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Chennai: This academic year, students of Classes III-VIII in CBSE schools don’t just learn from textbooks. A portion of their lessons includes a module covering topics ranging from logical reasoning and data formatting to an introduction to artificial intelligence.Titled ‘Computational Thinking and AI’, the module developed by the board helps inculcate in students the ability to solve conceptual, competency-based, and higher-order thinking questions—which have been increasingly asked in board exams in the last few years, said school heads.“There are student and teacher handbooks, and the teachers are free to incorporate them into lessons. Since computational thinking is closely linked to…
Waterlogging during rain fall at Adalaj to Kalol Highway on Tuesday Ahmedabad: A short, sharp morning downpour transformed the city’s early routine on Tuesday, as rain swept across several pockets between 6am and 9 m.While Ahmedabad averaged a modest 10.36 mm over those three hours, the eastern suburbs bore the brunt of the storm, catching one to two inches of rain that quickly inundated low-lying neighbourhoods.Kathwada emerged as the hardest-hit pocket, recording 45mm deluge that submerged four to five key locations, including the main approach outside Madhumalti Apartments. Nearby eastern hubs also experienced steady morning downpours, with Odhav logging 24mm,…
The Prayagraj division of NCR has signed an agreement with Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. Prayagraj: The Prayagraj division of North Central Railway (NCR) has signed an agreement with Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd for transporting cement by rail from its Chunar plant, a move expected to boost freight traffic and revenue.According to the public relations officer, Prayagraj division, NCR, Amit Kumar Singh, the agreement was signed on Monday by P Sudalai Muthu, national logistics operations head, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, and Shīrat Fatima, senior divisional commercial manager (freight), Prayagraj division, in the presence of additional divisional railway manager (general) Deepak Kumar.Singh…
Transit houses being razed in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday Bhubaneswar: As many as 330 transit houses – temporary shelters built for slum-dwellers before they are allotted permanent homes – were demolished in a joint drive by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on Tuesday.BDA officials said residents in the transit houses had long overstayed and despite being allotted homes at permanent colonies, many of them continued to occupy the temporary shelters. Some had even rented them out or allowed relatives to stay, defying repeated warnings from the authorities. “The slum residents were allotted houses under Nilamadhab…
The teams have been asked to complete the survey by Aug 15The teams have been asked to complete the survey by Aug 15The teams have been asked to complete the survey by Aug 15The teams have been asked to complete the survey by Aug 15The teams have been asked to complete the survey by Aug 15 Gurgaon: The crackdown on illegal construction and unauthorised commercial activities in residential properties is set to expand beyond DLF and cover licensed colonies across the city.Following directions of Supreme Court, the town planning department’s enforcement wing has launched a comprehensive survey of residential properties…
Guwahati: For over 10 days, teachers of Santak High School in flood-hit Sivasagar have traded chalk and blackboards for shovels and buckets, taking on the unlikely role of sanitation workers. With govt cleaners yet to arrive despite repeated assurances, five teachers at the school, which has nearly 500 students, have been battling thick layers of mud, silt, and debris to make classrooms usable again.State education minister Ranoj Pegu on Tuesday said schools across flood-affected areas of Assam will resume regular classes after Aug 15. But at Santak High School in Nazira, teachers are racing against time to make the campus…
Jhansi: A day after a 62-year-old temple priest, arrested on charges of allegedly sexually harassing a nine-year-old girl, died by suicide inside a police station in Jhansi, SSP BBGTS Murthy on Tuesday suspended the station house officer of Gursarain police station, along with a sub-inspector and two constables, for negligence in duty.SO Rajesh Kumar Dubey, SI Vineet Kumar, and constables Rakesh and Anand were placed under suspension, while a departmental inquiry was ordered against them. An FIR was also lodged against two persons related to the survivor for abetment to suicide.Meanwhile, heavy police force was deployed in Singar village under…
Stagnant water and potholed roads are not just health hazard Ghaziabad: It has barely rained in the past 48 hours, barring occasional drizzle, but overcast skies and the absence of sunlight have left several parts of the city, particularly the trans-Hindon areas of Indirapuram, in a familiar mess.Jagdhatri Mishra went to a temple in Shipra Sun City and as soon as she got out of her car her ankles sank deep into slush. “I could not have entered the temple with muddy feet so I decided to drive back home but I could not reverse my car because the tyres…
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the state will have to develop an ecosystem of cities beyond Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune for the sustainable and long-term growth of the global capability centres (GCCs). CM invited GCC leaders to look at Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as the next frontier to set up their specialised technology units.“Maharashtra has somewhat of an unusual advantage. We do not have to set up the GCC ecosystem from scratch. We are sitting in Pune and we all know that it(GCC ecosystem) already exists,” he said while speaking at an event…
AI cameras will help control vehicle speeds and reduce accidents Panaji: Govt will install another 29 AI-based traffic cameras across Goa, taking the total to 55, with the entire state expected to be covered by Jan 2027, transport minister Mauvin Godinho said on Tuesday.Twenty-six AI traffic cameras are already operational across the state and are currently on trial, Godinho said, adding that people need time to get accustomed to the system.Defending the use of AI cameras to issue fines, Godinho said they were being implemented for public safety and that motorists who followed traffic rules would have nothing to fear.“When…