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From Gandhi and Mandela to Modi in South Africa
No full textAs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits South Africa and other countries in eastern Africa, SA Welcomes Modi Committee invokes the names of Mohandas Mahatmaâ€\u9d Gandhi and Nelson Mandela to refer to the shared history of Indo-Africa interactions, emphasising #SiyakwamukelaModi. NITASHA KAUL thinks it’s ironic that the legacy of these icons of peace is being used to welcome Modi, a lifelong Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) member and a Hindu nationalist political ideologue who has a record of presiding over anti-minority violence
An investigation into adaptive power reduction techniques for neural hardware
No full textIn light of the growing applicability of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) in the signal processing field [1] and the present thrust of the semiconductor industry towards low-power SOCs for mobile devices [2], the power consumption of ANN hardware has become a very important implementation issue. Adaptability is a powerful and useful feature of neural networks. All current approaches for low-power ANN hardware techniques are ‘non-adaptive’ with respect to the power consumption of the network (i.e. power-reduction is not an objective of the adaptation/learning process). In the research work presented in this thesis, investigations on possible adaptive power reduction techniques have been carried out, which attempt to exploit the adaptability of neural networks in order to reduce the power consumption. Three separate approaches for such adaptive power reduction are proposed: adaptation of size, adaptation of network weights and adaptation of calculation precision. Initial case studies exhibit promising results with significant power reduction
Modi: myth and the man
No full textNarendra Modi reacted to the killing of 20 Indian army personnel by China’s People’s Liberation Army by reassuring the country that “Nobody has intruded into our border... nor have our posts been captured.” The posturing around ‘no Chinese incursion’ continues till date. But many commentators suggest that the de facto shift in the region — with the Galwan Valley now under effective control of China — implies that India is giving up its claim on this crucial territory and that this will be the end of Modi’s credentials as a ‘strong leader’.
We, however, argue that far from weakening Modi’s ‘strongman’, ‘nationalist’ credentials, the recent developments are consistent with Modi’s political strategy and are likely to bolster his success.
Why do we think that Modi’s China gamble will pay off
Increasing Authoritarianism in India under Narendra Modi
No full textSince 2014, under the rule of the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a new chapter has being authored in India’s history, whereby the country has come to deviate from the basic principles of democracy, minority rights, and executive accountability. This needs greater recognition and urgent action
"Mehrab" In the frame of form
No full textThis article aims to discuss the focus of the Russian Formalism on the literariness of the texts, and its attempt to identify the devices which distinguish a literary form from an ordinary one. It also clarifies the fact that the new American critics argued for organic unity in poetry, i.e. poetry is a paradox that the critic, without being influenced by or paying attention to the author's intention, should try to solve the ambiguities and puzzles internal to it, in order to accomplish the understanding of the meaing, and to achieve the organic unity. The author, considering both of the above- mentioned approaches, explores Sohrab Sepehri 's poem entitled "Mehrab"
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No full textAnimals can learn causal relationships between pairs of stimuli separated in time and this ability depends on the hippocampus. Such learning is believed to emerge from alterations in network connectivity, but large-scale connectivity is difficult to measure directly, especially during learning. Here, we show that area CA1 cells converge to time-locked firing sequences that bridge the two stimuli paired during training, and this phenomenon is coupled to a reorganization of network correlations. Using two-photon calcium imaging of mouse hippocampal neurons we find that co-time-tuned neurons exhibit enhanced spontaneous activity correlations that increase just prior to learning. While time-tuned cells are not spatially organized, spontaneously correlated cells do fall into distinct spatial clusters that change as a result of learning. We propose that the spatial re-organization of correlation clusters reflects global network connectivity changes that are responsible for the emergence of the sequentially-timed activity of cell-groups underlying the learned behavior. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01982.001
Rise of the Political Right in India: Hindutva-Development Mix, Modi Myth, and Dualities
No full textWe are witnessing a global phenomenon of the rise of right-wing leaders who combine nationalist rhetoric with a claim to challenge the pernicious effects of neoliberalism. But, upon achieving power, they do not oppose the business elite, instead, while paying lip service to the victims of economic processes, they direct the blame for those structural problems upon the minorities and ‘Others’ within the rightwing nationalist imagination. In the Indian context, this is typified by the rise of Narendra Modi. Modi-led BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and its coming to power in 2014 has similarities with Trump, and is also different from the earlier incarnations of the BJP. In the first part of this paper, I explain the innovative nature of the specific Modi-mix of Hindutva and Development, and outline the toxic impact his right-wing populist givernment has had on a broad spectrum of Indian society and polity. However, in spite of the visible increase in real and symbolic violence across the country, Modi continues to remain popular and wield great influence. The second part of the paper answers this apparent puzzle by providing an account of the work of the ‘Modi myth’ that projects him as an ascetic, paternal and decisive ruler. This political myth is constantly reinforced through medium, speech, and performance. Further, given the many disparate constituencies with differing concerns that Modi-led BJP addresses itself to, the policy inconsistencies are reconciled by a strategic and systematic use of ‘forked tongue’ speech that presents the different interests as being uniform. A populist right-wing politics is constructed out of keeping these dualities in motion by speaking to the different constituencies with a forked tongue. I conclude by giving three examples of management of such dual domains: corporate/grassroots, national/international, India/Bharat
New therapies for treating infections in infants and children
No full textInfections remain important causes of mortality and morbidity in infants and children. The first part of this review examines evidence for the use of novel or experimental treatments in serious bacterial infections. New therapeutic strategies to treat specific viral and fungal infections are also considered. Finally, we examine novel strategies to prevent infections in the community and in the hospital setting. New treatments for tropical infections are out of the scope of this review
Banglalink digital communications Limited- SWOT analysis & customer satisfaction of M-banking service users
No full textThis internship report is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration,2014.Cataloged from PDF version of Internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 47).Banglalink Digital Communications Limited is the second largest telecom brand in Bangladesh. The company started their journey with a vision to spread the mobile phone to all aspects of people.
The report covers a broad dimension of topics. At the beginning of the report the author finds out the history of the company in Bangladesh. Under this topic it reveals how they acquire ‘Sheba’ telecom in the starting, the customer base, employees, the management system etc.
The second part of the report covers the author’s job responsibilities at Banglalink in the period of Internship program. The functions are discussed elaborately so that anyone interested to go through the report could understand it easily.
The final part of the project aims to develop a SWOT analysis on the company. So that people could track down the real picture of the company. In other means it will also help the company to make strategies depending on the internal and external factors of influence.
Moreover, the project covers the customers’ satisfaction of Banglalink MFS users. Hereby, the author used extensive tele-survey research to find out the factors influencing customer satisfaction. The analysis and data interpretation is based on excel functions; where pie chart, bar chart etc. are used for better and ease understand.Nafis Mehrab-Al-IslamB. Business Administratio
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