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Under the new UK-India Young Professionals Scheme, the country will offer 3,000 places annually to 18-30 year-old degree educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work here for up to two years.

"Beginning of eco-tourism would open up multiple opportunities for local residents, including youths," Verma said, adding that it would also help in conservation of local ecology.

Pegged as Asia's prime technological event, the three-day event is being held at the Bengaluru Palace grounds.

Hyderabad: With Europe in recession now and US heading for one, India is the only country which has the potential to become the manufacturing hub for the world in the future, said P Subba Rao, CMD, Ananth Technologies. He spoke at the industry body FTCCI CEO forum on `Navigation of your entrepreneurial journey.’ Tracing his […]

Like his other possessions that have been fetching high sums recently, a pair of Birkenstocks sandals owned by Apple founder Steve Jobs has been sold for around Rs 1.7 crore ($218,750) at an auction. Apparently, Jobs gave his sandals to his house manager Mark Sheff and they remained with him until recently. The Birkenstocks sandals […]

The programmes consist of four integrated elements including a rigorous disciplinary major, an interdisciplinary component combined with an intensive internship focused on occupational readiness.

Hyderabad: The Telangana AI Mission (T-AIM) is inviting applications to the third cohort of the Revv Up startup acceleration programme. This is an initiative of the Government of Telangana and powered by industry body Nasscom. Early-stage startups working in artificial intelligence (AI) are eligible to apply. Revv Up, which began its first cohort of 42 […]

Bengaluru: Dubious apps on Google Play Store have impersonated the Directorate of Kerala State’s lotteries — Kerala Lottery Online and India Kerala Lottery — and are duping people, cybersecurity researchers warned on Tuesday. Both the applications hosted on Google Play Store have over one million downloads and were found impersonating the Online Kerala lottery which […]

Hyderabad: With the BCCI deciding to hold a mini IPL auction on December 23 in Kochi, today is the last date for franchises to submit the retention players list. The franchises have time up to 5 pm today to submit their lists to BCCI. Punjab Kings has a total purse of Rs 8.45 crore and […]

Hyderabad: If you see your PF statement, you will find three components – Employee share, Employer share, and Pension Contribution or Employee Pension Scheme (EPS). While the amount that gets deducted from your gross salary towards the provident fund is called employee share, the amount which the employer contributes towards your provident fund is known […]

Hyderabad: In what could come as major relief to those looking forward to go on a Haj pilgrimage to Mecca, from next season, the Haj Committees of all States have urged the Central Haj Committee to reduce the expenditure by at least Rs.1 lakh, with the latter responding positively to the request. Similarly, the Telangana […]

In a milestone for humanity, the global population hit 8 billion on Tuesday after having added a billion people in the last 12 years, with India on the cusp of overtaking China as the world's most populous country next year.

Who is Aftab Amin Poonawala? What drove him to take these extreme steps? Here’s all you need to know about this hideous crime.  

Sania and Shoaib tied the knot in 2010 and shifted base to Dubai.

In its ongoing search to recover the remains of 27 year-old Shraddha Walker who was murdered by her live-in partner Aftab Ameen Poonawalla, a Delhi Police team on Tuesday collected 10 samples suspected to be human from the Mehrauli forest area.

The family of 26-year-old Shraddha claimed that sometimes, she used to inform her mother that Aftab beats her.

Police sources said that they have found some bones in the forest area which is being sent for examination.

The Delhi High Court has observed that the intention of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is to protect children minor from sexual exploitation and that it was never meant to criminalise consensual romantic relationships between young adults.

The BJP men had allegedly offered huge amounts of money, prominent posts in the saffron party and Central government contracts to the MLAs.

Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people in “corporate and technology jobs starting as soon as this week.”

Jeddah: The Karthika Masam, started after the completion of Diwali and considered an auspicious month in the Telugu calendar, is being celebrated by Telugu NRIs across the region in the Gulf. The Telugu NRI community living in Oman on Friday celebrated it with a grand note by hosting Vana Bhojanam and offering Sahasra lingarchana, Rudra […]

Kothagudem: The Central Committee of the Communist party of India (Maoist) opposed the Supreme Court (SC) judgment on reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) and upholding the constitutional validity of the 103rd Constitutional amendment of 2019. The November 7 judgment was in the direction of abolishing affirmative action for SC/ST/OBCs in the name of providing […]

Hyderabad: It’s no surprise why passengers are getting increasingly wary of travelling in trains, especially long distance ones in India. As per the data released by the Ministry of Railways, for the last six years, almost all the trains, including Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi Express have failed to maintain their scheduled time on a regular […]

The female street dog was adopted by the owner who got her married to the neighbour’s dog Sheru.