No feud with KC Venugopal? Kerala CM-designate VD Satheesan breaks silence

VD Satheesan with KC Venugopal (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister-designate VD Satheesan on Saturday rejected reports of any feud with senior Congress leader KC Venugopal after meeting him at his residence. He asserted that the organisational and cabinet-related decisions were being taken jointly through consultations.The oath-taking ceremony of the new Congress-led UDF government will…

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In 1879, C. Fahlberg accidentally licked his fingers after dinner, and this led to the invention of the artificial sweetener

The chemist licked his fingers after dinner, and uncovered the first artificial sweetener. Image credit – Wikimedia The odd flavor detected while eating dinner sparked one of the greatest innovations in the modern food industry. In 1879, Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist, was experimenting in Ira Remsen’s chemistry laboratory in Johns Hopkins University. He noted that…

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Blast in Punjab’s Malerkotla; second in a year

Malerkotla: A blast shook a locality in Punjab’s Malerkotla city on Friday evening, alarming residents and putting police on heightened alert.The explosion occurred around 5:30pm in a garbage pile near Lasara Drain bridge. The residence of former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa and his wife, former cabinet minister Razia Sultana, is around 500m from the site.Witnesses…

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West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari warns TMC strongman Jahangir Khan ahead of Falta re-poll

Suvendu Adhikari; Jahangir Khan NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday warned Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) “so-called Pushpa” Jahangir Khan ahead of re-poll in the Falta assembly constituency, scheduled for May 21.“So-called Pushpa is my responsibility now; Falta repoll must be violence-free,” PTI quoted Adhikari as saying.In the run-up to polls, Khan, a…

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