Consider the following statements regarding Digital Population Clock It is a joint project taken up ...........

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Consider the following statements regarding Digital Population Clock

It is a joint project taken up by the ISRO and the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
It has been equipped with a satellite connection for precise timekeeping.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

Only statement 2nd is correct.

Recently, Bengaluru’s first digital population clock was inaugurated at the Institute for Social Economic Change (ISEC).

It will access real-time estimates of Karnataka’s and population of India.
The project was jointly taken up by ISEC, and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
It would update the figures of the state’s population for every 1.10 minute (one minute 10 seconds) and the country’s population at every two seconds.
It aims to increase awareness of population dynamics and provide accurate data for research.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is installing similar clocks in 18 Population Research Centres across India.
The clock has been equipped with a satellite connection for precise timekeeping.