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New Delhi: India is set to deploy drones to gather atmospheric data that is currently collated by sending sensors through weather balloons released from at least 55 locations across the country twice every day. The sensors embedded in a radiosonde, which is a telemetry instrument carried by a weather balloon, record atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind […]
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New Delhi: The Test and ODI captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team, Mithali Raj, on Wednesday announced her retirement from all formats of international cricket. Mithali is retiring as the leading run-scorer in the women’s ODIs. She represented India in 232 matches, scoring 7805 runs at an average of 50.68. In Tests, Mithali […]
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New Delhi: With an aim to empower teachers and students, tech giant Google on Wednesday announced that it is sharing new updates to Chromebooks, Google Classroom and Google Meet. For those using the Google Workspace for Education Plus or Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Google said it is adding features focused on increasing interconnectivity, control and […]
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Tehran: At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured after a passenger train derailed and rammed into an excavator in Tabas, eastern Iran on Wednesday, media reports said. The incident occurred at 5:30 a.m local time, Islamic Republic News Agency said. Around 350 passengers were on board the train and the derailment occurred some […]
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Hyderabad: Actress Kangana Ranaut, who is known for her controversial remarks, is once again in headlines as she calls Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker “Idiot of a man,” based on a parody video. A spoof video of the CEO commenting on an Indian Twitter user’s boycott call is going viral on the internet. Following […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A teenager, K Shravan drowned in Peddavagu, while another youngster Bittu also from Easgaon, was rescued when they were swimming for fun near Namanagar village of Kaghaznagar mandal on Wednesday. Condition of the survived is learned to be critical. Body of the teenager is yet to be fished out, Easgaon SI K […]
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Los Angeles: The debut of the first seven episodes of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 marked Netflix’s biggest premiere weekend ever, drawing in 287 million hours viewed in just three days. According to ‘Variety’, now, after the season’s first full week of availability, its success continued and broke another, and bigger, record: It’s Netflix’s third most […]
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Hyderabad: The Rein Bazaar police took into custody two persons who allegedly organized a ‘mujra party’ in front of their house during a birthday function last night. A video in which a couple of women dancing along with men while youngsters are seen sitting and watching the performance went viral on social media platforms on […]
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Chennai: Actor Kamal Haasan, who gifted a Lexus car to Lokesh Kanakaraj, the director of his just released action entertainer ‘Vikram’, has now gifted bikes to all the assistant directors of the film. The actor, who is overwhelmed by the phenomenal response to the film which has set cash registers ringing all over the world, has […]
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Chennai: Actress Samyuktha Hegde, who recently watched actor Rakshit Shetty’s upcoming film, ‘777 Charlie’, has heaped praises on both the film and its cast and crew. Taking to Instagram to wish the actor a belated birthday, the actress said, “Happy belated birthday to you. Watching ‘777 Charlie’ yesterday made me relive so many of the moments […]
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Toronto: Indians will benefit the most from changes introduced by Canada to its super visa programme for parents and grandparents. Under the changes announced by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on Tuesday, parents and grandparents coming to Canada can now stay here for up to five years per entry. The changes will kick in from July […]
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New Delhi: Taking into account the increase in prices since the housing loan limits were last revised and considering the customer needs, central bank Reserve Bank of India decided to increase the existing limits on individual housing loans by the cooperative banks. Accordingly, the limits for Tier I or Tier II urban cooperative banks shall […]
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San Francisco: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he thinks that Starlink, the satellite Internet division of his rocket company, will take at least three to four years, from now, to go public. Musk stated about Starlink’s initial public offering (IPO) during a recent all-hands meeting with SpaceX employees, reports Teslarati. During the meeting, Musk reportedly highlighted […]
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Hyderabad: A minor girl was raped, allegedly by her friend, in the Monda Market police station limits in Secunderabad. The suspect has been arrested. According to the police, the victim was a Class 10 student and lived with her parents in a rented house in Secunderabad. For the last few months, she was into a […]
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday proposed to allow the linking of credit cards to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform. After the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the implementation will start with the indigenous RuPay credit cards. “At present, UPI facilitates transactions by linking savings/current […]
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New Delhi: Over 90 vehicles, including 10 cars, were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in a metro parking lot in the national capital on Wednesday morning, an official said. Fire in Jamia Nagar’s electric motor parking, 11 fire tenders on the spot#JamiaNagar #electricmotorparking #Fire #जामियानगर pic.twitter.com/VGE9FJQbCU — city andolan (@city_andolan) June 8, 2022 […]
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Hyderabad: A local court on Wednesday granted the Jubilee Hills police three days custody of the prime suspect in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case. Saduddin Malik was arrested by the police on Friday last and remanded in judicial custody. Malik along with five other juveniles are allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a minor […]
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New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a man was stabbed to death in Delhi’s Anand Parbat area by a group of boys after a scuffle broke out over Rs 10 for a cigarette. The deceased in the case was identified as Vijay while the accused were identified as Ravi, Jatin, Sonu Kumar and Ajay. A […]
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Los Angeles: C. Robert Cargill, screenwriter for Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer ‘Doctor Strange’, has heaped praises on the Indian film ‘RRR’, helmed by S.S. Rajamouli. Friends came over last night to initiate me into the cult of RRR (RISE ROAR REVOLT) and I’m here to report I am now fully, truly, deeply a member. This is the […]
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Brussels: Chargers will be harmonized for small and medium-sized portable electronic devices by 2024 in the European Union (EU), negotiators of the European Parliament and the Council have agreed. “By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU,” a press release from the Parliament […]
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Moscow: Following a freeze on activities in Russia earlier this year, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has informed employees that the company is ending all operations in the country and has begun laying off employees. In a letter shared with the employees, Krishna stated that the company’s focus for months has been on looking after the […]
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Chateauroux: Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara clinched a gold medal with a world record score of 250.6 in Women’s 10m Air Rifle standing SH1 here at the Chateauroux Para-Shooting World Cup on Tuesday and secured a place at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The 20-year-old shooter broke her own world record of 249.6. Poland’s Emilia […]
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New Delhi: Daily coronavirus infections in India were recorded above 5,000 after 93 days taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,90,282, while the active cases rose to 28,857, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. A total of 5,233 infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours, while the […]
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Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 9 paise to 77.69 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy decision. A weak trend in domestic equities, surging crude oil prices and unabated foreign fund outflows capped the appreciation bias of the rupee, forex dealers said. The RBI’s […]
