Chennai: Bodhan AI, a centre of excellence in AI for education incubated at IIT Madras, has launched four open AI models for Indian languages. These models will convert spoken language into text, recognise and extract text from documents and images, translate content across 22 Indian languages and convert text into natural-sounding speech.These four voice and…
Chennai: For scores of bonded labourers who have struggled to establish their identity after being freed, a document certifying their release is set to act as an identity document and become a gateway to welfare schemes.Commissioner of revenue administration and disaster management N Muruganandam has issued an order recognising ‘rescue-release certificates’ issued to bonded labourers…
Heavy traffic congestion on Sardar Patel Road between IIT-Madras and Madhya Kailash in Chennai. Chennai: Despite having a wide carriageway and a flyover, the Madhya Kailash-IIT-Madras stretch of Sardar Patel Road remains choked throughout the day as changing traffic arrangements, conflicting vehicle movements, and last-minute lane switching create bottlenecks on a corridor that handles at…
Chennai: Riding against the flow of traffic to save a few minutes has become routine among commuters. Two-wheelers and autorickshaws frequently enter one-way stretches from the wrong end or travel against traffic even on busy arterial roads. With traffic police enforcement lackadaisical, wrong-side driving and riding has become a scourge on several stretches, putting other…
First TVK allies meeting on June 1 Chennai: TVK has planned to conduct its second meeting with leaders of coalition partners and allies on Sept 9. The meeting is expected to take forward the discussion on floating a political front formally and give it a name.TVK ministers N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, R Nirmalkumar and A…
Rural development and water resources minister N Anand on Wednesday chaired a review meeting with officials at the Perambalur district collectorate to assess the progress of key irrigation and rural development projects across the region. Chennai: Former professor of Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University G Palanithurai has been appointed as an adviser for capacity building of…
Wilson was accused of forcibly entering his brother Claude’s residence by breaking open the door and allegedly assaulting Claude and his wife, Caroline Puducherry: Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson appeared in person before the Puducherry second judicial magistrate on Friday in connection with an ongoing assault case involving his brother Marie Claude. The…
Kavya and Dushyanth adopted Indie dogs Ghost and Pogo last year At the IAdopt pet adoption event held recently in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, nearly 25 Indie dogs and cats were adopted by Chennai residents. More importantly, say organizers, for the first time, they didn’t face superficial inquiries as much as before such as, “Do you have…
St Mary’s chapel sits tucked away inside the St George’s Anglo-Indian school, Chennai One wouldn’t expect a quaint little red brick chapel, the likes of which could be seen in an English countryside in the 1800s, in the middle of Chennai city. But that’s St Mary’s chapel for you, built in the late 1800s. Set…
Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson PUDUCHERRY: Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson appeared before the Puducherry second judicial magistrate on Friday in connection with an ongoing assault case involving his brother Marie Claude. The magistrate served him a copy of the additional charge sheet along with a pen drive containing case details…
