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Bhagalpur: A six-day Drone Technology Bootcamp focusing on drone technology, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and modern farming applications concluded at Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) on Saturday.The programme, which began on May 18 at the Centre for Agricultural Informatics and AI Research (CAIR), was organised by BAU in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC).The bootcamp aimed to introduce students to emerging technologies in precision agriculture and provide practical exposure to intelligent farming systems. A total of 43 students participated in the training programme.Participants received hands-on training in drone operations, aerial surveying, mapping technologies and agricultural…
Nagpur: Boutique investment banker and Sigma Capital co-founder Deven Mehta is investing in defence manufacturing and data centres, sectors central to India’s strategic push.Speaking to TOI on the sidelines of the IIM-Nagpur convocation, where he was the guest of honour, Mehta said he has made a substantial investment in Belgaum-based defence manufacturer Balu Forge through his family office. He also indicated plans for a significant investment in a US-based data centre company whose clients include Google, Facebook and Amazon, and which reports an annual turnover of around $750 million.Mehta, known for backing advanced manufacturing ventures, said the data centre sector…
Kolkata: A Trinamool party office, which was allegedly painted saffron after the BJP’s win in the Assembly election, was demolished with a payloader on Debendra Chandra Dey Street near Tangra on Saturday. The demolition came after the owner of the land reportedly told a BJP functionary that Trinamool had forcibly set up the office on the spot. Landowner Jharna Kundu recounted, “Earlier, we had a tile-shed house there. After permission from KMC, we started the construction of our four-storey house in 2011. But the local Trinamool men took over that portion of the land, claming they would set up a…
Iran has agreed in principle to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium as part of a proposed agreement with the United States aimed at ending the ongoing conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by The New York Times.Citing two US officials, the report said Tehran has made a general commitment to relinquish the uranium stockpile, though the exact mechanism for doing so will be negotiated later during formal nuclear talks.The issue of Iran’s enriched uranium reserves has been one of Washington’s key demands in discussions over ending the war.Iran had initially resisted including…
Mumbai: A magistrate court in Mumbai has acquitted four accused in a nearly three-decade-old cheating and criminal breach of trust case in which 7 to 8 office-bearers of the society allegedly siphoned off funds worth approximately Rs 1.64 crore and used the money to purchase immovable properties. While acquitting the last three accused, the court observed that during the course of the trial, two key accused had were already been discharged earlier, while proceedings against one accused had abated after he was declared deceased by a civil court, and trials against two others had were been separated earlier as they…
New Delhi: At dawn in Lodhi Garden, birders and walkers have found themselves following an avian story for over 10 days with all the ingredients of a soap opera. At the centre of the ongoing spectacle is an unlikely cast: an adult female oriental pied hornbill, a pair of resident Indian grey hornbills and at least two chicks sealed inside a tree cavity.The oriental pied hornbill has been visiting the nest daily with tempting food offerings, attempting to feed her grey hornbill family that is not her own. For now, nobody knows exactly why she is feeding a neighbouring species’…
According to locals, flames were noticed at around 8 pm near a corner of the park, close to the stretch where flyover and underpass construction works are underway Hyderabad: A minor fire broke out at Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) National Park in Jubilee Hills on Saturday night, triggering concern among morning walkers and residents amid ongoing infrastructure works in the surrounding area. However, officials confirmed that none were injured in the incident.According to locals, flames were noticed at around 8 pm near a corner of the park, close to the stretch where flyover and underpass construction works are underway. With…
Chennai: A 68-year-old woman died on Friday after her clothes caught fire during a puja at her home in Puzhal, the police said.The woman, Senbhagavalli, lived alone in Mariamman Nagar in Kavangarai, near Puzhal. Her son, who works in Dubai, and her daughter, who lives in Tiruvallur, regularly checked on her through video calls and surveillance cameras installed at the house, the police said.On Friday, her son noticed smoke spreading inside the house through the camera feed and alerted neighbors, asking them to check on her. They rushed to the house, broke open the door and found Senbhagavalli unconscious with…
The proposal was made at the ninth edition of the IGPC-IIMA Annual Gold and Gold Markets Conference 2026 Ahmedabad: The India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC), which is part of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), has proposed the setting up of a ‘Gold Trust of India’, and a dedicated ministry or a centralised entity for bullion and precious metals. The proposal was made at the ninth edition of the IGPC-IIM-A Annual Gold and Gold Markets Conference 2026.IGPC argued that India must position itself as a global gold-pricing hub amid changing international trade dynamics.The proposals emerged during the ninth IGPC-IIM-A…
Bhubaneswar: With the new academic session approaching, higher education department has proposed a three-tier grievance redressal system for ragging complaints, comprising the institutional cell, monitoring agency and district-level committee, wherever required.In a directive on Saturday, it directed all universities and colleges under its administrative control to maintain round-the-clock vigilance against ragging, making independent monitoring of anti-ragging measures and roster-based duty for dedicated squads mandatory across campuses and hostels.In the directive, joint secretary Mousumi Nayak also instructed the registrars of public and private universities as well as principals of degree, Sanskrit and teacher education colleges to strengthen anti-ragging mechanisms in line…