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Hyderabad: The India Blockchain Accelerator has shortlisted 14 early-stage Web3 startups for the final evaluation round for its first-ever mentorship and financing programme. Launched in December 2021 as a joint initiative of the Telangana government, Crypto investing app CoinSwitch and innovation management firm Lumos Labs, the accelerator provides a $7,00,000 (about Rs 5.2 crore) grant […]

Hyderabad: Mohd Chand alias Builder Chand, 56, against whom a history sheet is maintained at the Mangalhat police station, was arrested on charges of possessing ganja and a dagger. The police seized 20.2 kilograms of ganja and a dagger from him. Acting on a tip off, a police team led by Mangalhat Inspector N Ravi […]

Hyderabad: Networking the functioning of various units of the police under single roof and driven by technology, the Command and Control Centre at Banjara Hills is all set to go operational in three months. The iconic Command and Control Centre, a fusion centre of technologies, will network 9.21 lakh cameras installed across the State and […]

Hyderabad: Cardiologists at Aware Gleneagles Global Hospital, LB Nagar on Tuesday announced that they have successfully performed minimally invasive Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure on a 72-year-old male patient, which involved replacing the narrowed aortic valve. The patient was suffering from multiple heart related ailments and was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of […]

Hyderabad: City-based sport analytics platform HomeGround has been selected for the Sport & Event Tech programme 2022 cohort by Startupbootcamp Australia. It is among the ten startups selected globally for the programme. This programme allows startups to get funding, mentors and a chance to present to top investor community. The three-month programme, which will begin […]

Hyderabad: In view of the visit of Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu to the city on Wednesday, there will be certain traffic restrictions. Accordingly, around 7pm, traffic may be stopped or diverted at Begumpet Airport – P&T Flyover – Shyam Lal building, Hyderabad Public School – Begumpet flyover – Punjagutta flyover – Jubilee Hills check-post and […]

Hyderabad: To encourage and support research initiatives related to transport and mobility in India, iHub-Data at IIIT Hyderabad has launched research fellowships for undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students. The fellowship is specifically targeted at final year undergraduate and MS/PhD engineering students to support projects in the broad area of transport and mobility covering topics such […]

Hyderabad: Swiggy has temporarily shut its pick-up and drop-off service Genie, as the company reportedly struggles to hire a delivery workforce and keep up with the demand. According to media reports, the Genie service has been unavailable for the past few days, mainly in major metro cities of Hyderabad, Benguluru and Mumbai. “Due to operational […]

Hyderabad: 90 My Tuition App, an Indian ed-tech start-up, on Tuesday announced the launch of its new ‘College Connect’ initiative which aims to target students pursuing their MBA and BTech degree and help them start their entrepreneurial journey. As part of the initiative, the company will provide new graduates with assistance and resources to assist […]

Hyderabad: iHUB DivyaSampark at IIT Roorkee and Imarticus Learning have joined hands to launch a certificate programme in Data Science and Machine Learning. Designed to make aspirants and professionals industry-ready, the course enables them to leverage Data Science and ML for effective decision-making. The course would be delivered through live, instructor-led sessions by an accomplished faculty […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Recykal is one of the five startups from India to be selected as World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers 2022”. The WEF’s Technology Pioneers are early to growth-stage companies worldwide that are involved in innovating solutions to the most pressing issues of the world. With this recognition, Recykal founder Abhay Deshpande will be invited […]

Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters posing as bank executives duped an elderly man of Rs.6.7 lakh at Neredmet. According to the police, the victim, VG Raghunatha Iyengar (76), from Defence Colony in Neredmet, received a call from a person on May 7, claiming to be a bank official. “On the pretext of updating his account, the fraudster […]

Hyderabad: Dragvanti, a unique platform that was started to bring awareness to drag traditions and culture in the country, is hosting Hyderabad Drag Fest on May 15 to highlight the drag space and how diversity can be presented with the work of art. “The event is bringing more than seven drag artistes together including some […]

Hyderabad: Marking the 77 years of Pippi Longstocking, the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children’s books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, the Embassy of Sweden is hosting a series of events at the IKEA store in the city till May 15. The events which are open to the public include an exhibition […]

Hyderabad: Swiss Re Global Business Solutions (GBS) India, the analytical and innovation hub of Swiss Re, will launch a new centre in Hyderabad in September. The new GBS centre strengthens Swiss Re’s commitment to India, as well as its digital, data and technology capabilities in delivering global solutions that make the world more resilient. Swiss […]

Hyderabad: A moving car caught fire in Rajendranagar on the city outskirts on Tuesday morning. The driver managed to escape on seeing flames from the engine. None were hurt in the incident and a short circuit in the engine is suspected to have caused the fire, police said. The incident occurred when the car was […]

Hyderabad: When the sun shines, there will be many trying to make hay, and that is exactly what is happening as government job prospects for the youth of Telangana are shining bright. Fraudsters are out to cheat those applying for jobs, prompting the police to issue a warning asking job aspirants to be extra vigilant. […]

Hyderabad: The traffic is all set to ease at three busy junctions in the IT corridor with the three-kilometre multi-level unidirectional flyover at Botanical Garden, crossing Kothaguda and Kondapur Junctions, likely to be inaugurated by October this year. Botanical Garden, Kothaguda and Kondapur junctions and their vicinities are the areas where traffic woes are expected […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has proposed to develop three new projects including a state-of-the-art convention centre worth Rs 18 crore at Khairatabad, specifically aimed at developing affordable urban infrastructure for economically weaker sections. As part of these efforts, the proposed mission-mode projects will be placed for approval before the GHMC Standing Committee […]

Hyderabad: Movies based on real life incidents can always rekindle public dialogue on the particular incident. Malayalam writer-director Kamal KM’s recent flick, ‘Pada’, streaming on Amazon Prime, is doing exactly that now, steering cinematic and political discussion domains towards a 1996 incident in Kerala, of the Palakkad District Collector being taken hostage by purported Maoists. […]

Hyderabad: Narayanpet District Congress chief K Shivakumar Reddy was booked by the Punjagutta police on charges of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage. According to the police, Shivakumar met the victim in 2020 and expressed his intention to marry her. When the woman questioned him on his previous marriage, Shiva Kumar convinced her […]

Hyderabad: California-based Grid Dynamics Holdings, a digital transformation services and solutions firm, announced the opening of Grid Dynamics India office in Hyderabad. The new centre is expected to employ 1,000 engineers by the end of 2022. “Hyderabad continuing to attract multinational companies is a testimony to the able and stable government that Telangana has, the […]

Hyderabad: Surveillance cameras make policing easier, and ensure law and order, which plays a vital role in development of the State, Education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy said here on Monday. She was speaking after inaugurating 284 surveillance cameras under the Community CCTV project at Jillelaguda on Monday. The Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) […]

Hyderabad: A goldsmith was murdered, allegedly by his colleague, at Charminar early on Monday. The man, Supratin Manna (24), a resident of Kokkarwadi in Charminar worked at the workshop of Prathap Kumar and was staying in the same building. On Sunday night, Supratin and another worker Deepak who came from Bengaluru recently to learn jewelry […]