Mayank Vikash

The US Government to implement new AI safeguards for Government Agencies At a time when everyone from small businesses to large corporations is making use of Artificial Intelligence technologies to improve the organization's efficiency and productivity, the White House is making headlines as it has issued a notification to the Federal Agencies to adopt new AI safeguards. The White House on Thursday 28th March 2024 said that it is making it mandatory for federal agencies to adopt concrete AI safeguards by December 1st of this year to protect American citizens' rights and ensure safety as the US Government desires to expand the AI use in a wide range of applications. This notification is issued by the Office of Management and Budget. According to the directive, the federal agencies of the US Government must monitor, assess and test AI’s impacts "on the public, mitigate the risks of algorithmic discrimination, and provide the public with transparency into how the government u...

  Announcement: Why has nothing been posted on the website in the last 1 month? For the last month, I was engaged in my ICSE Std. 10 Examinations, so I was not able to publish anything on the website.  After that, I was on a short break that lasted just slightly over a week, so I was not able to post anything. During my vacation, I was enjoying some really good anime and after all this time I find myself refreshed and full of new passion to create content for this website. From today dated 28th March, I will post regularly with priority on publishing compulsory posts on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

Mumbai-based Identification verification startup raised 27 million dollars At a time when the Global Tech sector is facing stagnant growth and employees are facing job losses, the Indian tech industries are booming. Recently, a Mumbai-based Identification verification startup IDfy raised 27 million dollars in total primary and secondary funding from top firms like Elev8 Venture Partners, KB Investment, and Tenacity Ventures. On its LinkedIn page, IDfy claims to "help enterprises eliminate fraud and establish trust using tech-powered products and solutions for KYC, KYB, Background Verification, Risk Mitigation, Digital Onboarding and Digital Privacy." IDfy is a top Indian identity verification company that provides services to help other organizations like banks and e-commerce sites verify the identity of a person. They are crucial for preventing fraud and theft. While applying for EMIs through certain services, we are often asked to take a picture of ourselves after entering ...

  23 candidates scored 100 NTA score in JEE-Main 2024 The joint Entrance Exam is one of the toughest exams in the entire world. It is a big achievement to even qualify for JEE Mains and appear for JEE Advance.  This year, a record of 23 students in India have scored 100 in the JEE Mains Exam 2024 which was released on 12th February by the National Testing Agency.  The Indian southern state of Telangana has the highest number of toppers which is 7 followed by Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. All of the toppers who scored 100 were male candidates. The female candidate is Dwija Dharmeshkumar Patel from Gujarat with a 99.9991763 NTA score. The candidates who scored 100 NTA scores are Aarav Bhatt, Rishi Shekher Shukla, Shaik Suraj (OBC), Mukunth Prathish S (OBC), Madhav Bansal, Aryan Prakash, Ishaan Gupta, Aaditya Kumar, Rohan Sai Pabba, Parekh Meet Vikrambhai, Amogh Agrawal, Shivansh Nair, Thota Sai Karthik, Gajare Nilkrishna Nirmalkumar (OBC), Dakshesh Sanjay Mishr...

Russian authorities have sanctioned UK officials, historians, and academics terming them as Russophobic people  Russia today on Monday imposed personal sanctions on 18 UK citizens including top British academics and officials. The reason given for this action by the Russian authorities against the people mentioned was their attempt to portray Russia as a threatening nation and encourage the Ukraine war.  "We are forced to state that Russophobically charged British representatives do not shy away trying to discredit the constitutional system and socio-political processes in our country," Russia's foreign ministry said. "The so-called brain trusts operating on the basis of the largest British and Western educational institutions make a significant contribution to the subversive work of London in the Russian direction." Russia introduced personal sanctions against British Deputy Defence Minister James Cartlidge, Deputy National Security Adviser Sarah MacIntosh and ...

The Moon in Shrinking and it can causes problem in the Artemis mission As Earth's faithful companion for billions of years, the Moon has captivated humanity with its luminous presence and enigmatic allure. However, beneath its serene facade lies a dynamic world undergoing subtle yet profound changes. Recent scientific discoveries have revealed a startling reality: the Moon is slowly shrinking. This lunar contraction once considered a mere hypothesis, now stands as a testament to the ever-evolving nature of celestial bodies. In this article, we embark on a journey to unravel the mysteries of the shrinking Moon, delving into its implications and the fascinating processes driving this lunar transformation. NASA has known it for years. It has been a piece of common knowledge for the general population who care to look up science news. The cause for the shrinking of the moon is that the interior of the moon is cooling. Therefore because of the cooling of the core, the crust of the moon ...

Reserved Bank of India has ordered PayTM Payments Bank to stop banking activities India has the best online payment methods in the world. With the Unified Payment Interface, it has been much easier for anyone to do online transactions, which is free of cost. UPI services are so easy to handle that even vegetable vendors in India have registered merchant accounts to accept online transactions. Sending money to a friend or relative having a different bank account than yourself has also become much easier. Today, I, who has an account in UCO Bank can receive my monthly allowance from my father who has an account in SBI Bank very easily and with no charges. Paytm is India's one of the leading online UPI payment apps. It is the acronym for pay through mobile. It is an Indian multinational financial technology company, that specializes in digital payments and financial services, based in Noida, India. It was founded in 2010 by Vijay Shekhar Sharma under One97 Communications. The company ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Announced Rs 1 Lakh Crore for Tech-Savvy Youth Millions of innovative tech ideas come up every year that can revolutionize industries and enhance human lives. These ideas emerge with a promise that could change the world if the right people work on it, and importantly, they get financial backing. However, a substantial portion of these ideas fail to make their way into the consumer's hands due to the lack of funding. Despite their potential to reshape the future, many innovative concepts fail to impress investors, thus unable to secure grants for their execution. Addressing the deficit in funding allocated for innovative ideas is a challenge that necessitates our attention and concerted efforts. Keeping that in mind, the Indian Government has taken the initiative to help the young geniuses of the country. In her Union Budget 2024 presentation, today, on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman highlighted a promising outlook for the tech-sa...

  Ram Mandir Consecration Ceremony: PM Modi Completes Rituals Today, 22nd January 2024 is the day when the long-awaited Ram Mandir was set to be inaugurated in the Lord Ram's capital, Ayodhya. The temple holds emotional value for millions of Hindus residing in and outside India.  The magnificent temple has the idol of 5-year-old Lord Ram residing in its sanctum sanctorum. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived at Ayodhya to lead the Pran Pratishtha of the temple which is the result of a 50-year-long struggle of his party, the BJP.  Back in 1991, PM Modi vowed to set foot on the sacred lands of Ayodhya again only when the construction of Ram Mandir will begin. The PM kept his word.  Today is a very important day for Hindus all over the world as Lord Ram will reside in his capital again after almost 500 years.  The previous Ram Mandir which was built on the land where Lord Ram was born, was demolished by Mir Baqi, commander of the Mughal emperor, B...

OpenAI removes the prevention of military use of its tools from Term of Service Many people have been worried about the safety concerns that Artificial Intelligence and modern technologies pose to human society. We have thousands of movies about how AI and humanoid robots take over the world and make humans their slaves. There is also a popular thought experiment dedicated to it. It is known as Roko's basilisk. "Roko's Basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, to incentivize said advancement." These are mere speculation, and at the current period and in the next decade, we will have a technology that will endanger our existence. But, I fear what I just said would be proven wrong if we keep ignoring the necessi...

  Israeli PM openly rejects a Palestinian state Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state once the conflict in Gaza comes to an end. In a news conference, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to carry on the military offensive in Gaza until complete victory is not achieved. He also repeated his goals of destroying Hamas and bringing back the Israeli hostages from Gaza. He also added that the military offense will continue for many more months. The health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, claimed that almost 25,000 people in Gaza have died and more than 85% of the population in the Gaza Strip has been displaced.  Speaking to reporters following Mr Netanyahu's latest comments, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby recognised that the US and Israel "obviously" see things differently. Earlier on Thursday, Mr Netanyahu said Israel must have security co...

  Pakistan retaliation strikes killed 9 people in Iran Pakistan's retaliatory missile attacks killed 9 people in Iran. Iran carried out missile attacks on Pakistan on Tuesday. Pakistan said that its missiles have attacked Iran's south-eastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. Iran has condemned this unexpected attack and expressed its dissatisfaction. Iran also added that the attack killed three women, two men, and four children who were not Iranian. The retaliatory missile attacks come at a time when tension is high and conflicts are getting worse in the Middle East.  Iran backed several militant groups fighting against the Western powers and Israel. Israel is engaged in Gaza, fighting with Hamas. The Israel-Hamas war has crossed over 100 days. Israel is also getting attacked by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and US and UK naval forces are fighting Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen who are disrupting trade routes through the Red Sea. Pakistani foreign ministry said its strikes a...

  Russia declares popular author Boris Akunin a "foreign agent" The Russian Federation has declared Boris Akunin, one of the top authors and novelists in Russia as a foreign agent. The Russian Justice Ministry said in a statement that Mr. Akunin - whose real name is Grigory Chkhartishvili - "opposed the special military operation in Ukraine". Boris Akunin was added to a register of "terrorists and extremists" by Russia's justice ministry over his objections to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Boris is currently 67 years old and he is one of the most famous authors in Russia and also a bestseller. He has previously made headlines for his criticism of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The ministry added that Mr Akunin had "disseminated false information aimed at creating a negative image" of Russia and its army. It also accused him of helping to raise funds to support the Ukrainian military. On the day Russia launched its full-scale invasi...

  Copyright Clash: The New York Times Files Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Usage The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday. The move by one of the most prominent newspapers is the latest in several cases against GenerativeAI companies for training their AI models on the data acquired without the owner's permission. Training an AI model is a difficult and complex process read this article to learn more about it. The New York Times claimed to be the "first major American media organisation to sue the companies over copyright issues associated with its written works." The lawsuit, filed by the New York Times in Federal District Court in Manhattan, contends that millions of articles published by The New York Times were used to train automated chatbots that now compete with the news outlet as a source of reliable information. The lawsuit filed by the New York Times does not include any amount written in it, as the ne...

  President Xi claims Taiwan's reunification is inevitable The reunification of Taiwan is inevitable, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech given on Tuesday. In the speech, he reiterated the Chinese claim on the self-ruled Island.  It is important to note here that Taiwan is a democracy while China is ruled by a Communist regime, known as the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) of which Xi Jinping is the Leader, making him the President of the second-largest economy which is seeing a downfall recently.  The self-ruled island country of Taiwan is having its Presidential election next month. “The realization of the complete reunification with the motherland is an inevitable course of development, is righteous and what the people want. The motherland must and will be reunified,” Xi said in an address marking the 130th anniversary of People’s Republic of China founder Mao Zedong’s birth. Xi Jinping who is the most powerful dictator of China since Mao Zedong has pledged to r...

141 Opposition MPs Suspended from the Indian Parliament A total of 141 Member of Parliament of the opposition has been suspended for the rest of the session of the house in India.  The reason for their suspension is unruly behavior and preventing the House from carrying out its proceedings. The members of the opposition were protesting against the security breach in the Indian Parliament and asking the Home Minister, Amit Shah to explain why and how it all happened.  The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla refused as it is not the Central Government's duty to ensure the security of the Parliament.  The members refused to accept the decision of the Speaker and started protesting and creating a ruckus inside the House. This restricted the house from carrying out its proceedings and led to the multiple adjournment of the house in a single day.  There are many ways to showcase your disagreement with someone, but this is the worst way. The members are respected elected rep...

  MayankVikash.in will not publish new articles for the next few months or publish very few If you are a regular reader of the site (for that I am very grateful to you), you might have noticed that I am not publishing any new articles nowadays or publishing very few.  As you know, I am a student and I have to manage my studies along with running this site/publication. I have my ICSE Pre-Boards from the 16th of December 2023 and in February of next year I will appear for my Std. 10 Boards Examinations. As you might have guessed, I have a lot of study pressure right now, and publishing here along with all the studies is a pretty difficult task. I have my Progress Report Day tomorrow (commonly known as Report Card Day or Parent and Teacher's Meeting). I will write separately about that tomorrow. I have lots of posts in the queue to write and publish and some are in drafts too, but on 16th of December next month I have my Maths exam so I have to prepare for that and because of tha...

ED seizes property worth Rs 750 Crore linked to Congress leaders The Government agency, Enforcement Directorate, which works to enforce economic laws in the country has seized assets worth Rs 752 Crore Of Company Linked To Gandhis. Property worth Rs 90 crore belonging to Young Indian -- the company linked to Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi -- has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in connection to its investigation into the National Herald case. The attached property includes the National Herald Houses in Delhi and Mumbai and Nehru Bhavan in Lucknow. Sources said the overall value of properties seized belonging to Associated Journals is 752 crore. The Central agency is investigating an alleged money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. The case involves allegations of cheating, conspiracy, and criminal breach of trust in the acquisition of the Associated Journals Limited -- which ran the newspaper -- by Young Indian Pvt Ltd. The agency has alr...

India lost the 2023 World Cup, but let's not be demoralize India played in the ICC Men's World Cup finals against Australia yesterday Sunday 19th November 2023. The dreams of 1.4 billion Indians were shattered after Australia won the finals by six wickets in the fully packed 1,32,000-seated stadium. The fans could be seen leaving as soon as they realized that India would lose the match. The outcome of the match was clear after the 25th Over of Australia's batting.  At the post-match presentation, the captain of the Indian National Cricket Team, Rohit Sharma said, "The result has not gone our way. We were not good enough today.” He was downhearted after the match, a case which was the same for all the 15 players of the Indian Cricket team for the 2023 ICC World Cup.  “We tried everything but it wasn't supposed to be. 20-30 runs more would have been good, KL and Kohli were stitching a good partnership and we were looking at 270-280 but we kept losing wickets. When yo...

The Galaxy Leader, pictured in 2008. Houthi rebels described it as an Israeli ship but Israel said it was British-owned and Japanese-operated. Another major incident took place during the Israel-Hamas conflict. Everyone is getting impacted because of the war in the Middle East, which has been going on for over a month now.  Recently, a ship bound to India has been seized by the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. The vessel started its sail from Turkey and was headed towards India.  Houthis rebel is an Islamist political and armed organisation based in the West Asian country of Yemen. They have sided with Hamas in the Israel-Hamas conflict and vowed to seize the cargo ships with Israeli flags on them. The rebels have previously shot missiles at Israel, which were intercepted by the US Navy, which was stationed in the Red Sea. The ship is named the Galaxy Leader, bound for India with a crew of approximately 25 people.  The news website Axios has reported on its website that the ...