Indian Navy lists Hormuz as ‘primary area’ of interest, one of the key ‘choke points’

Instagram tests a new ‘Instants’ app for sharing disappearing photos - TechCrunch

The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.

Stocks fall from record highs amid a software slump and rocky negotiations with Iran - Sherwood News

Stocks fell as investors digested a report that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has resigned from Iran’s peace talks team.

Patrick Muldoon’s sister shares actor’s final video before shocking death - Page Six

“As always, he jokes… and yet profoundly brings all things into one moment,” the actor’s sister mused about the footage.

Mental health institution, organisations facilitate voting for residents

On polling day, efforts to make the electoral process more inclusive gained momentum, as institutions and organisations working in the mental health sector facilitated voting for persons with mental illness.At the Ins...

Post-SIR electorate drop drives turnout surge; votes remain steady compared to 2021 election

As of 8 p.m. on polling day, voter turnout stood at 83.41%, significantly higher than 59.75% recorded in 2021 Assembly polls, as per ECI data; this is due to reduction in electorate from 40.57 lakh in 2021 to 28.93 la...

Common soil fungus could cut pesticide use while helping tomatoes grow stronger - Phys.org

Trichoderma species—a common fungus found in soils—have varying abilities to promote tomato plant growth and differentially affect the abundance of certain soil bacteria, according to a study led by researchers at Pen...

Polling booths in some gated communities across Chennai help boost turnout

Group housing societies and large residential buildings in southern fringes like Navalur, Egattur, and Sholinganallur missed out on such faclilities despite applying for it

Mylapore and Saidapet record lowest voter turnout in city

While voters were largely satisfied with the polling process, there were some grievances as well

Amid sweltering heat, polling staff struggle with lack of ventilation and well-maintained toilets

For officials deployed on election duty, if the oppressive heat wasn’t bad enough, the ordeal worsened when they experienced difficulties in accessing amenities at the centres.From stinky toilets to inadequate ventila...

Despite heat, senior citizens step out to vote in large numbers

Despite the Election Commission of India making arrangements to collect postal ballots from super senior citizens — those above the age of 85 — and persons with disabilities, many octogenarians, nonagenarians, and cen...

Paxlovid doesn’t reduce hospitalization, death rates in vaccinated high-risk COVID outpatients, trial shows - CIDRAP

Two open-label, multicenter randomized controlled platform trials show that early treatment with the antiviral drug nirmatrelvirritonavir (Paxlovid) doesnt cut hospitalization or all-cause death rate… [+2385 chars]

Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar registers the highest turnout in the city

Assembly constituencies in North Chennai registered a high turnout on Thursday, with Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar recording 90.5% (as of 9. =50 p.m.), the highest among the 16 constituencies of Chennai district.Voters visi...

Shooting at Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge: 10 injured as two groups exchanged fire; suspects flee

Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse said the incident began after a dispute between two groups inside the mall’s food court.

Startup founders discuss why intellectual property rights can make or break sports innovation

A tiny initiative to reduce childcare stress for parents on polling day

Rumana N. was relieved to find a kids’ playing area at the Anna Nagar Model Polling Booth, where she had gone to vote during the Assembly election on Thursday. As a mother of twins, she was worried about taking care o...

A hundred years ago | Protecting public against money lenders

London, April 23: A Government undertaking to do its utmost to secure the passage of the Bill to protect the public against the money-lenders were given by Sir Wm. Joynsou-Hicks in the House of Commons and the Bill pa...

Fifty years ago | First consignment of fireworks shipped to U.S.

Madras, April 23: The first consignment of 875 packets of Sivakasi-made fireworks valued at Rs. 1.6 lakhs was shipped to the United States to-day.This is the first time that fireworks are being sent to the U.S. meant ...

Voters upset over SIR-related deletions

A resident says that her family filled out the forms and submitted all the required documents, but the names were removed from the list after SIR exercise. We did not get any response even after we reached out to seve...

No bar on women in mosques but they cannot demand entry through main door: AIMPLB to top court on hearings in Sabarimala reference