Urges them to help end routine referrals Hands over appointment orders to new Medical Officers SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday handed over appointment orders...

Reviews nearly Rs 40,000 Cr highway & tunnel projects across J&K SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Wednesday reviewed the progress of the Jammu & Kashmir Infrastructure and Connectivity Development Programme, encompassing a massive portfolio of National Highways, tunnels, flyovers, viaducts, bridges, ring roads and other strategic connectivity projects being executed across the Union Territory through BRO, NHAI, NHIDCL and the Public Works (R&B) Department. The comprehensive review also covered a substantial pipeline of projects at DPR and in-principle stages, being prepared for sanction and inclusion in the upcoming work plans of the respective executing agencies under various Government of India programmes. The meeting was attended by ACS, PWD; Commissioner Secretary, Forests; Divisional Commissioner, Jammu/ Kashmir; Deputy Commissioners; Chief Engineer,...

Chapel Hill (North Carolina): Palantir Chief Executive Alex Karp said that India could emerge as a major artificial intelligence (AI) power, citing its technical talent, energy initiatives and capacity to develop advanced AI models. "I could see it doing very, very well," Karp told IANS when asked where he saw India in the field of AI. "I mean, first of all, model development, energy source. I mean, you guys are doing a lot of scrappy things to get energy," he told IANS during a media interaction on the sidelines of the G20 Innovation Ministerial here. Karp described energy and technical expertise as vital to the development of AI. "One of the bottlenecks is energy, technical...