Chennai ready to host first IAF air show in South India with watertight security
Chennai, Oct 5 (IANS) The Greater Chennai Police will deploy 6,500 cops and 1,500 Home Guards for the Chennai air show to be held here on Sunday. The IAF has in a statement said that around 15 lakh people will attend the air show which is the third outside New Delhi and the first in […]
Haryana Assembly polls: Voter turnout in Gurugram steadily picks up
Gurugram, Oct 5 (IANS) Gurugram district’s four Assembly constituencies — Gurgaon, Sohna, Badshahpur and Pataudi (SC) — recorded 3 per cent voter turnout in the first two hours of polling on Saturday. Polling began at 7 a.m. and will continue until 6 p.m. Former minister and Badshahpur seat candidate Rao Narbir Singh and his family […]
Outgoing CM Saini eyes hat-trick; Hooda confident of comeback
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (IANS) As polling for the 90-member legislative Assembly in the BJP-ruled Haryana began on Saturday with 2.03 crore electorates salted to decide the fate of 1,031 candidates, outgoing Chief Minister and BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini expressed confidence the party would be forming the government for the third time with a huge […]
Locals, devotees laud PM’s Swachhta Abhiyan as Deoghar gets cleaner
Deoghar, Oct 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seems to have a major impact in Jharkhand’s Deoghar. Local residents as well as the devotees visiting the religious city clearly see a significant transformation when it comes to cleanliness. The initiative not only made the city cleaner but also raised awareness among the […]
LoP Rahul Gandhi to unveil Chhatrapati’s imposing statue in Kolhapur
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Oct 5 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi will unveil a tall statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj during his brief visit to the erstwhile royal kingdom of Kolhapur, here on Saturday. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who was expected to arrive here on Friday, had to cancel the travel plans […]
PM Modi, HM Shah encourage Haryana voters to exercise franchise
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) As polling for the 90-member legislative Assembly in the BJP-ruled Haryana began on Saturday with a 2.03 crore electorate slated to decide the fate of 1,031 candidates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to vote in record numbers. “Voting is taking place today for the Haryana Assembly elections. I appeal […]
Polling begins for 90 Assembly seats in BJP-ruled Haryana
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (IANS) Polling for the 90-member Legislative Assembly in the BJP-ruled Haryana began on Saturday morning with 2.03 crore voters eligible to decide the fate of 1,031 candidates in the fray. A total of 20,632 booths have been set up across the state for the election and the polling will continue till 6 […]
PM Modi to flag off Mumbai Metro’s fully underground stretch, other Maha projects
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Maharashtra on Saturday is set to launch, inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various projects worth Rs 64,580 crore, which include Mumbai Metro-3’s first fully underground stretch. Prime Minister Modi will flag off the inaugural train service on the first phase — […]
Jammu locals say people more aware about cleanliness today, praise PM’s Swachhta Abhiyan
Jammu, Oct 5 (IANS) As the iconic Swachh Bharat Abhiyan completed 10 years, people in Jammu have praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led Central government for raising awareness on cleanliness. The widespread impact of the initiative launched by Prime Minister Modi in 2014 is visible across the country, drawing praise from various sections […]
Researchers harness AI to repurpose existing drugs for pain management
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A team of researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to discover existing drugs to help patients suffering from chronic pain. The team from Cleveland Clinic joined hands with tech giant IBM and used their deep-learning framework to find multiple gut microbiome-derived metabolites and FDA-approved drugs that are non-addictive and non-opioid […]
