00:05News coming in at this point in time, Galgothia University has apologized amid the robo-dog
00:10controversy. Galgothia University has said in a statement, I'm going to read from that
00:14statement, we at Galgothia University wish to apologize profusely for the confusion created
00:21the recent AI summit. One of our representatives manning the pavilion was ill-informed she was
00:26not aware of the technical origins of the product and in her enthusiasm of being on camera gave
00:32factually incorrect information even though she was not authorized to speak to the press.
00:38We request your kind understanding as there was no institutional intent to misrepresent this
00:44innovation. Understanding the organizer's sentiment we have vacated the premises. It's a big development
00:51and Piyush is getting in more on that story. Piyush, Galgothia University putting out that
00:56statement on social media finally saying that, listen, we are sorry we've been asked to get
01:02out so we are getting out now and this is something that was avoidable. That's what they're saying.
01:12Well, that's right. So our statement has been issued by Galgothia University where they have
01:16now apologized for this communication and they are now saying that the person who communicated
01:23with media was ill-informed. She was also not authorized to speak to media. She had no information
01:30about the technical origins of the product which has now come into a huge controversy. After issuing
01:37the statement in the last, the Galgothia University has also mentioned that according to the instructions
01:43those were given by the government, they have now vacated the premises. We have also filed a report from
01:48the same pavilion where Galgothia had its stall. We have seen that the entire place has now been
01:54vacated by Galgothia University. All the officials of Galgothia University have now left that place.
02:01The entire pavilion has now been turned into a resting place for visitors. But a lot of controversy
02:06has taken place in the last 24 hours. You would remember that yesterday, Galgothia University projected
02:12a Chinese-based robot dog as its own origin and after that it faced a lot of facts that
02:19had social media following which the government asked Galgothia University to remove their stall
02:25from the... Well, they were defined one day pugh. In fact, what was most laughable here is the fact
02:32that A, there was a lie and then to defend that particular lie, there were 100 other lies and that
02:37was what was playing out since yesterday. The drama was playing out since yesterday. Even when they were
02:42asked to vacate, they said, no, listen, we are going for lunch. It's not like we are vacating
02:45the lights. The electricity connection had to be cut off. Literally, they were pushed out.
02:53Absolutely. Absolutely. The electricity connection had to be cut off. They are at the same pavilion
02:58where Galgothia had its stall. When we confronted them and asked about the government's decision
03:04of asking them to leave the pavilion, they were of the view that they have not been communicated
03:09by the government. Following which the officials had to disconnect the electricity connection
03:15of that entire pavilion where Galgothia University had their stall and after which we saw officials
03:22leaving from that place and now they have issued a statement saying that they apologize for what
03:28happened in the last few hours. They are also saying that the person who communicated with
03:34media had no information and she was not authorized to speak to media. But it is also important
03:39to highlight that Ms. Neha, who was talking to media, is the person from the communication
03:45department of Galgothia University. Now Galgothia University is coming out and putting all the
03:49blame on the same person. Certainly, Galgothia University will have to explain as to why did they
03:56not inform their officials about the products which they were putting there for the exhibition. You
04:03would also remember, Sreya, that a couple of minutes back, the Secretary of Ministry of Information
04:08Technology has also made it very clear that all exhibitors will have to showcase products only
04:13and only if they know about the details or if that product... At the end of the day, this is
04:20forced international
04:21embarrassment and that's why that diktat also really from the government at this point in time.
04:25Well, the lady on your screens is the communications officer and now Galgothia says that she wasn't
04:30authorized to speak. Then who was is the big question. I'm going to leave it at that for the
04:34moment, Piyush, getting asked those details from Delhi's Bharat Mandapam at this point in time.
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