TISS has also instituted a Viksit Bharat fellows programme under the initiative Mumbai: Emphasising that artificial intelligence can process past data but never truly comprehend human suffering, Dr C.S. Pramesh, Director of Tata Memorial Hospital, urged graduating students at the 86th convocation ceremony of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to rely on human…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The Left parties have put Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay in a political bind over controversial govt circulars directing officials to monitor students linked to Left organisations, demanding the removal of chief secretary C Sai Kumar, a probe into the orders and a personal explanation…
Hyderabad: From school buses to buses for after-school activities, the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) is looking to widen its Student Mobility programme as it enters its third decade. SCSC, a police-industry partnership, began by focusing on women’s safety and has since expanded into cybersecurity, road safety, and child and youth safety. As it…
Tourists in search of hotels in the New Market-Marquis Street-Free School Street area Kolkata: Hundreds of tourists from Bangladesh and Nepal, as well as travellers from Assam, Nagaland and other parts of India, were left virtually homeless on Saturday, spending hours hunting for rooms after several budget hotels and guest houses in the New Market-Marquis…
Residents said families would be exposed to noise, dust and air pollution Margao/Canacona: Residents of Chinchinim have renewed their demand for govt to reconsider the highway alignment for the six-laning of NH-66, insisting that the bypass alignment proposed by the villagers be adopted instead of the elevated corridor currently earmarked for the Dandeavaddo stretch.The residents…
Gorakhpur: A 30-year-old undertrial prisoner lodged in Gorakhpur district jail died while undergoing treatment at the district hospital late Friday evening.The deceased, identified as Sameer Sheikh, was resident of Jaswal Bazar in Pipiganj.According to jail superintendent Dilip Kumar Pandey, Sheikh was sent to the district jail on Aug 19 following a court order in a…
Gujarat High Court at Sola in Ahmedabad. Photo by Kevin Antao. 12-07-11. Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has turned down a petition filed by a former member of the Abdul Latif gang, Mohammed Umar Majid Pathan alias Mohammed Fighter, seeking premature release from the life sentence imposed on him for the murder of former Rajya Sabha…
Relief for judiciary aspirants as SC eases eligibility norms Chandigarh: Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on eligibility for judicial services examinations has brought relief and renewed hope to judiciary aspirants across Punjab, many of whom had put their preparation on hold after the introduction of a mandatory practice requirement.For months, uncertainty prevailed after the Supreme Court’s…
Pune: A 17 year old and his mother (41) were found dead at their house in Tandulwadi village in Baramati taluka, about 102km from Pune, on Friday morning.The minor was found hanging from the ceiling of a room, while his mother was found lying motionless near a window. Prima facie, it appeared to be a…
Guwahati: A 53-year-old female elephant that was swept nearly 55 km from Nagaland into Assam’s Sivasagar district by floodwaters last month has been airlifted to Vantara in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for specialised treatment, officials said on Saturday.In a media release, Vantara, founded by Anant Ambani, executive director of Reliance Industries Ltd, said transporting an elephant by…
