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Hyderabad: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has sworn in as the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on Tuesday in a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to Justice Bhuyan. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao also attended the ceremony. Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy, Telangana State […]
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San Francisco: The Supreme Court in the US has declined Apple’s bid for a hearing over two patents by chip-maker Qualcomm that alleged infringement of its technologies by the iPhone maker. Qualcomm and Apple in 2019 announced an agreement to dismiss all ongoing litigations, including with Apple’s contract manufacturers, between the two companies worldwide. The […]
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New Delhi: Nearly nine in 10 (87 per cent) professional workers in India believe that sharing emotions at work makes them more productive and boosts feelings of belonging, a new LinkedIn report said on Tuesday. The research revealed that more than three in four (76 per cent) professionals in India feel more comfortable expressing their […]
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New Delhi: Google has invested in Indian startup Progcap that caters to small and medium-sized businesses, as it raised $40 million in its Series C funding round. The funding into Progcap, which serves more than 700,000 small retailers by extending a revolving credit line of $10,000 to $12,500 to them, was led by Creation Investments […]
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New Delhi: Anyone who’s ever had a pet knows how important it is to get them vaccinated on time to protect them against all known diseases, whether minor or major one. When it comes to dogs, vaccination is paramount early on, along with periodic booster doses afterwards. The full range of puppy vaccinations begin from […]
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Mumbai: At least one person was killed and another 11 injured when one wing of a three-storied residential building crashed in Kurla suburb around midnight, BMC Disaster Control said here on Tuesday. According to the officials, the entire wing of the ground-plus-three floor Naik Nagar Building in Kurla east crashed minutes before midnight, trapping many […]
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Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy called the missile strike on a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk that killed 16 people, as one of the “most brazen terrorist acts in European history”. According to the President, there were some 1,000 civilians inside the busy Amstor mall which was hit by two missiles at about […]
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Houston: At least 40 people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, local authorities said. The tractor-trailer truck was found on Monday evening next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the city’s southern outskirts, Xinhua news agency reported citing local media as saying. San Antonio is located 250 km from […]
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Lucknow: At seven, she was raped in a train and then dumped in an empty coach. The fact that she was mentally challenged, added to her trauma. The sexual assault left her with a ruptured urinary tract and anal canal, which led to urination and defecation through a single passage. Apart from passing urine and […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google has announced that it is now starting the process of migrating free, personal Hangouts users to Chat, which it announced in October 2020. The company mentioned that users who wish to keep a copy of their Hangouts data to use Google Takeout — to download their data before Hangouts is […]
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Amman: Twelve people were killed and 251 others injured in a toxic chlorine gas leak from a container at Jordan’s Aqaba port, state media reported. Jordan opened a large field hospital in Aqaba to treat those injured in Monday’s leakage as the Red Sea port city’s hospitals have reached full capacity, Xinhua news agency quoted […]
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San Francisco: After Tesla CEO Elon Musk ordered its remote employees to return to the office, several workers have reported about lack of seats and crappy Wi-Fi, which indicated that the company was ill-prepared to welcome back its staffers, media reports say. Employees who arrived at Tesla’s Fremont, California facility reportedly did not even have […]
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Washington: Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure. Such social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the total ban on Single Use Plastic (SUP) from July 1, about 200-odd brand owners, including several MNCs, and 26 importers of plastic have registered for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging under the amended Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016. As per the data from Central Pollution Control Board […]
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Lucknow: Another case has been filed against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma for his controversial tweet on NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu. The FIR has been lodged at Hazratganj police station in Lucknow on the complaint of a social worker, Manoj Singh. Earlier, a case was registered against Varma in Telangana in connection with the controversial […]
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Jerusalem: The well-being of patients depends on effective pain treatment. According to a recent study, doctors prescribed less painkillers at night than during the day. The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’. One of the largest problems facing the modern healthcare system is pain management. […]
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The country is rapidly moving towards a cashless economy as digital transactions have made life easier by eliminating the need of travelling to pay cash. Just log on to the internet and NEFT or RTGS transactions are completed via a short-term payment called the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), offered by the National Payment Corporation of […]
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By Arun Sinha Thanks to Hindu revivalists, ‘historical wrong’ is never out of the news. We are at the Gyanvapi mosque today but we will surely go to other mosques sooner or later. For, so deeply traumatised is the Hindu heart by the demolition of temples by the Muslim rulers in medieval India — we […]
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Unveiling of the $600-billion infrastructure fund at the ongoing summit of leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries is a timely and necessary initiative, widely seen as the West’s response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The new fund will help developing countries tackle climate change. The decision was announced in the midst […]
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Hyderabad: Plans are afoot to take up the development of various fishing projects on about 159 acres of land under different irrigation projects constructed by the State government in Telangana. The officials of the Fisheries Department have been directed to come up with proposals in this regard, with a provision to provide employment opportunities to […]
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Advent of European companies 1. The Danes came to India in 1616. They however, did not find a foothold in India and consequently sold their settlement in India to a) The French b) The British c) The Portuguese d) The Netherlanders Ans: b Explanation: The Danes never made much impression on India. In 1845, they […]
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Hyderabad: Kuwait’s Al-Kuwait crushed Mes Kerman 30-17 in the final league match of the Asian Handball Men’s Club League at the GMC Balayogi Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. With this victory Al-Kuwait confirmed their berth in the semifinals. In the other match, Al-Waqra (Qatar) and Al-Najma (Bahrain) played out a 24-all draw. Qatar’s Bakari […]
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This article is in continuation to the last article focusing on Dalit Bahujan Social Reform Movements in Telangana. Leaders like Bhagya Reddy Varma had initiated several cultural and spiritual activities while opposing the caste dharma in the society Bhagya Reddy Varma initiated several cultural and spiritual activities for the growth of Jagan Mitra Mandali. Harikatha […]
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Wimbledon: These days, Novak Djokovic makes history just about every time he wins another match. On Monday, the top-ranked Serb did just that at Wimbledon. Djokovic, a six-time champion at the All England Club, beat Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court, his 80th victory at the grass-court major. With it, he became […]
