Villagers in Sullia help Kerala family stranded after theft
Sullia: Residents of Guttigaru village in Sullia taluk recently extended help to a Kerala family who had lost their belongings during a bus journey and were planning to walk back home.
The family from Idukki, Kerala, consisting of a couple and their son Sibin Juven, was traveling from Mysuru to Mahe Church when their luggage, including their purse and mobile phones, was stolen. Left without money, they managed to travel up to Subrahmanya but had no means to continue their journey home and decided to proceed on foot.
Upon reaching Guttigaru, they tried to meet a known acquaintance but found that he was not in town. Noticing their distress, local resident Sheshappa Naik Halemajalu informed Amara Taluk Public Charitable Trust President Chandrashekhar Kadodi about their plight.
Kadodi then approached Fr. Adarsh Joseph, the Bishop of Guttigaru Church, who, along with Mangala Driving School owner Sattvik Kannadka, Bharat Derumajal, and Sheshappa Naik, arranged ₹3,800 for the family’s travel expenses. With their support, the family was able to board a bus and return to Idukki.
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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.
