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Pratyush Kumar, Co-founder, Sarvam AI Bengaluru: Sarvam AI, the India-based AI platform that turned a unicorn last month, has announced plans to build a trillion-parameter model, which will take it closer in capabilities to the world’s frontier models like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. Towards this, the company said it is also establishing an office in the US to attract the best Indian-origin AI researchers based there.Speaking at the company’s flagship developer meet in Bengaluru on Thursday, co-founder Pratyush Kumar said the new model is aimed at competing with the frontier models in coding, cybersecurity, scientific research, and simulation.He said the…
Hyderabad: Former minister T. Harish Rao said chief minister A Revanth Reddy failed as education minister, alleging that the govt schools lacked even basic amenities. Responding on CM’s remarks, why should he resign as education minister in a meeting on Thursday, Harish Rao saidThe deputy floor of BRS claimed that schools had not received grants months after the academic year began, leaving institutions without funds even to buy chalk pieces. He also alleged that sanitation workers had not been paid salaries for seven months, school uniforms had not been distributed, and the flagship “Mana Ooru Mana Badi” programme had been…
Chennai: Former chief minister and DMK MLA O Panneerselvam on Thursday denied rumours that he was set to join the ruling TVK.Panneerselvam told a news channel that “false information” was being spread that he was going to resign from his MLA post and join TVK. He said he neither has any plan to resign his MLA post nor join TVK.Sources close to Panneerselvam said that his son and former MP O P Ravindranath was unhappy with the DMK leadership for not giving them a party posting, which sparked the rumours.The father-son duo joined DMK in Feb this year in the…
Ahmedabad: A grocery shop owner in Chandkheda has alleged that a man vandalised his store and assaulted him after a dispute erupted when a customer was told that milk was out of stock.According to the FIR, complainant Khumansinh Rathod (24), who runs provision store in Vindhyachal Nagar in Chandkheda with his younger brother Mahendrasinh Rathod, was speaking to his mother over a video call around 9.45pm on Wednesday when he heard an argument outside the shop.Police said Mahendrasinh had informed a woman customer that milk was unavailable. After she left, Mehul Zapadia, who was standing nearby, allegedly questioned why the…
Police said according to their investigation, the car was being driven at high speed and the driver lost control moments before the accident Gurgaon: A 37-year-old man who had gone to buy tiles for his under-construction house died after a speeding car went out of control, hit multiple vehicles and ploughed into the showroom in Nuh on Wednesday evening.The deceased, Kapil, had gone to the tile showroom with his brother-in-law Pradeep, who suffered minor injuries in the incident. The driver of the car, who was also injured, was taken to a hospital by locals. Police are yet to take him…
Aizawl: Mizoram governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh has summoned the seventh session of the ninth legislative assembly from Aug 25, according to a notification issued by the assembly secretary Zothansanga Ralte on Thursday.Officials of the Assembly Secretariat told TOI that the Assembly Business Advisory Committee (BAC), chaired by Speaker Lalbiakzama and represented by all the legislature parties, will meet soon to decide the duration and schedule of the monsoon session.Attachment Source link
Jhansi: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Jhansi, organised a legal literacy and awareness camp on Thursday at Swami Vivekanand Law College to educate participants about the rights and legal entitlements of acid attack survivors.The programme was held under the leadership of District Judge Kamlesh Kachhal and the guidance of DLSA Secretary Isha Tripathi.Speakers at the camp informed students and members of the public about the legal rights of acid attack survivors, the availability of free legal aid, access to medical treatment, and government provisions for compensation and rehabilitation.Addressing the gathering, Chief Legal Aid Defence Counsel (LADC) Prateek Samadhiya and…
Noida: A special Pocso court has sentenced a man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a cumulative fine of Rs 80,000 for aggravated penetrative sexual assault of his minor niece and nephew. The court convicted him under multiple provisions of IPC and the Pocso Act, awarding sentences on three counts, with the maximum term being 20 years.Based on a complaint filed by the children’s mother, an FIR was registered at Sector 24 police station under sections 376AB and 506 of IPC and sections 5/6 and 9/10 of Pocso Act on March 22, 2022. She told the cops she had…
Tribal community gut bacteria study Pune: Researchers have found that traditional diets, particularly those rich in dairy and grains in trans-Himalayan populations, were associated with distinct gut bacteria and locally adapted microbial strains. The study stressed the need for India-specific microbiome research and probiotics.The study was led by researchers from BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, and Stanford University, USA. It concentrated on eight Indian tribal communities and showed that what people eat over generations may leave a lasting imprint not just on their health, but on the trillions of microbes living inside their gut.The study analysed 76 healthy…
SP (crime branch) Rahul Gupta said the first case stemmed from the arrest of Kerala native Abhiram Pulikkal for alleged possession of narcotic substances Panaji: The Goa crime branch, in coordination with the Delhi crime branch and the Telangana anti-narcotics bureau, busted two interstate drug networks, leading to the arrest of three accused and the seizure of commercial quantities of methamphetamine, magic mushrooms, and ganja.SP (crime branch) Rahul Gupta said the first case stemmed from the arrest of Kerala native Abhiram Pulikkal for alleged possession of narcotic substances.During sustained custodial interrogation and technical analysis of his mobile phone, investigators found…