BJP govt neglecting women's issues: Karnataka Congress Mahila chief
Mangaluru, Nov 6: The Congress in Karnataka alleged on Wednesday that the BJP government at the Centre was neglecting issues of women and spending huge amounts on advertisements about so-called welfare schemes for them.
"Even the highly publicized campaign for 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padao' is limited only to the flex boards of its advertisements all over the country, which has been exposed during their rule of the past six years at the Centre," state Mahila Congress chief Pushpa Amarnath said, addressing reporters here.
Amarnath was here in connection with the campaign for the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) elections.
She requested the women in the city to rise to the occasion and support the Congress as "it is the only political party which honours and respects women in the country."
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had introduced people friendly schemes like Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya and Indira Canteen, which were hugely successful as they helped the poorer sections of society, she said.
Election observer Savitha Ramesh, district Mahila Congress president Shalet Pinto and National Mahila Congress president Janet D'Souza were present at the press meet.
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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.
