London: Ricardo Funke, the chief of surgery at Clinica Las Condes in Santiago, Chile, had a new assistant during a laparoscopic surgery on Monday – an autonomous artificial intelligence-guided camera that allowed him to carry out a gallbladder removal alone. The procedure combined magnetic surgical instruments with software that autonomously directs the surgical camera, tracking … Read more
Babu Parambath and wife Valsala at their carbon-neutral home ‘Meda’ in Vengeri, Kozhikode. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh A new green home concept titled ‘Meda’ has achieved the carbon-neutral tag – arguably the first in the State to earn such a status and get it assessed by a reputed agency. Babu Parambath, project coordinator of … Read more
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced some new rules and revisions, including a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar before the Assembly polls. This exercise will then take place across the country. In Bihar, the SIR exercise, aimed at removing duplicate entries in electoral rolls, started on June 25. … Read more
The Hindu’s National Sales head (STEP) Saikrishnan Gopalaramanan giving away certificate to a student, marking the completion of the course, at Mohan Babu University (MBU) in Tirupati on Friday. Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Karunakaran and Chief Growth and Strategy Officer Vikas Singh are also seen. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar A total of 2,220 students … Read more
New Delhi: When I first read that Elon Musk aimed to implant computer chips in human brains, I thought him crazy. Even if the medical risks could be overcome, even if there were advantages, would humans consent to giving up free will and their ability to think for themselves? Would they entrust their emotions and … Read more
Other Dr Tom Gorman says GPs are doing extra work that they are not paid to do GPs in England have launched a work-to-rule action in a dispute with the government over what they say is a lack of funding. It threatens to bring chaos to the system. Surgeries are taking a variety of steps … Read more
In the wake of recent revelations by arrested synthetic drug carriers that they mostly used the public transportation network for the delivery of drugs, special squads of the Police, Excise and Government Railway Police have decided to intensify flash checks in buses, tourist vehicles and trains. Highway police officers too will be roped in to … Read more
The Telangana government has conducted an in-house study on the feasibility of transferring land from the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), said the Ministry of Defence on June 27 as it released the minutes of the meeting held on June 25. The meeting, led by Defence Secretary A. Giridhar, … Read more
West Godavari district Superintendent of Police, Ajita Vajendla, inspecting a polling station in Akiveedu mandal on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Superintendent of Police Ajitha Vajendla inspected the polling stations located on Eluru and West Godavari districts border villages on Thursday. The SP, who made surprise checks in the polling booths at Upputeru, Dempagadapa and other … Read more
