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Coronavirus, COVID-19: Common Pitfalls

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Going back to history of outbreaks, World has faced about three global flu pandemics which have caused millions of deaths in 1918, 1957 and 1968. In these outbreaks, two of them are originated in Asia. The one in 1918, Spanish Flu, consider as the grandfather of all outbreaks. Now in 2020, the Corona virus, COVID-19 has been the dominating topic in all news and social media over a month. One of the reasons for the spread of the virus is Urbanization. Today, around 55 percent of the world’s population is living in cities or urban areas with closer proximity to each other. When we notice, the virus spreads more rapidly in countries with strong central government such as China (Wuhan), Italy, Japan and South Korea. Urbanization makes easier and faster to travel, migrate from one place to another for humans as well as the viruses. The next few reasons are excessive optimism and over confidence. As of today, the number of COVID-19 cases recorded is about 150,000 and deaths are abou...

Machine Learning: 4th Industrial Revolution?

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We all know about AI (Artificial Intelligence) emphasize the creation of machine that can react like humans. But, Machine Learning is one step ahead of AI, which is just like a real intelligent human. The human race is evolved by their discoveries made during a particular period of time. When these discoveries are kept in sequence, the discovery which brings the biggest change in the world are said to be revolution. In the history of evolution, the technology which are closely interacts with humans are supposed to bring these revolutions in the past. From the start of the human evolution, three major revolutions take place, which includes, 1. Agricultural Revolution 2. Industrial Revolution and 3. Informational Revolution. Which one will be the 4th major revolution? In olden days cost of both hardware and software for processing the data are very high. Nowadays, large amount of data can be processed and by which we can predict the future by one of the fastest ...

Dams under Scrutiny: Do they lead to death of the Rivers?

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When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money! — Cree Proverb Rivers are the main source of development in human civilization. A river which originates in the mountain flows down as tiny stream and fed by glaciers or rain water running of the land which then meets with other small streams of water and join together, growing as river. As the river flows, exchanges its mineral resources with the surrounding environment and pervades every facet of existence for life. River ecosystem is the biological power source of the planet. The important part in this ecosystem is the place where the river and sea meet together (Estuaries). This fusion is stopped by building dams which lead many vulnerabilities and consequences. When the river ecosystem is interpreted, it not only affects agriculture but also the aquatic environment. Estuaries are a habitat for many aquatic organisms with high lev...

Outbreak of Global Protest with the Digital Knowledge of Protesters

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Somewhere in the world, certain group of people are struggling and protesting every day for their rights. These struggles are mostly against their government for inequality, corruption and anger at the elites. In last 20 years, there is a substantial increase in protests, which is mainly because of raise in usage of the internet or social media among people. The most important reason for a protest movement to be successful is communication, which unites the protesters throughout the struggle. Social media has made it easier for the people who organize the protest, coordinate with the supporters and other communities or group who are interested in protests. Demonstrators trying to conceal their identities are increasingly using encrypted messaging app such as telegram to communicate.   The attacks against the people by the government during the protest were tackled in different ways through the help of the digitally connected young people sharing their mantras, tactics an...