Uttarakhand: Five killed as bus falls into gorge in Tehri
New Tehri, Nov 24 (PTI): Five pilgrims were killed and 13 others injured when a bus fell into a ravine near the Kunjapuri temple here on Monday, officials said.
Tehri District Magistrate Nitika Khandelwal stated that a group of pilgrims from various states had arrived from Dayanand Ashram in Rishikesh to visit Kunjapuri temple.
She said that after returning from the pilgrimage, the driver started the bus, but the brakes failed, causing it to plunge into the ravine.
However, Tehri Senior Superintendent of Police Ayush Aggarwal said that an investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the accident.
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Upon receiving information about the incident, police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams rushed to the scene and began rescue and relief operations. Senior administrative and police officials also arrived and monitored the operation.
Officials said five pilgrims died on the spot and 13 were injured when the bus fell 70 meters below the road into the ravine. Six of the injured were admitted to the Sridev Suman District Sub-Hospital in Narendranagar, from where they were referred to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh due to their critical condition.
There were 28 people on board the bus at the time of the accident. Other passengers sustained minor injuries. The driver of the vehicle also suffered minor injuries and is said to be in stable condition.
The deceased have been identified as Anita Chauhan (50) from Dwarka, Delhi; Ashu Tyagi (51) from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh; Namita Prabodh Kale (58) from Nagpur, Maharashtra; Anuja Venkatraman (48) from Bengaluru; and Parthasarathi Joshi (70) from Vadodara, Gujarat.
Meanwhile, Rishikesh AIIMS Public Relations Officer Sandeep Kumar said that six people injured in the accident have been admitted to the trauma department.
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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.
