From heavy rain in Kanpur predicted for the weekend to the Hyderabad model being implemented in the city to prevent waterlogging, here's a list of must-know trending stories from the city in our Kanpur news roundup!

The weather department has issued a rain alert for the next five days in Kanpur. According to the forecast, moderate to heavy rain in Kanpur will drench the city till Sunday, August 4. As for today, the prediction says that there is 82% chance of rainfall in the city.

IIT Kanpur has announced a collaboration with the NYU Tandon School of Engineering on a total of 7 research projects. With this new partnership in place now, both educational institutions will join hands to advance research in the fields of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, robotics, wireless communications, and more.

Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to use the Hyderabad model to prevent waterlogging in the city with heavy rain predicted in the coming days.

Notably, the above-mentioned model involves a slew of measures including the construction of water holding tanks at several locations across the city where the rainwater is stored and later used for irrigation and other purposes.

A team of researchers at the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering of IIT Kanpur have successfully mapped the complete structure of the Duffy Antigen Receptor. Notably, this is a significant step towards disease prevention as it will allow the development of new drugs to fight infections such as malaria.