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The Indian Council of Medical Research (<keyword id="6364396" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="icmr" source="Orion">ICMR</keyword>) has come up with the country's first Ethical Guidelines for the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Research and <keyword id="6354525" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="healthcare" source="Orion">Healthcare</keyword> to provide an ethical framework for the development of <keyword id="6355999" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ai" source="Orion">AI</keyword>-based tools which will benefit all stakeholders. According to a document drafted by the Department of Health Research and ICMR's Artificial Intelligence Cell, AI for health, to a large extent, depends on data obtained from human participants and invokes additional concerns related to potential biases, data handling, interpretation, autonomy, risk minimization, professional competence, data sharing, and confidentiality. "It is therefore imperative to have an ethical framework that addresses issues specific to AI for biomedical research and healthcare," the guidelines stated. The adoption of AI technology in healthcare is growing in India. However, AI as data-driven technology has many potential ethical challenges which include algorithmic transparency and explainability, clarity on liability, accountability and oversight, bias and discrimination, said ICMR Director General Dr Rajiv Behl. "The DHR-ICMR AI Cell has identified the need to develop these guiding ethical principles concerning artificial intelligence and machine learning-based tools. "These guidelines will provide the ethical framework for the development of AI-based tools which will benefit all stakeholders, including innovators, developers, patients, technologists, researchers, healthcare professionals, ethics committees, sponsors and funding agencies involved in research related to AI in biomedical research and healthcare," he said. NTAGI chief Dr N K Arora said the purpose of the guideline is to provide an ethical framework which can assist in the development, deployment, and adoption of AI-based solutions for biomedical research and healthcare delivery. The guidelines are intended for all stakeholders involved in research on artificial intelligence in healthcare, including creators, developers, technicians, researchers, clinicians, ethics committees, institutions, sponsors, and funding organizations. It includes separate sections addressing ethical principles for AI in health, guiding principles for stakeholders, the ethics review process, governance of artificial intelligence for healthcare and research, and the informed consent process involving human participants and their data. The guideline has been formulated after extensive discussions with subject experts, researchers and ethicists, said Dr Arora. The induction of AI into healthcare has the potential to be the solution for significant challenges like diagnosis and screening, therapeutics, preventive treatments, clinical decision-making, public health surveillance, complex data analysis, and predicting disease outcomes. This list is likely to grow in the future, the document said. The purpose of these guidelines is not to limit innovation or recommend any disease-specific diagnostic or therapeutic approach but to guide effective yet safe development, deployment and adoption of AI-based technologies in biomedical research and healthcare delivery, it said. These guidelines will be used by experts and ethics committees reviewing research proposals involving the use of AI-based tools and technologies. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/ashneer-grovers-new-startup-crickpe-is-a-fantasy-sports-app-that-will-also-reward-cricketers/articleshow/98964195.cms">Ashneer Grover's new startup CrickPe is a fantasy sports app that will also reward cricketers</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/you-will-soon-lose-your-legacy-blue-tick-on-twitter-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/articleshow/98960333.cms">You will soon lose your legacy blue tick on Twitter – here’s everything you need to know</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/three-out-of-four-premium-smartphones-sold-in-2022-were-an-iphone/articleshow/98855033.cms">Three out of four premium smartphones sold in 2022 were an iPhone</a>

ICMR comes up with first ethical guidelines for application of AI in biomedical research, healthcare

<ul><li>The Indian government has refuted that there has been a direct breach from its <keyword id="17689208" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cowin-database" source="Orion">CoWIN database</keyword> that was used for <keyword id="9257042" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-vaccination" source="Orion">COVID vaccination</keyword>.</li><li>The data leak, reported on June 12, is from an earlier <keyword id="608402" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="data-breach" source="Orion">data breach</keyword>, says the government.</li><li>The Union Minister has clarified the situation on Twitter.</li></ul> The Indian government has swung into action after reports about a<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/covid-19-vaccination-data-reportedly-leaked-id-proof-date-of-birth-and-other-details-available-on-telegram/articleshow/100931799.cms"> data breach</a> from the <keyword id="10440405" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cowin" source="Orion">CoWIN</keyword> database came to light. The government has said that it “does not appear” that the CoWIN app and database have been “directly breached”. CloudSEK, an AI <keyword id="17689209" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="digital-risk-management" source="Orion">digital risk management</keyword> company has released a <a href="https://www.cloudsek.com/threatintelligence/cowin-data-leak-claim-and-cloudsek-analysis">report</a> which agrees with the government’s claim that the leak is not new. <keyword id="205969" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajeev-chandrasekhar" source="Orion">Rajeev Chandrasekhar</keyword>, the union minister of state for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology took to Twitter to clarify the government’s stand on the <keyword id="13005926" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="cowin-data-leak" source="Orion">CoWIN data leak</keyword> issue. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Data leak from a previous breach?" comment="subhead" text="Data leak from a previous breach?">Data leak from a previous breach?</cmsannotation> Chandrasekhar in his tweet mentioned that the data being used by the Telegram bot is from a threat actor database, which is being populated using previously stolen data. To recall, data of over 20,000 people, including their name, mobile number, Covid-19 test result and their address was<a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/data-meant-for-cowin-portal-leaked-online-over-20-000-indians-likely-affected-101642767559692.html"> reportedly</a> leaked in 2022. In another instance, data of over 15 crore citizens was<a href="https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/cowin-apps-covid-19-vaccination-data-of-15-crore-users-leaked-and-up-for-sale-government-denies-breach/769434"> reportedly</a> leaked in 2021 and the hackers put the data on sale. The government however refuted the claim and said that the CoWIN platform was never hacked. Interestingly, the government had so far not confirmed a data breach and has only now confirmed that there was a breach in the past, without revealing any information about the extent of the breach or the cause. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="API exists to pull data without OTP" comment="subhead" text="API exists to pull data without OTP">API exists to pull data without OTP</cmsannotation> The government in a<a href="https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1931691"> press release</a> has said that while there are no public APIs (application programming interface) to pull CoWIN data without an OTP, there are APIs, which have been shared with third parties such as ICMR that can pull data from CoWIN with just the phone number, similar to what we have seen on the Telegram bot. The government however claims that requests are accepted only from a trusted API. “There are some APIs which have been shared with third parties such as ICMR for sharing data. It is reported that one such API has a feature of sharing the data by calling using just a mobile number of Aadhaar. However, even this API is very specific and the requests are only accepted from a trusted API which has been white-listed by the Co-WIN application.” <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Expert take" comment="subhead" text="Expert take">Expert take</cmsannotation> CloudSEK, which provides AI digital risk management solutions has analysed the telegram bot using XVigil, its AI digital risk platform. As per its analysis, the hacker does not have access to the CoWIN platform or its backend database. “Based on matching fields from Telegram data and previously reported incidents affecting Healthworker of a region, we assume the information was scraped through these compromised credentials,” CloudSEK said in its report. 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<ul><li>There are at least three phases in the creation of a vaccine. </li><li>The fastest vaccine ever developed took four years. </li><li>India’s ICMR wants to launch a vaccine by August 15, risking rushed trials and approvals. </li></ul>It’s been six months since the coronavirus pandemic started infecting millions of people around the world. There is no vaccine yet and it is not surprising. What is surprising is the push from Indian Council for Medical Research for the launch of a COVID-19 vaccine by August 15. The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer has said that they can provide a <keyword id="8624004" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus-vaccine">coronavirus vaccine</keyword> to all by the end of this year <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/oxford-covid-19-vaccine-may-hit-the-indian-market-by-the-end-of-the-year-if-successful-says-ceo-of-worlds-largest-vaccine-manufacturer/articleshow/76763833.cms">if the trials are successful.</a> There are a number of organizations racing to make a vaccine. Some of them are skipping steps — <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/researchers-rush-to-start-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-without-usual-animal-testing/">like the usual animal trials before testing it on humans</a>⁠— given the scale of the pandemic, <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/why-creating-a-covid-19-vaccine-is-taking-so-long/">reported Wired citing </a>Dr. Seema Yasmin, Director of Stanford Health Communication Initiative. Yasmin further <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/why-creating-a-covid-19-vaccine-is-taking-so-long/">told Wired </a>that the fastest vaccine ever developed took four years. It will be a new record even if a company manages to create a vaccine in 12-18 months. Usually, a vaccine can take more than 10 year and cost as much as $500 million to fully develop, <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/vaccine-development-barriers-coronavirus/">according to UK charity</a>. In this, the discovery and research phase<a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/vaccine-development-barriers-coronavirus/"> consumes</a> two to five years. But India wants one in the next 45 days, or less. Vaccine takes longer because of the phases involved Kiran Mazumdar Shaw <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/biocon-chairperson-kiran-mazumdar-shaw-says-indias-covid-19-vaccines-will-enter-clinical-trial-in-9-months/articleshow/75591805.cms">explained, in a chat with Business Insider</a> in May 2020, that vaccine development takes time due to the phases involved. In the first phase (exploratory stage), a dose escalation is done to see what the ideal dose for an optimal immune response is. In the second phase (pre clinical stage), it is tested if the immune response can be done in all age groups. This is important as the first phase is conducted with young healthy volunteers who are at minimal risk. In the third phase (clinical trial) e, the vaccine is given to a larger population to ensure that the same immune response is given by everyone who is vaccinated. “One of the most important things of this phase is to check how long the immunity stays. This allows to determine how often a person will have to get re vaccinated,” Shaw said. However, even after going through such a long process vaccine development may not be successful. “When we are used to five-year time frames, to see something go into human testing on March 17 is really a remarkable thing. Does this guarantee success? Not necessarily . Vaccine development is characterised by a high failure rate – often 93% between animal studies and registration of a product,” <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/travel-trivia/coronavirus-vaccine-is-being-developed-at-unprecedented-speed-says-expert/vp-BB12dawq">Dr Jerome Kim, Director-General of the International Vaccine Institute</a>. At the time, Shaw said Indian vaccine programmes may take 6 to 9 months to get into clinical trials. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/intel-will-speed-up-mukesh-ambanis-5g-run-power-him-with-ai-and-possibly-a-jio-laptop/articleshow/76780290.cms">Intel will speed up Mukesh Ambani’s 5G run, power him with AI and possibly a Jio laptop⁠— all in return for massive amount of data</a>

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New Delhi, May 4 () Indian Council of Medical Research has deployed IBM's artificial intelligence tool Watson Assistant to expedite and simplify responses from testing to provide accurate and updated data on COVID-19, the IT company said on Monday.The virtual chat assistant will give responses based on the final guidelines issued by ICMR and also filter old rules that remain valid for handling tests, sample collection, diagnostics, data entry etc related to coronavirus cases.ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said that it is critical to remain focused on testing, diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus patients in order to lower the growth curve.He said with the number of on-field testing teams expanding across the nation as part of India's COVID-19 measures, collaboration with IBM will help automate responses from the field and facilitate access to accurate and updated data on the coronavirus diagnostics and reporting."This will help augment our teams' response time and allow them to concentrate on priorities like developing and updating testing and treatment protocols and guidance for COVID-19," Bhargava said.Coronavirus cases in the country have increased to 42,533 till date and killed 1,373 people."Technology continues to play a significant role in India's fight against COVID-19, and it is crucial to evaluate and leverage the most effective solutions to support these initiatives. The deployment of IBM's chatbot AI platform is aimed to help ICMR effectively manage the process of capturing data relating to COVID-19," Ministry of Electronics and IT Additional Secretary Gopalakrishnan S said.The virtual agent has been deployed on protected pages of the ICMR website that can be accessed only by authorized personnel who are involved with sample collection and testing in hospitals and diagnostic labs, the statement said."As India rises to meet the challenge of COVID-19, it is crucial to enable government bodies such as ICMR to utilize data and capabilities effectively for rapid detection and treatment," IBM general manager for India and South Asia, Sandip Patel said.Watson virtual agent will handle text based queries in Hindi and English language."Queries will be categorized under various headings such as governance, logistics, data entry and sharing, staff training and testing and for complex questions, pre-defined contact information of ICMR is made available. The virtual agent is also expected to help in on-boarding new data entry operators and staff of diagnostic centres, as the COVID-19 test network expands across the country," the statement said. PRS BAL

COVID-19: ICMR deploys IBM's Watson to expedite responses from testing

The ICMR has granted approval to a Pune-based company for its new self-use rapid home-test kit for Covid-19 with results available in just 15 minutes. Named '<keyword id="11286845" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="coviself">CoviSelf</keyword>', the country's first Covid-19 home-test kit, priced at ₹250, has been developed by <keyword id="8949936" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mylab-Discovery-Solutions">Mylab Discovery Solutions</keyword>, Pune, and will hit the markets within a few days. The company had also given <keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> its first RT-PCR <keyword id="50477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="test-kit">Test kit</keyword> last year which is now commonly used for Covid-19 tests. Mylab Discovery Solutions currently has a capacity of 70 lakh test kits per week and will enhance it to 1 crore test kits by early-June, its Managing Director Hasmukh Rawal said. The self-use test kit can be used by any symptomatic persons, or their immediate contacts of confirmed cases as per ICMR guidelines, and they can test themselves, go into isolation and get treatment quickly. Rawal said that each kit would comprise the requisite testing materials, instructions for use leaflet and a biohazard bag to safely dispose it off after testing. The test is done using nasal swab as compared to the deep nasopharyngeal swab to reduce the user's discomfort. CoviSelf will provide the results in just 15 minutes, and each pack has a unique QR code which must be entered along with the test outcome to get a report on the <keyword id="235499" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="APP">App</keyword>. "Since this eliminates the need for sample collection by a healthcare professional, it will greatly ease pressures on the overburdened testing labs, besides reducing delays in the test results, which is more than 72 hours in some parts of the country," said Rawal. With its CoviSelf, MDS hopes to reach Covid-19 testing virtually to the doorsteps of every Indian to help them fight the second pandemic wave and any subsequent waves, as it can be bought without prescription from any pharmacy, said Director Sujit Jain. "Most western countries have allowed self-test for their citizens and consider it as a powerful tool to break the chain. CoviSelf combines with Mylab's AI-powered mobile App so that a user can know his/her positive status, submit the result to ICMR directly for traceability, and know what to do next in either case of result. We are sure this small step will be a big leap in mitigating the second and subsequent waves," said Jain. SEE ALSO <a target="_blank" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/xiaomi-oppo-vivo-and-poco-extend-warranties-by-up-to-two-months-due-to-covid-19-lockdowns-and-restrictions/articleshow/82763113.cms">Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Poco extend warranties by up to two months due to COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/android-12-beta-how-to-download-and-install-it-on-pixel-oneplus-xiaomi-realme-phones-among-others/articleshow/82760990.cms">Android 12 beta – how to download and install it on Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Realme phones among others</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/adani-green-energy-to-acquire-sb-energy-india/articleshow/82759578.cms">Adani Green Energy to acquire SB Energy India, boosting its renewable energy capacity by 4.9GW</a>

ICMR-approved home test kit CoviSelf priced at ₹250, company claims you can test for COVID-19 in 15 minutes

<ul><li><keyword id="123121" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IBM-India">IBM India</keyword> and South Asia’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) forecasts are <keyword id="107950" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="20" keywordseo="artificial-intelligence">artificial intelligence</keyword> (AI) use cases that were lurking in the shadows will now come into the mainstream for businesses to survive. </li><li>Grocery shops, the fashion industry, banking, telecom — everyone will be using AI in order to reach customers without them having to step out of their homes. </li><li>Not all the solutions are ‘sexy’, according to Natarajan, but they’re just as important provided they put money in the pocket. </li></ul>Grocery shopping will be more need-driven, virtual mirrors are going to be mainstream, and masks won’t hide your face. IBM India and South Asia’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Subram Natarajan forecasts that more artificial intelligence (AI) use cases are going to come out from the woodwork into the mainstream and the world settles into the ‘new normal’ of the post-COVID world. One such example is of retail shops turning into green stores using AI, where the light and air-conditioning usage operates automatically depending on footfall density. “It may not be a very ‘sexy’ solution, but at the end of the day, it puts money in the pocket,” he said during an interview with Business Insider. Other solutions include banking, telecom, distribution with AI coming into the picture without it being obvious. However, here are some use cases that will be out in plain sight as they completely revamp how you go about your daily life. Virtual mirrors for finding the perfect outfit When you normally go to a store, you try on a shirt, you see if its fit, you check in the mirror and then you decide whether or not you want to buy it. However, people may be wary of putting on clothes that others have tried in an era where everything has to be contactless. <div type="image" title="shoppingcorona_edited" msid="76275433" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Customers selecting clothes at a shopping mall in Patna on Monday after malls reopened&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> “The experience of shopping, the experience of what you used to do while shopping, in a retail outlet — is now going to be enhanced using AI in the virtual world,” Natarajan told Business Insider. One of those changes may be virtual mirrors. “It’s essentially when you can stand in front of a mirror pretending that you’re wearing that particular attire that you chose. It allows you to see what you would look like wearing those clothes without actually being in the shop,” he explained. <div type="image" title="patnashopping_edited" msid="76275463" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Husband helping mother and daughter shop virtually through video conferencing as shopping centres reopen during Unlock 1.0&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Shopping for ingredients by recipe Even grocery shopping may see a revamp with brick-and-mortar stores seeing less footfall and being open for shorter amounts of time. In a normal grocery outlet, you shop as you walk down the aisles, spotting what you need — and what you remember. With AI, the app will do the remembering for you, and maybe even offer substitutes. <div type="image" title="groceryshop_edited" msid="76275534" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Almost empty grocery shop at Jadubabu&amp;#39;s Bazar in Kolkata during the lockdown&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> “For example, I’m in the mood for pizza, what do I do? So, I can actually go to a grocer and ask them that if I’m the mood for pizza — what are the ingredients that I need? The AI will become a part of that entire decision-making process,” said Natarajan. He explains that “the whole aspect of adjacency will come into play”. Instead of thinking about what you may need, the app or grocer will suggest what you can buy and what other ingredients you can try. “Something we tend to forget ingredients. The AI will help remind you. If you’re grocery shopping, physically, you tend to forget because it's not there in front of you. You’ll have to go looking for that ingredient in some aisle, on some shelf. In a virtual world, all those things are now broken down,” Natarajan explained. <div type="image" title="groceryshop2_edited" msid="76275584" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Limited people seen buying groceries at Big Bazaar considering coronavirus threat&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Masks with your face on it One example of how AI is already being used is masks with your face on it. Using face masks is one of the primary ways of exercising caution advocated by health agencies, even the World Health Organisation (WHO). Photo studios in Kerala are using the opportunity to print masks with partial faces on them so that people can still recognise you as you go about town. “This is a classical case of very low hanging fruit of use of AI — facial recognition, take an image and put in on a mask,” said Natarajan. “You see a new business for that operator — an MSME. They differentiated among other mask producers in the market,” he added. IBM’s AI technology — its Watson Assistant — has been helping <keyword id="9369584" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-indian-center-of-medical-research">the Indian Center of Medical Research</keyword> (ICMR) to diagnose and report coronavirus tests all over the country. Its supercomputer, s being used to try and find a cure. And, according to Natarajan — AI is here to stay. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="74725396" title="The world's fastest supercomputer joins the battle against coronavirus — and it's speeding up the hunt for a cure" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> Enterprises are going to use it to ensure that working from home is more secure and that operations don’t bear the brunt of social distancing. MSMEs will use it to differentiate themselves from the crowd. 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Mumbai, Mar 28 () National carrier Air India and its regional arm Alliance Air are operating a host of cargo charter flights -- mostly with medical equipment and medicines -- on several routes on Saturday, an Air India spokesperson said.The flights are being operated with a mix of Boeing 787, A320 and regional jets ATRs, he said.On Friday, a civil aviation ministry announced the setting up of an air cargo management group to move essential commodities across the country, which is lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi, Delhi-Imphal-Delhi, Delhi-Raipur-Bhubaneshwar-Delhi, Kolkata-Agartala-Kolkata and Mumbai-Pune-Raipur-Mumbai are the routes where these flighst are being operated, the spokesperson said.Air India has deployed its flagship aircraft Boeing 787-8 (Dreamliner) for Delhi-Mumbai flights, and A320 for Imphal flights, he said, adding the rest of the routes are being operated with Tray Retrieval System (ATRS).The country is under a 21-day lockdown from March 25 to curb the spread of the coronavirus and all domestic and international commercial passenger flights have been suspended for this period.On Friday also, essential items especially medicine and ICMR kits were transported from Delhi to Aizawl, Dibrugarh, Kolkata and Hyderabad on Friday and another flight transported essential items from Mumbai to Pune, Bengaluru and Trivandrum the same day, a civil aviation ministry official had said earlier.Besides, a third batch of air cargo carried essential items from Delhi to Pune and ICMR kits from Pune to Patna. IAS BALBAL

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New Delhi, May 6 () Hero Electronix, a Hero Group company, has introduced AI-based solution for its Qubo smart camera that will trigger an alert in case people in the area of surveillance are not wearing masks or not practising social distancing.Last year, Hero Electronix had forayed into the consumer technology market with the launch of 'Qubo' connected smart devices."With COVID-19 disrupting the way business is conducted and people interacting with others, safe and sanitised environments in strict compliance with WHO/ICMR guidelines is critical for businesses and households to mitigate the health crisis," a statement said.COVID Guard is an AI-based solution that has been developed by the R&amp;D team at Qubo, it added."This technology will initially be available Qubo's secure camera platforms to detect and alert non-compliance. For the enterprise market, Qubo will work with Zenatix (enterprise IoT solutions firm) as its go-to-market partner," the statement said.The company said Qubo's Q-eye AI platform can accurately identify and detect if an employee is wearing a mask or not or practising social distancing. On detecting the absence of a mask or social distancing, the camera can inform the manager via the companion app along with the video/image of the incident.The in-built speakers will also sound off a warning message to the employee asking him/her to wear a mask, it added.While this solution can help small kirana store owners to ensure health and safety compliance at the outlets without being physically present at the store, members of households can get alert if visitors like delivery boys are not complying with health protocols."This precautionary measure can reduce the risk of exposure and safeguard the health of the family members. Using the two-way talk function on the Qubo cameras, individuals can also interact with visitors in a contactless manner," the statement said.Hero Electronix CEO Nikhil Rajpal said with the changing scenario for businesses, ensuring business continuity while also implementing health and safety compliances will be a challenge most businesses aren't prepared for."Despite the challenges due to lockdown, COVID Guard features were developed in house by the team working remotely to help businesses to gradually head back to normalcy," he added.Social distancing and wearing masks is the new normal, and with COVID-Guard the company is leveraging its expertise in developing AI-based solutions to solve a major real-world problem which has become a public health crisis, he said. SR BALBAL

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<keyword id="1256547" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-indian-council-of-medical-research" source="Orion">The Indian Council of Medical Research</keyword> (ICMR) in collaboration with the Central Council for <keyword id="15509" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="research" source="Orion">Research</keyword> in <keyword id="2753767" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ayurvedic-sciences" source="Orion">Ayurvedic Sciences</keyword> under the Ayush Ministry has called for proposals to establish an integrative health research centre at the <keyword id="40458" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aiims" source="Orion">AIIMS</keyword>. The aim is to develop integrative health research through integrating Ayush system with conventional <keyword id="3668569" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bio-medicine" source="Orion">bio-medicine</keyword>, and modem technology to bring integrative health care to the people for improved patient outcome through innovations related to diagnostics, preventive, health promotive as well as treatment methods, the call for proposals document said. "Under the extramural research programme, ICMR and Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences will jointly fund to set up Ayush-ICMR Advanced Centre for Integrative Health Research (AI-ACIHR), at AIIMS to conduct research on identified areas focusing on integrative healthcare by experienced research teams," it said. The aim of the Ayush-ICMR Advanced Centre for Integrative Research at AIIMS will be to harness mutual understanding and research environment between different systems of medicine leading to integrative health research, and to identify gaps in knowledge and priority areas where the approach of integrative medicine may have potential and conduct integrative research in these priority areas to generate robust evidence, the document said. The objective is also to develop integrative management protocols with inputs from both traditional and modern medicine in the identified priority diseases based on the generated evidence and carry out mechanistic studies to explain the integrative medicine approach. There is a need for an integrated healthcare regime that can guide health policies and programs in the future. India has an advantage in this global resurgence of interest as it has a rich heritage of indigenous medical knowledge coupled with a robust infrastructure and skilled workforce in contemporary medicine, the document stated. A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was recently signed between the Ministry of Ayush and ICMR at an inter-ministerial level. It aims to promote high impact research on integrative health to generate evidence in priority areas of national importance in healthcare utilising modern scientific methods. It is a joint effort to establish Ayush-ICMR Centres for Advanced Health Research at AIIMS in phases. Joint efforts will be in place to conduct high-quality clinical trials on identified areas/disease conditions of national importance with promising integrative therapies to generate evidence for wider acceptance, the document added.

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<keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> recorded its highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases this year with 22,854 new infections, taking the total tally to 1,12,85,561, according to the <keyword id="920967" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Union-health-ministry-data">Union Health Ministry data</keyword> updated on Thursday. The country last recorded such an increase in daily cases 76 days ago on December 25 when it registered 23,067 infections in a day. The death toll increased to 1,58,189 with 126 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The total active cases have increased to 1,89,226 which now comprises 1.68 per cent of the total infections. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,09,38,146 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 96.92 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.40 per cent, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. According to the ICMR, 22,42,58,293 samples have been tested up to March 10 with 7,78,416 samples being tested on Wednesday. The 126 new fatalities include 54 from <keyword id="13126" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</keyword>, 17 from Punjab and 14 from Kerala. A total of 1,58,189 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 52,610 from Maharashtra followed by 12,530 from <keyword id="20154" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</keyword>, 12,379 from <keyword id="6354780" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karnataka">Karnataka</keyword>, 10,931 from Delhi, 10,283 from West Bengal, 8,740 from Uttar Pradesh and 7,177 from <keyword id="37102" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Andhra-Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</keyword>. The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. "Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/nissans-magnite-vs-renaults-kiger-specifications-price-features-compared/slidelist/81442443.cms">Nissan's Magnite vs Renault's Kiger: specifications, price, features compared</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/gartner-forecasts-ai-will-replace-investor-gut-feel-in-stock-market/articleshow/81442285.cms">Gartner predicts 75% of VCs will be using AI instead of their ‘gut feel’ to make decisions by 2025 — here are the companies already walking down that path</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/gadgets/news/after-sbi-axis-bank-launches-its-own-line-of-wearable-payment-devices-that-only-cost-10-a-piece/articleshow/81443297.cms">After SBI, Axis Bank launches its own line of wearable payment devices that only cost $10 a piece</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/youtube-will-begin-deducting-us-taxes-from-payments-to-creators-as-early-as-june-2021-for-creators-outside-of-the-us/articleshow/81443725.cms">If you are a YouTube creator, you may have to pay $24 as tax for every $100 you make</a>

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By Shakoor Rather New Delhi, May 8 () Researchers have developed an easy-to-use cloud-based web interface powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that they say can detect COVID-19 quickly from radiology reports such as CT scan or X-Rays. The system may enable doctors and medical staff even in remotest villages of the country to get quick results on the COVID-19 status of a patient, the researchers said. AI technologies that study CT Scans and X-Rays are being deployed as part of global efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, according to the researchers from Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab. However, one of the biggest roadblocks in their adoption has been the need for a high-tech device or computer to support the software, and a qualified technician for operating it, they said. "The unavailability of resources in our healthcare system is a big hindrance in COVID-19 detection and treatment, especially in the remote areas of the country," Prabin Kumar Das, a B.Tech student at LPU told . "We wanted to build a cloud based system which could be accessed at minimal costs even from the remotest possible locations in the country while ensuring high quality results," Das said. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the novel coronavirus causes respiratory illness resembling viral pneumonia, resulting in fever, cough, and shortness of breath. A study published in the journal Radiology found that chest X-ray scan features can aid in the early detection and diagnosis of the virus. The interface developed by researchers at LPU is cloud-based, and does not need any high-tech device or technicians to operate. It can be accessed by an authorised healthcare professional any where in the world via a basic mobile device with internet connectivity and a web browser, they said. The researchers noted that the user will have to upload a patient's scan on the website and it will return the diagnosis result "within a few seconds". The interface is connected to an AI model at a centralised server which processes the image received from the web portal and sends the results back to the web portal, they said. The researchers said no extra technical skills are required to use the portal, except for uploading the images. The portal is capable of hosting any AI model that is preferred by a hospital, and will accordingly be able to detect the infection as well as the extent to which it has affected the patient, they said. "Several experts from around the world have strongly recommended the use of CT scans for quick diagnosis of COVID 19. We are proud to have come up with a solution that can rapidly scale these tests," Lovi Raj Gupta, Executive Dean of Science and Technology at LPU told . He said the team is in touch with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for further evaluation, and is also in talks with industry partners to collaborate by providing the most promising medically-certified AI models which can be used for diagnosis of COVID19. This, Gupta said, will help doctors to segregate patients and make decisions to triage, isolate or put a patient on a ventilator, in order to use the available resources efficiently. The images uploaded on the interface will be AES encrypted ensuring complete privacy for the patient, according the researchers. It took the team, including B. Tech student Biswajyoti Roy, and professors Rajesh Singh and Anita Gehlot, around one month to develop the framework, they said. The AI model that that the team built for testing the framework was trained and tested over more than 13,000 chest radiography images, according to the researchers. SAR SARSAR

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San Francisco, June 26 (IANS) Google has announced to expand Business Messages in Maps and Search to support all kinds of businesses connect directly with their customers. Business Messages will also be available on mobile websites so that a business can add the ability for customers to quickly "Message" right from their website and offer the same smart automated replies, paired with live agent connection, Google said in a statement on Thursday. "Messaging has become such a valuable way to connect with customers that twice as many businesses are messaging via Google now, compared to last year," the company informed. Business Messages provides brands a comprehensive messaging solution across Android devices, and through Maps on iOS. Several organisations, including MyGov in India, were among the first to try the updated Business Messages experience to make customer care more effective and efficient, particularly during Covid-19. "MyGov, with partner Amplify.ai, is providing help and answering live questions from Indian citizens about hours, Covid-19 helplines, and ways to volunteer and donate, for more than 11,000 food and night shelters across India," said Google. The tech giant this month launched a new feature on Google Search, Assistant, and Maps for users in India to help them find information on Covid-19 testing centres near them. The search giant partnered with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and MyGov to provide the information on authorised testing labs. The Search, Assistant, and Maps currently feature 700 testing labs across 300 cities in India. The feature is currently available in English and eight Indian languages including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati, and Marathi. Business Messages, however, is currently available in English, with expanded coverage to other languages launching soon, said Google. --IANS na/

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