The Indian National Team set off for Barzil to participate in the International Olympiad of Linguistics (IOL). While speaking to ANI, Manish Shrivastava, an assistant professor at IIIT Hyderabad said, IOL is a two-decade-old olympiad, one of the newer ones, which focuses on puzzles coming out of languages all across the world, and these are based on linguistic phenomena that are required to deeply understand language. Participants from all over the world from their school times, come there to participate in teams of four. We are sending two teams of four students each coming from all across India”.

Emphasising the necessity of good quality education until class 12, Prof P J Narayanan, Director of IIIT Hyderabad, said, “Ensuring good quality education till class 12 is the most essential need of India. While the southern states have made moderate progress, the northern states lag significantly. Narayanan warns, “India as the most populous country and one with a high percentage of children must invest in this seriously. Only then can the demographic dividend be encashed. We will have a big disaster otherwise.”

In an effort to provide unrestricted access to a collection of photos depicting the Telugu states, the Indicwiki initiative at IIIT-Hyderabad has launched the #TeluguPhotoProject. The pilot project aims to bolster content availability for applications in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and other advanced technologies. The project seeks volunteers to capture and submit photos of culture, heritage, artefacts, nature, and everyday objects. These photos should be CC0 (“No Rights Reserved”) licensed, ensuring free access for public domain use.