#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Facebook #ARIHANT

ARIHANT  :  on the  horizon ?

Times of India ( 16 May ) carries following news :

“ Facebook cracks down on 30 million posts for sex, terror, hate content “

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/facebook-cracks-down-on-30-million-posts-for-sex-terror-hate-content/articleshow/64182497.cms

Extract :

Facebook said improved technology using artificial intelligence had helped it act on 3.4 million posts containing graphic violence………..

In 85.6 per cent of the cases, Facebook detected the images before being alerted to them by users…………

Responses to rule violations include removing content, adding warnings to content that may be disturbing to some users while not violating Facebook standards; and notifying law enforcement in case of a "specific, imminent and credible threat to human life". 

Improved IT also helped Facebook take action against 1.9 million posts containing terrorist propaganda, a 73% increase. Nearly all were dealt with before any alert was raised, the company said. It attributed the increase to the enhanced use of photo detection technology.

Given the progress made by Facebook so far, I have reason to believe that my concept of  ARIHANT , propounded in following blogs, is  likely to get implemented soon :

Fast  Forward  to  Future [  20  Oct  2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/10/fast-forward-to-future-3-f.html

 

Future is Nearer !  [  31 July  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/07/future-is-nearer.html

Racing towards ARIHANT ?  [  04  Aug  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/08/racing-towards-arihant.html

to : Alphabet / from : ARIHANT  [  12  Oct  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/10/to-alphabet-from-arihant.html

ARIHANT  :  the  Destroyer  of  Enemy  [  24  Nov  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/11/artficialintelligence.html

From  Tele-phony  to  Tele-Empathy  ?   [  27  March  2018  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/03/ai-artificialintelligence.html

ARIHANT   travels   EAST  ?  [  02  April  2018  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/04/ai-robots-braincomputerinterface.html

Samudra Manthan [ Ocean Churning ] V 2.0 [ 01 May 2018 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/05/samudra-manthan-ocean-churning-v-20.html

18  May  2018

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rekh.in / blogs

 

 

 

#EV #ElectricVehicles #EESL #WetLease

Evidence  is  piling  up  !

For last few months, I have been writing blogs ( and sending as emails to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog / PM-EAC members / EESL officers etc ) , advocating that EESL should “ lease “ electric cars rather than go for outright “ purchase “ , since leasing will save thousands of crores of rupees

( Read : https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/04/eesl-electriccar-scaminindia.html  )

To best of my knowledge , so far TATA and M&M have delivered some 500 EV each , against last year’s tender for 10,000 cars . It is a different matter that there are no more than a dozen Battery Charging stations in Delhi !

Last month, EESL floated its SECOND tender for 10,000 EVs !  But EESL MD , Shri Saurabh Kumar says ,

“ We will wait for DHI ( Department of Heavy Industries ) to issue a final set of specifications for charging stations . Until then, we cannot move ahead with the tender “

{  Foreign Automakers may bag 20 % of Centre’s e-car contract  }

Some 300,000  electric cars are going to be purchased by EESL in next 4 years !

Here is further evidence in support of my suggestion to “ Lease “ :

Source :

https://inc42.com/buzz/electric-vehicles-this-week-gurugram-and-hyderabad-goes-ev-savvy-byd-to-set-up-manufacturing-plant-and-more/?utm_source=Inc42+Main&utm_campaign=evening_newsletter_12_May&utm_medium=email

In another development, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to hire 20 electric vehicles (EV) at a cost of Rs 21,500 per month per vehicle against the current Rs 34,000 per vehicle per month, and to set up charging points at its headquarters and zonal offices.

Let us assume that these Electric Buses in Hyderabad, will run for 25 days per month

So , the cost ( hire-charge ) comes to Rs 860 per working day

Now , BEST buses in Mumbai average 189 km run per day ( against target of 200 Km )

If those 20 GHMC Electric buses also average the same mileage , its “ Cost per Km “ would come to Rs 4.5 per Km ! ( I presume , this is NOT a wet-lease and therefore does not include the cost of the driver )

Even if we add the driver’s salary ( Rs 20,000 pm for running 4725 km per month ), that would come to another Rs 4.2 per Km

So the total cost would come to Rs 4.5 + Rs 4.2 = Rs 8.7 per km !

Compare this with BEST’s running cost of Rs 107 per Km !

[ Source :

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/ev-electricvehicles-fame.html ]

Here are some other voices ( - afraid to be identified ? ) :

Centre plans Rs 9,000 crore sops to push eco-friendly cars

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/centre-plans-rs-9000-crore-sops-to-push-eco-friendly-cars/articleshow/64152041.cms?

Extract :

"If the target is to reduce emission of greenhouse gases, should we not focus on improving public transport by deploying more buses running on cleaner fuel?" asked an official.

For the same amount ( Rs 5,800 crore ), at least 50 lakh buses can be run across the country, on the lines of orange buses in Delhi, on 'operation-expenditure model', sources said

Saving billions of Yuans per year , was not the only reason why ,

* Chinese city of Shenzhen added some 16,359 Electric buses in last 8 years ( 2,000 per

  year ! ) . At this rate , Mumbai could replace its 3711 diesel buses in less than 2 years !

* Globally, there are an estimated 385,000 fully electric buses, and according to a

   recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance report, 99 percent of them are in China.

*  China adds about 9,500 EV buses every five weeks

*  To further reduce upfront costs, some operators in Shenzhen also choose to lease

    buses from the manufacturers

[ source : https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/how-china-charged-into-the-electric-bus-revolution/559571 ]

The question that we need ask is :

When will “ public interest “ overtake the “ vested interests “ ?

14  May  2018

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Video Interviewing

Idea of interviewing candidates “ Online “ , using Video Conferencing tools , has been around for a long time

That prompted me to design :

On Line Jobs Fair

http://hcpreports.blogspot.com/2016/02/online-jobs-fair.html

   

PHYSICAL JOB  FAIR  [ PJF ]  vs  VIRTUAL  JOB FAIR  [ VJF ]

http://hcpreports.blogspot.com/2016/10/virtual-job-fair-vjf.html

PROCESS  FLOW    CHART  /  Online Jobs Fair 

http://hcpreports.blogspot.com/2016/10/process-flow-chart-online-jobs-fair.html

SoftwareArchitecture For Online Jobs Fair

http://hcpreports.blogspot.com/2018/03/software-architecture-for-online-jobs.html

My concept has come one step closer to realization , with Bharatsync technologies ( P ) Ltd., launching following mobile app :

VideoMeet    

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/the-app-you-need-to-make-doing-multi-person-video-audio-conference-calls-on-your-smartphone-simple/articleshow/64138034.cms

This app is FREE and can be downloaded from :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.datainfosys.videomeet&hl=en_US

I have no doubt that this mobile app ( VideoMeet ) will pave the way for a portal which will enable thousands of interactions / dialogues / interviews , to take place simultaneously , between :

*  Employers and Jobseekers

*  Doctors and Patients

*  Lawyers and Litigants

*  Teachers and Students

*  Buyers and Sellers

*  Trainers and Apprentices….etc

Here are two such examples :

Share- Your - Soul / Outsourcing Unlimited  [  24  July  2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/07/share-your-soul-outsourcing-unlimited.html

 

 

Privacy  For  Sale  [  26  Aug  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/08/wwwprivacyforsalecom.html

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But , it is quite likely that such an Online Portal may , someday soon replace the online recruiter :

Recruiters threatened by AI ?

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/03/recruiters-threatened-by-ai.html

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13  May  2018

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#EV #ElectricVehicles #FAME

And getting  costlier, too  !

DNA ( 08 may 2018 ) carries following news re BEST in Mumbai :

One in ten BEST buses not running, hence your wait is longer

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-one-in-ten-best-buses-not-running-hence-your-wait-is-longer-2612637

That means :

Running Cost per bus (  Rs per Km  ):

2007-08  /  2010-11  /  2013-14  /  2016-17

54   /  58   /  86   /  107

Against this, consider the “ PRICE PER KM “ quoted by Goldstone recently for  “ WET LEASING “ of ELECTRIC buses :

“ Goldstone-BYD placed bids as low as  ₹29.28 per km  for a 9-meter AC bus to Bengaluru, followed by  ₹36 per km  bid for a similar one for Hyderabad “

[  source :   Buy or Lease ? 

     https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/04/buy-or-lease.html    ]

 

And these prices are for a tender for 230+40  buses only  !

BEST fleet has 3711 buses

If BEST were to get its entire fleet as  WET LEASED   from parties like TATA / Ashok Leyland / Goldstone –BYD etc , then it is entirely possible that the quoted price could come down to as low as Rs 27 per Km  !

A SAVING OF  RS 80 PER KM

Now , a BEST bus is supposed to run , 200 km / day

That is 365*200 = 73000 km per year

For those 3711 BEST buses , that amounts to 73,000*3711 = 27, 09,03,000 km per year

So , if we save Rs 80 per km , how much SAVING can we make per year if all those buses were taken on WET LEASE ?

Rs 2160 crore  !

Apart from that , there will be following advantages :

*   No need for an army of Bus Drivers / Conductors / Maintenance people

*   Huge saving of Petrol / Diesel

*   No exhaust fumes , so cleaner air to breathe and less respiratory diseases

Is this likely to happen anytime soon ?

Are you kidding  !

 

Powerful vested interests are right now busy thwarting the recent tender for 230+40 buses !

10  May  2018

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#SolarIndia #RenewableEnergy #MNRE

The  Sunshine  Sector ?

 

Economic Times ( 09 May ) carries following news report :

India among 6 countries to create lion’s share of jobs in renewable energy sector

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/india-in-top-6-to-create-most-green-energy-jobs/articleshow/64090640.cms

Highlights :

*  Total number of jobs in renewable energy sector world-wide ( 2017 )………………… 10.34 million

*  No of jobs in this sector in India ( 2017 )…………………………………………………………….    0.721 million

*   Therefore , India’s share of such jobs ( 2017 ) …………………………………………………      7 %

*  No of jobs in this sector in China ( 2017 )…………………………………………………………….    2.2 million

*  So , China’s share of such jobs ( 2017 )……………………………………………………………….    21.2 %

*  No of jobs expected to be created by 2050……………………………………………………….      28 million

*  India’s cumulative Solar installations ( by Dec 2017 )……………………………………….       19.6  GW

*  During 2017, India added Solar power………………………………………………………………        9.6  GW

*  India’s target for Solar power by 2022……………………………………………………………..      100  GW

My Take  :

To reach this target, India will need to install  16 GW in 2018 ( and in each year till 2022 )

To the best of my knowledge , there has been ZERO addition during the first 4 months of this year !

I would not be surprised if , during 2018 , we manage to add another  8 GW  only  !

If you want to know WHY , read :

Transmission  Capacity is  the  Culprit  !

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/04/solarindia-mnre-seci-rooftopsolar.html

Now that Trump has pulled USA out of Iran Nuclear Deal , we can expect the oil price to jump to $ 80 per barrel from yesterday’s $ 70 per barrel

The basket of crude oil that India imports averaged,

*   USD 55.74 per barrel in the April-February

*   USD 47.56 a barrel in 2016-17

*   USD 46.17 in 2015-16. 

Every dollar per barrel change in crude oil prices impacts the import bill by Rs 823 crore (USD 0.13 billion). The same is also the impact when currency exchange rate fluctuates by Re 1 per US dollar. 

Read more at:

//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/63464408.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

How come China manages 5 – 10 times what we are managing when it comes to Solar ?

I believe, the most important reason is its “ Political Will “

It is a national shame that the only “ Political Will “ being displayed by our politicians is :

“ How to win election, by hook or crook (or by handing out FREEBIES or even CASH ) ? “

Let us juxtapose some more stats from :

100% renewable electricity worldwide is a new cost-effective reality

https://medium.com/thebeammagazine/100-renewable-electricity-worldwide-is-a-new-cost-effective-reality-595e33d42547

*  During 2017 , China added Solar power of…………………………………………………… 54  GW

*  By Dec 2017 , total installed Solar Power in China……………………………………….. 120  GW

*  In 2017 , no of days that Costa Rica consumed ONLY solar power………………. 300  days

Observations in this article :

Total levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) on a global average for 100% renewable electricity will decline to 52 €/MWh by 2050 (including curtailment, storage and some grid costs), compared to 70 €/MWh in 2015.

Global transition to a 100% renewable electricity system will create 36 million jobs by 2050 in comparison to 19 million jobs in 2015.

  

On the economic side of the energy transition, sufficient flow of private investment in renewables and storage technologies needs to be ensured for a smooth, fast and cost-effective transition to 100% renewable energy.

10  May  2018

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