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New Delhi: Shares of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) hit the upper circuit limit for the third straight day in the opening trade on Friday. The company’s shares have been rising after Adani group’s hostile takeover bid with the announcement of an open offer on Tuesday to acquire an additional 26 per cent stake. The […]
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Uri: A video emerged on Friday of Pakistani terrorists who were trying to infiltrate into Indian territory. Army and #Baramulla Police neutralised 03 infiltrators (#Pakistani Terrorist) near Madiyan Nanak post in #Kamalkote sector of #Uri yesterday.@ChinarcorpsIA @NorthernComd_IA @adgpi @indiatvnews pic.twitter.com/S4Rk9fRRcy — Manish Prasad (@manishindiatv) August 26, 2022 Three terrorists can be seen in the video […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 79.86 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday, driven by foreign fund inflows and a firm trend in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 79.87 against the dollar and inched higher to touch 79.86, registering a gain of 6 paise […]
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New Delhi: India logged 10,256 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,89,176, while the active cases declined to 90,707, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,27,556 with 68 fatalities which includes 29 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]
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Panaji:Family members of Haryana BJP leader and TikTok star Sonali Phogat has alleged that she was brought to Goa on the pretext of film shoot by accused persons. “Sudhir Sagwan (PA of Phogat) told us that film shooting was there on August 24. But hotel rooms were booked only for two days, on August 22 […]
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Tokyo: Star Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty assured themselves of a maiden medal at the World Championships after stunning world number 2 Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the quarterfinals here on Friday. The world number 7 Indian combination, which had claimed the Commonwealth Games gold medal earlier […]
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Berlin: The German government is eyeing a Unesco heritage status for the pretzel, a traditional type of baked bread that is commonly shaped into a knot. Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir is getting behind an application by the baker’s guild of Baden-Wurttemberg for pretzel-baking to be recognised by Unesco for intangible cultural heritage status, dpa news […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo and video sharing platform Instagram has announced that it will limit sensitive content for new teen users by default on the platform. Instagram said that the Sensitive Content Control has only two options for teens — “Standard” and “Less”. “New teens on Instagram under 16 years old will be defaulted into […]
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Washington: Four Indian-American women have been racially abused and smacked by a Mexican-American woman in the US state of Texas who hurled racist slurs at them that they are “ruining” America and should “go back to India”. This is so scary. She actually had a gun and wanted to shoot because these Indian American women […]
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San Francisco: The controversy surrounding the safety of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software has intensified as the car maker has demanded that an advocacy group remove videos of its electric vehicles crashing into kid-sized dummies. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to the Dawn Project, an anti-Tesla group fronted by software developer Dan O’Dowd, Tesla alleged the […]
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Buenos Aires: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and discussed measures for making trade ties more sustainable and ambitious as well as the potential for bilateral cooperation in defence and nuclear energy. Jaishankar, who arrived here on Thursday the final leg of his maiden official visit to three Latin […]
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Amroha: In a shocking incident, a woman sacrificed her 18-month-old nephew as a part of a ‘tantrik’ ritual. The incident took place at Malakpur village under Adampur police station in Amroha district. Police have detained the woman, Saroj Devi, 32, and her husband. The child’s father, Ramesh Kumar, 28, said, “My elder brother and sister-in-law had […]
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has issued an advisory on tomato flu, a hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that is identified by the symptom of tomato-shaped blisters. “The best thing for prevention is maintaining proper hygiene and sanitisation of the surroundings. Parents should tell their children not to hug or touch other children having […]
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By Pramod K Nayar Heroes adorn poetry, whether in Greek epics or Hindu ones. Their valour, their appearance, their chivalry and their inspirational actions have served poetry well. So what would poetry about dictators, villains, tyrants and evil-doers – real and mythic – be like? The Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges once said in his […]
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Weaponising the Central investigating agencies to target political opponents and crush dissent has been a troubling trend. The NDA government has been blatantly misusing the probe agencies to go after the rivals in a manner that is transparently unethical and immoral. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been turned into a tool to torment the opposition […]
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Hyderabad: All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi appealed to the public to ensure peace prevails in the city on Friday. In a video message, the AIMIM leader said it is collective responsibility of all to ensure peace is maintained after Friday prayers. “I appeal to the public not to take out […]
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By Vijay Mohan Raj There was a time not very long ago when cricket league matches of Hyderabad Cricket Association were played on choir matting pitches. The Parade Grounds in Secunderabad which had several mud pitches side by side was a spectacle for the cricket enthusiast specially on a week end which was generally the schedule […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article focusing on the ratio and proportion topic. Here are some practice questions along with solutions that will help you in your preparation for the State government recruitment tests. 1. A person whose monthly income is Rs 363 spends an amount equal to his 3 months […]
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Hyderabad: Policies, government and governance constitute a major part of current affairs topic. These practice questions focusing on modern Indian polity will aid aspirants to better prepare for the State government recruitment examinations. Consider the following statements about Tana Bhagat movement: 1. Tana Bhagat is a tribal community mainly found in Maharashtra 2. They opposed […]
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New Delhi: High-voltage drama unfolded on Thursday with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal summoning the AAP MLAs at his residence as he accused the BJP of trying to topple his government by offering Rs 800 crore to 40 of his legislators for switching sides and asked if this money came from GST collections, PM CARES […]
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Hyderabad: Secunderabad will soon have one more weekend picnic spot, if plans of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development department materialize without any hurdle. A proposal to rejuvenate the Kapra Lake, once among the biggest water bodies this side of the city, is moving towards the implementation phase, with the MA&UD planning to clean and […]
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Hyderabad: You are never too old to follow your dreams. Ask Uma Maheshwari, who survived a heart condition, fought cancer and lost her husband to Covid but still fought back and turned into an entrepreneur at the age of 60. Maheshwari had confided to her daughter Ritesha that she wanted to make handmade presents for […]
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Hyderabad: Preparing for recruitment examinations in right earnest entails wide and varied activities. Identification and collation of right information is the most important one. This is what we call ‘information era’ where, whether one wants or not, one is flooded with information about anything and everything. Even as you narrow down your perspectives to the […]
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Hyderabad: Telugu Yoddhas lost to Gujarat Giants 51-48 in a close contest at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge, Pune on Thursday. P Siva Reddy, who secured 3.18 minutes in defence as well as scored three points, Abhinandhan Patil and skipper Ranjan Shetty also played crucial roles in Gujarat Giants’ win by adding nine […]
