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CoRover has launched its own Indigenous Large Language Model (LLM), BharatGPT. BharatGPT is integrated for voice modality in more than 14 Indian languages & 22 languages for text modality, in partnership with BHASHNI, a National Language Translation Mission (NLTM) under The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). CoRover, the world’s first and the highest ROI-delivering human-centric conversational AI platform, also has Generative AI capabilities. It provides all the required features needed to build and manage Chabot’s across communication channels like dialogue/conversation management tool.

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ChatGPT vs DeepSeek AI: Aravind Srinivas pledges $1 million to ‘make India great again’

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas is focusing on India's AI goals, committing $1 million and 5 hours weekly to support the initiative. He emphasizes the importance of a dedicated team and plans to invest an additional $10 million if they surpass DeepSeek R1 benchmarks.

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, has recently stepped up his focus on India's AI ambitions and has now pledged to invest $1 million and 5 hours a week to help the country achieve greatness in AI.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Srinivas wrote, “I am ready to invest a $1mm personally and 5 hours/week of my time into the most qualified group of people that can do this right now for making India great again in the context of AI. Consider this as a commitment that cannot be backtracked. The team has to be cracked and obsessed like DeepSeek team and has to open source the models with MIT license.”

“And beating DeepSeek R1 on all benchmarks with rigor will mean I will invest $10mm more.” the Perplexity AI CEO added.

What is Srinivas proposing?

Srinivas wrote a series of posts on Tuesday, starting with criticizing Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani's stance that India should ignore building large language models (LLMs) in favour of building compute, infrastructure and AI cloud.

The Perplexity AI CEO said that Nilekani is “wrong on pushing Indians to ignore model training skills and just focus on building on top of existing models. Essential to do both.”

He later went on to add that India has fell in a trap thinking that AI models would take a lot of money to train but the recent landmarks of China's DeepSeek AI reveal that's not the case. Srinivas also wished that India changes its stance on AI models and focuses on building “muscle to train their models that are not just good for Indic languages but are globally competitive on all benchmarks”.

The Indian-born entrepreneur noted that while he is not in a position to run a DeepSeek-like the company, he is happy to help anyone “obsessed enough to do it and open-source the models.”

Maharashtra’s ‘honey village’ to feature in Republic Day event but its makers in Manghar feel left out without invitation

Maharashtra’s ‘honey village’ to feature in Republic Day event but its makers in Manghar feel left out without invitation
To pacify the disappointed villagers, officials say they can attempt to set up a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Written

Residents of the Mangar village who practice beekeeping. (Express photo by Pavan Khengre)

Maharashtra will display a tableau featuring its ‘Madhache Gaav’ (honey village) project in New Delhi as part of the Republic Day celebrations. However, despite bringing laurels to the state by becoming the first ‘Madhache Gaav’ in the country, the residents of the Manghar village in the Satara district feel they have been ignored for the Republic Day event in the national capital.

The concept of `Madhache Gaav’ was implemented in the Manghar village in May 2022 by the Directorate of Beekeeping Industry under the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKVIB) to promote beekeeping and provide an additional income source in the rural area which also benefits to maintain ecological balance. The demand for its replication in other villages is on the rise, and the same was implemented in the Kolhapur district, while the state government decided to have at least one ‘honey village’ in each district.


“It is a proud moment for the residents of the Manghar village, which actively contributed to making the first ‘honey village’ a reality. It was due to the active participation of the villagers that the concept got the boost and brought accolades to the state in the country,” said Ganesh Jadhav, sarpanch of the Manghar village.

The villagers of Manghar are thrilled that their efforts to establish the village as the first ‘honey village’ will receive international recognition by including the concept in the Republic Day event. However, they express their disappointment over the lack of official communication from any authority regarding the selection of their concept for the Republic Day celebration.

Jadhav said they had reached out to the Directorate of Beekeeping Industry to request an opportunity to represent themselves at the exhibit in Delhi, but they had not received a positive response. “We waited a long time for communication from the government, but nothing materialised. With only a few days left until the Republic Day event, we have decided to email the Prime Minister’s Office to request our involvement in demonstrating the concept of a ‘honey village’,” he said.
‘Honey village’ not part of parade, will be on display at exhibition centre

Meanwhile, Ravindra Sathe, chairperson of the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKVIB), said the Manghar residents approached him about attending the Republic Day event. “Maharashtra is preparing to display the ‘honey village’ concept during the Republic Day event. However, this year, the Maharashtra model will not be part of the parade. Instead, it will be featured at the exhibition centre. The villagers of Manghar have put in considerable effort, and their hopes to participate in the Republic Day event are understandable. Unfortunately, even we at MSKVIB have not yet received an invitation.”

The Defence Ministry organises the entire Republic Day event with a strong emphasis on security and the models representing various states are prepared by the respective cultural departments. “The MSKVIB only requested information about the ‘honey village’ concept, which was provided. Based on that information, the state cultural department is preparing a model to display at the Republic Day event. After that, we have not received any further communication from other departments. I understand that it’s not practical for the Union government to invite representatives from every state, given that models from each state are on display,” he added.
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In what can be a consolation for the residents of the village, Sathe said, “I have informed the villagers of Manghar that I can attempt to arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi if they would like to share their experiences about establishing their village as the country’s first ‘honey village’.”

Manghar has transformed into a tourist destination, attracting over 1,00,000 visitors each year since the launch of the ‘honey village’. This influx of tourism has significantly increased the income of the local villagers. A committee of villagers, formed by the Directorate of Beekeeping Industry, established stalls that sold products worth Rs 3 lakh in the past year.

Shashikala Chorge, who began beekeeping and honey collection, said, “I started beekeeping after receiving proper training from the Directorate of Beekeeping. I was thrilled to bring accolades to the Manghar village by participating in the initiative to make it the first ‘honey village.’ This recognition is now gaining international attention through the Republic Day event. I wanted to experience the praise for the ‘honey village at such a significant occasion and hoped to share my experiences with everyone, but unfortunately, we were not invited.”

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/maharashtra-honey-village-republic-day-event-manghar-invitation-9791180/lite/

Current Affairs Today - 23/01/2025

1. The historic Ratnagiri site, which was in the news recently, is located in which state- Odisha

2. Where will the first International Olympic Research Conference be organized- Gandhinagar

3. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has partnered with whom to promote startup talent and create employment opportunities for youth- ' Apna '

4. What kind of lethal missile is the Pralay missile, which was in the news recently- Surface to Surface

5. The Maharashtra government signed MoUs worth how much at the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos- ₹6.25 lakh crore

6. Recently the Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with whom for Bridge Laying Tank- Heavy Vehicles Factory

7. Where did the Ministry of Tribal Affairs organize the National Conference of District Magistrates (DMs) on Pradhan Mantri Janman- Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi

8. Who was recently appointed as the new ADG of BSF- Mahesh Kumar Agarwal

9. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has given the National Conference of District Magistrates (DMs) on Pradhan Mantri Janman in the year Who have they chosen as their president for 2025- Dhananjay Shukla

10. India's first 'Honey Village' to come up in -  Maharashtra's Manghar

JEE Main Expected Cut off 2025 – Category wise Qualifying Cutoff Marks for UR, OBC, EWS, SC/ST

 JEE Main Expected Cut off 2025 will be released soon on this page. Candidates who appeared for JEE Main Jan 22 exam will be able to check the category-wise expected cutoff

The National Testing Agency has successfully conducted the first shift of the JEE Main Session 1 exam on January 22. As per candidates, JEE Main exam Jan 22 Shift 1 was of moderate to difficult level. Many coaching institutes will release the JEE Main paper analysis along with the unofficial answer keys day-wise for each shift. Based on that JEE Main expected cut off 2025 will also be released for candidates to check their chances of qualifying. 

JEE Main Cut off 2025 Expected to be around 92-93 percentile for UR candidates. For OBC/EWS category, JEE Mains Cut off 2025 will be approximately 79-81 percentile score. The clear picture for JEE Main Cut off 2025 will come only after all shifts of Session 1 & 2 exams are conducted. 

JEE Main Cut off 2025 Expected

The expected JEE Main Cut off 2025 for all categories is as follows: 

Category	JEE Mains Cut off 2025
UR	92-93
OBC	79-80
EWS	81-82
SC	60-61
ST	46-47

JEE Main Cut off 2025 Category-wise

JEE Main Cut off 2025 – Last Year’s Trends

Check category-wise JEE Main previous years’ cut off from 2024-2019 in the table given below: 

Category	JEE Main Cut off 2024	JEE Main Cut Off 2023	JEE Main Cut Off 2022	JEE Main Cut Off 2021	JEE Main 2020  Cut Off	JEE Main Cut Off 2019
General	93.23	90.77886	88.41213	87.89922	90.37653	89.75488
OBC-NCL	79.67	73.61142	67.00902	68.02344	72.88879	74.31665
SC	60.09	51.97760	43.08209	46.88253	50.17602	54.01281
ST	46.69	37.23487	26.77713	34.67289	39.06961	44.33451
GEN-EWS	81.32	75.62290	63.11141	66.22148	70.24355	78.21748
Gen-PwD	0.001	0.001352	0.003102	0.009637	0.061852	0.113717

JEE Main Cut off 2025 – Past Trends

JEE Main 2025 Passing Marks

JEE Main passing marks are released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on its official website after the Session 2 exam is conducted. JEE Main Cut off 2025 is the minimum mark required to qualify the exam for admission to NITs and IIITs. However, this is just the qualifying cutoff; final admission is granted based on the JEE Main opening and closing ranks released by JoSAA. JEE Main passing marks will be updated category-wise once released unofficially and officially. Meanwhile, candidates can check the JEE Main Cut off last year’s trends given in the article above.

JEE Main Cut off 2025 – Factors determining the minimum marks

Minimum scores to qualify for JEE Main 2025 are based on several factors, including the following:

• Total candidates appearing in the JEE Main 2025 exam – The total number of candidates who appeared in the JEE Main examination is one of the factors that determine the cutoff score. The higher the number of candidates, the higher will be the JEE Main cut off 2025.
• Difficulty Level of Exam – Exam difficulty level is the second important factors that determines the JEE Main cutoff 2025 score. If the paper is too difficult, JEE Mains cut off 2025 will be lower.
• Seat Availability in NITs/IIITs – The total seat available is the third factor that influences the JEE Main cut-off 2025. If there are more seats available, the cutoff tends to decrease.

Source: 

https://education.indianexpress.com/news/jee-main-2025-expected-cut-off-for-january-session-1-ur-obc-ews-minimum-qualifying-cut-offs-marks-2486872