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Thought Technology Ltd Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation and ExcellencePremium Brands Holdings Co. ( TSE:PBH – Get Free Report ) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th, Zacks Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of 0.85 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. Premium Brands Trading Up 0.0 % Shares of Premium Brands stock opened at C$79.61 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 161.28, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.56. The stock has a market capitalization of C$3.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.34, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.98. Premium Brands has a 52-week low of C$75.67 and a 52-week high of C$97.10. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$82.87 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$88.28. Premium Brands ( TSE:PBH – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported C$1.11 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$1.36 by C($0.25). Premium Brands had a net margin of 1.78% and a return on equity of 6.43%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.27 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Premium Brands will post 6.039823 EPS for the current year. Insider Activity at Premium Brands Analysts Set New Price Targets PBH has been the subject of several recent research reports. TD Securities reduced their price target on Premium Brands from C$129.00 to C$120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on Premium Brands from C$106.00 to C$101.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. CIBC cut their price objective on shares of Premium Brands from C$103.00 to C$90.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on shares of Premium Brands from C$100.00 to C$96.00 in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Raymond James set a C$100.00 price target on shares of Premium Brands and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$103.11. Get Our Latest Stock Report on Premium Brands About Premium Brands ( Get Free Report ) Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes food products primarily in Canada and the United States. It operates in two segments, Specialty Foods and Premium Food Distribution. The company provides processed meat, deli products, meat snacks, beef jerky and halal, sandwiches, pastries, specialty and gourmet products, entrees, panini, wraps, subs, hamburgers, burgers, salads and kettle products, muffins, breads, pastas, pizza, and baking and sushi products. See Also Receive News & Ratings for Premium Brands Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Premium Brands and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
Evolus, Inc. ( NASDAQ:EOLS – Get Free Report ) insider Rui Avelar sold 2,252 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.85, for a total value of $24,434.20. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 366,595 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,977,555.75. This trade represents a 0.61 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link . Evolus Stock Down 2.3 % Shares of NASDAQ EOLS opened at $11.09 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $13.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of $13.73. The company has a market capitalization of $702.23 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.19 and a beta of 1.27. Evolus, Inc. has a 1 year low of $9.80 and a 1 year high of $17.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.58, a current ratio of 2.47 and a quick ratio of 2.23. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several research analysts have recently commented on EOLS shares. Barclays raised their price target on Evolus from $16.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 13th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $22.00 target price on shares of Evolus in a research report on Friday, September 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Evolus in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Finally, HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $27.00 price objective on shares of Evolus in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Hedge Funds Weigh In On Evolus A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EOLS. Quest Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Evolus during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $43,000. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Evolus during the 2nd quarter worth $54,000. Point72 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in Evolus in the third quarter valued at $132,000. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new position in Evolus in the third quarter valued at $191,000. Finally, Profund Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Evolus during the second quarter worth about $130,000. 90.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. About Evolus ( Get Free Report ) Evolus, Inc, a performance beauty company, focuses on delivering products in the cash-pay aesthetic market in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company offers Jeuveau, a proprietary 900 kilodalton purified botulinum toxin type A formulation for the temporary improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe glabellar lines in adults. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for Evolus Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Evolus and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .UAE Tops Global Mobile Internet Speeds; India Ranks 25th WorldwideMorph attack assessment platform, image quality research results encouraging
Warning—digital fingerprinting is back Republished on December 21 with Google’s proposals to change search for iPhone and Android users as a response to the U.S. government’s push for it to sell off Chrome. With Google’s last tracking u-turn fresh in the mind, here comes another one. Not only have cookies won a stay of execution , it now looks like digital fingerprinting is back as well. But as one regulator has pointed out, Google itself has said that this type of tracking “subverts user choice and is wrong.” And yet here we are—wrong or not. “We think this change is irresponsible,” the regulator warns. For its part, Google cites advances in so-called privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) as raising the bar for user privacy, enabling it to loosen the shackles on advertisers and the hidden trackers that underpin the internet and make the whole ecosystem work. This, it says, will unlock “new ways for brands to manage and activate their data safely and securely,” while “also giving people the privacy protections they expect.” The risk is that this simply rolls the dark side of tracking cookies forward into a new era, and in a way that is impossible for users to unpick to understand their risks. The specifics are complex—these are the algorithms that ingest all the data signals you give off when browsing the internet on any device, some based on who you are—device, IP and credential identifiers, but also the sites you visit and apps you use as a map to be followed and analyzed. The change has been prompted, Google explains , in part by “the broader range of surfaces on which ads are served.” This includes smart TVs and gaming consoles, as well as all your usual browser and app activity. While Chrome has taken plenty of flack for tracking, this takes it to a new, very different level. “In the past decade,” Google says, “the way people engage with the internet changed dramatically. So we’re constantly evaluating our policies to ensure they reflect the latest evolutions in technology and meet our partners’ needs and users’ expectations.” And so from February 16 , Google will be “less prescriptive with partners in how they target and measure ads” across “the broader range of surfaces on which ads are served (such as Connected TVs and gaming consoles).” “Fingerprinting involves the collection of pieces of information about a device’s software or hardware, which, when combined, can uniquely identify a particular device and user,” explains Stephen Almond, representing the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office . “The ICO’s view is that fingerprinting is not a fair means of tracking users online because it is likely to reduce people’s choice and control over how their information is collected. The change to Google’s policy means that fingerprinting could now replace the functions of third-party cookies.” The ICO says that “when you choose an option on a consent banner or ‘clear all site data’ in your browser, you are generally controlling the use of cookies and other traditional forms of local storage. Fingerprinting, however, relies on signals that you cannot easily wipe. So, even if you ‘clear all site data’, the organisation using fingerprinting techniques could immediately identify you again. This is not transparent and cannot easily be controlled. Fingerprinting is harder for browsers to block and therefore, even privacy-conscious users will find this difficult to stop.” Changes to user tracking confirmed Both the regulator and Google have confirmed they’ll continue to engage on this change, which the ICO says is a “u-turn in its position and the departure it represents from our expectation of a privacy-friendly internet.” The regulator has also issued a stark warning for businesses that might be readying themselves for the gloves to come off in February when the changes kick in. “Businesses do not have free rein to use fingerprinting as they please. Like all advertising technology, it must be lawfully and transparently deployed—and if it is not, the ICO will act.” Google gives an example of the need for such fingerprinting in its announcement—smart TVs and streaming services. “Internet users are embracing Connected TV (CTV) experiences, making it one of the fastest growing advertising channels. Businesses who advertise on CTV need the ability to connect with relevant audiences and understand the effectiveness of their campaigns. As people and households increasingly shift to streaming platforms, the ecosystem should invest in and develop solutions that are effective and measurable in an incredibly fragmented environment.” I have approached Google for any comments on the regulatory warnings following its announced change. Put simply—cross-platform, cross-device ad tracking. A move which does take the focus away from Chrome as being the epicenter of Google’s tracking empire—the timing of which is interesting. It’s hard to imagine a more complex backdrop, with the ongoing DOJ action that is expected to see changes mandated, including the potential for Chrome to be divested . Then there is the uncertainty as to what will replace tracking cookies. “Businesses should not consider fingerprinting a simple solution to the loss of third-party cookies and other cross-site tracking signals,” the ICO says, insisting users have “meaningful control over how their information is used to show them personalized adverts.” At its simplest, while tracking cookies are a nasty underpin to the internet, they can be seen and controlled, whether by those website popups or electing to use some form of private browsing that blocks such cookies altogether. Digital fingerprinting is not as obvious and so is harder to spot and to block, it’s also more open to clever manipulation as the tracking industry tests boundaries. Google says it can “apply privacy-preserving protections that help businesses reach their customers across these new platforms without the need to re-identify them. And because we’re looking to encourage responsible data use as the new standard across the web, we’ll also partner with the broader ads industry and help make PETs more accessible.” Google has been fighting this ad tracking battle for years now. It first announced its Privacy Sandbox in 2019, a search for a better way to track users across the internet and serve their data to advertisers. Its stated intent has been privacy-preserving tracking, which have included a range of masking technologies, grouping users into semi-anonymized cohorts, and a newer suggestion of an opt-in. But Google now has a newer battle on its hand, and it could force change faster than the pedestrian pace of these tracking changes which have now hit a painful stalemate. Both battles have implications for Chrome, even if it’s not divested in the most extreme outcome. As reported by The New York Times , Google is now seeking to get in front of this. “Google said on Friday what it thought should change to address a ruling that it had illegally maintained a monopoly over online search: not much.” Google’s goal appears to be to reverse slowly back over the line it is ruled to have crossed, that it has “illegally maintained a monopoly in online search by paying companies like Apple and Samsung to be the search engine that automatically appears when users open a web browser or a smartphone. In response, the government last month asked the judge to force Google to sell Chrome.” Search is advertising’s twin pillar—between them they hold up the empire. And Google dominates search with key deals with Apple and across Android which have made “google” synonymous with “search.” Lee-Anne Mulholland—Google’s VP for Regulatory Affairs—suggests in a blogpost that “if DOJ felt that Google investing in Chrome, or our development of AI, or the way we crawl the web, or develop our algorithms, were at all anticompetitive, it could have filed those cases. It did not.” She warned that “DOJ’s proposal would harm American consumers and undermine America’s global technology leadership at a critical juncture — such as by requiring us to share people’s private search queries with foreign and domestic rivals, and restricting our ability to innovate and improve our products.” Google’s proposed remedies include changing agreements with “browser companies like Apple and Mozilla,” such that they would “have the freedom to do deals with whatever search engine they think is best for their users... Our proposal allows browsers to continue to offer Google Search to their users and earn revenue from that partnership. But it also provides them with additional flexibility: It would allow for multiple default agreements across different platforms (e.g., a different default search engine for iPhones and iPads) and browsing modes, plus the ability to change their default search provider at least every 12 months,” which was the period of time referenced by the court. And Google has also suggested something similar on Android, giving “device makers have additional flexibility in preloading multiple search engines, and preloading any Google app independently of preloading Search or Chrome. Again, this will give our partners additional flexibility and our rivals like Microsoft more chances to bid for placement.” The interesting twist here is Microsoft spamming its own Windows users with constant ads and security warnings, pushing Edge and Bing. The timing is all very interesting. Digital fingerprinting is back on the table and is going beyond traditional browsers, just as the tracking and search ecosystems are being shaken up. There are more moving parts now than there have been for many years—the long period of stability is coming to an end, driven by AI as much as anything else. It’s very unclear where this will end up. For users, though, the choices should be clear and transparent at all times. You should know when and how you are being tracked, and you should have an easy-button to say thanks, but no thanks.JOSH BERMAN JOINS ASSEMBLY AS EVP, ASSEMBLY LEAD IN NORTH AMERICAThe distinguished economist Manmohan Singh, who has died aged 92, was one of India’s longest serving prime ministers (and the first Sikh to hold the office), yet he never won a direct parliamentary election. After nearly two decades as an economic bureaucrat, Singh was often seen as more of a civil servant than a politician. Unlike India’s more charismatic leaders, he humbly admitted to being a poor public speaker. Yet, as India’s finance minister (1991-96) this unlikely politician played a crucial role in the economic reforms that led to the rapid growth of India’s GDP. Then, as prime minister from 2004, he forged a new relationship with the US, ended India’s nuclear isolation and passed groundbreaking social legislation. In all this, he was bolstered by his reputation for absolute honesty, a considerable asset in the world of Indian politics. The son of Amrit Kaur and Murmuk Singh, and one of 10 children, he was born in the village of Gah, in the North West Province of what is now Pakistan . His father dealt in dried fruit imported from Afghanistan. At partition, the family made the perilous journey through the Muslim-dominated West Punjab to the Sikh holy city of Amritsar. Singh graduated from Punjab University and went on to study in the UK, at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he received a first in economics – the only student to achieve this distinction in his final year. Later he would return to Britain for a DPhil at Nuffield College, Oxford. At Cambridge, he was influenced by two renowned economists and socialists, Joan Robinson and Nicholas Kaldor. Both held Singh in high regard. Robinson, his supervisor, described him as “very quiet and gentle in manner ... [with] a determined resistance to bunkum of all kinds”. Kaldor, similarly impressed, recommended Singh to India’s finance minister for a position. Singh had other ideas: becoming first an academic before working for the UN. Eventually he ended up in India’s finance ministry. During his civil service career, including a tenure as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (1982-85), Singh implemented the Congress party’s leftwing economic policies. While civil servants are expected to remain impartial, Singh agreed with some government decisions, later telling his daughter Daman, a journalist and author, that nationalising India’s banks was “a good idea at the time”. Yet his own thinking – articulated decades earlier in his Oxford thesis – was essentially liberal, emphasising the importance of foreign trade and greater openness to the world economy for India’s development. Such an analysis became a virtue in 1991 when the then prime minister, Narasimha Rao , in the midst of an economic crisis, decided to accept IMF conditions for a massive loan in order to prevent India defaulting on its payments. The conditions included the end of India’s infamous web of bureaucratic controls and an across-the-board reduction of import tariffs as well as severe cuts in welfare spending and subsidies. Rao appointed the apolitical Singh as finance minister, thinking no politician would risk his future by implementing the unpopular IMF conditions. The reforms that followed were one reason for the defeat of the Congress party in 1996. While Congress was out of power, Singh was leader of the opposition in the upper house of parliament. In the 2004 election Congress, under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, widow of the assassinated prime minister Rajiv Gandhi , won enough seats to form a coalition government and she, instead of taking the role herself, nominated Singh to be prime minister. It was clear that ultimate power rested with Gandhi. However, Singh did defy her when he insisted on ratifying an agreement with the US intended to end the international ban on selling civilian nuclear equipment and technology to India. Gandhi feared opposition to the agreement would split the coalition and the government would fall. But Singh pressed ahead, pushing it through parliament by a narrow majority. His reputation for honesty was a factor in Congress’s improved performance in the 2009 general election. However, during his second term, corruption in the preparations for hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games and in the allocation of licences to run mobile phone networks (the “2G spectrum scam”) led to questions about whether Singh was tolerating dishonesty in his government. Throughout his two terms in office, Singh’s position was weakened by his dependence on the support of smaller parties in the coalition. As prime minister he made his disapproval of the plan to allocate the phone network licences clear, but the telecommunications minister was allowed to go ahead because his party threatened to pull out of the coalition. Pressure from coalition parties delayed economic reforms that Singh favoured, which would have introduced more foreign competition in banking, insurance, retail, and other businesses. He had to go slower than he wanted on privatising nationalised industries. He also had reservations about Gandhi’s pro-poor policies, which she insisted were necessary to combat the impression that the economic reforms only benefited the prosperous. In particular, he was concerned about the cost and effectiveness of a scheme guaranteeing employment to the jobless in rural India. But he did not oppose it. His former press adviser wrote of the Gandhi-Singh diarchy that “while power was delegated, authority was not”. For 20 years as a bureaucrat and more than 30 years as a politician, Singh played a vital role in India’s economic history. As a bureaucrat he was never an out-and-out socialist; as a politician he did not fall head over heels for the market. His partnership with Gandhi, and it was more of a partnership than was generally realised, kept two fractious coalition governments in power, governments that passed important social and economic legislation. But Singh did not acquire his own power base and remained a Congress party loyalist. Although he announced he would not remain India’s PM after the 2014 election, in opposition he continued to serve as a member of the upper house of the Indian parliament until April this year. Indian politics is a rough trade, and Singh was known more as a thinker than a brawler. The last decade, however, was marked by acrimonious exchanges between Singh and his successor Narendra Modi . Modi, a Hindu nationalist strongman, questioned his predecessor’s honesty in a “corrupt government” and even claimed that he had “colluded” with India’s arch-rival Pakistan. Both allegations were met by blistering denials. In return Singh was critical of his successor’s economic policies, describing Modi’s 2016 overnight decision to render worthless 86% of Indian banknotes “a case of organised loot, legalised plunder of the common people”. He also attacked Modi’s silence in 2018 when one of his party’s elected representatives was accused of raping a teenager. Singh, who came from a religious minority, was aware of the need for mutual respect in India and was appalled by Modi’s rhetoric. During this year’s Indian elections, Singh said of Modi that “no [Indian] prime minister in the past has uttered such hateful, unparliamentary and coarse terms, meant to target either a specific section of the society or the opposition”. Singh was a transformative figure in Indian history. Not only was he the architect of India’s economic reforms, but in 2009 he became the first sitting prime minister in almost half a century to have completed a full term and seen his party re-elected with a bigger majority. He is survived by his wife, Gursharan Kaur, whom he married in 1958, and their daughters, Upinder, Daman and Amrit. Manmohan Singh, economist and politician, born 26 September 1932; died 26 December 2024
Why Jon Wilner is tough on Washington, Big Ten TV and more | MailbagThe Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) signed an agreement for collaborative effort to address agricultural drought in the Philippines. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that was signed on December 16 at the PhilSA Office in Quezon City aims to create crop-specific drought maps from satellite data, with a focus on rice. PhilSA will leverage rice maps and field data from the DA-PhilRice to generate rice-specific drought maps, which will provide valuable insights for agricultural planning and resilience. The signing of the agreement allows efficient data sharing between the two agencies for enhanced drought mitigation. PhilSA Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez said in her message the momentous step was in the use of space data for addressing agricultural drought concerns that has been in development for over a decade. It started with the Drought and Crop Assessment and Forecasting project co-implemented by the University of the Philippines Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, and DA-Bureau of Soils and Water Management, and now being operationalized through PhilSA. “We are celebrating partnership. This collaboration with PhilRice underpins the importance of integrating satellite and ground data, emphasizing how ground data is used to validate, calibrate, and enhance the accuracy of satellite-derived insights and models,” Perez said. Dr. Eduardo Jimmy Quilang, OIC of the PhilRice Office of the Deputy Director for Research and Philippine Rice Information System (PRiSM) project leader, stated the importance of this partnership with PhilSA for the agricultural sector’s benefit. “We cannot realize our goals, our dreams, our mission, our vision alone. Our research for development is heavily partnership-based. That’s why right now we are more than happy to sign our memorandum of agreement—sharing what we have and complementing what you are doing,” Quilang said. The agreement provides a platform to maximize the impact of PhilSA’s Satellite Mission Analysis, Planning, Product Enhancement and Development project, which aims to monitor, predict, and mitigate drought impacts on agriculture through space-based technologies. It also signifies further enhancement of the country’s resilience to the impacts of drought on agriculture. The MOA was signed by PhilRice Executive Director Dr. John De Leon and PhilSA Deputy Director General Denis Villorente (representing PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph S. Marciano Jr.). Perez and Director Ariel C. Blanco served as witnesses for PhilSA, while Quilang and PRiSM Assistant Unit Head Mary Rose Mabalay (representing PRiSM Unit Head Jovino De Dios) served as witnesses for PhilRice. PhilSA is the Philippines’ government agency addressing all national issues and activities related to space S&T applications. It was created under Republic Act 11363, or the Philippine Space Act. PhilRice is a government corporate entity under the Agriculture department created through Executive Order 1061 to develop high-yielding and cost-reducing technologies for rice.
In a bid to curb fraudulent practices and enhance transparency, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams would implement live Aadhaar authentication and eKYC services. Recently approved by the TTD trust board led by chairman BR Naidu, the initiative is designed to ensure genuine pilgrims receive seamless and secure services, utilising the provisions of Section 4(4)(b)(ii) of the Aadhaar Act under Good Governance. Currently, TTD lacks a robust mechanism to validate the identity proofs submitted by pilgrims during darshan and accommodation bookings, both online and offline. This gap has led to fraudulent practices, including impersonation, bulk bookings and unauthorised resale of services. A comprehensive review of TTD’s booking system revealed several alarming irregularities. For instance, as many as 110 rooms were booked within a year using the same mobile number, while 124 cases showed 12 or more rooms reserved with a single ID proof. Online booking trends were equally disturbing. Some 807 accommodation bookings were found tied to a single mobile number and 926 bookings were linked to one email ID. Additionally, in the lucky DIP registration system, over 1,279 registrations were traced to a single mobile number, while 48 registrations used the same email ID. Even the Sarva Darshan token system showed evidence of impersonation, with 14 tokens issued under the same ID proof. These findings underscore the presence of rackets in the TTD’s booking infrastructure, with middlemen and touts undercutting the system. They reserve rooms or darshan slots in bulk and resell them at inflated prices. This deprives genuine pilgrims of timely and affordable access to TTD’s services. To address these challenges, TTD would implement Aadhaar-based authentication and eKYC systems across its service platforms. “This initiative involves integrating Aadhaar authentication at every stage of the booking and service process to verify the identity of pilgrims, a TTD official said. He said the integration will leverage facial recognition and Aadhaar-linked biometric verification, ensuring that the services are accessed only by registered individuals. This would eliminate impersonation and “reduce”, (meaning, not fully eliminate) the role of middlemen. The Aadhaar authentication process will validate demographic details such as name, age, gender and address via a simple "Yes" or "No" confirmation from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). For online services, eKYC will utilise OTP-based or biometric verification to provide detailed demographic data, including photographs, ensuring foolproof identity checks. TTD’s partnership with UIDAI involves a one-time registration fee of Rs 20 lakh for two years to operate as an Authentication User Agency (AUA) and KYC User Agency (KUA). Each Aadhaar authentication will cost Rs 0.004 per transaction, while eKYC transactions will be charged at Rs 3.40 each. TTD officials have worked closely with UIDAI to assess the technical and operational feasibility of the initiative. UIDAI officials visited Tirupati to discuss the integration of Aadhaar authentication and confirmed that TTD could implement these services under the Aadhaar Act, 2016, for purposes aligned with good governance. As part of the compliance process, the state government will issue a notification in line with the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The final authorisation for Aadhaar integration will come from the central government. : Curb fraudulent practices in TTD’s booking system. Ensure genuine pilgrims have seamless and secure access to services. Enhance transparency and reliability in administrative processes. : 110 rooms booked in a year using the same mobile number. 124 cases of 12 or more rooms reserved with a single ID proof. Online booking irregularities with 807 reservations tied to one mobile number and 926 to a single email ID. Lucky DIP registration misuse, including 1,279 registrations with one mobile number. Instances of impersonation in Sarva Darshan tokens. Proposed Aadhaar-based authentication: Integration of Aadhaar-linked biometric and facial recognition technology for identity verification Validation of demographic details through UIDAI’s “Yes” or “No” system Use of OTP-based or biometric eKYC for detailed identity checks during online bookings : Rs 20 lakh one-time registration fee for two years as AUA and KUA Rs 0.004 per Aadhaar authentication transaction Rs 3.40 per eKYC transaction : Approved by UIDAI as per the Aadhaar Act, 2016 State Government and Union Ministry notifications required before implementation : Eliminates impersonation and reduces the role of middlemen Ensures equitable and hassle-free access to accommodations and darshan slots for genuine pilgrims Strengthens public trust in TTD's governance and sets a benchmark for other religious institutions
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SpaceX to launch Bandwagon-2 rideshare from VandenbergPDFdrive – Best 50 PDFdrive AlternativesReno Omokri said he does not agree with the claim that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has 'Yorubacentric' agenda for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the financial sector Omokri, in a post on Sunday, December 29, fumed at critics who alleged that President Tinubu is 'Yorubacentric' in his appointments at the NNPCL Omokri, a former social media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, argued that the majority of those in the lower cadre of the NNPCL were "filled by" former Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari CHECK OUT: Don't let unemployment hold you back. Start your digital marketing journey today. Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 4 years of experience in public affairs and governance. FCT, Abuja - Reno Omokri, a popular social media personality, has described as baseless the notion that Yoruba people head consequential agencies in Nigeria . According to Omokri, this claim "is capable of causing the type of market ripples that negatively affect the All Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange". Read also El-Rufai reacts as Kperogi accuses Tinubu of appointing Yoruba people to major positions in NNPCL Legit.ng recalls that Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, weighed in on Professor Farooq Kperogi’s recent criticism of alleged ethnic favouritism in President Bola Tinubu's appointments. PAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app! In an article titled " Tinubu 's Buharisation of the NNPC," Kperogi accused Tinubu of appointing "Yoruba people" to key positions at the NNPC. He said an anonymous source informed him that one Bayo Ojulari is “being proposed as group managing director (GMD) after Mele Kyari’s term expires” in early 2024. US-based Kperogi drew parallels between Tinubu's alleged "Yorubacentric" appointments in the NNPC and the "Arewacentricity" he criticised during former President Muhammadu Buhari 's tenure. Reacting to Kperogi's latest column, El-Rufai tweeted tersely: "DECEMBER MESSAGE: Two wrongs do not make a right. Sensible inclusion always trumps arrogant exclusion." 'Tinubu has no Yorubanisation agenda' - Omokri But in a counter-post on Sunday afternoon, December 29, Omokri, a known supporter of the Tinubu government, wrote : Read also Reno Omokri tells Northerners what to do about Niger Republic allegations "In Nigeria, other than the NNPCL, the Nigerian Ports Authority, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, the Nigerian Communication Commission, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation are the top five revenue earners for the Federal Government. Only two of these six agencies (when you add NNPCL) are headed by people from the Southwest. "The CEO of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, is from the Northeast. The CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Abubakar Dantsoho, is from the Northeast. The MD of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku, is from the Southwest. The CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, is from the Northwest. "The CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dayo Mobereola, is from the Southwest. The CEO of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bello Hassan, is from the Northwest "Flowing from the above, where is the Yorubanisation or Yorubacentricity?" Read also “I have no regret”: Wike speaks ahead of 2027, gives reason he’ll support Tinubu’s re-election Read Omokri's post in full below: Kperogi's allegations: NNPCL reacts Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the NNPCL debunked allegations of ethnic bias in its leadership structure, stating that employment decisions are based solely on merit. Olufemi Soneye, chief corporate communications officer of the NNPCL, addressed concerns raised in Kperogi's article. Soneye clarified that the NNPC's leadership structure is guided by business requirements, expertise, and merit rather than ethnicity, tribe, religion, or political affiliation. PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy! Source: Legit.ng
Seshaasai Technologies, a technology-driven multi-location solutions provider, has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the market regulator SEBI to raise ₹600 crore through an IPO. The IPO is a mix of fresh issue of shares of up to ₹600 crore and an offer for sale of up to 78,74,015 equity shares each by Pragnyat Pravin Lalwani and Gautam Sampatraj Jain. The company, in consultation with the BRLMS, may consider a further issue of specified securities aggregating up to ₹120 crore as a pre-IPO placement. If the pre-IPO placement is completed, the amount raised under it will be reduced from the fresh issue. The proceeds from the fresh issue to the extent of ₹195 crore will be used for funding capital expenditure for the expansion of existing manufacturing units, and ₹300 crore will be used for repayment of the company’s outstanding loans and general corporate purposes. Catering primarily to the banking, financial services, and insurance sectors, the company places data security and compliance at the heart of its offerings. Leveraging proprietary platforms, Seshaasai delivers scalable, recurring solutions that are integral to the operations and deliverables of India’s BFSI sector, as noted in the F&S Report referenced in its DRHP. Beyond BFSI, the company also offers Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to a diverse clientele across various industries. Seshaasai is a leading player in India’s payment card manufacturing space. In fiscal 2024, it held a 34 per cent market share in credit and debit card issuance, up from 24 per cent in Fiscal 2022. CommentsORLANDO, Fla. — It was a season of Iowa State comebacks. And fittingly, that's how it ended for the Cyclones. Game MVP Rocco Becht scored from a yard out on fourth-and-goal with 56 seconds remaining and No. 18 Iowa State capped the best season in school history by rallying past No. 15 Miami 42-41 in the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Saturday. Becht finished with 270 passing yards and three touchdowns for Iowa State (11-2), a program that entered this season — the 133rd year of Cyclone football — never having won more than nine games in a year. “If you look at this team, it’s really who they’ve been all year,” coach Matt Campbell said. The win marked the fourth time in 2024 that Iowa State got a winning score with less than two minutes remaining. For this one, the Cyclones rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half — with Miami quarterback Cam Ward watching after a record-setting first half — to get win No. 11. Carson Hansen rushed for a pair of touchdowns for Iowa State. And as the MVP, Becht got the honor of choosing which flavor Pop-Tart was to be sacrificed in a giant toaster. “There's only one,” Becht said. “Cinnamon roll.” Ward passed for three touchdowns in his final college game, while Damien Martinez rushed for a career-high 179 yards for Miami (10-3), which dropped its sixth straight bowl game and lost three of four games to end the season — those three losses by a combined 10 points. "Disappointed that we couldn't pull out a victory," Miami coach Mario Cristobal said. “These guys have always fought and always competed and this was no exception. ... It's painful. It's as painful as it gets when you don't win. But there's a lot to build on.” NEBRASKA 20, BOSTON COLLEGE 15: Dylan Raiola passed for 228 yards and a touchdown as Nebraska built an 18-point lead through three quarters and hung on for its first bowl victory since 2015. Raiola hit Emmett Johnson with a 13-yard TD pass on fourth down with 3:02 remaining in the third quarter for a 20-2 edge and the Cornhuskers (7-6) held on for the win at Yankee Stadium. Raiola completed 23 of 31 passes in front of a sizable Nebraska crowd that celebrated the team's first bowl win since topping UCLA in the 2015 Foster Farms Bowl and first winning season since 2016. Raiola completed passes to 10 receivers, including Jahmal Banks, who finished with four receptions for 79 yards. Grayson James finished 25 of 40 for 296 yards as Boston College (7-6). UCONN 27, NORTH CAROLINA 14: Joe Fagnano threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns to help the Huskies (9-4) beat the Tar Heels (6-7) at Fenway Park, embarrassing incoming coach Bill Belichick's new team in his old backyard. Mel Brown rushed for 96 yards for UConn and Skyler Bell caught three passes for 77 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown that gave the Huskies a 10-0 first-quarter lead. Chris Culliver returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, but that would be Carolina's only production in the first half. TCU 34, LOUISIANA 3: Josh Hoover passed for four touchdowns as the Horned Frogs (9-4) routed the Ragin' Cajuns (10-4) in Albuquerque. Hoover was 20 for 32 for 252 yards with an interception. Eric McAlister had eight catches for 87 yards and a TD for the Horned Frogs. TCU's defense also had a solid day, holding Louisiana-Lafayette to 209 yards, including 61 on the game's final possession. LATE FRIDAY LAS VEGAS BOWL USC 35, TEXAS A&M 31: Jayden Maiava threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kyle Ford with eight seconds left to give Southern California the victory over Texas A&M (8-5) in the Las Vegas Bowl. A graduate of Liberty High School in nearby Henderson and a transfer from UNLV, Maiava helped the Trojans (7-6) overcome a 17-point deficit. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
SATURDAY'S BOWL GAMESWalmart delays 2025 and 2030 climate targets citing energy policy and tech challengesWhere were you at 9.36 a.m. on December 26, 2004? That has become one of the definitive questions such as “where were you on November 22 1963 when John F. Kennedy was shot?”. It is a moment that we will all remember, as long as we live. Indeed, the Indian Ocean tsunami is the most catastrophic event in living memory for many of us. And we are on the cusp of marking 20 years since that fateful day, which saw the deaths of nearly 240,000 people across 14 countries in Asia and Africa. But at that exact time, no one in Sri Lanka (and I believe most other countries) knew what was about to happen. The very word tsunami was unknown to 99 percent of the population. I, for one, knew what it meant but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would see the devastating effects of a tsunami in Sri Lanka itself. It was a harrowing day that simply has no parallel, even for a country such as Sri Lanka which had suffered immensely due to a protracted terrorist conflict. Triggered by a 9.3 undersea quake that literally shook the Earth, the tsunami swept through coastal towns in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) reducing them virtually to cinders. Worst affected Indonesia was the worst affected country (128,000 deaths) and Sri Lanka was the second in line, with nearly 40,000 deaths island-wide. Just what is a tsunami? Tsunami is a Japanese word comprising the words “tsu” (meaning harbour) and “nami” (meaning wave). It is not surprising that this word has originated in Japan, considering the frequency of tsunamis there. A tsunami is a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance usually associated with earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean. Volcanic eruptions (like the one in Indonesia caused by the “Son of Krakatoa”), submarine landslides, and coastal rock falls can also generate a tsunami, as can a large asteroid impacting the ocean (as depicted in movies such as Deep Impact). Tsunamis originate from a vertical movement of the sea floor with the consequent displacement of water mass. Tsunami waves often look like walls of water and can attack the shoreline and be dangerous for hours, with waves coming every 5 to 60 minutes. The first wave may not be the largest, and often it is the 2nd, 3rd, 4th waves that are the biggest. Tsunamis are rare events, but they can be extremely deadly. In the past 100 years, 58 tsunamis have claimed more than 260,000 lives, or an average of 4,600 per disaster, surpassing any other natural hazard. The highest number of deaths in that period was in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004. Hence the name Boxing Day Tsunami. The word – as well as the phenomenon – was etched deeply in the collective conscience of a nation on that tragic day. Ever since, the mere mention of the word is enough to instill fear in our minds. There have been several tsunamis in other parts of the world since then, most noticeably Japan (March 11, 2011), but nothing could come close to the sheer scale of death and destruction caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004. Asia has received a state-of-the-art tsunami warning system with active and passive safety features while emergency services have been geared to inform and evacuate coastal dwellers as fast as possible. With almost everyone having a cellular phone, sending a warning text has become a very effective approach. Yet, we have still not reached perfection in this regard. Two decades after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck, the Asia-Pacific region remains highly disaster prone and critical gaps remain in early warning, especially in reaching the most vulnerable people and remote communities. There have been warnings that 20 years after the Boxing Day tsunami, a degree of complacency has set in to the detection and early warning process, which should not be the case. Just three weeks after the Boxing Day Tsunami, the international community came together in Kobe, in Japan’s Hyogo region. Governments around the world adopted the 10-year Hyogo Framework for Action, the first comprehensive global agreement on disaster risk reduction. They also created the Indian Ocean Tsunami warning and Mitigation System which boasts scores of seismographic and sea-level monitoring stations and disseminates alerts to national tsunami information centres. Rapid urbanisation and growing tourism in tsunami-prone regions are putting ever-more people in harm’s way. That makes the reduction of risk a key factor if the world is to achieve substantial reductions in disaster mortality – a primary goal of the Sendai Framework, the 15-year international agreement adopted in March 2015 to succeed the Hyogo Framework. In retrospect, there is enough awareness about tsunamis now. People generally know what to do and how to behave in an impending tsunami situation without even being told. What has not been really tested is our state of readiness, including the functionality of the tsunami alert system. Several drills Although several drills have been held from time to time, we do not know how the systems will behave collectively in a real-life tsunami crisis. For example, will a tsunami alert text message be delivered to 21 million phones in a matter of minutes? Sending a text to 20 million phones may not be as simple as it sounds – any quake could bring down power and communications lines, thus affecting mobile coverage. Another worrying factor is that critical components of the expensive early warning system may not be working properly due to natural damage and even vandalism. The third factor, which is common to most developing countries, is the lack of a maintenance budget for systems such as these. Sri Lankan authorities must urgently assess the operational capability and readiness of the early warning system. Any Budgetary constraints must be immediately addressed regardless of the costs involved. But earthquakes and seaquakes are fast events and sometimes coastal dwellers may have just 15 minutes’ warning to reach higher ground. In fact, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission met in February 2009 in Apia, Samoa, to help raise public awareness that, in the worst-case scenario, villagers would get just 15 minutes of warning before a tsunami struck. That was “our number one point made: You have only 15 minutes. Remember that number,” said a UNESCO spokesperson. Intensify research The Indian Ocean countries and Japan must thus intensify research on earthquakes and tsunamis and collaborate more closely with well-known bodies such as the US Geological Survey (USGS). We must also be wary of Climate Change which can cause low-lying cities to go underwater. There will be a greater threat of landslide tsunamis as some melting glacial mountains can topple into the sea, generating massive tsunamis. With a wave run-up of nearly 200 metres, the tsunami that ripped through an Alaskan fjord in 2015 was one of the largest ever documented. But with no-one killed, it almost went unnoticed. It was triggered by a massive rockfall caused by melting of the Tyndall Glacier, which experts say has given them the clearest picture to date of a landslide generated tsunami. Accurate earthquake prediction remains the Holy Grail of scientists. Forecasting an earthquake’s approximate date assumes earthquakes follow some kind of pattern — that faults release pressure in a predictable way. It is difficult to find a rhythm to earthquakes, even though the last major tsunami in Asia prior to 2004 had occurred probably in 1300-1400 AD. Indeed, a big undersea quake can happen tomorrow or in another 1,000 years. Unlike us, animals seem to be having a “sixth sense” that can give them an indication of an impending disaster, well before any of our advanced gadgets. In fact, no animals perished in the 2004 tsunami except those who were tied or caged. Humans have lost this sense in the course of evolution, so we have to rely on technology instead. There is the possibility of using Artificial Intelligence (AI), somewhat akin to the animals’ sixth sense, to predict earthquakes at least a few minutes in advance. We hope these efforts succeed, because that would mean more lives can be saved. Tsunamis are unpredictable, but armed with more knowledge and better warning systems, we will be able to minimise any loss of life and property if and when a major tsunami strikes. The good news is that there are 75 high-tech DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) bouys in oceans around the world, covering every coastline. In 2004, just one sea level station was monitoring the Indian Ocean. Today, there are some 1,400 stations delivering real-time sea-surface height data in that ocean basin, which aid in forecasts not just for tsunamis, but also for cyclone-related storm surges. Faster supercomputers are aiding in speeding up warning systems, in hopes of adding a few more precious minutes for people to get to safety. Seismic analyses that took five to six minutes in 2004 now take just a minute or so. Sea level assessments that in 2004 might have taken hours have dropped to about an hour or less — thanks not just to hundreds more stations measuring sea level, but also to the speed of data transmission. In 2004, most sea level stations transmitted data once an hour and sampled sea-surface heights every six minutes. Now it takes a fraction of the time to track swift changes in sea level, with stations measuring sea-surface heights every minute and uploading those data every five minutes. Technology aside, are we prepared for another such event? It is very difficult to get shattered lives back on track – what do you say to a little girl who had lost her entire family to the raging waves? To parents who lost all their children? A personal tragedy on that scale is hard to fathom and bear at any age. We have to be one with them as we remember all those who perished that morning as a ferocious sea engulfed the land. The tsunami also shattered the myth that Sri Lanka and surrounding countries were “safe” from earthquakes or undersea quakes. Now that we know the power and fury of the ocean, the damage it could do, subliminally we will always fear and respect it. On the other hand, the ocean is central to our lives as islanders. It is a resource we cannot do without. It is an equation that we will have to live with for the rest of our lives. We may obliterate all physical traces of the tsunami, but it is not so easy to heal the mental scars of thousands of people who had lost everything they cherished – their loved ones, their belongings and their houses. While tsunami affected people can be provided with jobs and houses, there will always be those who cannot come to terms with their loss. There must be a mechanism to deal with this kind of psychological emergency. The response to a tsunami should be multifaceted and swift. But let’s hope that we never have to face a tsunami again.
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