DigiYatra, the facial recognition-based airport travel platform, will be rolled out at 27 more airports by next year, the civil aviation ministry said on Saturday, as it highlighted the initiative’s growing adoption across the country, PTI reported.DigiYatra, which enables contactless and seamless passenger movement at airports using Facial Recognition Technology (FRT), is currently available at…
Bengaluru: Four people, including a couple and their two-year-old daughter, were killed in two accidents involving BMTC buses in the city and Hoskote since Thursday night.The couple and their minor daughter were killed on Devanahalli-Sulibele Main Road in Hoskote around 6pm Friday after a bus coming from Devanahalli collided with their motorbike. The couple’s other…
Range anxiety, the creeping fear that your electric vehicle will run out of charge before you reach your destination, remains one of the biggest psychological barriers to EV adoption worldwide. Current electric vehicles can travel around 700 kilometres on a single charge, a number that engineers and battery scientists have been trying to push past…
Mangaluru: A 22-year-old youth has allegedly been cheated of Rs 5.3 lakh by unidentified fraudsters who lured him into investing in an online trading and gaming platform with promises of doubling his money.The complainant claimed that when he was browsing his Telegram account last year, he received a WhatsApp message, inviting him to join a…
Suriya’s fantasy action entertainer ‘Karuppu’ witnessed a major boost at the box office during its third weekend. The film recorded a strong increase in collections and showed fresh momentum after slower weekday numbers. Strong weekend growth pushes ‘Karuppu’s numbers up ‘Karuppu’ delivered a significant rise on Day 16. According to Sacnilk, Day 16 collection of…
Former India cricketer and outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary on Tuesday said his association with the party has ended. He alleged that he was denied a ticket from Howrah’s Shibpur constituency because he refused to pay Rs 5 crore.The 40-year-old, who is Bengal’s highest run-scorer in first-class cricket with 10,195 runs, served as minister…
Gig workers have called for a temporary nationwide strike on Saturday, asking app-based drivers and delivery workers to cease services from 12 pm to 5 pm to protest against rising fuel prices and low payment rates.The Gig and Platform Services Workers Union (GIPSWU) has appealed to workers to join the shutdown, arguing that increasing petrol…
Mangaluru: Students of the Srinivas University Institute of Engineering & Technology (SUIET), Mukka, on Thursday showcased two indigenous artificial intelligence-driven innovations, an autonomous electric vehicle and an AI-powered reception robot.The six-seater AI-based autonomous electric vehicle, christened ‘Sri Vahan’, has been developed by students under the guidance of Prof Vishwas C Shetty. Built by retrofitting an…
Of the 3,817 lakes managed by the minor irrigation department, 616 have dried up completely, while another 1,802 hold barely 1% to 30% of their storage. Only 22 lakes are full. Another 791 have storage between 31% and 50% Bengaluru: The worsening rainfall deficit has left thousands of lakes on the brink, with only 584…
Iga Swiatek and Rafael Nadal (Photos by AP) NEW DELHI: World No. 4 Iga Swiatek has announced a coaching change, bringing in Francisco Roig, who previously worked with Rafael Nadal. The 24-year-old shared the update on Instagram, writing, “Welcome to the team, Francisco! Very excited for this new chapter.”The former World No. 1 publicly acknowledged…
