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By Venkatanarayana Motkuri Telangana, once considered an educationally backward region, is now a progressive State in the same domain. Almost all of its 6-14 years-age children are attending schools, near universalisation. My estimate based on the unit-record data of the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS-III) 2019-20 shows nearly 99.5% of the children in the […]
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The Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission and prematurely release the 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case is outrageous and has shaken the public faith in the justice system. It is ironic that the move by the BJP government in the poll-bound State runs contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oft-repeated assurance […]
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Guwahati: A man accused in several cases, including for rape and murder, was beaten to death by a mob in Assam’s Lakhimpur district on Thursday, an official said. The deceased has been identified as Raju Baruah alias Gerjai, who had fled from police custody on Tuesday. Lakhimpur SP B.M. Rajkhowa said that Baruah was hiding […]
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Hyderabad: The repeated cycle of Covid reinfections and associated illness among individuals who test positive due to the new variants of Omicron has now fuelled the demand for updating the existing Covid vaccines. While the present-day Covid vaccines including the precautionary or booster doses have accorded protection from severe hospitalisations and deaths, they however have […]
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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 on the ratio and proportion topic that will help you in your preparation for the State government recruitment jobs. 1. Find the 3rd proportional to 9 and 72. a. 8 […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another instance of exhibiting extreme partisan attitude, the Centre has barred Telangana from carrying out buying or selling power ostensibly till dues to power plants were cleared. However, what it has ignored is the fact that Telangana has already cleared dues of Rs 1,370 crore. The union government’s decision has sent power […]
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Hyderabad: Candidates appearing for the Preliminary Written Test (PWT) for recruitment to constable vacancies in the police, transport and prohibition and excise departments will not be allowed into the examination centre even if they are late even by a minute after commencement of the exam. The PWT will be held on August 28 from 10 […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday described as a “serious issue” the matter raised by an NGO relating to the Central Board of Direct Taxes’ (CBDT) allegation against the makers of Dolo tablets that they had distributed freebies worth about Rs 1,000 crore to doctors for prescribing their 650 mg anti-inflammatory, fever reducer drug. […]
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Hyderabad: Read about some historical happenings that can get you high marks in the upcoming exams. These practice questions focusing on ancient Indian history and medieval Indian history will aid aspirants better prepare for the State government recruitment examinations. 1. The Puranas are considered to be composed by which of the following? a) Vasumitra b) […]
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Hyderabad: Over 22.50 lakh students have watched ‘Gandhi’ movie, which is being screened for free in theatres across the State as part of the Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavam. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had directed the officials to make arrangements for screening the movie in 552 theatres across the State. Accordingly, arrangements were made to screen […]
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Khammam: Police reportedly have taken six persons accused in the murder of a TRS leader Tammineni Krishnaiah into custody for questioning. However, an official statement was yet to come from the police in this regard. It was said that the accused Ramzan Shaik, Gajji Krishnaswamy, Nukala Lingaiah, Banda Nageshwar Rao, Bodapatla Sreenu and Yallampally Nagaiah […]
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Hyderabad: Graveyard shifts were never fun. And now, as the dreaded shift makes a comeback in the city’s IT sector, it is haunting techies, who for the major part of the last two years were working from home and were not actually worried about the shift that is notoriously unpopular in most firms. From sitting […]
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Bengaluru: The Sulaiman S Attaollahi-trained The Sovereign Orb appeals most in a field of Seven runners in the Leading Stud Stakes 1400 metres Class-I, a handicap for horses rated 80 and above the feature event of the final day’s races of the Bangalore Summer Meeting held here on Friday. False rails will be declared on […]
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Hyderabad: Scramjet, Arabian Queen, Advance Guard, Pedro Planet, Bugsy & White Roses impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Turgut (Deepak Singh) 48, moved easy. Long John (Khurshad Alam) 48, moved freely. That’s My Way (Afroz Khan) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Icicle (Deepak Singh) 46.5, […]
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Hyderabad: Munugode is fast turning into a political hot bed. Political parties are vying with each other to prove their upmanship even before the bypoll schedule is announced formally. They are putting in their best efforts to win this poll war which many are considering as the litmust test before the final battle for the […]
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Rajanna-Sircilla: Anti-Corruption Bureau officials trapped a head constable while he was accepting the bribe from a complainant in Vemulawada temple town on Thursday. According to the bureau, Vemula Bharat, who is running a chicken center near Baddi Pochamma temple in the town, had quarrelled with his neighbour trader on August 8. Police registered two cases […]
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Hyderabad: Media XI went down to Hyderabad Police by 18 runs by DLS method to settle for the second place in the final of the Freedom Cup T10 cricket tournament, organised by Hyderabad City Police as part of the celebrations of India’s 75th Independence Day, at the Gymkhana Cricket Ground, on Thursday. Opting to bat […]
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Hyderabad: The last date for self-reporting online by candidates who received a seat in the first phase of Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST) admission counselling has been extended till Friday. Earlier, the last date was August 18. A total of 83,003 students self-reported online till the last count on Thursday. Meanwhile, so far, as many […]
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Hyderabad: A man was duped of Rs 40 lakh on the pretext of investment in cryptocurrency by fraudsters. The victim, who works in a restaurant, is a resident of old Bhoiguda in Secunderabad. A few weeks ago, he got acquainted with one person on Facebook. The man introduced himself as a businessman trading in cryptocurrency […]
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Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre for unleashing false propaganda against the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS). He strongly condemned the corruption charges levelled by union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the execution of the project. In a strong counter, Harish Rao criticised the […]
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Hyderabad: The results of over 1,000 ear surgeries that were conducted by Head of ENT department, Care Hospitals, Dr N Vishnu Swaroop Reddy have been published in the prestigious Journal of Laryngology and Orology, Cambridge University Press, UK. The study was aimed at evaluating the long-term hearing outcomes in stapedotomy surgery, which is conducted to […]
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Hyderabad: A woman and her daughter were found hanging in their house in Borabanda on Thursday afternoon. According to the SR Nagar police, Tulasi Bai (40) lived along with her daughter Sirisha (16) in the huts near Sarada Cooperative Society in Borabanda. They eked out a livelihood by doing odd jobs after coming here from […]
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Hyderabad: A realtor was found hanging in his house at IDA Colony in Uppal on Wednesday night. Police suspect financial problem led to his death by suicide. K.Ramakrishna Prasad (39), who worked as a construction builder, was upset over losses in business and was staying in isolation from his family members for the last few […]
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Hyderabad: A youngster who sexually assaulted a minor girl three years ago was sentenced to life by a court on Thursday. The court imposed a fine of Rs.2,000 on him as well. Raja Joshua alias Nani (19), a private employee befriended a girl aged around 15 years and spoke to her regularly over phone. On […]
