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3 weeks ago

The art of reinvention: Why companies undergo brand refreshes

A logo is more than a symbol; it reflects a brand’s identity, values, and aspirations. According to Subramanyeswar, “The world has an evolving aesthetic, and brands need to reinvigorate or reinvent their look and feel to stay contemporary, aspirational, and relevant in the minds of audiences who are moving.” He adds that refreshes are often triggered by shifts in brand …

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1 month ago

When more antibiotics cure fewer diseases

The Hindu

Life took a sudden turn for 49-year-old David Thompson from Bengaluru when he was diagnosed with mouth cancer. “The incremental risk to life with infection, multidrug resistance and the side effects of powerful antibiotics is the ‘terrible triad’ of modern antimicrobial resistance. Swetavalli Raghavan, appointed as the advisor on AMR to Karnataka’s Health Department, is developing the Action Plan to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The outsider trying to restore Citi to investment-banking glory

Live Mint

The man charged with reviving Citigroup’s reputation as an investment bank is setting his sights on the buyout kings. In a recent meeting with one firm, Citi bankers said, “We’re embarrassed by how little we’ve done, for a long period of time." “It’s certainly better for us and the rest of the industry when the three biggest U.S. banks are …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

HYDRAA Commissioner Inspects Restoration of Bengaluru Lake

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: HYDRAA commissioner A.V. Ranganath, along with officials and ‘Lakeman of India’ Anand Malligavad inspected the rejuvenation and restoration work at Bengaluru’s Doddathoguru lake Wastewater is treated naturally through multiple stages, and released into the lake. HYDRAA officials were briefed on the KTCDA Act 2014, and discussed how through Karnataka government’s “Dishaank” app, people can easily find out the complete …

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3 months ago

Bengaluru paradox: Language as a marker of identity in a city that embraced migrants

Hindustan Times

Bengaluru, affectionately known as ‘ ooru ’, has long been welcoming migrants from all over India. In 2017, Bengaluru’s Namma Metro found itself at the centre of a language controversy when signages in Hindi were installed at metro stations along with Kannada and English versions. The Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s proposal to connect Karnataka’s Bommasandra with Tamil Nadu’s Hosur received …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Paws-itive encounters: Best practices in dealing with stray dogs and preventing conflicts

The Hindu

Manjunath, who does door-to-door garbage collection every day at an upscale residential layout in R.T. Nagar, makes it a point to feed the stray dogs in the area every morning. “She was scared the dogs would attack the children although no such thing has happened in the area till now,” says Manjunath who continues to feed the dogs. That can …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Siddaramaiah was DyCM and CM when State government took decisions that resulted in allotment of 14 sites to wife’

The Hindu

Siddaramaiah was the Deputy Chief Minister or the Chief Minister during a majority of the government’s decisions, which ultimately culminated in the allotment of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority to his wife, it was argued before the High Court of Karnataka on Monday. Mr. Raghavan argued that Section 7 of the PC act also deals with instances …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

AWS’ GenAI Loft for startups launched in Bengaluru

The Hindu

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of a new global initiative called AWS GenAI Loft in Bengaluru on Tuesday. “We are excited to commence the global tour of AWS GenAI Loft in Bengaluru, a hub for AI innovation in the country,” said Kumara Raghavan, head of startups at AWS India and South Asia. Participants will be given access to …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Asaf Ali Biography by TCA Raghavan Reveals Untold Story of Indian Independence

The Hindu

Published : Jul 10, 2024 10:37 IST - 7 MINS READ The only son of an elite family of depleting means, Asaf Ali grew up in a haveli in Kucha Chelan, Daryaganj, once home to Delhi’s brightest lights and also the site of their punitive massacre after 1857. As the “presiding deity” of Sunday debates in London’s India House, which …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

MP seeks Minister’s intervention for launch of more train services in Malabar

The Hindu

Raghavan, MP, met Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw and Railway Board Chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha seeking their immediate intervention to launch more Vande Metro and MEMU services in the Malabar region. During his interaction with the Union Minister, Mr. Raghavan pointed out that only one MEMU service was available now under the Palakkad Division when passengers in the region …

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6 months ago

Circles of Freedom: An immersive study of the life of Asaf Ali

Live Mint

Raghavan’s fourth book, Circles of Freedom, is an immersive study of the life and legacy of the lawyer, freedom fighter and, briefly, diplomat, Asaf Ali. Raghavan’s initial intent, he tells me when I meet him in Delhi, was to write a straightforward life of Asaf Ali. NETWORK OF FRIENDS Aruna Asaf Ali distinguished herself with her revolutionary zeal, eventually switching …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Union Minister Suresh Gopi visits temple in Kerala’s Kozhikode in first visit to State after taking charge

The Hindu

Suresh Gopi, Union Minister of State for Tourism, Petroleum and Natural Gas, on June 12 morning visited Tali Temple in Kozhikode city in Kerala. This was Mr. Gopi’s first visit to Kerala after becoming a Union Minister of State. Raghavan’s statement that the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences proposed for Kerala should be set up in Kozhikode, Mr. Gopi told …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Shashi Warrier | The unwelcome results of total virtual recall

Deccan Chronicle

Some weeks ago, a young software engineer moved into a flat nearby. “It’s good to be able to track how ideas develop, and the mistakes we make along the way.” “I’m not so sure about that,” said Shridhar. Who else can see it?” “The CEO didn’t say anything about that but I assume it’ll be good,” replied Shridhar. Unless the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Renovation of Gundur lake in Tiruchi gathering pace

The Hindu

The second phase of the project to renovate the Gundur lake, one of the biggest in Tiruchi district, to attract native and migratory birds will begin soon. Spread over 544 acres, the lake situated on the Tiruchi-Pudukottai National Highway has about 25 man-made islands in different shapes with bird-friendly infrastructure. In the first phase of the project, 25 man-made islands …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Main Hoon Na: Farah Khan's directorial debut was as much a love letter to movies as her Om Shanti Om

Hindustan Times

Farah Khan's second directorial Om Shanti Om encapsulates her love for all things movies. Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen's Main Hoon Na turns 20 today Nomenclature Ever wondered who Shah Rukh Khan and Zayed Khan's characters, Ram and Lakshman, are named after? Zayed Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in Main Hoon Na Also, Ram and Lakshman's father in Main …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Election In Pincodes: Ideological base in Kannur holds key to Left’s fight for relevance

Hindustan Times

Fifteen kilometres away from bustling Kannur is the small neighbourhood of Parapram in Pinarayi village, enveloped by the waters of the pristine Anjarakandy river and its tributaries on three sides. For one, it is the village of its now famous son, 78-year-old Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, born in 1945 in the one of the tiled-roof homes that dot the …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Candidates from north Malabar shine in Civil Services exam

The Hindu

The academic excellence of north Malabar has reached new heights with seven candidates from the region cracking the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services exams and interviews held in 2023. I feel on top of the world and excited.” Inspired by interviews of successful candidates and service personnel, Annie pursued her dream of cracking the Civil Services examination after completing …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sriram Raghavan: Didn’t expect Merry Christmas to get the same love as Andhadhun

Hindustan Times

Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan was far from shocked when the audience called his last film, Merry Christmas, slow. Sriram Raghavan's Merry Christmas released earlier this year “You learn something with every film. There are times when a film finds an audience much later, but the filmmaker is not hoping for that in the case Merry Christmas. Now, there is a Tamil …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

A test of popularity between two MPs in Kozhikode

The Hindu

In the lead-up to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, when the Congress leadership was scouting for a candidate for the Kozhikode seat, senior leader A.K. Two Assembly segments, Beypore and Kunnamangalam, perceived to be Left bastions, were amalgamated to it, while Thiruvambadi in Kozhikode district, Kalpetta, and Sulthan Bathery were severed to carve out the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. As …

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9 months ago

Sriram Raghavan says Agastya Nanda's Ikkis is a ‘break’ from films he usually makes

Hindustan Times

Recently when Amazon Prime Video India announced their slate for 2024, Sriram Raghavan’s Ikkis with Agastya Nanda was showed on the list. Sriram Raghavan's Ikkis will be Agastya Nanda's second film after The Archies ‘I wanted a break from thrillers’ Talking to the publication, Sriram revealed that the war drama was a ‘break’ from the kind of films he makes. …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes ‘overcompensate’ for diversity

Associated Press

Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense. In a 2022 technical paper, the researchers who developed Imagen warned that generative AI tools can be used for harassment or spreading misinformation …

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10 months, 1 week ago

In Chennai, solve a puzzle and learn about astronomy as Science at the Sabha returns

The Hindu

All through the year, the campus of Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai’s Taramani sees young school-going students attempting to improve their scientific acumen by trying their hand at experiments. Back in 2016, professors Raghavan and Gautam Menon were discussing how India lacked an ‘open Science day’ where the public could freely access the country’s top institutions and understand their …

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10 months, 1 week ago

‘Didn’t Want to Cast a Known Pair’: Sriram Raghavan

New Indian Express

How did you convince yourself to turn 'Merry Christmas', an adaptation of a French crime novel, into a love story? You are right about the birdie, and since the translated book story was titled Bird in a Cage, it made complete sense to me. I In Merry Christmas, the first one hour moved in almost real time. Later, I had …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

You can’t be using OpenAI’s GPT-4 to scale this tech within Indian cost structures: Vivek Raghavan, co-founder of AI startup Sarvam AI

The Hindu

A large language model movement is happening in India. Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, co-founders of Sarvam AI, also worked on developing AI models for speech recognition and translation at AI4Bharat, a research lab wing of IIT Madras that was backed by the Indian government and Microsoft. The goal of AI4Bharat was and continues to be them to be the …

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The art of reinvention: Why companies undergo brand refreshes

When more antibiotics cure fewer diseases

The outsider trying to restore Citi to investment-banking glory

HYDRAA Commissioner Inspects Restoration of Bengaluru Lake

Bengaluru paradox: Language as a marker of identity in a city that embraced migrants

Paws-itive encounters: Best practices in dealing with stray dogs and preventing conflicts

‘Siddaramaiah was DyCM and CM when State government took decisions that resulted in allotment of 14 sites to wife’

AWS’ GenAI Loft for startups launched in Bengaluru

Asaf Ali Biography by TCA Raghavan Reveals Untold Story of Indian Independence

MP seeks Minister’s intervention for launch of more train services in Malabar

Circles of Freedom: An immersive study of the life of Asaf Ali

Union Minister Suresh Gopi visits temple in Kerala’s Kozhikode in first visit to State after taking charge

Shashi Warrier | The unwelcome results of total virtual recall

Renovation of Gundur lake in Tiruchi gathering pace

Main Hoon Na: Farah Khan's directorial debut was as much a love letter to movies as her Om Shanti Om

Election In Pincodes: Ideological base in Kannur holds key to Left’s fight for relevance

Candidates from north Malabar shine in Civil Services exam

Sriram Raghavan: Didn’t expect Merry Christmas to get the same love as Andhadhun

A test of popularity between two MPs in Kozhikode

Sriram Raghavan says Agastya Nanda's Ikkis is a ‘break’ from films he usually makes

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes ‘overcompensate’ for diversity

In Chennai, solve a puzzle and learn about astronomy as Science at the Sabha returns

‘Didn’t Want to Cast a Known Pair’: Sriram Raghavan

You can’t be using OpenAI’s GPT-4 to scale this tech within Indian cost structures: Vivek Raghavan, co-founder of AI startup Sarvam AI