New Delhi: Bengaluru, which is known as the tech city of India, has topped the list of 111 cities in the government's latest 'Ease of Living Index' on Thursday, followed by Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore and Vadodra. According to the index released by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri , Shimla was ranked top in the category of cities with a 'population less than million'. MoS H&UA @HardeepSPuri will announce the results for Ease of Living and Municipal Performance Indices 2020 as part of @SmartCities_HUA today, 12:30 PM onwards. Watch live on Facebook : https://t.co/jB58YR84OU #TransformingUrbanLandscape pic.twitter.com/jiEx2AVXDQ — Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (@MoHUA_India) March 4, 2021 New Delhi Municipal Council topped the 'Municipal Performance Index' list in the 'less than million population' category. Indore was ranked top on the 'Municipal Performance … [Read more...] about Bengaluru, Shimla ranked ‘most livable’ cities in government’s ‘Ease of Living Index 2020’
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U.S. panel recommends export ‘choke points’ to prevent Chinese dominance in semiconductors
(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) A U.S. national security commission on Monday recommended Congress tighten up "choke points" on chipmaking technology to prevent China from overtaking the United States in semiconductors in the coming years. The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), led by former Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, recommended clamping down on China's ability to procure the manufacturing equipment needed to make advanced computing chips. Such chips are used in surveillance technologies such as facial recognition. "China is making an aggressive push to promote authoritarianism around the world," an NSCAI official told Reuters. "It boils down to semiconductors." Much chip making equipment comes from U.S. firms such as Applied Materials Inc and Lam Research Corp which are already subject to American export controls. But keygear also comes from firms such … [Read more...] about U.S. panel recommends export ‘choke points’ to prevent Chinese dominance in semiconductors