Study identifies peptide that drives heavy alcohol drinking

Study identifies peptide that drives heavy alcohol drinking

Tuesday, 05 December 2023 | IANS

US researchers have identified a peptide that is involved in heavy alcohol drinking, which can also be targeted for developing therapies to tackle binge drinking. Alcohol is the most common addictive substance in the world. Alcohol use disorder, a highly prevalent, chronic, relapsing disorder, affects more than 14 million people in...

BJP gets highest vote share

Monday, 04 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | RAIPUR

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a 46.30 percent vote share, 13.29 percent higher than in 2018, whereas the Congress got 42.22 percent, 0.78 percent less than five years ago. Other regional and national parties as well as independents could not make a dent in the 2023 assembly elections. A regional party...

Political heavyweights win with sizeable margins

Monday, 04 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | RAIPUR

Political bigwigs such as Brijmohan Agrawal, former Chief Minister Raman Singh and others won with sizeable margins in the 2023 Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh. BJP stalwart and eight-time MLA Agrawal defeated Congress candidate Mahant Ram Sundar Das from Raipur (South) by 67,851 votes. Bureaucrat-turned-politician Om Prakash Choduhary beat Congress candidate Prakash Nayak...

Cong suffers shock defeat, Lotus blooms

Monday, 04 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | RAIPUR

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday was on course to register its biggest ever victory in Chhattisgarh, which it has ruled for three five-year terms since the state’s formation in 2000. As per the latest data shared by the Election Commission, the BJP had won 53 seats and was leading...

Govt. Digvijay College gets patent from UK

Saturday, 02 December 2023 | RAJNANDGAON

In a milestone, the Government Digvijay College at Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh has registered a patent in the United Kingdom, thanks to efforts by Dr. Suresh Kumar Patel and his team. The patent was granted on Friday for the design of a device for electricity generation from waste water. The design can generate...

Unlocking a digital wonderland

Saturday, 02 December 2023 | IANS

Every successful person ends up having one thing in common- their thirst for knowledge. And what do they do to gain such intellect? They read! They read and read about everything on god’s green earth and then form their own thoughts about the many things they’ve read. Sounds easy enough,...

Two minor girls from C’garh rescued from Haryana

Saturday, 02 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | RAIPUR

Chhattisgarh Police, with the help of their Haryana counterparts, on Friday succeeded in rescuing two minor girls of Chhattisgarh.  The girls, aged between 14 and 16, were rescued from a gurdwara in Panchkula city. The police have arrested a Panchkula resident who had been hiding in the gurdwara complex after kidnapping...

Speculation on rotational CM causes strain: Singh Deo

Saturday, 02 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | RAIPUR

Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister T.S. Singh Deo on Friday said a decision on who will be the Chief Minister if the Congress retains power has been left to the High Command since discussion on the issue within the state causes strain. Talking to the media, Singh Deo said this decision was...

State Editions

Winter action plan for homeless begins

07 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

Six people held with 48 kgs of marijuana

07 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

Winter vacation in schools to begin from January 1

07 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

Pensioners to protest, demand hike in pension

07 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

NGT seeks compliance reports on rainwater harvesting

07 December 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

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