Congress attacks Giriraj for questioning Rahul's Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
New Delhi, Sep 7 : Congress on Friday assailed Union Minister Giriraj Singh for questioning the authenticity of Rahul Gandhi's photographs of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, saying that he has been in the habit of indulging in trash talk with the sole objective to be in the news.
"This is utterly regretful that a Minister in the Union government tweets without any knowledge of facts," Congress leader R.P.N. Singh said while respondoing to a question about Giriraj Singh's remarks on Gandhi.
The Congress leader's remarks came soon after Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh questioned the authenticity of a photograph from Gandhi's yatra.
"This is photoshop... the shadow of the stick is missing," The BJP leader said in a tweet, attaching Gandhi's picture wherein he is seen standing with a fellow pilgrim with a stick in hand.
Singh said Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage is a matter of faith. "I understand that the Congress President is very fortunate to have a divine call from Lord Shiva for a pilgrimage," he said.
Gandhi had left Delhi on August 31 for the Kailash Mansarovar and has been tweeting pictures and videos from his yatra.
"I feel he is the first frontline leader of this country who is undertaking Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. Since this is a matter of faith, it should not be linked with politics," he said.
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FM Sitharaman launches 'VijAIpatha' labs in govt schools in Karnataka
Hampi (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched Cyient AI Labs (CyAILS) -- 'VijAIpatha', aimed at democratising access to Artificial Intelligence, STEM and Robotics education in government schools here.
In a series of posts on 'X', the minister's office shared pictures of the initiative launched at a girl's government school in Hosapete taluk and said that under the pilot phase, five world-class AI, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Robotics laboratories are being established in government schools.
Each lab will be equipped with high-performance computers, AI-ready software, robotics kits, IoT devices, sensors and secure broadband connectivity.
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"Aligned with NEP 2020, Digital India and Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi's mission of Viksit Bharat 2047, the programme integrates CBSE's AI curriculum and strengthens technology-enabled learning in public education," it said.
Focusing on rural and semi-urban India, the initiative introduces future technologies at the school level, helping build early digital fluency, computational thinking and innovation capacity among students, the minister's office said.
"Benefiting over 2,000 students and training more than 200 teachers, 'VijAIpatha' is a scalable CSR model fostering innovation, career readiness and grassroots digital empowerment," it added.
According to the office, the initiative has been designed as a scalable, replicable and sustainable model that can be adopted across districts and states in collaboration with government education departments, positioning it as a benchmark CSR model for a national AI education rollout.
