Kerala's educational AI platform receives national recognition
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): The 'Samagra Plus' AI platform of the KITE, the technology arm of the state General Education Department, has once again secured prestigious national recognition.
The AI platform of the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has been honoured at the 6th Governance Now Digital Transformation Summit held in New Delhi on Friday, an official statement said on Saturday.
The award was presented in the category of 'Excellence in e-learning, Assessment and Digital Education Platform', it said.
'Samagra Plus' is an innovative AI-driven platform designed to personalise learning according to the individual academic standards and pace of each student, KITE CEO K Anvar Sadath said.
To facilitate this, the platform integrates various advanced modules, including AI chatbots, interactive quizzes, language learning games for English, speech assistants, and specialised assessment tools.
Sadath, in a statement, explained that the 'Samagra Plus AI' platform was developed strictly within the curriculum framework, ensuring that the typical concerns regarding algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence are fully addressed and eliminated.
This is the second major national award for the 'Samagra Plus' AI platform in quick succession.
Notably, the platform also received the 'Education Technology Transformation Award' last month (December 2025) at the 19th Digital Transformation Conclave held in Bhubaneswar, the official statement added.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
