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The dawn-to-dusk shutdown by non-Congress parties started today, distressing normal life in Orissa as road as well as rail services were hit in the state.

A senior police officer said, "The movement of vehicles in both the state and the national highway has been totally affected."

Many trains were running behind schedule as activists sat on tracks and blockaded trains at different railway stations.

According to a new research, all pregnant females should be given vitamin D supplements to protect their babies' life, as deficiency of it could be grave for a baby.

Boffins said that females who do not have sufficient vitamin D can experience problems during gestation period that could be serious for a newborn. It could also cause the development of diseases like rickets and other deficiency linked conditions.

Researchers have created a brain chip, which will help sufferers of paralyze attack to operate their bionic limbs.

The technology makes use of small microchips to sense nerve messages, interpret the signs, and turn thought into movement.

The researchers think that by the next 5 years, they will be able to provide sufferers with damaged spinal cords robotic devices that will permit them to move their arms or legs at will.

The ongoing advancements in the Monorail project in Mumbai has resumed work near Arthur Road jail. It is the place where the 26/11 attack terrorist Ajmal Kasab has been imprisoned that resulted in hindering of activities and received a green signal today from Maharashtra Home Minister, R R Patil.

At the Okhla district Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has put a foundation stone for a permanent campus to be built upon in the name of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, in the south of Delhi. As of now IIIT is being run from its temporary campus in Dwarka. Officials over have claimed of developing the first phase of the permanent campus at a cost Rs 80 crore and soon after that it will be commissioned in a span of 15 months.

The MCD seems to be keeping no blocks unturned as it gears up for the upcoming monsoons. In lieu of this MCD has put in a round-the-clock control room that takes care of water-logging and other rain-related complaints. This is in regard of appeal that has been released for the residents of capital and other Residents Welfare Associations to join hands in making efforts to have a "trouble-free experience" in the monsoons.