News in toons: Here’s what happened last week

India is working on the world’s largest facial recognition system that will comprise more than 10 million photos. Once deployed, the system will automate police procedures — match suspects’ photos with the database. But, with tricks like hyperface, privacy visor and using juggalo makeup can fool the system.

There is a job role that will thrive during bad times — that of resolution professionals (RPs). The salaries of Interim Resolution Professionals and Resolution Professionals are also attractive. Their compensation varies as per the complexity of cases and ranges from ₹ ₹50,000 to over ₹1.5 lakh a month.

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea hiked their tariffs which will take effect from December. This time around, their arch rival Reliance Jio followed suit. Just a few weeks back, they faced a backlash for increasing tariffs by a mere six paise after government made them pay Interconnect Usage Charges to other players. But this time, rivals and friends hiked tariffs together.

After changing the names of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Mughalsarai to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is planning to change the name of Agra to Agravan. The state government has asked the Ambedkar University in Agra to look into the historical aspect of the name.