Day: March 20, 2020

Portable AI device can use coughing sounds to monitor COVID-19 trends

11:27 am March 20, 2020

Boston: Scientists have developed a portable device powered by artificial intelligence (AI) which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then analyse the data to directly monitor trends in flu-like illnesses such as COVID-19. The researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst In the US said the device called FluSense is envisioned for […]

Coronavirus: Indian-American doctors seek total lockdown and self-quarantine of US

11:23 am March 20, 2020

Washington: Concerned over the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus across the US, an influential group of Indian-American doctors has urged the federal and State governments to enforce a total lockdown and self-quarantine of the entire nation to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections. A total of 218 people have died in the US due […]

Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from China

Post-Nirbhaya changes in laws not yielded results due to poor implementation, say experts

11:11 am March 20, 2020

New Delhi: The changes made to criminal law after the 2012 Nirbhaya case have not yielded the desired results as the problem lies with implementation to make the law a deterrent, legal experts say, making it clear that unless laws are implemented effectively, no progress can be made on the ground. The Criminal Law (Amendment) […]

4 Nirbhaya convicts executed in Tihar Jail

11:06 am March 20, 2020

New Delhi: The four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a Delhi woman on December 16, 2012 were hanged in the darkness of pre-dawn on Friday, ending a horrific chapter in India’s long history of sexual assault that had seared the nation’s soul. Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) […]

Nirbhaya case: 4 convicts hanged at 5:30 am after nightlong court hearings

10:55 am March 20, 2020

New Delhi: The four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case were hanged in Delhi’s Tihar jail at 5:30 am on Friday. This was after the Supreme Court, in a pre-dawn hearing, brought the curtains down on the gangrape and murder case by dismissing a plea by one of the four against rejection of his […]

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