Technology News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for April 28, 2025
MIL-OSI China: SCO health institutions to deepen telehealth collaboration
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News XI’AN, April 27 — Telehealth, powered by advances in information technology, came into sharp focus on Sunday as health leaders gathered in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, to discuss hospital collaboration among member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The seventh SCO Hospital Cooperation Conference, […]
MIL-OSI Global: People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eike Schneiders, Assistant Professor, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Alexander Supertramp / shutterstock People who aren’t legal experts are more willing to rely on legal advice provided by ChatGPT than by real lawyers – at least, when they don’t know which of the two […]
MIL-OSI Australia: UniSA secures a box seat in $500 million research centres to help advance Australia’s manufacturing sector
Source: 28 April 2025 Future Industries Institute researchers Professor Colin Hall and Professor Allison Cowin. UniSA researchers are the big winners in a Federal Government announcement of two new industry-led collaborative research centres designed to strengthen Australia’s manufacturing sector. The Future Industries Institute will play a major role in both the Additive Manufacturing CRC and […]
MIL-Evening Report: Is Canada heading down a path that has caused the collapse of mighty civilizations in the past?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Hoyer, Senior Researcher, Historian and Complexity Scientist, University of Toronto Canada is, by nearly any measure, a large, advanced, prosperous nation. A founding member of the G7, Canada is one of the world’s most “advanced economies,” ranking fourth in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: AI game-changer for timber manufacturing
Source: Worksafe New Zealand 28 April 2025 AI-driven hazard detection is coming to timber manufacturing, thanks to a new agreement worth nearly half a million dollars between WorkSafe New Zealand and a major player in the wood processing industry. Claymark, New Zealand’s largest manufacturer and exporter of premium pine products, is putting $481,000 into a […]
MIL-Evening Report: Why film and TV creators will still risk it all for the perfect long take shot
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristian Ramsden, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide Apple TV In the second episode of Apple TV’s The Studio (2025–) – a sharp satirical take on contemporary Hollywood – newly-appointed studio head Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) visits the set of one of his company’s film productions. He finds […]
MIL-Evening Report: Australia once had ‘immigration amnesties’ to grant legal status to undocumented people. Could we again?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior Lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney The year is 1972. The Whitlam Labor government has just been swept into power and major changes to Australia’s immigration system are underway. Many people remember this time for the formal end of the […]
MIL-OSI Global: Is Canada heading down a path that has caused the collapse of mighty civilizations in the past?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Daniel Hoyer, Senior Researcher, Historian and Complexity Scientist, University of Toronto Canada is, by nearly any measure, a large, advanced, prosperous nation. A founding member of the G7, Canada is one of the world’s most “advanced economies,” ranking fourth in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Better […]
MIL-OSI Global: Investigators are increasingly using technology in conflict-related sexual assault cases
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Valerie Oosterveld, Professor, Faculty of Law, and Western Research Chair in International Criminal Justice, Western University In the last two weeks of February, humanitarian agencies reported 895 cases of conflict-related rape as M23 rebels advanced through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to a United Nations […]
MIL-OSI Global: Social media influencers blur the lines between political content and campaigning, potentially affecting elections
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Louise Stahl, PhD candidate, Communication, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Online influencers sharing political content can fall into an unregulated grey zone. (Shutterstock) Political commentary occurs regularly on social media. From politicians and parties promoting their platforms to journalists sharing day-to-day news and everyday people sharing their thoughts, there […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: “Smart Parent Net” Recommendation: (Video)24 個品格優點 (Chinese version only); ‘e-Generation Joyful Internet Surfing’ Parent Seminar (5): Know more about Myopia Management under e-Learning & Recognising Online Pitfalls
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region IT in Education Section of EDB, Hong Kong Education City and Committee on Home-School Co-operation will co-organise ‘e-Generation Joyful Internet Surfing’ Parent Seminar (5): Know more about Myopia Management under e-Learning & Recognising Online Pitfalls. The seminar will be held on 8 June 2024 from 11:00 am to […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: 11th BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meeting 2025 Adopts Declaration Under Brazilian Presidency
Source: Government of India Posted On: 26 APR 2025 4:31PM by PIB Delhi Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, led the Indian delegation at the BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meeting held under Brazil’s Presidency in Brasília on 25th April 2025. The meeting, convened under the slogan “Strengthening the Cooperation […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addresses participants during 15th tranche of Rozgar Mela held simultaneously at 47 locations nationwide through Video Conferencing
Source: Government of India Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addresses participants during 15th tranche of Rozgar Mela held simultaneously at 47 locations nationwide through Video ConferencingOver 51,000 appointment letters distributed to newly-inducted youth in various government departments and organisations Posted On: 26 APR 2025 8:50PM by PIB Delhi The 15th edition of the Rozgar Mela, […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: BECIL Successfully Organizes ‘India: A Bird’s Eye View Challenge’ under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Source: Government of India BECIL Successfully Organizes ‘India: A Bird’s Eye View Challenge’ under Ministry of Information and BroadcastingFinalists of ‘India: A Bird’s Eye View Challenge’ Shortlisted for Felicitation at WAVES 2025 Posted On: 26 APR 2025 6:30PM by PIB Mumbai :Mumbai, 26th, April, 2025 Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), a Mini Ratna […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Launches Guidelines and Portal for Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme
Source: Government of India Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Launches Guidelines and Portal for Electronics Component Manufacturing SchemeUnion Minister Urges Electronics Industry to Achieve Six Sigma Standards and Establish Design Teams Sarvam AI selected to build India’s first indigenous AI foundational model Posted On: 26 APR 2025 7:46PM by PIB Delhi Union Minister for Electronics and […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: English rendering of PM’s address in the 121st Episode of ‘Mann ki Baat’ on 27.04.2025
Source: Government of India Posted On: 27 APR 2025 11:47AM by PIB Delhi My dear countrymen, Namaskar. Today as I speak to you in ‘Mann Ki Baat’, there is a deep anguish in my heart. The terrorist incident that took place in Pahalgam on the 22nd of April has hurt every citizen of the country. […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors – Sub-degree programmes; Public Voting for the Most Popular Award of the “Biliteracy and Trilingualism Campaign: One-minute Video Production Competition”
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region The Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) will subsidise a total of 2 330 places under 32 sub-degree programmes offered by eight post-secondary institutions, including Caritas Bianchi College of Careers, HKCT Institute of Higher Education, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College, Hong Kong College […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Information Expo on Multiple Pathways 2024; “Smart Parent Net” Recommendation: (Video)家長教室: 管教劇場 – 讚賞(Chinese version only)
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region The Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) will subsidise a total of 2 330 places under 32 sub-degree programmes offered by eight post-secondary institutions, including Caritas Bianchi College of Careers, HKCT Institute of Higher Education, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College, Hong Kong College […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: NIELIT signs MoUs with 8 Visionary Organizations to Propel Digital India Initiatives
Source: Government of India NIELIT signs MoUs with 8 Visionary Organizations to Propel Digital India InitiativesMoU signed with SCL Mohali, ERNET India, AMRITA University, NISE, Heartfulness Institute, Kyndryl India, Skyroot Aerospace & IFMR Strategic Collaborations to Drive Innovation, Skilling, and Research in Emerging Technologies Posted On: 27 APR 2025 2:09PM by PIB Delhi In a […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Text of the Vice-President’s address to the Faculty and Students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore (Excerpts)
Source: Government of India Posted On: 27 APR 2025 2:11PM by PIB Delhi Good afternoon, all of you. Distinguished audience, faculty and students. Fostering agri-education, innovation, entrepreneurship for Viksit Bharat. The theme could not have been more appropriate, more timely and the theme is at the right place. This is need of our times, this […]