Loknath Das, Author at Pinfaves

Private health firm loses NHS treatment centre contract

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 Loknath DasCentre, Firm, Health, Loses, NHS, Private, Treatment

The treatment centre contract has been awarded to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA A private health firm has lost one of the biggest and longest-running contracts to treat NHS patients, in a significant blow to the creeping privatisation of care. Circle is losing the contract it has held for 11 years to run the Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre, which provides 240,000 operations and checkups a year. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust (NUH) has been handed a £320m contract to run the centre for the next five years after a bitter legal…

Xiaomi’s in-display camera technology explained: A clever transparent glass makes notches history

June 7, 2019 Loknath Dasa, Camera, clever, explained:, Glass, History', in-display, Makes, notches, Technology', transparent, Xiaomi's

ust a few days ago, Xiaomi came up with a solution that every smartphone manufacturer has been wanting for years – achieve a true fullscreen bezel-less display. No, Xiaomi hasn’t come up with another weird motorised camera solution to make this happen. This time, it’s the rear deal – the camera is truly under the display like other sensors and the phone achieves an uninterrupted display without a motorised camera. In a short teaser video, Xiaomi showed the concept in reality by comparing a concept device with the in-display camera…

The US wants travellers to reveal social media account details. Will it keep us safer?

June 4, 2019 Loknath DasAccount, Details, It, Keep, Media, reveal, Safer, Social, The, to, travellers, US, Wants, Will

Anyone submitting an Online Non-immigrant Visa Application (DS-160) to visit the US will be required to provide the details of their social media accounts over the last five years. And we have been warned that non-compliance will have serious consequences. PHOTO: For the time being most Australian passport holders will be exempt from the new rules. (ABC News: Melanie Vujkovic) Fortunately most Australian tourists and business travellers are covered by the US Visa Waiver Program. Under this program Australians must complete the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) form, which gives us an option to list…

US now seeking social media details from all visa applicants

June 3, 2019 Loknath DasAll, applicants, Details, From, Media, Now, Seeking, Social, US, visa

WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It’s a vast expansion of the Trump administration’s enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors. In a move that’s just taken effect after approval of the revised application forms, the department says it has updated its immigrant and nonimmigrant visa forms to request the additional information, including “social media identifiers,” from almost all U.S. applicants. The change, which was proposed in March 2018, is…

New education policy seeks to junk 10+2 format, ‘high-stakes’ exams

June 2, 2019 Loknath Das$102, Education, exams, format, Junk, New, policy, Seeks, to, ‘high-stakes’

NEW DELHI: Replacing the 10+2 system, replacing ‘high stakes’ Class 10 and 12 exams with subject-wise ‘modular’ assessments anytime between Classes 9 and 12, ‘census’ examinations for classes 3, 5 and 8 to track progress throughout the school experience and deregulating higher education to allow students to opt for courses, exit them mid-way and resume them at fully autonomous public and private institutes — these are some of the key recommendations of the new education policy that the Modi government is set to make public as it begins its second stint. Key…

Virtual route to travel

June 1, 2019 Loknath Dasroute, to, travel, Virtual

It was a powerpacked panel at the Digital Nomads: How online companies are shaping the travel plans’ session where the discussion ranged from how millennials are choosing to travel to the way they seek technology to enhance their travelling experience. Smartphones have revolutionised travel, said Rajesh Magow, CEO and co-founder of MakeMyTrip while explaining how the real change for this travel portal started somewhere in 2006, when they relaunched and bought convenience booking at one’s fingertips. Today, there is a ton of data available and we are looking at using…