OpenAI challenges Google with ad-free, personalised shopping through ChatGPT

OpenAI has enhanced ChatGPT’s web search features to offer personalized online shopping experiences, complete with product images, reviews, and direct purchase links.  | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters OpenAI on Monday said it has updated ChatGPT’s web search capabilities to improve online shopping for users with personalized product recommendations with images, reviews, and direct purchase links….

Banks to remain closed for three consecutive days from April 29 to May 1; check details

Banks across India will remain closed for three consecutive days from April 29 to May 1, 2025, on account of various regional festivals and public holidays. Customers are advised to plan their banking activities accordingly. Despite the closures, digital services like net banking, mobile banking, and ATM facilities will continue to remain operational. The list…

Donate old and new children’s books to Telangana Gurukul students; read how to contribute

Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) announced the initiative titled ‘Shout Out for Children’s Books’. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Every book holds the power to ignite imagination, broaden horizons, and inspire greatness. Recognising that, the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) has…

Odisha university punishes 100 students for indiscipline

VSSUT of Odisha has penalised 100 students with varying degrees of punishment on the approval of the vice-chancellor | Photo Credit: Official website of VSSUT Odisha’s oldest government engineering college, now a university, has penalised 100 students with varying degrees of punishment on the approval of the vice-chancellor. Educationists say such mass disciplinary action is…

Madras High Court Chief Justice unveils mediation awareness boards

Madras High Court Chief Justice K.R. Shriram (third from right) released Tamil Nadu Mediation and Conciliation Centre’s 10th newsletter in Chennai on Monday. He is flanked by (L-R) Justices D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, S.S. Sundar, Anita Sumanth, and V. Sivagnanam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Madras High Court Chief Justice K.R. Shriram, also patron-in-chief…