IIT Madras director V Kamakoti Chennai: Along with large data centres, deploying small data centres will be crucial to bridge the AI divide across the country, IIT Madras director V Kamakoti said here on Thursday.Launching a conclave on AI governance at the campus, Kamakoti said large data centres, which need more electricity and cooling systems,…
Sudeep Bogati, a 21-year-old Nepalese national, escaped from Puzhal prison in Chennai during a guard change CHENNAI: Nepalese national Sudeep Bogati’s daring escape from a high-security central prison at Puzhal, Chennai, can beat any jailbreak movie hands down.Aged 21 years, lean and small built, Bogati synced his escape bid with the 10-minute change of guards…
Engineering graduate Suvetha Mahendran, from the narikuravar community, conducts aworkshop on educational and livelihood opportunities available to them “Does it have a lucky charm? Does it have a hungry person to hunt?” (Teach a hungry person how to fish?) A whole world read the proverb painted on a wall in his boarding school but never…
Appasamy’s portfolio includes intraocular lenses (IOLs), surgical systems and other products for ophthalmic surgery and vision care Chennai: Chennai-based Appasamy Associates, backed by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has acquired RUCK GmbH, a German manufacturer of ophthalmic surgical products with more than 40 years of experience, for an undisclosed sum.The acquisition adds RUCK’s specialised phaco-vitrectomy…
CHENNAI: Tirupati–Chennai Central-Tirupati Garudadri Express train (Nos. 16203/16204) will run with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches starting Friday (Oct 23), replacing its conventional coaches to enhance passenger safety and comfort, South Western Railway has announced.The train will be operated with LHB coaches on both legs of the journey from Oct 23.The Chamarajanagar–Tirupati–Chamarajanagar Express (Nos. 16219/16220),…
Chennai: When an ostrich died at the Children’s Park, Guindy, on Wednesday after a week-long illness without veterinary care, a forest department official snapped its legs and stuffed the carcass in a cold storage because the intact bird did not fit in the box. Both during its illness and after its death, the bird did…
CHENNAI: MLAs in Tamil Nadu MLAs will get a 71% increase in their monthly emoluments from Oct 1, with the revised allowance structure raising their monthly package from Rs 1.05 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh. The revision will cost the state exchequer an additional Rs 17 crore a year.A gazette notification has been issued following…
Chennai: About 200 staff at Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) bridge the gap between residents with complaints and the officials concerned. ICCC went live in Dec 2020 and served as a COVID war room. It is now linked with 16 GCC departments. A live display shows civic data, rain forecasts…
Chennai: Political leaders from Tamil Nadu including Chief minister C Joseph Vijay have extended birthday wishes to Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday.“Wishing you a long life and good health in service to the nation,” Vijay said in his X post. “May you be blessed with good health, happiness, and long life as you…
Chennai: VCK leader and social justice minister Vanni Arasu on Thursday flayed DMK for condemning the arrest of NTK Dharapuram candidate M Karthika as NTK chief Seeman had criticised social reformer E V R Periyar. DMK hit back saying that condemning the arrest of a woman politician does not mean supporting the principles of the…
