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Netflix to charge you more for password sharing

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If you are a considerate subscriber and give your Netflix password to a friend or co-worker, the cost of your subscription is set to go up. In an effort to make more rogue subscribers pay up, the streaming giant will begin charging customers for password sharing from next year. In a letter to investors, Netflix stated that “additional member” subaccounts would be made available by the start of 2023. “We’ve landed on a thoughtful approach to monetizing account sharing, and we’ll begin rolling this out more broadly starting in early 2023. After listening to consumer feedback, we are going to offer the ability for borrowers to transfer their Netflix profile into their account, and for sharers to manage their devices more easily and to create sub-accounts (“extra members”) if they want to pay for family or friends,” the the company announced in the letter. The OTT platform added, “In countries with our lower-priced ad-supported plan, we expect the profile transfer option for borrowers to be especially popular.” The company didn’t reveal the cost of these new additional account fees when it confirmed the proposal on Tuesday. The premium for each extra member under this option, which is presently being tested in a few Latin American countries, is equal to around one-quarter of the price of a “regular” Netflix subscription. Netflix has previously experimented with a crackdown on password sharing. The company reportedly tested with an account verification tool to prevent unauthorised users from using other people’s accounts last year, according to The Verge. In an effort to kickstart its development, Netflix stated last week that a membership option supported by advertisements will launch in a dozen countries in November. According to Netflix COO Greg Peters, a basic subscription with ads will cost $6.99 in the US, which is $3 less than the basic subscription without ads. The time is ideal because the entertainment business is at a turning point in its development, according to Peters. In the United States, streaming has presently exceeded both broadcast and cable for total TV time. An industry first for Netflix, the ad-discounted tier will launch in the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. The Netflix catalogue will be almost completely accessible, with certain content being withheld while new licencing agreements are being worked out. The length of each video ad will be between 15 and 30 seconds.

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Govt launches National Credit Framework (NCrF), seeks public feedback

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The first “National Credit Framework” (NCrF), which integrates credits acquired via school education, higher education, and vocational and skill education, was launched by the Union ministry of education on Wednesday. The draft of the NCrF was made available for public feedback by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who referred to it as a “game-changer.” “It will open numerous options for further progression of students and inter-mingling of school and higher education with vocational education and experiential learning, thus mainstreaming skilling and vocational education. NCrFwill also enable students who have dropped out of mainstream education to re-enter the education ecosystem,” he said. While there is already a credit-based system in place for technical and higher education, school and vocational education will be integrated for the first time. The NCrF seeks to integrate learning across all areas, including academics, career-related skills, and experiential learning, which includes relevant experience and professional levels attained. A high-level committee made up of representatives from the UGC, AICTE, NCVET, NIOS, CBSE, NCERT, education ministry, DGT, and skill development ministry prepared the draft NCrF. According to Pradhan, who emphasised that NCrF will aid in making India’s economy $5 trillion in the next 25 years, NCrF will be the most essential instrument under NEP 2020 for realising these goals. India is embracing technology at an unprecedented rate. Reforms must be implemented to reward education, training, and experience. A crucial step toward obtaining 100% literacy in the following two to three years will be to give credit for learning new information, receiving practical training, and having positive social effects. The draft states that credits will be granted based on learning hours from the fifth grade to the PhD level. As of now, 30 total learning hours per credit are being evaluated. In order to assign credits and credit levels, the draft stated that “NCrF recognises no hard separation between different areas of learning, i.e. arts and sciences, vocational and academic streams, curricular and extra-curricular for the purpose of assignment of credits and credit levels.” Every learning can be “creditized” under NCrF if it has been assessed. Exams, class tests, training and skilling, field trips for skill education, on-the-job training, internships, apprenticeships, experiential learning, and relevant experience are all ways to earn credits in addition to traditional classroom instruction and learning. Other ways to earn credits include laboratory work, innovation labs, sports, games, yoga, physical activity, performing arts, music, handicraft work, social work, NCC, bag-less days, and examinations. By converting classroom instruction to competency- and learning-outcome-based education and learning, such a strategy would also narrow the achievement gap in learning outcomes, according to the draft. The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) will be used to operate the NCrF. An ACB for higher education was introduced last year by the University Grants Commission, which oversees higher education in India. The ABC serves as a digital database for student credits. It is currently only applicable to higher education. ABC may digitally record the academic and other credits obtained from accredited institutions, allowing for the redemption of credits and the granting of the appropriate award while taking into consideration the credits obtained at different NCrF levels. To facilitate quick verification and portability, the credits may also be connected to Digi locker. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which advocates for “no hard separations” between vocational and academic streams, will be put into effect in part by the NCrF. According to the policy, through 2025, at least 50% of students in the K–12 and higher education systems must have access to vocational education. Additionally, in order to increase open and distance learning options, credits will be given to students who participate in online programmes. This would aid in overcoming the limitations of physical infrastructure & scalability while boosting access, equity, and affordability and assuring quality and accountability, according to the draft. Source: PIB

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Tech Mahindra to hire 3,000 employees in Gujarat in next 5 years

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In the years to come, Gujarat will employ a large number of people. Over the next five years, Tech Mahindra plans to employ at least 3,000 employees in the State. In accordance with its IT/IT-enabled services (ITeS) policy, the Indian company providing information technology services has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to this effect. With the help of this MoU, Tech Mahindra will be able to improve business operations and adapt to changing customer demands. The Gujarat government has signed approximately 15 agreements thus far under the IT/ITeS programme with a variety of Indian companies as well as numerous international organisations. If everything goes according to plan, there will be employment prospects in the State for around 26,750 people. Thousands of crores are likely to be invested by Lulu Group International in Gujarat to build Ahmedabad’s largest shopping mall, if media reports are to be believed. The mall being built by the UAE-based Lulu Group is anticipated to get started in the next year. The Group invested over Rs 2,000 crore in the construction of its mall in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in July 2022 and anticipates that it would directly and indirectly employ more than 15,000 people. Gujarat is also anticipated to see the creation of similar prospects. Not only that, a semiconductor manufacturing facility will be built in Gujarat as a result of a joint venture between Vedanta, an Indian metal-mining company, and Foxconn, Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company. By the time manufacturing begins at the factory in 2025, additional jobs will be available.

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5G service will take education system to next level: PM Modi

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According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the 5G telecom service will advance the nation’s educational system beyond “smart facilities, smart classrooms, and smart teachings” by utilising the most recent technological advancements. Additionally, he said that the New Education Policy (NEP) will free the nation from its “slave mentality” toward the English language. The Mission Schools of Excellence programme of the Gujarat government had just been unveiled in Adalaj town, Gandhinagar district, when the prime minister made his remarks. He emphasised that even though English is merely a language used for communication, it is still thought to be a sign of intellectualism. By constructing brand-new classrooms, smart classrooms, computer laboratories, and generally upgrading the infrastructure of schools in the state, the Mission will assist Gujarat in bolstering its educational infrastructure. “Recently-launched 5G service will go beyond smart facilities, smart classrooms, and smart teachings. It will take our education system to the next level,” the Prime Minister said. With the aid of the 5G service, he said, students may now experiment with virtual reality, the Internet of Things, and other cutting-edge technology in their classrooms. The PM also pushed for the use of regional languages to ensure that individuals who find English difficult are not left behind. “Earlier, knowledge of the English language was considered a criterion of being intellectual. In reality, the English language is just a medium of communication. This language barrier was a hindrance. Many young talents from villages could not become doctors and engineers because they were not well-versed in English,” he said. Young people now have the choice to pursue studies in different languages, according to the prime minister. “We aim to ensure that children of poor parents become doctors and engineers even if they are not educated in English (medium). We want to ensure that no one is left behind due to the lack of the English language,” PM Modi said, adding the “New Education Policy of the Centre will pull the country out from this slave mentality surrounding the English language”. Source: PTI

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Justice D.Y. Chandrachud appointed as the 50th CJI, to take oath on Nov 9

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Justice Dhanajaya Yeshwant Chandrachud was appointed on Monday by President Droupadi Murmu to serve as India’s 50th Chief Justice. As of November 8, Justice Chandrachud will succeed Chief Justice U U Lalit. According to a government notification, “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Dr Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 9 November, 2022.” On November 10, 2024, Justice Chandrachud is set to retire. With a two-year term, this will be the CJI’s longest tenure in almost ten years. Justice Chandrachud, a law graduate of Delhi University, earned his LLM and his Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School. In June 1998, the Bombay High Court designated him a senior advocate. He practised law at both the Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court. From 1998 till his appointment as a judge of the Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000, he worked as Additional Solicitor General. Additionally, he oversaw the Maharashtra Judicial Academy. On October 31, 2013, Justice Chandrachud was named Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. On May 13, 2016, he was named a Supreme Court judge. He authored significant decisions during his time in the SC, including the precedent-setting Constitution Bench decisions decriminalising homosexuality, decriminalising adultery, and recognising privacy as a basic right, among others. He had led a group that had travelled in many areas to ease the suffering that people had experienced during the Covid-19 issue, referring to the devastating second wave of the pandemic as a “national crisis” last year. Justice Chandrachud was recently one of the two SC Collegium judges who opposed to the “circulation” approach used to get opinions from its members over the appointment of judges to the top court. Justice Chandrachud is the son of Justice Y V Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India with the longest tenure (he served from February 22, 1978, to July 11, 1985).

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Roger Binny has been appointed as the 36th president of the BCCI to replace Sourav Ganguly

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Roger Binny, a former star of the Indian cricket team and a part of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, was appointed as the 36th president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on October 18. The appointment of Binny, who will take over for former India captain Sourav Ganguly, was made public at the BCCI AGM in Mumbai. The 67-year-old former star of the Indian cricket team was the sole person to submit a nomination for the position of BCCI president. All of the upcoming office-bearers are expected to be elected without opposition, thus aside from Binny, the polls were merely a formality. According to a BCCI statement, the following individuals were chosen to serve as the organization’s new office bearers: (a) President: Mr. Roger Binny (b) Vice President: Mr. Rajeev Shukla (c) Secretary: Mr. Jay Shah (d) Joint Secretary: Mr. Devajit Saikia (e) Treasurer: Mr. Ashish Shelar. Binny said, “One representative of the General Body was elected in the Apex Council of the BCCI: (a) Mr. MKJ Majumdar. Two representatives in the Indian Premier League Governing Council were elected: (a) Mr. Arun Singh Dhumal; and (b) Mr. Avishek Dalmiya, ” Binny served as the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association during his latest stint, and he had previously been a senior selection committee member while Sandeep Patil was the chairman.

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District administration of Jaipur is preparing to combat different vector-borne diseases

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Jaipur district collector Prakash Rajpurohit gave all officials the go-ahead to ensure that enough provisions were made for the effective prevention and control of dengue, chikungunya, and other seasonal infections due to escalating dengue concerns in the state. According to a press release from the district collector’s office, “Besides making adequate arrangement, the district collector has ordered to improve the progress of work under the chief minister’s free medicine scheme.”  On Monday, the district health committee was being addressed by the collector in the collectorate auditorium. He also stated during the conference that all primary health centres in the district should have better basic amenities, and that all primary health centres should have timely medication distribution. Ghee raid: Early on Monday, a team organised by the district government raided a few dhabas on Ajmer Road in Jaipur as part of “The War Campaign for Shuddh.” Officials have seized two well-known brands of ghee. 549 kg of fake ghee in total were seized, and the suspects were charged under the Security Standards Act. Source: Economic Times

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12% wage increment for staff of PSU general insurance companies

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For employees of four public sector general insurance companies effective from August 2017, the Finance Ministry has announced an average 12% pay increase. A gazette notification dated October 14, 2022 stated, “This Scheme may be called the General Insurance (Rationalisation of Pay Scales and other Conditions of Service of Officers) Amendment Scheme, 2022,” It added that officials and workers will receive arrears for five years and that this wage revision would take effect on August 1, 2017, and that it would apply to people who had worked for these companies. It further stated that the subsequent revision, which is scheduled in August 2022, will take the form of variable pay based on both the employer’s and the employee’s performance. The imposition of remuneration linked to employee performance and corporate performance is not well received by the unions. “We are having strong reservations against the way the wage revision has been done after the wait of 64 months. Linking wages with performance seems to be illogical as we employees undertake so many government schemes,” General Insurance Employees’ All India Association (GIEAIA) general secretary Trilok Singh said. He added that state-owned insurance company employees, not those from the private sector, are what make all government programmes successful, thus there is no equal playing field for public sector insurance companies. Data from year to year show that the private sector has lagged, he continued. Singh emphasised that although unions are not opposed to reforms, they should be implemented with consideration for the public sector structure of these companies. The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, which was announced by the government last year, will enable it to reduce its ownership of state-owned general insurers to below 51%. An official source estimated that the combined wage bill for New India Assurance, National Insurance, Oriental Insurance, and United India Insurance will be close to Rs 8,000 crore due to the 12% raise plus five years of arrears. Every five years, wages are revised for public sector banks and insurance firms. The following pay raise for insurance company employees is scheduled to begin in August 2022. Source: PTI

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Delhi University’s ‘centenary chance examination’ for college dropouts begins

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The “centenary chance examination” for college dropouts to finish their courses at Delhi University (DU) began on Sunday. D S Rawat, the dean of examinations at DU, said the tests are being held in two shifts and that so far, attendance has been “good.” Due to DU’s year-long centenary celebrations, which began on May 1, the dropouts have been given this one chance. “The centenary chance examination has begun. All the arrangements were made carefully and the exams are being conducted smoothly,” Rawat said. On the exam day, more than 1,850 students are expected to show up. For the examinations, more than 8,560 candidates had submitted applications. On Sunday, the exams would be given in two shifts. Both the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Sciences are conducting the exams. There will be 18 papers up for assessment in each shift, according to Rawat. The maximum number of papers for examinations administered annually is four, and the maximum number of papers for tests administered semester by semester is eight. It won’t be used for internal evaluation; instead, it will be used for a theory and practical examination. The exams will take place between October 16 and November 9. The DU had previously announced in May that students who left college in their final year could sign up for this one opportunity to take the exam and finish their course. The university will conduct further exams in March of the next year. Source: PTI

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Adani Data Networks receives a unified licence for full fledge telecom services

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Adani Data Network is now permitted to offer all telecom services in the nation due to the granting of a unified licence for access services. After buying spectrum in a recent auction, Adani Group entered the telecom industry. An official source reported that “Adani Data Networks has been granted UL (AS).” In the most recent 5G spectrum auction, Adani Data Networks Ltd (ADNL), a division of Adani Enterprises Ltd, obtained the right to use 400MHz of spectrum in the 26GHz millimetre wave band for Rs 212 crore over a period of 20 years. The Adani Group has previously stated that it intended to use the airwaves for both its data centres and the super app it is developing to help industries ranging from gas retail to ports and electricity distribution to airports. According to a statement from the company, “The newly-acquired 5G spectrum is expected to help create a unified digital platform that will accelerate the pace and scale of the Adani group’s digitisation of its core infrastructure, primary industry and B2C business portfolio.”

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