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<ul><li>The court has asked the <keyword id="6355180" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="archaeological-survey-of-india">Archaeological Survey of India</keyword> (<keyword id="46215" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ASI">ASI</keyword>) why the monument is changing its hue from a bright white to a dull brown and green.</li><li>ASI has cited many reasons for this, including dirty socks, green slime emitted by millions of mosquito-like insects and algae. </li><li>The ASI said the <keyword id="6355354" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="taj-mahal">Taj Mahal</keyword> floor was dirty at several places because many walking on it do not wear socks. </li></ul> India’s <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> is supremely <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/supreme-court-expresses-concern-over-change-in-colour-of-taj-mahal/articleshow/63985113.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">annoyed</a> with the caretakers of the Taj Mahal, who have not been able to prevent or combat the world heritage site’s discolouration. It has sought answers from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as to why the monument is changing its hue from a bright white to a dull brown and green. The apex court has been hearing the case based on a plea filed by environmentalist M.C. Mehta, seeking protection of the Taj. On May 1, the court asked the Centre and <keyword id="6357713" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</keyword> government to consider hiring experts from outside if local experts could not get the job done. "We don't know whether you have or perhaps don't have the expertise. Even if you have the expertise, you are not utilising it," Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta told the government. "Or perhaps you don't care," the bench added. “You all appear to be helpless. Money should not be the consideration. We might order you to hire experts from within India or abroad. We need to save it,” it further added. ASI, the body entrusted with the upkeep of the 17th-century tomb, has cited many reasons for this, <a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/india/saving-taj-mahal-supreme-court-says-throw-out-asi-govt-says-calling-experts-5170706/" data-type="tilCustomLink">including</a> dirty socks, green slime emitted by millions of mosquito-like insects and algae. ASI also suggested that water stagnation in the Yamuna river and high phosphorus levels on the riverbed made it a breeding ground for insects that formed patches on the walls of the Taj every summer. On hearing ASI’s advocate A.D.N Rao’s comment that algae were a big source of the discolouration, Justice Madan B. Lokur asked how the algae reached the top parts of the Taj Mahal. “It flew there,” the lawyer said. “Can algae fly?” the judge asked. The ASI also told the court that the Taj Mahal floor was dirty at several places because many walking on it do not wear socks. Apparently, the ASI provides clean socks only to VIPs when they tour the Taj Mahal. Rao also told the bench, "I am not saying that there is no problem but we are trying our best." Clearly miffed with the ASI's feeble attempt to provide a satisfactory explanation or a solution, the judges told the Additional Solicitor General A.N.S. Nadkarni, appearing for the Centre: “You (Centre) please consider if the ASI is needed there or not. The view of ASI is very clear from their submissions. They are not prepared to accept the problem… you have to remove the ASI because they are saying they are doing an excellent job. ASI will have to be thrown out of the picture.” To this, Nadkarni told the bench that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) was already considering the recommendation to involve international experts in the monument’s conservation.

India’s Supreme Court asks for the top archaeological body to be “thrown out” to preserve the Taj Mahal

A 60-kg British-era copper chandelier at the main entrance of 17th century <keyword id="6355354" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Taj-Mahal">Taj Mahal</keyword> crashed down on Wedenesday, sources said. 
 A probe under <keyword id="46215" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="ASI">ASI</keyword>'s superintending archaeologist Bhuvan Vikram has been initiated into the matter, they said. 
 
 
Though there was no official word as to what caused the chandelier to fall, the sources said it probably came down due to "aging and wear and tear". 
 
"Luckily, there was no one around or else it would have resulted in a major tragedy," a tourist guide Ved Gautam said. 
 On Thursday, Agra ASI chief <keyword id="3013863" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bhuvan-Vikram-Singh">Bhuvan Vikram Singh</keyword> had said that the decision to fix the chandelier would be taken only after carefully examining its structure and its present state. 
 
 
Meanwhile, some tourist guides have accused the ASI officials of "gross negligence" and questioned their expertise in handling the monument's artifacts. 
 
The six-feet high and four-feet wide chandelier was gifted by Lord Curzon and installed at the Royal Gate of Taj Mahal in 1905. 
 
(Image credits: Indiatimes)

Crash of Taj Mahal chandelier prompts ASI probe

<keyword id="391816" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="General-Atomics-Aeronautical-Systems">General Atomics Aeronautical Systems</keyword> (<keyword id="3490519" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="GA-ASI">GA-ASI</keyword>), America's top armed drones maker plans to open an office in New Delhi by the end of this year, thus giving boost to the rumours about India acquiring state of the art armed drones from the US. 
 "We are looking forward to continuing to enhance our cooperation with India by working with the US government to provide the Indian Navy with persistent, operationally proven maritime domain awareness," said Linden Blue, <keyword id="3490521" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="GA-ASI-CEO">GA-ASI CEO</keyword>. GA-ASI is the leading manufacturer of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions. 
 
A statement from GA-ASI talked about its plans to expand its presence in India and open an office in New Delhi by 2016 end, from where it can work closely with the Indian Government adding that it recognises India’s importance. 
 
The company also plans to increase its collaboration with India in the areas of maritime security and maritime domain awareness, two key missions for the Indian Ministry of Defence and the Indian Navy. 
 
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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Reuters/SITEA still from an ISIS propaganda video showing Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "Jihadi John."</div></div></div><ul><li>The British government has developed AI technology which can scan videos and work out whether they contain extremist content.</li><li>It gave £600,000 ($834,000) of public money to tech firm ASI Data Science to build it.</li><li>The firm claims its tech can distinguish news from propaganda with near-perfect accuracy.</li><li>It is designed to stop ISIS taking advantage of second-tier social media platforms to spread their message.</li></ul> The British government has announced the launch of AI software which it claims can detect ISIS propaganda videos with 99.995% accuracy and block them from being published.The Home Office publicised the release of the technology on Tuesday morning. They claim it will help small platforms protect themselves from inadvertently spreading extremist material.It was developed by ASI Data Science, a tech firm in London which was given £600,000 ($834,000) of public money for the project.The government is targeting the software at smaller publishers on the grounds that large ones have already invested significant amounts of money in policing their own content.It will be handed over for free as the fight against extremist material online steps up a gear. The Home Office named three companies who could benefit from the technology: Vimeo, Telegra.ph, and pCloud.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">BBCA still from a BBC news report, which purports to show ASI's algorithm at work, approving a news report on ISIS but filtering out propaganda.</div></div></div>A statement from the Home Office said smaller platforms "are increasingly targeted by Daesh [its preferred name for ISIS] and its supporters and they often do not have the same level of resources to develop the technology."The model, which has been trained using over 1,000 Daesh videos, is not specific to one platform so can be used to support the detection of terrorist propaganda across a range of video-streaming and download sites in real-time."<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43037899">According to the BBC</a>, ASI says the tech can "pick out subtle signals" within videos to mark them as propaganda, and can distinguish them from news reports showing similar scenes.Media outlets, which did not include Business Insider, were briefed on its precise workings but asked not to publish the details in case it compromises the technology.<a href="http://read.bi/ai-101-free"></a>EXCLUSIVE FREE REPORT: The AI 101 Report by the Business Insider Intelligence Research Team. <a href="http://read.bi/ai-101-free">Get the Report Now »</a> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/shoe-attachments-inline-skates-skis-snowfeet-snowboarding-2018-2">These clip-on attachments for shoes combine inline skates with skis</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

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