We’ve all tried talking with devices, and in some cases they talk back. But, it’s a far cry from having a conversation with a real person. Now a research team from Kyoto University, Osaka University, and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute, or ATR, have significantly upgraded the interaction system for conversational android ERICA, giving her … Read more
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal on Sunday was charged for ball-tampering in the second Test against the West Indies in St Lucia and the ICC said it is likely to push for upgrading ball tampering from a Level 2 offence to Level 3. Currently the maximum sanction under a Level 2 charge is ban of … Read more
“DPRK will join international desires and efforts for a total ban on nuclear tests,” North Korea’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva Han Tae-song said in an address to the Conference on Disarmament, using North Korea’s official acronym. His comment came amid a recent whirlwind of diplomacy and outreach by the long-isolated regime, and ahead … Read more
NEW DELHI: RJD workers protested outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi against the hospital’s decision to move their corruption-convicted leader Lalu Prasad to a hospital in Ranchi. Lalu is presently in the middle of a sentence after his conviction four separate cases in the Bihar Fodder Scam. AIIMS released … Read more
Briefing reporters at the end of the two-day informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi in the central Chinese city, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said they proposed collaboration in the areas of spirituality, trade, technology, tradition and entertainment including films. “President Xi said that he had seen a number of Indian films, … Read more
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Friday issued notice to Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) asking how it plans to provide water for maintaining the Pune stadium ground for IPL matches. CSK’s home matches were shifted out of Chennai to Pune recently due to anti-IPL protests in the state of Tamil Nadu. While security concerns forced matches … Read more
New Delhi: The uneasy alliance between People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP may be nearing an end in Jammu and Kashmir with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti reportedly demanding that two BJP ministers in the cabinet be removed for allegedly instigating protests against investigations in the Kathua rape case. PDP has demanded that forest minister Chaudhary Lal … Read more
