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Carpe diem meet the AI challenge
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (732+ words) BENGALURU: Despite Bengaluru being the IT capital of India, industry experts, whose companies are based in the city, are worried over the lack of AI talent among job seekers and youngsters who graduate from premier engineering degrees including Computer Science,…...
'IT academia should adopt vocational training model"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (385+ words) As India's information technology sector faces job cuts amid rapid adoption of new technologies, P Venkatesh, director and co-founder of Chennai-based Maveric Systems Ltd, said academia must embrace a vocational training model to make IT engineers and professionals industry-ready. "I…...
Bengaluru techie develops AI helmet that reports traffic violations
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (132+ words) Bengaluru techie develops AI helmet that reports traffic violations'The New Indian Express BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based techie Pankaj Tanwar has developed a unique deterrent to discourage the city's errant drivers and riders. This tech has also caught the attention of Bengaluru City…...
A story of resilience: Maths teacher who writes with his toes inspires Jharkhand
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (634+ words) JHARKHAND: Where there is will, determination, there is always a way. Gulshan Lohar, a 39-year-old disabled person, has become an inspiration to everyone around him by conquering his shirtcomings and achieving something truly commendable. Lohar is a mathematics teacher at…...
Ramanujan’s pi formulae connects to modern physics
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (221+ words) The study, titled "Ramanujan's 1/" (pi) Series and Conformal Field Theories', was also published in the Physical Review Journals, Physical Review Letters on December 2, 2025. They looked for a physics-based answer. "We wanted to see whether the starting point of the formulae,…...
IT department flags fraudulent tax claims by numerous employees of Delhi's RML Hospital, warns action
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (356+ words) NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department has flagged numerous employees of the Centre-run Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital for allegedly filing bogus claims to secure deductions and exemptions on their taxable income. Officials have directed them to withdraw such claims…...
National learning report reveals alarming gaps in students’ basic math abilities
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (346+ words) HYDERABAD: The recently released Parakh Rashtriya Sarvekshan Report 2024 by the Ministry of Education has raised serious concerns over students" poor grasp of fundamental numerical skills. Alarmingly, 55% of class 3 students across India are unable to arrange numbers up to 99 in ascending…...
Basic Mathematics a problem for school kids in India
7+ mon, 3+ hour ago (472+ words) NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Education has come up with some disturbing revelations about the proficiency of students in basic Mathematics in government and private schools across the country. It assessed the Maths and Linguistic proficiency of 21.15 lakh students across…...
They are here: The rise and rise of AI robots
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (439+ words) The increasing ubiquity of AI-enabled robotics has serious implications for societies, as livelihoods are disrupted by the induction of AI, advent of agentic usage and adoption of robots. You can spot them blinking away, triggering awe and curiosity They enable…...
Being Human in the Age of AI
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (159+ words) Her instinct to adopt technology with clear purpose is something we could all learn from, especially now, as we stand on the precipice of the AI revolution. And yet, therein lies the problem. This blurring of human and machine boundaries…...