India top over-performer in frontier technologies
Country scores in digitalisation & connectivity
India is the top "over-performer" in terms of readiness in using, adopting and adapting frontier technologies like artificial intelligence, big data, block chain and robotics, as per the Unctad global index.
The global index rates 158 countries on their readiness for frontier technologies based on five building blocks: information and communication technologies (ICT) deployment, skills, research and development (R&D), industry activity and access to finance. Frontier technologies are those that take advantage of digitalisation and connectivity. They include artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things, big data, block chain, 5G, 3D printing, robotics, drones, gene editing, nanotechnology and solar photovoltaic.
The Unctad report finds that a few developing nations are exhibiting stronger capabilities to use, adopt and adapt frontier technologies than their per capita GDPs would suggest.
"The greatest over performer is India, whose actual index ranking was
43, while the estimated one based on per capita income was 108. Hence, India over performed by
65 ranking positions. It is followed by the Philippines, which over performed by 57 ranking positions," says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Over-performance is measured as the difference between the actual index rankings and the estimated index rankings based on per capita income. Ukraine, Vietnam and China are also in the top five over-performers.
Outliers like India and China exceeded expectations by performing well for R&D. This reflects their abundant supplies of qualified and highly skilled human resources available at a comparatively low cost. They also have large local markets, which attract investment by multinational enterprises. In China, the progress is partly a reward for spending 2 per cent of GDP on R&D.
The Philippines has a high ranking for industry, reflecting high levels of foreign direct investment in high-technology manufacturing, particularly electronics. Multinational enterprises are attracted by the country's strong supply chains and solid base of parts manufacturing. The country also has pro-business policies along with a skilled, welleducated workforce and a network of economic zones.
As per the global index, economies in Northern America and Europe are most ready for frontier technologies while those least ready are in subSaharan Africa.
Benjamin Thomas batted and bowled brilliantly to emerge the top peformer in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s A-1 Division three-day league matches played on Thursday.
Benjamin hit 115 in 106 balls with 10 fours and two sixes in Sportive CC’s second innings and then took five wickets with his off-spin while conceding 25 runs to help his side beat Secunderabad Nawabs.
In another match, G. Vikram Naik (111) and Rahul Buddhi
(108) scripted Evergreen’s win. The A-2 Division two-day games threw up some top notch performances. M. Sai Pratheek of Acrylic and C. Siddharth Rao of SK Blues hit a double century each while Sahith of Swastik Union took seven wickets.
Pratheek’s 206 that contained
28 boundaries and a six propelled Acrylic to 499 for 4 in 90 overs against Adams XI. Siddharth slammed 200 which came off 156 balls and included
36 boundaries as SK Blues piled
540 for 9 against Mayura. Sahith’s 7/34 meant Lords CC crashed to a humiliating 109 against Swastik Union.
Aashlesh Vaman (176) of Vijaypuri Willowmen was the other big scorer while Sachit Naidu of Abhinav Colts took
6/17.
D. Harsha Vardhan (5/9) of Rakesh XI, Adilabad’s Md Saif Ali (5/6), Warangal’s B. Suresh
(5/14), Advaith (5/23) of Cheerful Chums, Bharat CC’s P. Suraj Rao (5/39), Y. Yuganand Sree (123) of Elegant CC, V. Gautam (105) of Ours CC and Acrylic’s M. Vasu Deva Raju
(101) were the others who did well in the two-day league.
Brief scores:
A-1 DIVISION (THREE-DAY) Sportive 241 in 85.5 overs & 297/4 in
40 overs (Benjamin Thomas 115 —
106b, 10x4, 2x6, Abhishek Murgan 56, Shaik Sameer 63 n.o) bt Secunderabad Nawabs 296 in 73.1 overs & 184 in 36.1 overs (Takshit Rao 34, Jaidev Goud 75, Aryan Cariappa 3/43, Benjamin Thomas 5/25 — 7.1-0-25-5). Points: Sportive 6, Nawabs 0.
Evergreen 430/8 in 90 overs & 289/5 in 40 overs (G. Vikram Naik 111 — 94b,
7x4, 7x6, Rahul Buddhi 108 — 78b,
13x4, 3x6) bt Combined Districts 288 in 67.3 overs & 228/7 in 40 overs (B. Vikram 76, Rithwik Surya 34, G. Ganesh 53 n.o, G. Aniketh Reddy 3/15). Points: Evergreen 6, Districts 0.
BDL 329/9 (all out) in 87.5 overs &
211/8 in 40 overs bt Income Tax 188 in
37.5 overs & 235/8 in 38.4 overs (Vamshi Vardhan 74, Harshavardhan 47, Sai Vihari 42, Swaroop 40, Mahendra
3/0). Points: BDL 6, Income Tax 0.
AOC 247 in 64.1 overs & 64 in 24.5 overs bt Continental 200 in 78 overs &
106 in 35.1 overs (Anirudh Reddy 54). Points: Continental 0., AOC 6.
Jai Bhagwathi 191 in 65 overs & 104 in 30 overs (Nitin Sai Yadav 3/15) lost to Rohit XI 484/7 in 90 overs. Points: Rohit XI 6+02, Jai Bhagwathi 0.
Balaaji CC 377/7 in 90 overs & 236/8 in 40 overs (HK Simha 63, B. Raja Shekar 49, Md Zafarullah 3/50) bt Sri Chakra 224 in 86.5 overs & 215/8 in 40 overs (Koushik 41, T. Rohan 36, K Vikas Rao 42 n.o). Points: Balaaji 6, Sri Chakra 0.
A-2 DIVISION (TWO-DAY)
Acrylic CC 499/4 in 90 overs (M. Sai Pratheek 206 — 159b, 28x4, 1x6, M Jashwant 95, M. Vasu Deva Raju 101 —
89b, 10x4, Sai Aravind Gona 57) vs Adams XI.
SK Blues 540/9 (all out) 80.2 overs (Ibrahim 91, C. Siddharth Rao 200 —
156b, 36x4, K. Srikar 84, Md Ali 48, K. Anil 30 n.o, Sunil 3/99) vs Mayura 14/2 in 7 overs
Vijaypuri Willowmen 406 in 72.3 overs (Aashlesh Vaman 176 — 172b,
30x4, 3x6, M. Saketh Reddy 46, Md Ayub Khan 37, Md Nayeemuddin 74, Kiran Paul 3/53) vs Eleven Masters
42/2 in 9 overs.
Swastik Union 238 in 66.3 overs (Govardhan 41, Karthik 61, Hasan 4/48) bt Lords CC 109 in 44.3 overs (Jasper
36, Sahith 7/34 — 18-6-34-7).
Noble CC 104 in 30 overs (B. Ambarish 43, Sachit Naidu 6/17 — 9-017-6) lost to Abhinav Colts 106/2 in
16.3 overs (Varun Tej 51 n.o. Points: Colts 5, Noble 0.
Adilabad District 123 in 34.5 overs (L. Mahesh 35, B. Srinivas 34, D. Harsha
Vardhan 5/9 — 6.5-2-9-5) bt Rakesh XI
89 in 39.4 over (Md Saif Ali 5/6 — 14.410-6-5). Points: Adilabad 5, Rakesh 0. Saint Sai 56 in 23.3 overs (B. Suresh
5/14 — 9-3-14-5, N. Pavan Reddy 4/9) lost to Warangal District 59/1 in 5.3 overs (B. Kumar 36 n.o). Points: Warangal 5, Saint Sai 0.
HUCC 66 in 27.5 overs (Advaith 5/23 — 9.5-3-25-5, TNR Mohit 3/24) lost to Cheerful Chums 68/1 in 12.5 overs (Yash Satwalekar 30 n.o). Points: Cheerful Chums 5, HUCC 0.
Hyderabad Panthers 179 in 32.4 overs (Rahul Adwala 34 n.o, P. Suraj Rao 5/39, Rahul Karthikeya 4/75) lost to Bharat CC 180/7 in 48.4 overs (K. Rahul 38, Adithya Verma 32 n.o, Rahul A 4/26, Ananya Raj Shekar 3/59). Points: Bharat 5, Panthers 0.
Elegant CC 229 in 64.2 overs (Y. Yuganand Sree 123 — 166b, 18x4, Raghavendra 3/36) vs WMCC.
Ours CC 312/9 in 90 overs (V. Gautam 105 — 191b, 14x4, Kaushik Chevendra 96) vs Nizamabad District
2/1 in 2 overs.
Hyderabad Cricket Academy 389 in
86.3 overs (Pranav 97, Rishi 38, Zaheer
38, Tejveer 55, Praveen 3/37) vs
Manikumar.
HBCC 331 in 88.5 overs (Vara Prasad
68, Ryan Rodrigues 67, Vishesh Anand
65, Md Basheeruddin 3/58) vs CCOB. Crown CC 254 in 57 overs (V. Venkatesh 85, K. Surender 42, Anand Prakash 4/56) vs Mega City 141/2 in 33 overs (A. Bhargav 57).
Team Speed 201 in 73.1 overs (Rohan Prem 36, S. Deekshit 43, Sujan Kumar
4/33) vs PKMCC 3/1 in 5 overs. National CC 123 in 36 overs (R. P. Praneeth 63, M. S. Karthikeya 3/29, N. Charan 3/11) lost to Venus Cybertech
127/2 in 31 overs (M. S. Karthikeya 39, Shrunoth Rao 33). Points: Venus Cybertech 5, National 0.
Secunderabad Gymkhana 113 in 32.1 overs (Anish Chandra 32, Md Adil 38, M. Manikanta Charan 4/44, Abhinav 4/4) lost to Vijayanand CC 117/1 in 23.1 overs (S. Aryan Raj 62 n.o, M. Abhinav 31 n.o). Points: Vijayanand 5, Gymkhana 0.
Karimnagar District 130 in 43.3 overs (Thuniki Raju 51, Mehul Dayani 3/37, Shashank 3/21) lost to Shanti XI 133/3 in 45 overs (S. Venkatesh 62). Points: Shanti 5, Karimnagar 0.
Superstar 237 in 66.3 overs lost to Time CC 238/6 in 79 overs ( Vivek Gagan 94, Visvesh K 58, Varnith Reddy
36). Points: Time CC 5, Superstar 0. Greenland 297/9 in 80 overs (Prabhat Gupta 77, Sai Charan 74, Suraj
31, Prudhvi 4/72) vs Victoria.
Sri Shyam 234 in 66.5 overs (Md Afzal Ali 57, Shaik Khaleel 36, Srinath Naik 39, Syed Haji 43, K. Sri Harsha
4/28) vs Classic 140/4 in 19.4 overs (S Raghavendra Rao 45, K. Jagdeesh Reddy 73).