hosts remotely provide access to guests. Locking/unlocking codes can be generated via a host’s computer or smartphone.

RemoteLock’s prices start at $299 which is its algorithmic ResortLock. The most pricey lock by LockState is its ‘RemoteLock 7i Black WiFi Commercial Smart Lock’ which costs $479.

Another core product of LockState is its cloud-based remote access platform for internet-enabled locks. It implies users can remotely manage their (internet-enabled) locks via LockState’s cloud platform.

Unlike smartphones and watches, customers don’t look forward to upgrading their smart locks or buying one when new models are launched. Thus, smart lock companies offset this disadvantage by partnering with property management and short-term rental companies to get new customers.

LockState has partnered with vacation rental brands like Airbnb, HomeAway, and other listing partners to automate guest access.

“We are expanding our footprint and moving into a new warehouse office that is more than twice the size of our current office. We’re also staffing up our sales and marketing teams. We’ve accomplished a lot without investing heavily in marketing so we’ll support that area to keep our momentum going. We intend to expand into new business-to-business and enterprise verticals where we’re seeing the market grow. We are also dedicating budget toward development.” Nolan Mondrow, CEO of LockState in a statement released to news site Venture Beat

Igloohome a Singapore-based smart lock company also raised an investment of $4M in April this year.




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Mostly Cloudy and 36 F at Massena, Massena International-Richards Field, NY


Winds are from the West at 11.5 gusting to 19.6 MPH (10 gusting to 17 KT). The pressure is 1008.2 mb and the humidity is 52%. The wind chill is 28. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.




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A Few Clouds and 37 F at Plattsburgh International Airport , NY


Winds are from the West at 11.5 gusting to 19.6 MPH (10 gusting to 17 KT). The pressure is 1005.5 mb and the humidity is 50%. The wind chill is 29. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.




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Seychellois Rupee(SCR)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Seychellois Rupee = 48.1011 Chilean Peso




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Trinidad and Tobago Dollar(TTD)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Trinidad and Tobago Dollar = 122.2043 Chilean Peso



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A Few Clouds and 39 F at Glens Falls, Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, NY


Winds are from the West at 12.7 gusting to 36.8 MPH (11 gusting to 32 KT). The pressure is 1006.9 mb and the humidity is 34%. The wind chill is 31. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.




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Mostly Cloudy and 39 F at Dunkirk, Chautauqua County / Dunkirk Airport, NY


Winds are from the West at 18.4 gusting to 29.9 MPH (16 gusting to 26 KT). The pressure is 1016.4 mb and the humidity is 50%. The wind chill is 30. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.




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Swedish Krona(SEK)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Swedish Krona = 84.508 Chilean Peso




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Slovak Koruna(SKK)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Slovak Koruna = 37.1883 Chilean Peso




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Partly Cloudy and Breezy and 44 F at Islip, Long Island Mac Arthur Airport, NY


Winds are from the West at 24.2 gusting to 33.4 MPH (21 gusting to 29 KT). The pressure is 1009.8 mb and the humidity is 35%. The wind chill is 35. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:56 am EDT.




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Serbian Dinar(RSD)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Serbian Dinar = 7.6143 Chilean Peso




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Obey the Rules or Face Closure, Premier David Makhura Warns Businesses

[News24Wire] Gauteng premier David Makhura has threatened to close all businesses in the province that fail to comply with Level 4 lockdown regulations.




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Mpumalanga Cop Cleared of Wrongdoing After 'Mohammed' Comments Made During Arrests At Mosque

[News24Wire] Minister of Police Bheki Cele has revealed that a police officer accused of making blasphemous comments while arresting a group of Muslim men at a mosque last month, has been cleared of wrongdoing.




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Last Obstacle Falls Ahead of Zuma Corruption Trial As Thales Case Dismissed By Concourt

[Daily Maverick] The last legal challenge to the prosecution of former President Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales has been dismissed by the Constitutional Court. On Friday, the apex court ruled that Thales' attempt to persist in having the prosecution permanently stayed had no chances of success.




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Relive classic men's and women's college basketball games

Fans can enjoy a full slate of classic college basketball games, including three national championships, Friday on ESPNU.




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Polish Zloty(PLN)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Polish Zloty = 196.3979 Chilean Peso




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Qatari Rial(QAR)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Qatari Rial = 226.8044 Chilean Peso




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A Few Clouds and 45 F at Farmingdale - Republic Airport, NY


Winds are from the Northwest at 13.8 gusting to 36.8 MPH (12 gusting to 32 KT). The pressure is 1010.5 mb and the humidity is 33%. The wind chill is 39. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.




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Indian Rupee(INR)/Chilean Peso(CLP)

1 Indian Rupee = 10.9372 Chilean Peso