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The Gorakhpur district administration on Saturday decided to impose a <keyword id="739481" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Night-curfew">night curfew</keyword> till April 18 in the wake of rising coronavirus cases. Gorakhpur District Magistrate Vijyendra Pandiyan said the night <keyword id="23410" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Curfew">curfew</keyword> will be imposed from 9 pm to 6 am. It will begin on Sunday night and continue till April 18. The curfew will also exempt government employees and also those associated with the essential services and public welfare services allowed to work, but they have been urged to carry their identity cards with them at all times. Any celebration/wedding would be allowed out of the containment zone and a maximum 100 people would be allowed at a time with strict adherence to <keyword id="8764262" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid">COVID</keyword> protocol and the event should end by 10 pm, the DM said. The directive issued by the district magistrate pointed out that essential services will continue functioning normally during the curfew period and no approval letter or e-pass is required for them. People travelling with a legal ticket of air service/railway/ bus would be allowed to travel. Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, authorities in <keyword id="397542" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gautam-Buddh-Nagar">Gautam Buddh Nagar</keyword>, <keyword id="17425" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Allahabad">Allahabad</keyword>, Meerut, <keyword id="44991" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ghaziabad">Ghaziabad</keyword> and <keyword id="6356144" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="bareilly">Bareilly</keyword> had earlier imposed a night curfew to tackle the infection spread. On Wednesday, similar restrictions were imposed in Kanpur and the <keyword id="6356039" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="lucknow-municipal-corporation">Lucknow Municipal Corporation</keyword> area. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/nokia-x20-specifications-nokia-new-phones-price-in-india/articleshow/81981039.cms">Six new Nokia smartphones announced – price, specifications and availability details you should know</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/founders-take-note-heres-why-most-startups-fail/articleshow/81981138.cms">Founders, take note: here’s why most startups fail</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/google-phone-app-now-lets-you-record-calls-automatically-from-unknown-numbers/articleshow/81982791.cms">Google Phone app now lets you record calls automatically from unknown numbers</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/adar-poonawalla-serum-institute-of-india-has-bought-stake-policybazaar/articleshow/81985425.cms">Serum Institute of India buys into IPO-bound insurance unicorn PolicyBazaar, as True North sells part stake in secondary sale</a>

Night curfew imposed in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district from 9 pm to 6 am till April 18

The employment scenario in <keyword id="6357713" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</keyword> is quite sad as nearly 1.10 lakh applications have been received for 250 vacant positions in contractual sweepers. 
 
Many of the applicants are MBAs, BTechs for the job, which has a minimum requirement of reading and writing abilities in Hindi. 
 The <keyword id="6373583" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Allahabad-Municipal-Corporation">Allahabad Municipal Corporation</keyword> (AMC) said the process may take a longer duration as they have received humongous applications for the job. 
 
Sources told TOI the recruitment may be further delayed if there is a change in government after the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The aspiring sweepers are competing for 119 vacancies in Allahabad and around 100 in every district across the state. 
 
Additional municipal commissioner O P Srivastava told TOI a large number of unemployed, highly qualified youngsters have applied for the job. The number of applicants has increased to 1.10 lakh. A minimum of 408 working days, or around two years, are required to complete the practical examination process.

Nearly 1.10 lakh apply for 250 sweeper jobs in Uttar Pradesh, most of them are BTechs and MBAs

US President-elect <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Donald+Trump&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Donald Trump</a>’s new administration will continue to engage with India for the development of smart cities, a US government official told ET. 
 
During the term of President <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Barack+Obama&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Barack Obama</a>, India and the United States signed memorandums of understanding to develop three smart cities in Allahabad, Ajmer and <keyword id="60510" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</keyword>. The US agreed to assist the cities in project planning, infrastructure development, feasibility studies and capacity building. 
 "We had initial discussions with the transition team (under new Presidency). It is still early stages but we have shared our plans and they have been included,” <keyword id="2457932" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vinay-Vijay-Singh">Vinay Vijay Singh</keyword>, deputy assistant secretary in the <keyword id="126668" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-Department-of-Commerce">US Department of Commerce</keyword>, told ET. 
 
However, according to Singh, there can be certain issues that can be addressed. 
 
"<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Indian+cities+&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Indian cities </a>should be enabled to have more autonomy. The mechanics between the Centre and states in India need to be worked out,” Singh said. 
 
"I know they are working hard at it. We had this (smart cities) competition and the money has gone to the states, then we go to the states and some states say we don't have the money because these things haven't been done,” he added. 
 
The companies that were already involved in India's smart cities project also showed resonance to these concerns. Ashley O'Connor, vice president, Region Business Line leader, AECOM, said that some clarity would be welcome. 
 
"In Vizag (Visakhapatnam), in particular, there were talks of a new airport. It would need significant investment, so clarity around these, what is in works and how are they working forward would be helpful for the business side,” she told ET. 
 
Singh said that US participation in development of smart cities in India is not a political initiative and the agenda is driven by the US private sector, which sees this as a growth area. 
 "We will continue to engage with all stakeholders. We will also work with multilateral institutions to help eliminate the initial risk involved in such projects,” Singh said, citing the example of US government's <keyword id="258736" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Department-of-Treasury">Department of Treasury</keyword>'s initiative with <keyword id="6354650" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pune-Municipal-Corporation">Pune Municipal Corporation</keyword> to help the city raise funds via issuance of bonds. 
 Devin Hampton, chief of staff for <keyword id="711797" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-Trade-Development-Agency">US Trade &amp; Development Agency</keyword>, said the focus areas for smart cities are in energy, telecom and transportation sector. 
 
"We will help identify opportunities and it is important that there should be more cities to cities contact for greater synergy on best practices,” Hampton told ET.

Under Trump’s presidency, US will continue to develop smart cities for India

IBM will now help <keyword id="6359081" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Surat">Surat</keyword>, Allahabad and <keyword id="6368842" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vizag">Vizag</keyword> with waste management, disaster management and citizen services and will transform them into ‘<keyword id="6377036" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="smart-cities">smart cities</keyword>’. 
 
The tech giant has selected these Indian cities among 16 global locations for its smart cities programme, under which IBM will send a team of experts to each of the chosen cities to analyse data about critical issues faced by local bodies. 
 
Each consulting engagement under the 'Smarter Cities Challenge' has a commercial value of $500,000. Delhi, Ahmedabad, Pune and Chennai have already received the grant in the past. 
 "The initiative gives us the opportunity to work with city municipal corporations on diverse societal issues from transportation to disaster management, healthcare to waste management and share recommendations to become more effective in transforming citizen services," <keyword id="123121" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="IBM-India">IBM India</keyword> Head Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs Mamtha Sharma told PTI. 
 
Other chosen cities include Amsterdam (Netherlands), Athens (Greece), Denver, Detroit, Memphis, Rochester (New York) in the US, Melbourne (Australia), San Isidro (Peru), Santiago (Chile), Sekondi (Ghana), Taichung (Taiwan), Xuzhou and Huizhou (China). 
 Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> had vowed 100 smart cities by 2022 to meet the increasing urban population, which is expected to rise by more than 400 million people to 814 million by 2050. 
 
The Finance Ministry had allocated Rs 7,060 crore for developing these smart cities. 
 
The world is keen on setting up smart cities, where technology can help citizens access, in real time, infrastructure services like traffic, parking, lighting, and water. 
As per the news agency, by the end of 2016, IBM estimates to make such grants to more than 130 cities, with nearly 800 of IBM top experts delivering pro bono services valued at more than USD 66 million. 
 
"For the first time, in addition to providing pro bono consulting services, IBM will use IBM Watson Analytics Professional Edition to help take the city's pulse, as expressed on social media. 
 
"This might include studying travel patterns, public health, or the effects of man-made and weather events," Sharma told PTI. 
 
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