Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Forum For A Better Hyderabad (FBH), an environmental protection organisation, organised the release of the book ‘The Green Puzzle’ on Sunday. Around 50 members of the civil society, teachers and members of NGOs participated in the programme. The book authored by Dr Bhaskar Rao, chairman, Centre for Media Studies, Delhi, was released by Principal Chief Conservator of […]

Hyderabad: Principal Secretary to ITE&C Department, Jayesh Ranjan, inaugurated Rockford Overseas Consultants at Erramanzil Road, Banjara Hills, here on Sunday. Additional Commissioner of Police, Shikha Goel, and others also participated in the inaugural. Speaking on the occasion, Jayesh Ranjan cited instances of youth aspiring to go abroad for further studies being taken for a ride […]

Hyderabad: The IAS Association has strongly condemned the comments made by former APSRTC chairman Gone Prakash Rao against Adilabad Collector Sikta Patnaik in an interview with some television channels. The association, in a statement, urged Director General of Police Mahender Reddy to initiate necessary action for highly objectionable remarks against a woman officer. The association […]

Hyderabad: Dr P Muralidhar Reddy, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, developed a new rapid detection test kit for Vitamin D that would cost Rs 50 per person and gives results in just nine minutes. Adopting the ‘Rapid sensitive Advanced Mass Spectrometry Detection method’, Dr Reddy worked on the test under the supervision of […]

Hyderabad: An international passenger who arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad on Sunday from at-risk countries has tested positive for Covid-19. The Covid positive passenger has been shifted to Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), Gachibowli for isolation and blood samples were collected and sent for full genome sequencing by the surveillance teams of […]

Hyderabad: A resident of the old city approached the Hussainialam police alleging Charminar legislator Mumtaz Ahmed Khan of assaulting him over a petty issue on Saturday night. Ghulam Ghouse Jeelani, who stays at Panch Mohalla in Charminar, claimed he was sitting near his house when the legislator who was passing by, came and hit him […]

Hyderabad: A study conducted on paediatric cases in several government hospitals in the country, including Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, by researchers from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has indicated that the Delta variant was the leading cause of Covid-19 infections among Indian children during the second wave of the pandemic. The preprint study, available […]

By Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Prabhu There is a persisting pandemic, uncertainty of livelihoods, tough competition, and a lot of anxiety about what’s happening or going to happen. It is also a fact that some of us are reaching a point of emotional breakdown. But, still, it is not a surprise. These things do […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police helped 25 persons, who lost their money in various cybercrimes, get back their amount totalling Rs 34.27 lakh. During the investigation, the cybercrime unit tracked down the transfer of funds from a bank account or wallet to the other and reverted it into the account of the victim. All the cases […]

Hyderabad: Woxsen University is looking to add more facilities at its 200-acre residential campus located in Sangareddy in Telangana. The private university will be unveiling four facilities, which will include Bloomberg Finance Lab, an expansive library and a self-learning centre, mega sports arena and a high-tech academic block. The four new-age additions will be formally […]

Hyderabad: The mercury is dropping below the normal range in several parts of the city. On Sunday, the overall minimum temperature in Hyderabad was 20.6 degree Celsius. However, Rajendranagar recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 15.9 degree Celsius, which is at least three degrees lesser than normal. Several other localities in the city, including Saroornagar, […]

Hyderabad: In the early hours of Sunday, there was a musical sweetness in the air at the Buddha Statue in Hussain Sagar Lake. About 230-plus music lovers from the city gathered around for a 70-minute first-of-its-kind Sitar recital by Ramprapanna Bhattacharya accompanied by Thakur Harikit Singh on Tabla. These two performers began the concert with […]

Hyderabad: A doctor ended his life by injecting some substance, suspected to be poisonous in nature, in his body with the help of a saline bottle at SR Nagar, the police said here on Sunday. The man identified as K Raj Kumar (29), a resident of SR Nagar worked at a private hospital in Ameerpet. […]

Hyderabad: As part of a curtain raiser for the upcoming Hyderabad marathon, which is scheduled to be held on December 19, a ‘5K Fun Run’ was organised at the University of Hyderabad campus on Sunday, which attracted nearly 1,500 novice runners from across the city. The ‘5K Fun Run’, which was flagged-off by Ramesh Reddy, […]

Overcoming the barrier of pandemic, after two years, Shudrka Hyderabad staged a Telugu play Rakshasudi Thota at Lamakaan. It is based on Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant. Shudrka Hyderabad, an amateur theatre group based in the twin city of Hyderabad-Secunderabad, has been performing plays in Hindi, Bangla and Telugu since 2004. Rakshasudi Thota is a […]

Participating in the PTSU Foundation Day celebrations here on Sunday, Naidu said people should take pride in speaking their mother tongue and stressed on the importance of language in forming one’s identity and boosting self-confidence.

Hyderabad: Any Hyderabadi gathering or gossip is incomplete without a sip of steaming hot chai or luscious paan. And, for Hyderabadis who work thousands of miles away, in the Gulf region, it’s the love for chai and paan that makes them come together. Nayeem, popularly known as Tie Nayeem, cashed in on this love by […]

Hyderabad: Transplant surgeons at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Secunderabad, have conducted a ‘breathing lung transplant’ on a middle-aged patient who was suffering from end-stage lung disease and was waiting for a donor lung since August. According to a press release, breathing lung transplant involves preserving the functions of donor lungs while they are […]

Hyderabad: Medicover Hospitals, Madhapur, conducted a special health camp for members of Movie Artists Association (MAA) on Sunday. Close to 250 members of MAA availed the free special healthcare package, which was worth Rs.5,000, a press release said. “Members of MAA through their entertainment played an important role in keeping people mentally happy during the […]

Hyderabad: Three persons were killed and one injured in a road accident involving a car and lorry at Dundigal on city outskirts late on Saturday night. According to the police, the incident occured when a car carrying four persons rammed into a lorry stationed on the road near Coca Cola road stretch. Three of the […]

Hyderabad: Conservation works taken up at the historic Mecca Masjid will be soon expedited with the Minority Welfare Department asking the Heritage Department to complete the works before Ramzan. The conservation works of the 17th century mosque were initiated in the year 2017 and have been continuing. The authorities had initially fixed a time frame […]

Hyderabad: There are indications that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has probably reached many Indian cities and is already there in the community. However, Indians have acquired strong seropositivity and the new virus will not find it easy to be transmissible, top genome expert and former Director of Hyderabad-based Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology […]

Hyderabad: Gubba Cold Storage, a Hyderabad-based cold storage solutions company, is now planning to add two more pharmaceutical cold storage units in addition to the existing three units. The new units are likely to be set up in Mumbai and will see investment of about Rs 60 crore. They will be operational in about two […]

Many students and parents considering undergraduate (bachelor’s degree) programs in the United States enquire commonly about the liberal arts aspect of US colleges and universities. Today we discuss this topic in our special topic series on US higher education. The liberal arts philosophy is a unique feature of the US higher education system and offers […]