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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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By Dheeraj Fartode  Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
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Winter Olympics snowboarding 2014: schedule announced

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The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event being held in Sochi, Russia.
Snowboarding's Saturday schedule will see the medal for Men's Slopestyle awarded.

February 8


12:30 a.m. ET: Men's Slopestyle Semifinals
3:45 a.m.: Men's Slopestyle Finals


White pulled out of the slopestyle event due to injury, and Canada's Max Parrot has become the favorite in this event as a result. Parrot won the gold at the X-Games and finished first in the qualifying run with a score of 97.5. This event allows snowboarders to do a bit of everything as they make their way down the course and may be the most entertaining of the snowboarding events.

On Thursday, eight snowboarders qualified directly for the finals and will not need to compete in the semifinals. Four participants will advance from the semifinals to the finals. Here is the complete snowboarding schedule after Saturday's events (all times Eastern):

February 9

1:30 a.m.: Ladies' Slopestyle Semifinals
4:15 a.m.: Ladies' Slopestyle Finals

February 11

5 a.m.: Men's Halfpipe Qualification
10 a.m.: Men's Halfpipe Semifinals
12:30 p.m.: Men's Halfpipe Finals
8 p.m.: Ladies' Halfpipe Qualification

The halfpipe is when the world will finally get a look at Shaun White, who will be representing the United States for the third time at the Winter Olympics.

February 12

10 a.m.: Ladies' Halfpipe Semifinals 

12:30 p.m.: Ladies' Halfpipe Finals

February 16

2 a.m.: Ladies' Snowboard Cross Seeding 4:15 a.m.: Ladies' Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals 4:30 a.m.: Ladies' Snowboard Cross Semifinals 4:45 a.m.: Ladies' Snowboard Cross Finals

February 17

2 a.m.: Men's Snowboard Cross Seeding 4:30 a.m.: Men's Snowboard Cross 1/8 Finals 5:01 a.m.: Men's Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals 5:13 a.m.: Men's Snowboard Cross Semifinals 5:20 a.m.: Men's Snowboard Cross Finals

February 19

12:15 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification 12:40 a.m.: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification 4 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom 1/8 Finals 4:32 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom Quarterfinals 4:48 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom Semifinals 4:52 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom Finals 5 a.m.: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom 1/8 Finals 5:34 a.m.: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Quarterfinals 5:42 a.m.: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Semifinals 5:55 a.m.: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Finals


Injuries have kept Justin Reiter from competing in the last two Olympic Games, but he has come out of retirement to take one last shot at gold for the United States. He will complete in the men's parallel giant slalom on Wednesday Feb. 19.

February 22

12:15 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Slalom Qualification 12:40 a.m.: Men's Parallel Slalom Qualification 4:15 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Slalom 1/8 Finals 4:15 a.m.: Men's Parallel Slalom 1/8 Finals 5:08 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Slalom Quarterfinals 5:28 a.m.: Men's Parallel Slalom Quarterfinals 5:40 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Slalom Semifinals 5:52 a.m.: Men's Parallel Slalom Semifinals 6 a.m.: Ladies' Parallel Slalom Finals 6:15 a.m.: Men's Parallel Slalom Finals


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