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Guwahati: Congress opens ticket race for Nagaon bypoll. Election to the seat was necessitated as the sitting MP of Congress Pradyut Bordoloi resigned and contested recently held assembly polls from BJP ticket.The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has invited applications from party members seeking the Congress ticket for the bypoll, setting August 28 as the deadline.An official circular issued by APCC general secretary (organisation) Ramanna Baruah said members seeking nomination must submit their applications in the prescribed format.APCC chief Gaurav Gogoi had expressed confidence that the Congress will win the Nagaon bypoll. Recently All-India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) AIUDF President…
Chandigarh: The Advanced Eye Centre at PGI has reached a global benchmark in saving children’s sight, establishing itself as the world’s leading hub for specialised paediatric glaucoma care.According to documented medical literature, PGI has now officially overtaken the world-renowned Samuel and Ethel Balkan International Pediatric Glaucoma Center at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, previously recognised as the world’s only standalone paediatric glaucoma centre, to handle the largest volume of young patients.“While the Miami centre treats an average of 4,133 children annually, including 339 new patients, PGI managed 7,269 children in total and registered 602 new referrals during 2025-26,…
In view of the reported increase in cases of swine flu and dengue in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar, several schools across the district have stepped up precautionary measures to safeguard children against seasonal illnesses and minimise the possibility of infections spreading among students.Noida: In view of the reported increase in cases of swine flu and dengue in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar, several schools across the district have stepped up precautionary measures to safeguard children against seasonal illnesses and minimise the possibility of infections spreading among students.School managements have issued advisories to parents, urging them to remain particularly attentive…
Yash is once again turning the spotlight toward the box office. After the huge success of ‘KGF: Chapter 2’, the actor stayed away from the big screen for years, making his return with ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ one of the most awaited releases of 2026. With the film set to hit theatres on August 26, its advance booking trend has already given fans a reason to celebrate.Yash’s film enters the 1 million ticket clubAccording to Sacnilk, ‘Toxic’ has crossed the 1 million (10 lakh) ticket mark in advance bookings on BookMyShow, making it only the second Kannada film…
Apple launched two new products in India today. First is the new Mac mini, which has arrived with the M6 and M5 Pro chipsets. Second, the company also launched the new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chipsets. With these new devices, the company also added two new chipsets to its Apple Silicon portfolio, that is M6 and the M5 Ultra. Before the new Mac mini and the new Mac Studio go on sale in India. Take a look at their detailed features and specifications.New Apple Mac Mini launched in India. (Apple)Shweta Ganjoo is a Chief Content Producer…
The city of Dunedin in New Zealand has a public tap outside a working brewery that pumps spring water straight up from beneath the building for the public, for free.People pull over on Rattray Street with empty containers to fill; its untreated, non-chlorinated, and non-fluoridated water make it an ideal base for beer, carrying the very act of brewing out of the brewery and back into the city. The tap is siphoned through Speight’s Brewery, a Dunedin institution founded in 1876 and still operating on the same site.The 150-year-old beer-making operation has outlived every local competitor and still shapes how…
India’s LPG imports from West Asia fell almost 85% between February 2026 and June. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Hardeep Singh Puri, said last week that 67% of India’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) came from the U.S.Although he didn’t mention the timeframe for when energy-hungry India “achieved” this, it is clearly a drastic shift from an earlier government decision to source about 10% of cooking gas from the U.S. Published – August 11, 2026 10:31 am IST Source link
Flight tracking data confirms an American military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday. Source link
Humans have been synthesising viral genomes and deliberately modifying viruses for decades. What is new, is not the physical manufacture of a virus. AI has entered the design stage of biology. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The computer did not create a virus. It did not touch a test tube or handle a living cell. What it did may ultimately be more consequential: it helped decide what the virus’s genome should be.Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute used artificial intelligence (AI) to design complete genomes of bacteriophages – viruses that infect bacteria.…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said India may have hit Pakistan’s Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor last year, but the strike was unintentional.Speaking at the ‘VIMARSH’ event on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath at the Vivekanand International Foundation, Chauhan said Indian loitering missions sent to search for radars around Sargodha ran out of fuel and ended up hitting Kirana Hills — a site associated with Pakistan’s nuclear facilities.”At occasions, it’s been asked whether Kirana Hills were hit or not, which is where their (Pakistan’s) nuclear facilities are… Before those strikes, we had sent in…