Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that enables machines to interpret satellite and drone images using everyday language prompts, potentially transforming applications in disaster response, surveillance, urban planning, and agriculture. The model, called Adaptive Modality-guided Visual Grounding (AMVG), has been designed by a team […]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Teachers’ Day programme in Kolkata, highlighted the contribution of educators, on September 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Kolkata Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the ongoing teacher recruitment crisis would be resolved soon, adding that ‘tainted’ teachers could be accommodated in alternative roles. Her […]

Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Aijaz Rahi GUWAHATI The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) in Assam has become the first tribal council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to fully digitise its land records. Officials said the digitisation of more than 15 lakh land documents, including texts and maps, across […]

Vishnuvardhan, whose 75th birth anniversary falls on Thursday, is celebrated as the “Sahasa Simha” (brave lion) of the Kannada film industry by his fans. The moniker, however, does not quite capture the wide range of roles he played. His last few movies, before his death in 2009, prove that his talent was not on the […]

Idols of Goddess Durga being immersed in the Yamuna river during the Durga Puja festival, at Dussehra Ghat behind the Taj Mahal, in Agra, on October 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI AGRA (UTTAR PRADESH) Two persons drowned and six others went missing during an idol immersion in the Utangan river in Agra district, officials […]

Bhubaneswar: A view of a pandal during the ‘Durga Puja’ festival, in Bhubaneswar. File | Photo Credit: PTI 215 heritage Durga Pujas will receive ₹ 1.10 lakh each, the ones in the second and third categories will get ₹ 75,000 and ₹ 50,000, said the Culture Minister The BJP government in Odisha announced that it […]

Image for the representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The police have come up with stringent enforcement actions against the illegal single digit lottery business by deploying dedicated squads for flash inspections in Kozhikode district of Kerala. This move follows confidential reports from the State Lottery Department and licensed lottery agents, who raised […]

Karnataka, Assam, and Tamil Nadu account for 59.29% of the estimated 22,466 elephants in India, a report released by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) has revealed. Seven north-eastern States and a part of West Bengal support 6,559 elephants, underscoring the region’s critical role as an elephant stronghold, […]

Christians have been facing increasing opposition in the free practice of their religious customs in the Bastar region in recent times. Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In yet another episode of violence over the burial rights of Christians in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a mob in Kanker district vandalised […]

i Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Monday questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t pay tributes to Assam’s cultural icon, Zubeen Garg, during his recent trip to the State. Mr. Modi was in Assam on December 20 and 21 to inaugurate key developmental projects, including the new airport terminal in Guwahati and a fertilizer plant in Namrup in Upper Assam. “The […]