New Delhi: The top Congress leadership held a meeting with leaders of the party’s Andhra Pradesh unit on Wednesday to discuss the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the southern state. The meeting that was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi and other top leaders of the party comes…
New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have uncovered an important mechanism that allows the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium to persist in the human host for decades. The team, including researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and Institute For Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (InStem), Bengaluru, found that a single…
New Delhi: While artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of transforming societies in positive ways, it also presents risks that need to be better understood and managed, new research has warned. Joe Burton, a professor at Lancaster University, UK, contends that AI and algorithms are more than mere tools used by national security agencies to thwart…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the construction of a new 4.56 km long, 6-lane bridge on the river Ganga, connecting Digha and Sonepur in Bihar, according to an official statement. The total cost for the project is estimated at Rs 3,064.45 crore, including Rs 2,233.81 crore for civil construction, it added. The bridge…
New Delhi: “Ease of living” is the key focus of the third national conference of chief secretaries that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair on December 28 and 29, with the raging issue of artificial intelligence also figuring on the agenda. According to an official statement, the conference that started here on Wednesday will discuss the…
Hyderabad: Former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s government bought 22 Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles, “without anybody’s knowledge” before the assembly polls, hoping the BRS government would come back to power and KCR could use them, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference after launching the ‘Praja Palana’ public outreach programme through which…
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah will chair BJP’s organisational meetings in Telangana on Thursday as he leads the party’s push in a slew of states, including West Bengal and Odisha, to emerge as a dominant player there in the next Lok Sabha elections. BJP leaders said Shah will attend a meeting of the party’ core…
New Delhi: The Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) (MLJK-MA), which has been allegedly involved in anti-national and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir and supporting terrorist activities, was on Wednesday declared a banned organisation. Announcing the ban on the MLJK-MA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Prime…
Chennai: An ammonia gas leak from a subsea pipeline linked to a private fertilizer manufacturing unit in north Chennai has caused illness among residents, with about 25 people hospitalized. Officials on Wednesday reported symptoms such as shortness of breath and nausea among the affected people, who are currently undergoing treatment. Following the leak, at about…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday announced it will hold a ‘Bharat Nyay Yatra’ led by Rahul Gandhi from Manipur in the east to Mumbai in western India, covering 14 states and 85 districts, beginning January 14. The yatra will conclude on March 20, covering around 6,200 km, traversing through Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, West…
