Chennai: Less than 24 hours after Greater Chennai Corporation claimed to have cleared encroachments in a late Saturday night eviction drive, the T Nagar Pedestrian Plaza slipped back into its old ways. By Sunday evening, vendors reclaimed the stretch and vehicles were once again parked across the pedestrian zone – indicating that the entire eviction…
Mumbai woke up to an overcast but largely rain-free Thursday morning after days of relentless monsoon showers, offering residents a brief respite from the heavy rain. MUMBAI: Mumbai woke up to an overcast but largely rain-free Thursday morning after days of relentless monsoon showers, offering residents a brief respite from the heavy rain that had…
To make it easier for users to book train tickets and avail of other train-related services via the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) platform, Indian Railways offers an AI chatbot called AskDisha 2.0. The chatbot offers users a range of services like booking tickets and getting refunds and it even provides necessary information….
Kolkata: Schools in the city are adopting artificial intelligence to check answer scripts, tabulate results, analyse performance and streamline administrative work.The Newtown School introduced AI-assisted answer-script evaluation for classes 9 and 11 in June. The system, being used for the first time by the school, will be deployed in all future exams of these two…
Arthur Schopenhauer (Image source: Wikipedia) Modern life rewards constant connection, endless notifications, endless networking, endless visibility. Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher, pointed toward something almost opposite. “Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude,” he wrote. An eagle does not build its nest in the middle of a crowded valley….
They overpowered the home warden Chennai: Eleven juveniles lodged at Government Correctional Facility for Boys and Girls, Chengalpet, escaped on Friday night after overpowering the home warden, prompting a large-scale search operation by police. The juveniles had been remanded in connection with cases including theft, robbery, drug peddling and murder.Police said they pushed the home…
Though buoyed by the notification, ST leaders remain skeptical over whether it will actually translate into reservation of seats in time for the next assembly elections Margao: A dominant view within the ST community is that only sustained pressure on state govt will compel it to complete the process of reservation of assembly seats before…
Kolkata: The narcotic cell of the detective department seized hydroponic ganja, valued at over Rs 2 crore in the illegal, following late-night raids on Thursday, first on a guest house at Tagore Park and then, a home in Tiljala. A 28-year-old youth was arrested.Acting on a tip-off, police knocked on the door of a room…
Plastic alternatives made from renewable materials often struggle to match the strength, heat resistance and processing ability of conventional plastics. A new bamboo-based bioplastic takes a different approach, reorganising cellulose at the molecular level to produce a material that is both strong and easier to shape. The researchers used a hydrated zinc chloride and formic…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat forest department moved swiftly to remove the newly installed floodlights from Nalsarovar sanctuary, soon after a TOI report flagged concerns that the lighting could harm the wetland’s bird population.On Thursday, TOI published a news report, ‘Too bright for birds? Floodlights at Nalsarovar spark fears for wildlife’. The report highlighted that the department…
