New Delhi: Pete, a hand-shaped speaking robot mounted on a wall near a handwashing station at Chithragiri Government Primary School in Wayanad, has been teaching the 100-odd SC/ST students of the school how to wash their hands in accordance with WHO standards, researchers announced on Global Handwashing Day on Tuesday. Costing around Rs 7,000, Pete was developed by researchers from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in collaboration with the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University in Kerala. PTI
4 held for TikTok video inside police station
Palanpur: Four men have been arrested for shooting a video inside a police station and uploading it on popular video-sharing site TikTok in Gujarat's Banaskantha district. Five persons had been called for questioning after the police received a complaint about a fight on Sunday, said Sub-Inspector SS Rane of Agthala police station. While one of them was being questioned, others, who were sitting in another room, shot a video, he said. After they were let off, the accused posted the video on TikTok, Rane said. PTI
Notice to WhatsApp admins for code violation
Nanded: Election authorities in Maharashtra have issued notices to administrators of 12 WhatsApp groups for alleged violation of the model code of conduct, an official said on Tuesday. The notices were served following complaints received by the Nanded district administration of poll campaigning-related posts being circulated on these WhatsApp groups ahead the next week's state Assembly elections, he said. PTI
Top HRD Ministry official Rina Ray replaced
New Delhi: In a sudden change of guard in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Rina Ray has been repatriated to her parent cadre “with immediate effect”. The 1984 batch officer was Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy. A year junior to Ray, Amit Khare has now been given the additional responsibility for Ray’s post. Sources said Ray was found wanting on the delivery of certain key schemes under the department. There was no official word on the sudden move to repatriate Ray. TNS
Air India becomes first airline to use Taxibot
New Delhi: Air India on Tuesday became the first airline in the world by inducting pilot-controlled semi-robotic device to tow A320 aircraft from parking bay to runway with passengers onboard. Calling the robotic device Taxibot, a senior AI official said it was a robot-controlled aircraft tractor, which was used for taxiing an aircraft from parking bay to runway and vice-versa. AI Chairman Ashwani Lohani flagged off Mumbai-bound flight AI665 to runway using Taxibot at terminal-3 of the Delhi airport. TNS
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