Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Delay In India's Bullet Train Project, Will It Called As 'White Elephant' Burden For Govt?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet infrastructure project, the proposed high-speed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, continues to face challenges even before it takes off the ground.

Even as the government and Railways have been gung-ho about the project and its likely benefits for the country once it becomes operational, the project is still in the planning stage.

Have Trouble Sleeping? Here Is A New Implant To Ease Sleep Apnea

By SARAH WILLIAMS | INNLIVE

Researchers have developed a new implant device - a pacemaker with a tiny generator and a sensing lead - which instead of using electrical pulses to control abnormal heart rate, uses two wires to stimulate the tongue to help cut sleep apnea.

A new device implanted in the chest called hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) offers promise for patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who cannot tolerate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

What To Expect From Vidya Balan-Starrer ‘Begum Jaan’, A Remake Of The Bengali Hit ‘Rajkahini’?

By RUMI DUTTA | INNLIVE

Srijit Mukherji remains at the helm, but the story has moved to the Indo-Pak border.

Srijit Mukherji’s Bengali film Rajkahini(2015) is being remade in Hindi as Begum Jaan. Vidya Balan will play the lead role of a cantankerous madam who runs a brothel. Rajkahini’s story is set in 1947, when a British legislation on the partition of Bengal interferes with the location of the brothel, which is situated on barren land bordering India and what was then East Pakistan and later Bangladesh. The Hindi remake is also being directed by Mukherji and produced by Vishesh Films. The setting has shifted from Bengal to the India-Pakistan border.

How Telangana CM KCR is Wiping Out The Congress And Telugu Desam Party From The State?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

While the TDP is down to three legislators, the Congress is left with just 12 after a series of defections to the chief minister's Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao seems to be generously assisting the Bharatiya Janata Party in its mission to wipe out the Congress from India.

Since the formation of Telangana in 2014, the Congress’ strength in the 119-member state Assembly has fallen from 21 to 12. Over the last two years, there has been a steady trickle of Parliamentarians and legislators from the Congress' Gandhi Bhavan to Telangana Bhavan, the office of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

Health Alert: Deadly 'Polio Virus' Detected In Hyderabad Water, Telangana Declares ‘Global Emergency’ 

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

A mass vaccination drive will be conducted from June 20 to 26, in which more than three lakh children will be inoculated in the city and Ranga Reddy district.

The Telangana government declared a “global emergency” after an active strain of wild poliovirus (P2 strain) was found in a water sample collected from a drain in Hyderabad. In a mass vaccination drive, more than three lakh children in the city and Ranga Reddy district will be inoculated Wednesday onwards as a “preventive measure”. Two lakh vaccines were airlifted from Geneva immediately after the virus was detected,The Times of India reported.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Crop Damage Hits Tomato Supply; Prices Surge Up To Rs 100 Per Kilogram

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Tomato prices in most retail markets across the country have doubled to up to Rs 100 per kg in last 15 days due to sluggish supply owing to crop damage.

Earlier this month, prices of tomato - a key kitchen vegetable - were ruling in the range of Rs 20-40 per kg, as per data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry.

Swinging Fortunes: From Dizzying Highs To Wretched Lows—News Headlines Tell The India Startup Story

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Between 2012 and mid-2015, the Indian startup industry was on the cusp of a boom. Fortunes seem to have suffered a reversal since. This year, the sector was seen hobbling from one mistake to another.

At least, that is the impression that headlines in Indian business media created. There was a time when every achievement of India’s tech startups was heralded as a mark of their perfection; now, every failure—from firing to hiring—is taken as a sign of an impending collapse.

AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu Is Against The Dynasty Rule, Why He Is Grooming His Son Lokesh?

By RADHAKRISHNA | INNLIVE

Stanford-educated Nara Lokesh, who is already deeply involved in party and government affairs, is expected to lead the Telugu Desam Party in 2019.

In 1985, the Telugu Desam Party was in the midst of an angry internal churn. N Chandrababu Naidu, the party’s general secretary, fought tooth and nail against his father-in-law and party founder NT Rama Rao’s proposal to name his son, Nandamuri Balakrishna, an actor, as his political heir.