Quick notes: IIT-M | Alternate sun...

• IIT-Madras is Number One in India: It is followed by the IISc and IIT-Delhi. Seven IITs appear in the top 10, while JNU and Banares Hindu University take the remaining places.



• Alternate Sun: China targets nuclear fusion power generation by 2040 



• Work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week: Billionaire Jack Ma endorses extreme overtime culture



• 95% of all data and voice traffic: China’s next naval target is the internet’s Underwater Cables



• As China Hacked, U.S. Businesses Turned A Blind Eye. Technology theft and other unfair business practices originating from China are costing the American economy more than $57 billion a year



• Quit Social Media Now | Dr. Cal Newport: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World




• In Pakistan, the problem of forced conversions: Madrassas provide an “institutional backing and that cannot happen if the state does not allow that”.


• Canine doctors: Dogs may accurately sniff out cancer in blood. Dogs have smell receptors 10,000 times more accurate than humans', making them highly sensitive to odours we can't perceive 



• Small-scale food sector: 80% of Bengalureans still prefer kirana shops



• Generalized System of Preferences: A U.S. plan to end preferential duty-free imports of up to $5.6 billion from India could raise costs for American consumers, two U.S. senators have told their country’s trade office



• Project Zipline: Microsoft offers free RTL for fast server compression