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TDB signs Rs 86 crore deal with Peptris for AI-driven drug development

New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) The Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science and Technology has signed an agreement with Bengaluru-based Peptris Technologies Private Limited to provide Rs 86 crore in financial support for advancing four artificial intelligence-discovered drug candidates towards clinical development.
The project, titled VIGOR (Advancing AI-Discovered Molecules from Bench to Clinic), has a total cost of Rs 172 crore and will receive funding under the government's Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund through optionally convertible debt, the ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement. .
The three-year programme aims to advance four drug candidates from Technology Readiness Level (TRL)-4 to TRL-6 through preclinical development, scientific validation, formulation development and preparation for clinical trials, subject to regulatory requirements.
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Delhi CM slams Cong, AAP & CJP; SIR happened earlier as well, protests causing loss, trouble for people

15 Oct 2026 | 12:01 AM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday slammed Congress, the opposition parties and Cockroach Janata Party over the recent protests against Chief Election Commissioner and the Special Intensive Revision, in the national capital, stating that they were becoming a problem for people in the city.

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Rahul Gandhi portraying the law-breaking by youth as fight for Tricolour shameful: Malhotra

14 Oct 2026 | 11:33 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) Taking a dig at the CJP leaders, Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra on Wednesday alleged that Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka are misguided youth, engaged in misleading the young people of the country with the support of overseas funds.

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Invoking Harkishan Surjeet's freedom struggle, CPI(M)'s MA Baby warns Modi, Shah against repression of protesters

14 Oct 2026 | 10:50 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby has invoked the legacy of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and former party general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet to condemn the alleged assault and detention of students, youth activists and opposition MPs during peaceful protests in Delhi, warning Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah that suppressing democratic dissent would ultimately prove futile.

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Rahul & Priyanka meet Ankita Bhandari’s parents protesting near India Gate

14 Oct 2026 | 9:49 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and MP Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday joined parents of late Ankita Bhandari for a sit- in near the India Gate, late in the evening.
The Congress, taking to social media platform X, stated that Rahul and Priyanaka met with the family of Ankita Bhandari at India Gate, the woman from Uttarakhand who was murdered in 2022.

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Delhi cabinet okays Industrial Policy 2026, will promote clean & high-value industries: CM

14 Oct 2026 | 9:39 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) The Delhi Government Cabinet, during its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has given its nod to the Delhi Industrial Policy 2026, which outlines a ten-year roadmap for developing a clean, knowledge-based industrial economy in the capital, with a focus on high-value, non-polluting sectors.

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