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Drivers no longer have to worry about passing a narrow street or facing a car ahead at a dead end even when they are inexperienced. Hyundai Mobis says it has developed the worlds first urban Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) called the Mobis Parking System (MPS).

The Mobis Parking System integrates Narrow Space Assistance (NSA), Reverse Assistance (RA), and Remote Smart Parking Assistance (RSPA). Researchers are testing related technologies at the Hyundai Mobis Seosan Proving Ground.

With the Mobis Parking System, the car is able to drive itself through a narrow street by avoiding obstructions, drive through the revolving gate of an underground parking lot, or drive backwards at a dead end where two cars are facing each other. All this at the press of a button.

Hyundai Mobis says it developed this technology using its own software logic and mass-produced ultrasonic sensors. This technology is based on the fact that, while RADAR and LiDAR sensors are useful for recognising objects located far away or in high-speed driving, ultrasonic sensors are rather more suitable for narrow streets or underground parking lots. The ultrasonic sensors recognize objects over a short distance, while the software logic and the control system perform self-driving.Core technologies usedOne of the core technologies of this system is Narrow Space Assistance (NSA). The car needs only 16 inches of extra space on both sides to drive through a narrow street by itself.

There is also Reverse Assistance (RA) which records the cars travel route on a real-time basis and creates the reverse route by itself at the press of a button. The steering wheel and vehicle speed are controlled automatically.Aside from the Mobis Parking System, various other technologies for safety and convenience have been integrated into the system, thereby further enhancing the competitiveness of the driver assistance solution.

The Remote Smart Parking Assistance (RSPA) system is capable of parking a car at a right angle or in parallel by finding an empty space when the driver is out of the car and presses the remote. 3D Surround View Monitor (SVM) provides a better parking experience by showing the area 360 degrees around the car three-dimensionally. Rear-autonomous Emergency Braking (R-AEB) is also noticeable.Hyundai Mobis says it will pre-emptively suggest global automakers to apply related technologies. The application scope will be expanded to purpose-built vehicles (PBV) as well as large SUVs whose popularity is now growing rapidly.ALSO READHyundai Mobis develops foldable steering system

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A pair of national sports association (NSA) chiefs shared that it is not standard practice within their own federations to get athletes involved in the financial side of their operations.

Cynthia Carrion of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) and Monico Puentevella of the Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) both said their associations are the ones processing everything to do with money and that payments to foreign coaches are not coursed through their athletes.

This is amid the issue surrounding pole vault ace EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) where the athletics body accused the Olympian of falsified liquidation and failure of payment to Ukrainian coach Vitaly Petrov.

Similar to PATAFA, both the GAP and SWP have their share of dealings with foreign coaches. Gymnastics wunderkind Carlos Yulo is currently under the tutelage of Japanese mentor Munehiro Kugimiya while 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist and weightlifting champion Hidilyn Diaz was trained by Chinese mentor Gao Kaiwen until he returned to his homeland recently.

Unlike Obiena's case, however, where the payment for his coach was coursed through him, their athletes aren't involved in the process.

"Of course not, we give it directly to Coach Mune," Carrion told GMA News Online when asked whether payments for Kugimiya go through Yulo.

Carrion even disclosed that Kugimiya did not receive his full eight-month salary this year as they had trouble with completing his correct contract paperwork.

Kugimiya's contract, according to Carrion, is renewed every year but due to the pandemic, they had a hard time completing the required documents. He only received his full salary in September of 2021.

"He did not get his salary for eight months because the contract was not done so we had to go back and forth until the contract was correct. Then he got the whole salary for eight months. Coach Mune didn't complain because he knows he's going to get paid by PSC (Philippine Sports Commission)," Carrion added.

She believes PATAFA and their chief, Philip Juico, encountered a similar problem, but may have handled it differently.

"Popoy Juico said it (the funding issue) also happened because of the contract, they didn't have the contract because of the pandemic. So the coach was in a hurry to be paid so they just gave it to Obiena [but] they shouldn't have."

"Me, I said no. Until Coach Mune's contract is ready, we will not touch the money."

Carrion also shared that GAP has its own accountant to make sure everything is in place.

"Yes, we are paying our own accountant. We have a secretary, we have everything. We need to," she shared.

"I make sure that I don't liquidate those things. Athletes should not do any liquidation. All the liquidation should be coming from the NSAs. We are the one doing the liquidation and we do the liquidation beautifully [and] clearly."

The same goes with the weightlifting federation.

Puentevella said payments for Gao were made directly to the coach.

"We deal directly with the coaches and Hidilyn. And all of them go through me for recommendations for PSC and PSC gives the salary directly, not like what happened with EJ," said Puentevella.

He added, though, that the logistics of Obiena's situation could have made this more difficult for the parties.

"The problem is EJ is in Europe and he's training there, there are banking difficulties sometimes because I understand they are being paid in peso."

Obiena, in an earlier statement, said that he had asked PATAFA to pay his coach and team directly but the request was refused.

"I am a pole vaulter and not a corporate accountant. I am alone and trying to handle this in a foreign country. I have requested many times for my coaches and team to be paid directly - I have no desire to play middleman - but this has been refused, somehow."

He admitted that some of his paperwork was "sloppy" and submitted late, but denied allegations of wrongdoing or that he did not pay his coach.

The PSC has called for a dialogue between Obiena and PATAFA and has offered to mediate between the two sides. Both the PATAFA and the Philippine Olympic Committee have ordered investigations into the matter as well.

JMB, GMA News

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Agencies with big campuses often have parking thats either not enough, or people have long hikes from distant spaces. Thats the case at the National Security Agencys big headquarters campus at Fort Meade, Maryland. For decades its been a source of angst for employees. The Office of Inspector General took a look at the parking situation. IG Robert Storch joinedFederal Drive with Tom Temin with details.

Tom Temin: Mr. Storch, always good to have you on.

Robert Storch: Its always great to be on Tom, appreciate the interest in our work.

Tom Temin: And lets talk about parking at the NSA. When you say NSA Washington in the report, that means pretty much Fort Meade, correct?

Robert Storch: Correct. We were looking at the NSA facilities at Fort Meade. And its a place where there have been concerns expressed about parking, frankly, for decades. And then we focused in on a number of initiatives, one of which was the construction and then destruction of a parking garage that had to be destroyed without ever being used.

Tom Temin: But in general, there are more parking requirements than there are parking spaces. Is that a good way to put it?

Robert Storch: Well there have been a number of concerns expressed about parking over the years. One does relate to lack of spaces, although were talking about a number of different facilities at Fort Meade. And so there are a total number of spaces that may be adequate, but then you look at the distribution of spaces and where they are and whether theyre conveniently located to the facilities where people work. And then another concern that has been expressed over the years really goes more to the equity issue. And theres certain groups, seniors, executives, that sort of thing, that may have one type of parking and whether theres abuse of that, and fairness in parking allocation.

Tom Temin: Okay, well talk about all of those issues. We should point out Fort Meade is a self enclosed, very large piece of property. Theres no Metro there, there might be buses, but if you get to the front gate, you could have a long, long drive to the specific office or building that you are actually going to enter correct?

Robert Storch: Right, thats correct. And thats one of the things we do talk about in the report is while the agency may be meeting the overall parking requirements for NSA Washington, the absence of convenient transportation makes it problematic when the parking is dispersed in the way it is.

Tom Temin: Yes, and the first you have to get through the front gat,e and having been a visitor there a couple of times, thats no easy task either. But once youre through, it would be nice to, I guess, park close to where your building is. So lets talk about the distribution of spaces. If there are sufficient numbers, say 20,000 people a day, and theres 20,000 spaces, the issue is that in the large concentrations of people, there are not adequate spaces.

Robert Storch: So it depends a little bit upon which location youre looking at. But for instance, we looked at what are considered the big four buildings. And theres actually a nice drawing in the report of this with some concentric circles, that shows that the majority of those spaces are located in places that dont meet the standards for current new construction as to how close spaces are supposed to be to where people enter their workplace. Now, the agency does have shuttles and uses overflow a lot to try to ameliorate that. But one of the big themes of the report is that it does not have overall goals, plans and strategies to achieve them with regard to parking and transportation. So these initiatives are really done in more of an ad hoc way.

Tom Temin: Yeah. So if youre in the far north corner of WCPS lot one, and youre going into the big main building, youve got a heck of a hike.

Robert Storch: You may have a heck of hake, thats true.

Tom Temin: Right. And primarily, you looked at the management of parking and the way that the people, the powers that be that run Fort Meade, look at this and deal with it, and it has not been an effective process, has it?

Robert Storch: Right. This has been an issue that has been around here at NSA-W for a long time. We look back at newsletters, very interesting way to look at it, going back to 1954 and found that more than half of them reference parking with the earliest back in 54. So literally for decades, this has been coming up. And when we looked at this, we found that in fact, the agency does have a master plan, it does do what they call fiscal year development plans every five years, but that parking was not really prioritized. And in fact, we chose five initiatives, parking and transportation initiatives to examine. And only one of those was even included in one of the fiscal year development plans. So really, while the agency, as I say, has made efforts through overflow parking and shuttles, we found that it has not either designated a single organization to be responsible in this area, or that it had not really gone through and strategically looked at the parking and transportation needs, tried to develop a plan and then strategies to achieve it.

Tom Temin: Because that location has been dynamic over the years. I think the Defense Information Systems Agency moved from somewhere else and parked right in there. And then you also mentioned in the report that a lot of people were cleared out of leased buildings and consolidated into government-owned on that site. I mean, the population has been growing, and so the traffic has been growing.

Robert Storch: Right. And one of the things we do talk about in the report is the additional stresses on parking here from potential growth, both because as you say, of the move from lease to government-owned space, and because of the elevation of US Cyber Command, which may require more people in more parking as well. And so this has been a significant issue here. And one that of course is of importance to the workforce as is reflected in the newsletters I mentioned. We also quoted in the report from a number of internal blogs and social media that are available to personnel here and a number of instances where theres significant frustration, I think its fair to say, regarding the parking situation.

Tom Temin: Were speaking with Robert Storch, hes inspector general of the National Security Agency. And there have been some sadly failed gambits, you mentioned a modular parking structure that was built and demolished. What happened there?

Robert Storch: Yeah. So back in 2014, the agency identified a proprietary modular parking structure. And its something that had not been built in the United States before, basically, it didnt require a foundation, it would go on top of the asphalt. And for your listeners who may be interested, we actually have pictures in our report of the patent owners rendering of what it would look like and then what was actually constructed here at Fort Meade. And it was supposed to add 150 to 250 spaces as constructed, it ended up that only added 87 spaces, and the cost per space went up from 25,000 to 34,000 each. And so they constructed this, but then what followed was a period of about a year of testing, testing by internal firms selected by the contractor and then testing by three independent firms that address safety concerns that have been expressed. Ultimately, all three of the independent reviews, which themselves cost about $120,000, found significant concerns, and ultimately determined that the structure, at least absent more testing, could not be determined safe to one of the architectural firms recommended. And this is a quote, that the structure remain closed to personnel until it is verified as meeting all code requirements specified in the contract. Failure to resolve the deficiencies and identified issues prior to occupancy could result in structural collapse and loss of life. So faced with that, the agency ultimately determined to demolish the structure, it went ahead and paid in full because it determined that having to go through and fight and potential legal fees would be even greater. And then it paid another $500,000 to actually demolish the structure as well. So we ended up determining that all of that, totaling $3.6 million, ended up being wasted, a significant amount of money, maybe not huge in the context of some budgets, but on the other hand, we found it to be reflective of some of the lack of internal controls and processes to identify and address these issues, to assess risk and either accepted or mitigated.

Tom Temin: Yeah, I wonder if any of those things have been built and are operating anywhere else.

Robert Storch: We did not identify this specific contractor involved. But we do say in the report that it had not been built anywhere in the United States.

Tom Temin: Oh, great, probably in Afghanistan, but thats a different inspector general. And to the key to park program, which was I guess, supposed to have lights or something to tell people where they could find the space. That was, again, not a gigantic expenditure, but must be frustrating, because it doesnt work.

Robert Storch: Right. Yeah, thats one of the five initiatives that we looked at, in which we found there were significant management and control deficiencies. That one, as you say, was one of these parker space counter systems, you may have seen them at airports or the like. This one was a little different, all designed to help people locate open spaces, as opposed to having sensors in each space, the way this one was designed is it would have sensors or mechanisms to detect traffic going in and leaving. And there were questions raised about the accuracy of that. Theres some testing, which actually did pretty well, but there were other technical problems that arose over time. And ultimately, it was dismantled in 20, last year, as part of other construction. So thats one initiative where there were a number of issues really throughout and ultimately it was dismantled.

Tom Temin: And they tried bicycles to be available for people to get from point A to point B within the campus.

Robert Storch: They did, and in fact they do. Thats one that actually is still operating of the initiatives that we examined. That is operating, but as a result of that, we looked at the effectiveness and had a number of concerns. And we looked at the cost that was being spent on these bicycles. And the idea is people can use these to go from building to building, and we found that the cost of the bicycles went up by almost three quarters by 74% from 2016 when its started to 2019. And the agency continue to buy bikes, even though as when you looked at the number of new users, the cost per user went up from $608 per user to over $1000 to $1,019. So the costs were going up significantly. We actually went out and our folks visited the racks over a period of a week to see how much traffic these bikes got, how much they were being used. And we found that 17% of them didnt move at all, and 14% move less than three times, so almost a third of them moving less than three times in total. Additionally, we found that most of the movement that did occur was during the sort of rush hour periods at the beginning and the end of the day, which suggested to us that the bikes being used more to address the issue we talked about at the outset about some of the distances that folks have to walk in from parking, as opposed to being used for the intended purpose of going from building to building. One additional thing we found, which we thought was interesting was that there have been a total of 140 of these bikes bought in this program. And of those 50 of those were in storage. And we inquired about that, and they were in storage, because they have tires that go flat, more recent bikes have been bought with no flat tires. And the agency told us that it may move these bikes out to the field. But as we say in the report, it really was unclear to us why they had been put in storage as opposed to simply buying no flat tires, or just re-inflating the tires.

Tom Temin: Yeah, golly, the things you dont think about. But overall, this report mentions in several occasions, that the morale and that this is something that affects employee morale, and its extremely frustrating for employees, and as you mentioned, has been for 60 years, theyve been complaining about it. So that gets to the issue of the equity of who can park where, and there are reserved spaces may be in abundance, Did you find?

Robert Storch: In the report that released we dont go through and identify the numbers there. But we do identify that there were concerns expressed by people regarding access to spaces. And one of the things that we recommended to the agency was that it do a study and in fact, include in that a workforce survey, so that it can help to address those issues and identify strategies that helps to ameliorate those concerns in the future.

Tom Temin: So other than the director, maybe nobody should have a reserve space.

Robert Storch: Well, I wouldnt say that. And again, thats not something we get into in the report regarding who exactly has access to what spaces. But one of the concerns that is expressed is whether theres abuse of reserved spaces. So whatever the purpose is, whether theyre for leadership, whether theyre for medical, what theyre for is whether those spaces are being used properly or not. And thats something that we suggest the agency look into.

Tom Temin: And your main recommendation is this has got to rise in terms of managements concern and having an organized approach to it. Correct?

Robert Storch: Absolutely. One of the things that we say on number occasions in the report is that we found that the agency had not sufficiently prioritized parking and transportation, at one point calling a nice to have, things like that at least one of the individuals that we spoke with. And this is something that really matters to people, right, and not just here, I think across the federal workforce. And so one of the things we found was that theyre not sufficiently prioritize this. And as I mentioned, the sources that we examined, supported that. So thats why we thought it was really important in our recommendation that the agency develop comprehensive strategies that include the workforce survey to gather information so that its able to take that into account.

Tom Temin: And by the way, are you able to park reasonably close to your office on a normal day?

Robert Storch: Yes, Tom, fortunately, I am. But as our report found, there are significant concerns among the workforce and that many people do not have convenient parking, and hopefully our report will help the agency to address that.

Tom Temin: Robert Storch is inspector general of the National Security Agency. Thanks so much.

Robert Storch: Always a pleasure, Tom, thank you for your interest.

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Former CIA agent and whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed on Sunday that he used Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to aid the process of leaking classified government documents in 2013.

What Happened: You know that whole NSA story from almost TEN YEARS AGO? I paid for the servers that made that possible using Bitcoin, revealed Snowden to his 5 million Twitter followers.

Without mentioning any specific names, Snowden called out wealthy VC investors who issue caution against investing in Bitcoin while hyping up centralized garbage-coins in which they own a significant stake.

If you ever make it, don't be that guy. If you are that guy, change, he said.

Snowdens comments drew in responses from a number of market participants, including Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) co-founder Billy Markus,who stated, anyone who isnt an idiot in the space respects bitcoin for what it is.

I've never been a fan of any flavor of dog money, said Snowden, reasoning that it was partly due to his nature of being a humorless scold and partly because he believed a lot of earnest people will mistake it for an investment and get hurt.

Still, Snowden went on to note that he has significantly more respect for people like Markus, who concedes he created Dogecoin as a joke, rather than those who consider it to be extremely serious and launch DOGE-funded missions to the moon.

Snowden was presumably referring to Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, who announced in May that SpaceX would launch a Doge-1 satellite to the moon next year.

Price Action: At press time, Bitcoin was trading at $57,787, down 3.88% in the last 24 hours.

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Following recent media campaigns the National Sheep Association (NSA) is highlighting the risk this poses to the UK livestock sector believing further that these messages can create confusion undermining the public understanding of sustainable food production systems employed in the UK.

Recent promotional literature from Waitrose has suggested that customers can reduce their carbon footprint by eating pork rather than lamb, and Sainsburys is encouraging customers to eke out high quality British red meat by replacing it with lentils.

NSA chief executive Phil Stocker commented: People are being bombarded with all sorts of messaging about how diets can help combat climate change and there is no doubt that the data being used to substantiate these messages is flawed. Its not full life cycle, its not holistic in its structure, and as the National Food Strategy report points out, the overseas part of the carbon footprint often isnt taken into account. It is completely misleading not to reflect the true picture, we must be considering broader sustainability metrics.

NSA is now calling upon leading supermarkets and stakeholders to be very clear with their commentary and bring more logic, evidence and reason to the debate. Globally livestock may contribute 14% of all greenhouse gases (GHG), however, here in the UK, GHG from livestock production totals 6%, making it one of the smallest contributors and showing that our approach to livestock production is very different to world agriculture. Transport has the highest emissions at 27%, with energy supply at 21%, business at 17%, the residential sector at 15% and all agricultural sectors at 10%.

The adoption of regenerative agriculture, which in many instances is a modern form of traditional farming practices, with rotational cropping incorporating grass breaks and a harmonic balance with nature, supports a conventional and a holistic approach to delivering a healthy planet and a healthy food system, and there are many examples of where sheep play a central role.

There are also other key areas to address, where major retailers can support a common goal, such as reducing food-waste (which globally accounts for 10% of GHG), reducing the consumption of too many hyper-processed foods and support for those suffering a lack of vital micronutrients in their diet; many of which are only available in sufficient quantities through the consumption of foods from animal origin.

Mr Stocker adds: Ensuring food and farming plays its part in climate change through diets and farming practices is right and proper - but we absolutely need to make sure that people are making properly informed decisions with more accurate data, and we also need all our industries to play their part. Agriculture and food can be part of the solution, but it mustnt be the scapegoat.

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The state of the Sunyani Coronation Park

The National Sports Authority (NSA) says it requires GHC45, 000 for the rehabilitation of the Sunyani Coronation Park to host Division One League matches.

Mr. Foster Kwame Opoku Boateng, the Bono Regional Director of the NSA, therefore appealed to the general public to support the rehabilitation of the park to meet the Ghana Football Associations (GFAs) standard.

Tano Boafoakwa, B/United, and Young Apostles, Sunyani-based FCs as well as Baffour-Awuah Soccer Academy at Nsoatre in the Sunyani West Municipality have qualified to play Division One League matches at the Coronation Park.

But, the clubs are playing their matches at different venues because the Park is going through rehabilitation works to meet the GFA standard.

Speaking in an interview with the GNA Sports in Sunyani, Mr. Boateng said a lot of work had to be done if the park can host the matches.

We have to raise wire meshes in and around the inner perimeters to ensure supporters and spectators cant jump over unto the pitch.

The tunnel which connects from the main entrance of the pitch to the dressing room must also be completed so that players can pass through without spectators having access to them, he explained.

Mr. Boateng said additional works ought to be done at the VIP stance and the Press Box, and appealed to particularly sports enthusiasts and corporate bodies to come to their aid.

Meanwhile, rehabilitation of the Coronation Park has attracted the displeasure of some chiefs, residents and natives of Sunyani, who said they feared that would terminate the proposed construction of a standard stadium in Sunyani.

In an interview with the GNA Sports, Nana Kwame Addai Kuntuma IV, the Nifahene of Sunyani Traditional Area stressed Sunyani deserves a standard sports stadium and we would not sit unconcerned for them to use this rehabilitation work to deceive us any longer.

He said a new stadium would open up Sunyani and create huge economic opportunities for the local people, saying this is our desire and nothing more nothing less.

Mr. Ransford Antwi, a former Chief Executive Officer of B/A United FC, said we cant comprehend why the people of Sunyani are always treated as second class citizens in terms of development.

We have allocated a vast land for the proposed stadium project and this is what the government must concentrate on building the stadium, he added.

Mr. Michael Asare Yeboah, the Board Chairman for McKenzie Ghana Limited, a Sunyani-based sportswear manufacturing company, said "Sunyani has produced and featured a lot of footballers in the national team, the Black Star.

But it seems successive governments do not recognize our contributions to the growth and development of Ghana football, he added.

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The new frontiers of war is civil society, which can be manipulated to hurt a nations interests, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said at the passing out parade of the 73rd batch of IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVP NPA) in Hyderabad on 12 November.

Doval was the chief guest at the Dikshant Parade, which is the culmination of the 46-week long phase-1 basic course training. He said:

The new frontiers of war, what you call the fourth-generation warfare, is the civil society.. [conventional] wars have ceased to become an effective instrument for achieving political or military objectives. They are too expensive or unaffordable and, at the same time, there is uncertainty about their outcome. But civil society can be subverted, suborned, divided, manipulated to hurt the interests of a nation."

The fourth generation warfare is characterised by the blurring of lines between war and politics, combatants and civilians. The enemy power uses tactics of education or propaganda, building social movements, etc.

Short of a defeat, fourth generation warfare tries simply to disorganise and delegitimise the state, force it to expend resources on maintaining internal law and order, etc. It combines the elements of psychological manipulation, disinformation, cyberwarfare, using proxies like terror groups, etc.

An example of fourth generation warfare is visible in China's long-term policy of strategic containment of India. It is not only assisting Pakistan to develop and deploy nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles; backing political parties and individuals in Indias neighbouring South Asian countries to undermine their relations with India, but also supporting anti-national groups in India, giving them funds, arms, etc.

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NSA To IPS Probationers

The NSA, who graduated from the National Police Academy 52 years ago, gave his wisdom to the young probationers. Stating that people are the most important, Doval told the future IPS officers, "You are there to see they stand fully protected.

He asked the young probationers to develop a national perspective. You are for India and India is for you. Every other identity gets subsumed to this Indian identity, he was quoted as saying by IE.

The service of people is the greatest service, not only from the point of view of nation-building but also from the point of national security, he told the new batch of officers, and asked them to not only think of reforms to avoid repeating mistakes of the past but also be transformative to look at future challenges and find solutions in advance.

He also told the IPS probationers that success of democracy depends on the enforcement of laws:

Quintessence of democracy does not lie in the ballot box. It lies in the laws which are made by the people who are elected through these ballot boxes. You are the ones who are the enforcers of the law Laws are only as good as they are executed and implemented and the service that people can get out of it.. people cannot feel safe and secure where law enforcers are weak, corrupt, and partisan."

No nation can be built where the rule of law has failed, he added.

He reminded them that their responsibility includes not only the safety and security of 130 crore human beings but also the 32 lakh square kilometres of land area across the country.

He asked them to be trained and prepared for border management as well as challenges of highly specialised investigations in agencies like the NIA or CBI. He said that some of the officers will work for intelligence units within or outside the country, and they will have the responsibility to see that governments can make informed decisions and that these decisions are enforced in the countrys best interests.

He said that the officers today need to excel in the challenges of technology as a frontier. Without your success, the nation cannot succeed. If internal security fails, no country can be great. If the people are not safe and secure, they cannot rise to their potential, and probably, the country can never grow, he said.

Also read: Outrage Over IPS Officer Seeking Ban On NGOs Foreign Funding: CPMs Prakash Karat Had Proposed The Same In 1984

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National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf has said that consensus on the Kashmir issue and national security is imperative to safeguard supreme national interest, Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday.

In an interview with a private news channel, Moeed said the government believes in consensus and dialogue to address all internal and external threats being faced by the country.

Dr Yusuf also expressed serious concern over massive human rights violations, brutalities and atrocities being committed by Indian troops against innocent Kashmiris in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Commenting on Pakistan-India relations, he regretted that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appeared as the most fascist leader in the world after Hitler.

Partners in peace, not in conflict, says PM Imran

Regarding the prevailing situation in Afghanistan, he warned that Pakistan would not allow the new Afghan government to carry out activities from Afghan soil against any country.

The adviser said that unrest in Afghanistan will incur impacts on Pakistan, and peaceful Afghanistan is in the best interest of the entire region.

On Pak-US relationships, the NSA reaffirmed government's commitment of friendly relations with the US as both the countries share common interests in various areas.

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan does not want confrontation with any country and that there would be no compromise on national interest.

Immediate solution of Kashmir must for regional peace, says Qureshi

He said the PTI government wanted better ties with neighbouring countries, adding that resolution of chronic issues is a must for regional progress.

He said that Pakistan is committed to the principle of peaceful coexistence and Pakistan's efforts to establish peace in the region are not hidden from anyone.

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PARTNER CONTENT: 2021 is a big year in which 5G is running on the fast track. In accordance with recent GSMA and GSA reports, 464 operators in 139 countries and territories are investing in 5G networks in the form of tests, trials, pilots, planned and actual deployments, and 5G connections will be 2 billion in 2025, around 4 times compared with that of this year. Meanwhile, 89 operators are investing 5G SA network and over 400 types of UE are commercial ready for 5G SA. We can see that the tide is quite high.

However, when it comes to 5G deployment to maximize 5G value and its industrial potential, there are some real pain points for operators: choice on NSA or SA architecture, and the terminal compatibility is also a question; most of sites do not have enough tower space for 5G equipment installation; need to achieve fast nationwide 5G coverage in short time; how to reduce 5G power consumption to save OPEX; and differentiated and fragmented requirements of different industries.

In response to these problems faced by operators and industries, ZTE focuses on three aspects that involve fast 5G network deployment, green mobile network, and profit opportunities in B2B & B2C markets.

Full portfolio products & innovative solutions to enable fast 5G deployment and user experience enhancement

Full portfolio products of ZTE can support SA or NSA or SA/NSA dual-mode architecture with great flexibility, meeting operators requirements for their 5G deployment.

To tackle the site problem, ZTE UniSite+ solution for radio site modernization, can provide good coverage and high capacity with greatly reduced tower space occupation and operational cost, by all-in-one outdoor BBU and high-performance dual-band and triple-band Ultra Broadband Radio products. It is estimated that the number of radio units can be reduced by up to 60% and the power consumption by about 30%, saving 1,200 Euro electricity cost per year for an average site.

ZTE has developed a series of innovative solutions further enhancing network performance and maximizing network value, including SuperDSS in fast 5G roll-out and spectrum efficiency improvement, SSB 1+X in 3D coverage enhancement, FAST uplink enhancement technology, Radio Composer in both user experience and network efficiency improvement and etc.

Up to now, ZTEs 5G footprints have been on more than 40 countries around the world, building 5G flagship networks in countries like Spain, Austria, and Italy.

Energy saving & low power consumption to build green mobile network

Currently, carbon neutrality has become a global consensus. ZTE actively implements the carbon neutralization strategy, promotes energy saving and emission reduction in enterprise production and operation, helps operators in building end-to-end green low carbon networks.

In order to build a green mobile network, ZTE is dedicated to introducing green power, building green sites, and green data centers, to reduce carbon emission. As site energy consumption accounts for a large proportion of energy consumption of the whole network. ZTE keeps innovate in hardware like next-generation chipsets, smaller but more powerful radio units with higher power efficiency. The UniSite+ solution deployed in Spain helps operators to reduce the radio units by 60% and saves power consumption by 30% compared with traditional solutions. And software features such as channels/carriers/symbols shutdown and deep sleep, for example in India, make the total power saving up to 20% during power saving time, over 5% power saving daily for the operator. This case is on the condition that energy saving functions are only activated from 00:00 AM to 06:00 AM.

In addition, PowerPilot, the industry-first service awareness based energy saving solution proposed by ZTE, employs AI as the core technology and takes the initiative to identify different energy saving scenarios, and accordingly matches energy saving policies while accurately predicting network load trend. Thereby, it establishes a coordinated energy saving and network performance model to explore the network energy saving potential. It has been applied in over 30 networks and 800,000 sites globally. In Malaysia, the PowerPilot solution was successfully launched, saving 7 million kWh of power annually.

Win-win cooperation to embrace the profitability of 5G

From the latest Omdia report, the RAN revenue of 2G/3G/4G is declined sharply. In the meanwhile, 5G part is increased greatly. Especially, in B2B market, 5G opens new opportunities for all Industries and the whole society, to drive 12 trillion USD economic activities in 2035.

On one hand, in B2C market, ZTE helps operators to increase the ARPU by precise planning and deploying 5G sites in most valuable regions, by continuous improved network performance, by efficient and intelligent operational strategy deployment for both user experience enhancement and energy saving target. Some figures shows what the operators in China have achieved. 5G now accounts for almost 20 percentage points more traffic than just twelve months ago and average monthly user data usage increases by more than twenty percent. The downtrend of ARPU has been reversed.

Meanwhile, in B2B market, ZTE has developed more than 500 cooperative partners in 15 industries including manufacturing, transportation, energy, ports, and medical care. They have jointly explored over 100 innovative 5G application scenarios and successfully carried out more than 60 demonstration projects worldwide.

Mr. Chao Xiong, GM of RAN Product Overseas Market

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While plenty of 5G-enabled phones have launched in India, the country is yet to flip the switch on its first commercial network. The government is still planning the spectrum auction that will determine which carriers get to use which frequencies.

However, its never too early to start testing whether phones will actually work with the next-gen networks once they become operational. This is exactly what Reliance Jio has done with the upcoming Redmi Note 11T 5G.

The carrier and phone maker put the device through its paces, trying out different usage scenarios in a lab trial. The phone achieved stellar results, according to the two companies.

It will support seven 5G bands: n1, n3, n5, n8, n28, n40 and n78 for standalone (SA) operation and n1, n3, n40, n78 in non-standalone (NSA) mode (NSA mode leverages the existing 4G infrastructure, which helps simplify the deployment of 5G).

What about the phone itself? It is expected to be based on the vanilla Redmi Note 11, meaning that its 5G prowess will come from the Dimensity 810 chipset (6 nm). The phone will sport a 6.6 90 Hz IPS LCD on the front, a 50 MP main camera on the back and an 8 MP ultra wide, plus a 5,000 mAh battery with 33W fast charging. Some details may shift around for the T-model, but it should be mostly the same device as the vanilla 11.

Amazon India is the retailer that will help launch the Redmi Note 11T 5G on November 30 (Tuesday next week). Note that the Note 11 is available as the Poco M4 Pro 5G globally, so you can check out our written and video reviews for a better picture of what the Note 11T will be like.

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