Chennai: This academic year, students of Classes III-VIII in CBSE schools don’t just learn from textbooks. A portion of their lessons includes a module covering topics ranging from logical reasoning and data formatting to an introduction to artificial intelligence.Titled ‘Computational Thinking and AI’, the module developed by the board helps inculcate in students the ability…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Tuesday sought a response from state govt while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction for a detailed inquiry and survey into alleged illegal conversion of 3.43 acres of Bhoodan land at Gajwel, Siddipet district, into non-agricultural land, and allowing the same land to be developed into an…
– Around two acres of land in the Aravalis in Mangar have been encroached upon by a sprawling settlement of makeshift hutments, with dozens of temporary structures coming up inside the Mangar Bani buffer zone, in an area protected under Sections 4 and 5 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA).________________Picture by TOI The area…
Kolkata: A technical glitch disrupted the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-Shahid Khudiram) Metro services on Tuesday morning, leading to trains running behind schedule and leading to crowding at stations. Metro Railway authorities said services normalised shortly after 6.30am, though delays persisted for some time. Later in the day, another snag affected services between Noapara and Dakshineswar.“During the…
On Tuesday, a large number of devotees travelled on trucks strapped with boom boxes towards the temples to offer sacred water and milk (jalabhishek) to Lord Shiva Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad’s neighbourhoods have been assaulted lately by remixed bhajans and popular film tracks blasting non-stop from truck-mounted speakers accompanying kanwar yatras — leading many residents to question…
Keri: Rising deforestation, loss of riparian vegetation, unregulated laterite quarrying, and upstream flow alterations are accelerating siltation in the Mhadei river and its tributaries in Sattari, during monsoon. Heavy rains wash loose silty clay and sandy silt into the river, leading to sediment buildup.Geology postgraduate Pankaj Lad said forest clearing in upstream areas has increased…
The deceased, Jaya Mukherjee (51) and her son Ishan Mukherjee (26), were residents of Raigad in Maharashtra Varanasi: A 51-year-old woman and her 26-year-old son were found dead in a room at a homestay in Varanasi’s Luxa police station area on Monday, a day after her husband died during treatment. Police said preliminary investigation suggests…
Ahmedabad: The late-July rain followed by the spell of hot, humid weather have ushered in a wave of seasonal infections in the city. Several patients have tested positive for viral infections and H1N1, while doctors are also encountering infections within families. Dengue, malaria, chikungunya, typhoid, and jaundice are adding to the seasonal disease burden.Doctors have…
Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla Amritsar: Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and sought a special financial package to revive economic activity, industry and trade in the district’s border belt.In a letter to Sitharaman, Aujla said Attari, Ajnala, Ramdas and adjoining villages had faced prolonged economic challenges, with the closure…
Pune city is likely to see very light to light rain in the next few days Pune: Rain warnings have returned across parts of Maharashtra, with India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a spell of enhanced rainfall activity over the state from Wednesday onwards.However, the wet phase is expected to be brief, with showers likely to…
