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New tool to make Internet memes convenient for visually impaired people

New Delhi, Dec 02 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have developed a tool that will enable visually impaired people who find it difficult to understand memes, to enjoy them. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a tool to automatically identify memes and apply prewritten templates to add descriptive alt text, making them intelligible via existing assistive technologies. Memes largely live within social media platforms that have barriers to adding alt text. Twitter, for example, allows people to add alt text to their images, but that feature isn't always easy to find. Of 9 million tweets the CMU researchers examined, one million included images and, of those, just 0.1 per cent included alt text. Gleason said basic computer vision techniques make it possible to describe the images underlying each meme, whether it be a celebrity, a crying baby, a cartoon character or a scene such as a bus upended in a sinkhole. Optical character recognition techniques are used to decip

People protest across nation against rape, murder of woman vet doctor

Mumbai / Hyderabad, Dec 02 (ANI): Locals took out a candle light protest against rape and murder of a woman veterinary doctor in Mumbai. They demanded justice for the victim and her family. Meanwhile, locals also took out a protest march in Hyderabad. A woman veterinary doctor was raped and murdered in Hyderabad's Ranga Reddy district on November 28.

Fire personnel dies after being trapped in hole during rescue operation in Pune

Pune (Maharashtra), Dec 02 (ANI): Five people including fire brigade personnel were trapped in a hole in Pune. Fire brigade personnel had gone there to rescue a person who had fallen into the hole. The hole was dug for a drainage line in Dapodi area of Pune. Speaking on it, Municipal Commissioner of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Shravan Hardikar said, "Fire brigade official Vishal Jadhav who had gone to rescue the man who was trapped, has been succumbed to injuries. Further investigation is underway."

6-year-old raped, strangled to death in Rajasthan's Tonk

Tonk (Rajasthan), Dec 02 (ANI): A six-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death at a village in Tonk district here, police said on Sunday. According to police, the incident took place on Saturday. "The body of a 6-year-old girl was brought to Saadad Hospital under Aligarh police station here today ... Prima facia, it looks like a case of sexual assault. The girl was strangulated to death with the belt she was wearing," said a police official. During initial investigation, police have received the information that a sports event was organised in the school of the victim after which she went missing. "The family of the minor was searching for her in the farmlands and at relatives' houses. They found the body of the minor in the bushes near a farmland today morning," said police official. Police said that a medical examination is being conducted. Further investigations are underway.

Student threatens to commit suicide, demanding capital punishment in Telangana rape case

Khammam (Telangana), Dec 01 (ANI): A graduate student threatened to commit suicide by jumping off a building in Telangana's Khammam on December 01. He was demanding capital punishment for the accused persons who raped and killed the woman veterinarian. Soon local police arrived on the spot and rescued him. Later they handed him over to his parents. The 25-year-old veterinarian doctor, who works in a state-run hospital, was raped and killed on outskirts of the city on 26 November.

Gita shlokas should be included in school syllabus: ML Khattar

New Delhi, Dec 01 (ANI): After attending 'Gita Mahotsav Programme' in Delhi on December 01, Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar said that Haryana Government will include Gita shlokas in school syllabus for the children to learn good values. He said, "We are of the opinion that Gita shlokas should be included in school syllabus so that children learn good values."

Minor allegedly raped by two locals in TN's Coimbatore

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Dec 01 (ANI): A class 11 student was allegedly raped by two locals at a park in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on 26th November. Police arrested the accused and case was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

No one can stop us from building Ram Temple in Ayodhya: Rajnath Singh

Bokaro (Jharkhand), Dec 01 (ANI): While addressing a public rally in Jharkhand's Bokaro, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 01 said,"We are going to build a grand temple of Lord Ram at the birthplace of Ramlalla, as promised by us in every manifesto. Some parties used to mock us on this promise, but now no one can stop us from building the temple."

Supriya Sule requests CM Thackeray to form separate ministry for specially-abled in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Dec 01 (ANI): NCP leader Supriya Sule met Chief Minster Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra Assembly on Dec 01. Supriya Sule request CM Thackeray to form separate ministry for specially-abled in Maharashtra."I had come to meet CM with two requests. I have requested CM for a separate ministry for specially-abled in Maharashtra," said Supriya Sule

We'll implement NRC across all states of country: Rajnath Singh

Bokaro (Jharkhand), Dec 01 (ANI): While addressing a public rally in Jharkhand's Bokaro, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 01 said, "We'll implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) across all state of country. Every Indian has a right to know who are the illegal immigrants in their land. Some parties find our fault in this as well, they accuse us of being communal."

BJP fulfilled promise of giving OROP to 22 lakh 'faujis': JP Nadda in Jharkhand

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Dec 01 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's working president JP Nadda while addressing a gathering in Jharkhand's Chaibasa and said that not a single gun was bought during UPA tenure. "Demand of 'One Rank, One Pension' was pending since 1971. When we came to power, we gave OROP to 22 lakh faujis, bought 36 Rafales and distributed 1.81 lakh bullet-proof jackets to our soldiers," said JP Nadda. He made this statement while addressing a public gathering in Jharkhand's Chaibasa.

No one can point fingers at BJP's PM, Ministers or CMs regarding corruption: Rajnath Singh

Bokaro (Jharkhand), Dec 01 (ANI): After the first phase of polling in 13 constituencies were over in Jharkhand on November 30, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed a public rally in Bokaro on December 01 and said, "It has become evident after 1st phase of polling in Jharkhand that Bharatiya Janata Party will form government in Jharkhand will full majority. No one can point fingers at BJP's Prime Minister, Ministers or Chief Ministers that they're corrupt."

Manjinder Sirsa, DSGMC members blacken signboards of Aurangzeb Lane in Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 01 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa and other Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) members blackened signboards of Aurangzeb Lane in Delhi on December 01. They demand to remove Aurangzeb's name from roads and also books. While speaking to ANI, Sirsa said, "Guru Tegh Bahadur sacrificed his life against Aurangzeb's attempts of forceful conversions. We oppose Aurangzeb's name on the streets and books, he was a murderer. Seeing his name on streets hurts our sentiments."

Crocodile rescued from residential area in Gujarat's Vadodara

Vadodara (Gujarat), Dec 01 (ANI): A 12-feet-long crocodile was rescued in Gujarat's Vadodara on Dec 01. It had entered in residential area. With great difficulty, crocodile was rescued by the wildlife rescuers. Later, it was handed over to forest department.

Create asset-lite infrastructure for digital payments, cash-lite society: Worldline

New Delhi, Dec 01 (ANI): Three years after demonetisation and despite government's efforts to drive digital payments in India, more than 90 per cent of transactions are still made through cash, according to a new report by European payment services provider Worldline. In tier three and below cities, a case can be made that all transactions are made through cash. But the number of transactions done on mobile wallets in this quarter of this year was 104 crore, an increase of just five per cent over Q3 of the previous year.

GST collections crosses Rs 1 lakh crore mark in November

New Delhi, Dec 01 (ANI): Setting up a record, GST collections have registered a new high. The gross GST Revenue collection for November, 2019 is Rs 1,03,492 crore. CGST collection is Rs 19,592 crore, SGST is Rs 27,144 crore, IGST is Rs 49,028 crore (including Rs 20,948 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs 7,727 crore (including Rs 869 crore collected on imports). This comes after two months of negative growth. GST revenues have witnessed an impressive recovery with a positive growth.

Kartik Aaryan turns choreographer for Deepika Padukone

Mumbai, Dec 01 (ANI): The 'Dheeme Dheeme Challenge' has taken the internet by storm ever since the launch of the song from the upcoming Kartik Aaryan, Ananya Panday and Bhumi Pednekar film 'Pati Patni Aur Woh'. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone shaked legs with Kartik Aaryan outside Mumbai Airport on November 30. The 'Dheeme Dheeme' song challenge was started by Kartik Aaryan on social media. Deepika was wearing red hoodie paired with ice blue denim, while Kartik was looking cool in white tees paired with black trousers. Deepika earlier took to her Instagram story and tagged Aaryan and wrote, "@Kartikaaryan will you please teach me the Dheeme Dheeme step!? I want to take part in the #dheemedheemechallenge !!!"

MMTC places order for import of 11,000 MT of onions from Turkey

New Delhi, Dec 01 (ANI): State-owned MMTC placed order for import of 11,000 MT of onions from Turkey. Onions will begin arriving from late December or early January. 11000 MT is in addition to the 6,090 MT of onions arriving from Egypt in mid-December. Onions shortage flared up on account of severe crop damage due to heavy rains.

BJP's Devendra Fadnavis elected Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly

Mumbai, Dec 01 (ANI): Former chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis was elected as Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly on December 01. The newly appointed speaker of the House Nana Patole has made the announcement. Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and senior leaders of Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress congratulated Fadnavis. On November 30, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, along with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress passed the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly with 169 votes.

Have taken measures to handle recent drone intrusion incidents in border areas: BSF DG

New Delhi, Dec 01 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) celebrated its 55th Raising Day on Dec 01. Speaking at the event, BSF Director General Vivek Kumar Johri said that we've taken measures to handle recent drone intrusion incidents in border areas. "There are consistent efforts to infiltrate through the border. Recently, we have taken measures to deal and handle recent drone intrusion incidents in border areas."