Udupi: SP Nisha James suspends two police officers including PSI of Udupi Police Station
Udupi: Superintendent of Udupi Police, Nisha James on Tuesday suspended to officers from Udupi City Police Station on charges of dereliction of duty.
The suspended officers have been identified as sub-inspector Anand Padmananbha and head constable. Both the officers were posted at Udupi Police Station.
According to the reports the suspension of the officers come in the backdrop of complaints off dereliction of duty allegedly in a case pertaining to moral policing that was reported on November 2 in Udupi.
On November 2, a group of friends Ashis, Shanu, Taahim and Shivani were sitting in the park at 8:00 pm when they were assaulted by Sunil Poojary, Rakesh Suvarna and others. A case in this regard was registered on November 5 as the photo of Ashis and Shivani went viral on WhatsApp after it was downloaded from Facebook.
A complaint of dereliction of duty was then reported against the suspended to Udupi SP Nisha James who initiated the action by suspending them.
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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.
