JU fresher's death: Varsity to hold crucial meeting on Fri on anti-ragging guidelines

IANS | August 29, 2023 8:03 PM

Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) The interim Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University (JU), Buddhadeb Sau, has convened a crucial meeting of all the stakeholders of the university on Friday to finalise the steps to be adopted to implement anti-ragging guidelines on the campus and students’ hostels following the death of a fresher on August 10.

'Suffering distancing, hallucinations': AI & ChatGPT's problems and pitfalls

By Vikas Datta | August 29, 2023 5:58 PM

Bali (Indonesia), Aug 29 (IANS) It is not new technology, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now raising concerns with the advent of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, which may have significant repercussions across the cyber landscape, as they foster phenomenon like "suffering distancing syndrome", "responsibility delegation", and "AI hallucination" for those simply using it to find or validate information, says a senior Kaspersky cyberthreat expert.

Rajasthan minister likens Kota coaching centres to 'mafia'

IANS | August 29, 2023 9:51 AM

Jaipur, Aug 29 (IANS) In the wake of 23 suicides reported since the beginning of 2023, the Kota coaching centres in Rajasthan have come under major attack from the state ministers with one of them calling the institutes a synonym for "mafia".

UP slapgate: Students to be shifted as Education Dept asks school to shut (Ld)

IANS | August 27, 2023 8:24 PM

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Education Department has ordered the closure of the private school in Muzaffarnagar district, where earlier this week a teacher allegedly asked students to slap a fellow classmate belonging to a minority community, amid pending inquiry and non-availibilty of required recognition.

Not quite the factotum of a 'moody maharaja', Ram Chandra Kak was in bed with both Brits & Jinnah

Sandeep Bamzai | August 27, 2023 4:34 PM

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The publication of Siddharth Kak and Lily Bhan Kak's 'Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir's Last Pandit Prime Minister and His English Wife', published by Rupa, has renewed the discussion on Ram Chandra Kak role as prime minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in the turbulent months leading up to India's Independence.

'Smart India Hackathon' to bring together 26 Central, 6 state Ministries

IANS | August 25, 2023 2:27 PM

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Smart India Hackathon (SIH), a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), has secured the involvement of 26 Central and six state Ministries, as well as four industry partners.