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Hyderabad: What started as a fictional concept in 1992 is slowly becoming a reality – albeit in the virtual world. Metaverse, which was first coined by Neal Stephenson in his fictional book Snow Crash has over the past few years gained prominence – thanks to Facebook which has transformed into Meta. The Facebooks, Microsofts and […]
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New Delhi: The government on Thursday increased the upper-age limit to 23 years from 21 years for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme for the year 2022 amid widespread protests against the new model for enrolment of soldiers into the three services. Unveiling the scheme on Tuesday, the government had said the entry age for all […]
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Hyderabad: Prior to Salar Jung, there was no systematic police administration. In the districts, police work was performed by the irregular troops, the Shibandi Peons, the Nizamats and the villages servants. The law and order was separated from revenue department and a separate Police department called Mahakma-i-Kotwali was established. A Police force called Nizamath was […]
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Hyderabad: A two Bench panel consisting of the Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili of the Telangana High Court refused to entertain a PIL relating to constitution of a boundary wall of Waqf property in Begumpet. The petitioners, S. V. Ranga and others complained against permission granted for the construction of […]
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Hyderabad: This article will help you deal with questions related to significant happenings across the globe in the TSPSC exams. Here are a few sample questions covering an umbrella of topics that you can read through. 1. World’s highest weather station has been installed in which of the following countries? a. Netherlands b. Denmark c. […]
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By Aishwarya Jain Hyderabad: Memorising can be tough, especially when you’re not eating right. Here are three foods you can try – they give you the right nutrients that you need to boost your brainpower: Turmeric A staple in Indian households, pasupu, or haldi, is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound. It contains curcumin, a bright […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article on preparation for the Sub-Inspector of Police recruitment exam. Here are some previous year questions and answers along with explanations on the Simple Interest and Compound Interest topic. 1. P lends Rs 15,000 to Q for a simple interest 8% per annum and Q lends […]
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Hyderabad: Cotton farmers have spent about Rs 500 crore buying herbicide-tolerant cotton seeds (HtBt). Cotton cultivation using HtBt seeds is considered illegal as the government has not yet approved its use. This year, the HtBt crop is likely to be about 20 per cent of the total extent (about 24 lakh hectares of 120 lakh […]
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Hyderabad: The study of life, living organisms, life cycles of various species of organisms, and the environments they live in – these broadly come under the biological sciences. Here are some sample questions to help you understand the basics of biology. Q. True nucleus is absent in a. Anabaena b. Mucor c. Vaucheria d. Volvox […]
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Hyderabad: Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Thursday launched the fifth phase of the Green India Challenge initiated by Rajya Sabha MP J Santosh Kumar. Speaking on the occasion, Sadhguru, who was in the city as part of his solo motorcycle ride from London to India for the global awareness campaign ‘Save Soil’, said […]
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Hyderabad: Senior IPS officer T Srinivas Rao took over charge as Cyberabad Traffic DCP on Thursday. Rao, a 2013 batch IPS officer, holds a Master’s Degree in Mathematics and has earlier worked at various positions in the CID, Raj Bhavan, as OSD at Khammam, and as SDPO in Jangaon and Paleru. After assuming charge, Rao […]
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Hyderabad: With card tokenisation set to come into place from July 1, there are many questions being raised about the system and why is it important. Tokenisation is a process by which card details are replaced by a unique code thus making online payments safer and secure without the need to share full card details. […]
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Hyderabad: The BJP appears to have a purifier effect on ‘tainted’ leaders who join the party. How else does one explain the phenomenon of leaders from opposition parties facing serious charges of corruption and financial irregularities suddenly turning up squeaky clean once they join the saffron party? From Himanta Biswa Sarma to Jyotiraditya Scindia, from […]
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Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand has floated the idea of forming peace forces comprising of local youth at the ward level and exhorted the elders to be proactive in guiding them. Speaking at a Central Peace and Welfare Committee meeting at his office on Thursday, Anand expressed confidence that the youth forces if formed, […]
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Hyderabad: The milestone has been achieved in construction of the 4000 MW Yadadri Thermal Power Plant, with the installation of the 450 tonnes generator rotor at the project site near Dameracherla in Nalgonda district. In the presence of TSGenco and TSTransco chairman and managing director D Prabhakar Rao, the BHEL officials and the TSGenco officials […]
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Hyderabad: Defending former union Minister Renuka Chowdhary, who grabbed the collar of a police officer, TPCC president Revanth Reddy said Congress workers were staging a protest peacefully but the police had provoked them, which led to heated arguments. “Congress will not tolerate any such provocative attempts. All the false cases booked against our leaders should […]
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Hyderabad: For second consecutive day, the hashtag “#ModiMustResign” kept trending nation-wide with more than 1.2 lakh tweets for more than 18 hours. Apart from the TRS and other Opposition parties launching an attack on the Modi government, the netizens of India as well as Sri Lanka joined the tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kickstarted […]
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Hyderabad: Customs officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad on Thursday seized gold weighing 1.646 kg from a woman passenger who arrived here on a Sharjah-Hyderabad flight. The estimated worth of the seized gold was around Rs.86 lakhs. According to Customs officials, following specific inputs, the passenger was caught smuggling the yellow metal […]
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Hyderabad: Gujjeti Anudeep, research scholar, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH), has been selected as a Young Leader in the spring 2022 cohort of the Pacific Forum Young Leaders programme. Anudeep is carrying out his doctoral research on ‘India Japan Relations in the Post-cold war period’. For this, he’s […]
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Hyderabad: The Nampally police on Thursday rescued Mariam, a two-and-a-half-year old girl who was abducted while sleeping beside her mother on the pavement on Monday night. The alleged kidnapper, Shaik Asgar, 33, a construction worker from Shaheen Nagar in Chandrayangutta, was arrested. According to the police, Mariam was staying with her parents Rizwana Begum and […]
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Hyderabad: In a move aimed at regulating surrogacy and assisted reproduction, Telangana government has constituted State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board under Surrogacy (Regulations) Act, 2021 and has notified appointment of Appropriate Authority for surrogacy and associated reproduction. Accordingly, the Board headed by Health Minister will have Secretary, Health, SAM Rizvi as Vice-Chairperson and […]
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Vikarabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said opposition parties were filing cases to create hurdles in Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation (PRLI) project but assured that Telangana Government would complete the project. “Many development works, which could not be completed in the last 60 years are completed in six years by TRS Government,” said Harish Rao. […]
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Rajkot: Under pressure India skipper Rishabh Pant will be hoping to tide over his struggles with the bat and help the hosts improve their middle overs play when they take on South Africa in the fourth T20 International here on Friday. Save Pant’s problems, India were able to plug the gaps in Vizag to open […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government has adopted Clinical Establishments Act (Registration and Regulation), 2011, handing a wide range of powers to the health department for regulating and levying hefty penalties on private healthcare establishments in the State. Formally adopting Clinical Establishments Act as Telangana State Clinical Establishments (Registrations and Regulation) Rules, 2011, Secretary, Health, SAM Rizvi […]
