March 18, 2024 09:58 pm | Updated 10:30 pm IST - CHENNAI: The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on March 18 announced it would join the BJP-led NDA and fight the coming Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. Sources in the PMK said the decision was taken at a meeting chaired …...Read More
In Tamil Nadu, PMK announces alliance with BJP for Lok Sabha elections
Vaccine for dengue may be available commercially by mid-2026
March 18, 2024 09:52 pm | Updated 09:53 pm IST - CHENNAI Vaccine for dengue could be available commercially as early as mid-2026. Indian Immunologicals Limited has finished the first phase of clinical trials to determine the safety of the vaccine, the company’s Managing Director K. Anand Kumar said. The …...Read More
Scheme for creating ‘Student Startup Professionals’ in agri sector launched
March 18, 2024 09:51 pm | Updated 09:51 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) Agri-Business Incubator, in collaboration with the College of Agriculture, Vellayani, under the Kerala Agricultural University, and the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), has launched a scheme for creating ‘Student Startup Professionals’ for …...Read More
TDP will not go for debt for implementing welfare schemes: Lokesh
March 18, 2024 09:45 pm | Updated 09:45 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh said it was his party’s policy to implement welfare programmes with State revenue rather than relying on debt, while reiterating that the State has ‘‘regressed by 30 years under the Jagan Mohan …...Read More
Father donates kidney to save daughter’s life
March 18, 2024 09:44 pm | Updated 09:44 pm IST - Bengaluru N. Padmaja, a 32-year-old mother of two, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), leading to kidney failure. When everything looked bleak, her father N. Viswanatha Reddy stepped forward by offering his kidney to save his daughter’s life. …...Read More
Health talk on HPV vaccination organised
March 18, 2024 09:42 pm | Updated 09:43 pm IST - KARIMNAGAR The Women Empowerment Cell (WEC) of S.R.R. Government Arts and Science College on Monday organised a health talk on ‘HPV Vaccination’ in collaboration with Medicover Hospitals on the college premises here. Consultant gynaecologist Pratishtha Rao delivered a speech …...Read More
BJP concerned about undercurrent of dissidence as Sadananda Gowda too puts party in a spot of bother
March 18, 2024 09:40 pm | Updated 09:41 pm IST - BENGALURU It is not just former Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa who has put the BJP in a spot of bother through his rebellion, as the party is concerned about the undercurrent of dissidence by other disappointed ticket aspirants …...Read More
Junior doctors raise concerns over treatment of medical students at GMC Bhadradri Kothagudem
March 18, 2024 09:39 pm | Updated 09:39 pm IST - HYDERABAD The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) on Monday raised concerns regarding the treatment of medical students pursuing MBBS degree at Government Medical College in Bhadradri Kothagudem. Highlighting a range of issues, including mistreatment of women students, by the …...Read More
Jagan to launch 21-dayMemanta Siddham bus yatra soon
March 18, 2024 09:38 pm | Updated 09:39 pm IST : The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will undertake a bus yatra, named Memanta Siddham (we all are ready), from March 26 or 27. He will cover the Lok Sabha constituencies in the …...Read More
Level crossing gates to be replaced with electronic interlocking system soon
March 18, 2024 09:38 pm | Updated 09:38 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Soon the Southern Railway Thiruvananthapuram division will phase out all manually-operated level crossing gates with an electronic interlocking system. The division has recently upgraded two level crossing gates near the Thuravur Railway Station with modern electrically-operated lifting barriers. …...Read More
