BENGALURU: Imagine seeing yourself playing guitar or sharing a meal with Einstein. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a system that makes this possible. Their system allows users to seamlessly insert themselves or others into AI-generated scenes and make precise facial feature adjustments.“Our system makes these creative scenarios possible while maintaining…
NEW DELHI: India needs to create 10 million jobs annually to maintain an average 6.5% gross value-added growth, investment bank Goldman Sachs has estimated and suggested three policy focus areas to raise the country’s employment rate.The suggested three areas of focus include incentivising ‘affordable social housing’ development in the construction sector, diversifying locations of IT…
HYDERABAD/MUMBAI: For the first time in the history of the Indian jewellery market, silver glittered more than gold this Dhanteras. As gold prices continued their record-breaking run, it dampened consumer demand. Shoppers instead rushed to buy silver.“Silver sales have shot up 30-35% this year despite prices being 40% higher than last Dhanteras,” Surendra Mehta, national…
PATNA: In sharp contrast to claims made by poll strategist Prashant Kishor to give a chance only to people with “clean image” in politics, three of his four candidates contesting bypolls on four assembly seats in the state face serious criminal charges including kidnapping, attempt to murder, extortion, theft, and assault, reports Manoj Chaurasia. This…
NEW DELHI: Rice stock with govt is set to touch around 300 lakh tonnes on November 1. This is the highest stock with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the last two decades, as per records available on its website.Officials said the huge stock is an issue and liquidating this stockpile is a challenge…
HYDERABAD: Telangana HC has refused to stay the caste survey schedule to begin on Nov 6, but directed state govt to constitute a dedicated backward classes commission within a week to conduct the exercise, reports SagarKumar Mutha.Justice S Nanda posted the case for further hearing on Nov 21. Govt sources said they would go ahead…
MUMBAI: Tata Group-owned Air India (AI) has cancelled about 60 US flights scheduled for the peak travel season of Nov and Dec. Airfares on flights between India and the US are typically high this time of the year, but with the cancellations, fares are set to jump further. This increase will affect fares not only…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will travel to Guyana and Nigeria next month, coinciding with his visit to Brazil where he will be participating in the G20 summit on November 18-19. This will be his first visit to both Guyana and Nigeria which are members of the Global South community. While the visit to Nigeria…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will travel to Guyana and Nigeria next month, coinciding with his visit to Brazil where he will be participating in the G20 summit on Nov 18-19. This will be his first visit to both Guyana and Nigeria, which are members of the Global South community. While the visit to Nigeria…
NEW DELHI: In yet another case of restitution of assets to victims of a scam, the Enforcement Directorate has allowed the sale and refund of 185 crore worth of attached property of Jammu-based Surya Pharmaceuticals to SBI in a money laundering case against the company and its directors.The attached assets include a building and superstructure…
