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Water Thefts: New gadgets to prevent water thefts in Gurgaon | Gurgaon News

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Gurgaon: After a pilot run, a system with smart devices to help modulate water supply and plug any leaks or thefts will be installed in a pipeline that caters to over a dozen sectors in the city, GMDA officials said on Tuesday. Officials said the Central Integrated Water Management System (CIWMS) will be installed in the water supply network from the Basai treatment plant to the boosting station in Sector 16. This boosting station supplies water to 237 underground tanks that cover sectors 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 25A, 26, 26A, 27, 28, 29, 32, 39 and 43, among others.… Read More

A Timeline of Black History at Georgia Tech

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1970 One year after McAshan arrived at Georgia Tech, Gregory Horne became the second Black player to receive a football scholarship, and Karl Barnes, a transfer student, joined the team as a walk-on at the invitation of Coach Bud Carson. Despite facing adversity in his first quarter, Barnes would become the first Black student-athlete and letter winner (football and track) to graduate from Georgia Tech, being placed on the Dean’s list along the way. The defensive back is a double Jacket, earning a bachelor’s degree in industrial management in 1973 and a master’s degree in architecture in 1977. In the… Read More

US court absolves top tech companies in Congo’s child labor case

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LONDON — A US court has absolved five of America’s biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of child labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday The five tech giants — Apple; Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google; Dell; Microsoft; and Tesla — were accused of “knowingly benefiting from and aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children in the Democratic Republic of Congo to mine cobalt” in case documents seen by ABC News. However, in a 3-0 decision on Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the… Read More