Lucknow: A noted voice of the Bhojpuri music Shyama Yadav is no more. He passed away at a hospital in Gomtinagar on Sunday night. He was 70. He was the co-singer and long-time musical companion of the folk songs icon late Baleshwar. Born in Sitapur district, Yadav carved out a niche not as a frontman…
NEW DELHI: Wholesale price inflation swung to positive territory in Aug after contracting for two months in a row as food and manufactured product prices inched up. Data released by the commerce and industry ministry on Monday showed inflation, as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), rose to a four-month high of 0.5% in…
Lucknow: The third edition of Kaushal Mahotsav will be organsied at Colvin Taluqdars’ College grounds in Lucknow on Sept 16-17 to facilitate jobs for thousands of youths. The mega job fair, organised by the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship under the BJP’s Seva Pakhwada campaign, coincides with PM Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday celebrations.BJP’s Lucknow…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has revoked the patent on Novartis’ cardiac blockbuster drug Vymada on grounds of lack of novelty, potentially paving the way for affordable generics to enter the market.The popular therapy has been in the spotlight for years, with generic versions from Natco, Torrent Pharma, MSN Labs and Eris Lifesciences…
Bahraich: Karikot, a border village in UP’s Bahraich district has been honoured with the Indian Subcontinent Responsible Tourism Award 2025 under the category of ‘Peace, Understanding and Inclusivity.‘The award was presented at the Business Leisure Travel and MICE conclave 2025 underway in Delhi. Uttarakhand tourism minister Satyapal Maharaj presented the award to Chief Development Officer…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that regulation has to keep pace with the adoption of AI. “Artificial intelligence is not static. It is a rapidly progressing, real-time dynamic thing. Therefore, all of us will have to be conscious that we don’t sit back on the ethics,” Sitharaman said at the launch…
Lucknow: A school-level science exhibition under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan was organised at Lalbagh Girls’ Inter College on Monday. Chief guest, divisional science progress officer, Dinesh Kumar inaugurated the event. The exhibition featured 255 innovative models, including 145 static and 110 working models with charts.Students presented projects such as rain detectors, renewable parks, natural refrigerators, automatic…
Lucknow: A two-day strategic session between Invest UP and EkStep-Data Unlock Project team began in Lucknow on Monday. The deliberations focused on advancing data-driven governance, reviewing outcomes from earlier meetings, assessing the current status of Nivesh Mitra 3.0, and setting clear pilot objectives, said a govt spokesman.A central point of discussion was the AI-driven internal…
NEW DELHI: To drive self-sufficiency, the commerce department is identifying 100-odd products for a local manufacturing push where domestic players depend on imports currently, a top official said Monday.The swadeshi initiative is expected to see products from across sectors – engineering goods, chemicals, plastics and pharma – being identified for possible import substitution. “We have…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is poised to become India’s emerging hub of green aviation fuel, said additional CEO, Invest UP, Shashank Chaudhary.Speaking at the Indian Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Conclave and Awards 2025 in Delhi, Chaudhary said, “UP is poised to launch India’s first Sustainable Aviation Fuel Manufacturing Promotion Policy 2025. The policy draft was recently…
