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NDA substantially augmented its ward tally, securing outright majorities in two municipalities and 19 grama panchayats. The BJP is set to send 249 members to grama panchayats, 37 to block panchayats, two to district panchayats, 320 to municipalities, and 60 to Corporations

If successful at scale, this method can significantly reduce the cost of producing LIF and similar therapeutic proteins. Scientists say the same platform can also be adapted in the future to produce other important biomedical molecules at low cost 

The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front has been restricted to only a handful of local bodies, while the results have left the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance smiling, as it won the Thripunithura municipality

The DMDK had not reached a stage where it can announce the alliance, she says

This is the fifth tremor of magnitude above 3 recorded in Kutch this month; epicentre near Gadhshisha village

He adds that the Bill is being brought at a time when Bengaluru has grown significantly, with nearly 19% of its residents living in apartments

In Sittilingi, a valley in western Tamil Nadu, the infant mortality rate in the early 1990s was 147 babies for every 1,000 births. Today, it stands at eight. In the intervening years, the one factor that changed local dynamics and improved healthcare and general standards of living in this largely tribal belt was the involvement of a doctor couple and their dedicated team. An ear firmly invested in listening to the community’s needs, coupled with a desire to bring about positive change, has turned Sittilingi into a vastly different place today

Contesting 1,026 wards, the KC(M) could win only 243, while the Kerala Congress won 332 of the 650 seats it contested and played a decisive role in the UDF’s return to power in the Kottayam and Idukki district panchayats