Rome, Sep 6 (IANS/AKI) Surgeons at the Vatican children's hospital in Rome have carried out a pioneering operation in which a Lebanese woman's kidney and part of her liver were transplanted in her 30-month-old son, who suffers from a rare metabolic disorder.

Last-mile connectivity is vital for popularizing India's rich history of Buddha circuit, said President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, emphasizing that "we need to overcome the bottlenecks so that heritage tourism is utilised to its full potnetial."

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured that there would be no discrimination or unnecessary harassment in the entire updation process of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and said it was being carried out in a fair and transparent manner.

Karnataka on Thursday launched a pilot project using drones for providing better governance, primarily in agriculture, urban development and police civic operations.