‘Robocop’ on patrol at Singapore summit

Singapore: Hi-tech Singapore has deployed an autonomous robot with a swivelling camera for a head and flashing lights to patrol a summit venue, arresting the attention of amused passers-by who stopped to snap selfies. The white, four-wheeled buggy, measuring about five-feet trundled around the perimeter of a convention centre in the city-state, providing additional security at a meeting of world leaders. The so far unnamed robot, decked out with flashing blue and red lights, is a prototype reportedly developed by the police, which can transmit a 360-degree picture of the area it is patrolling. AFP

Indian chef Garima Arora honoured with Michelin star 

Bangkok: Chef Garima Arora, who heads the Bangkok based Gaa restaurant, has been awarded the prestigious Michelin star. It is being claimed that she is the first Indian woman to get the honour. Hailing from Mumbai, Garima launched Gaa in 2017 in Bangkok and being an Indian, she tried to bring Indian-Thai cross culture through the restaurant’s menu.  Garima, who is an alumni of Le Cordon Bleu, Paris’ popular culinary school, has worked with many renowned international chefs like Gordan Ramsay and Rene Redzepi. But before stepping into the world of culinary and cuisines, the 30-year-old chef also tried her hand at journalism. IANS