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New Delhi: Spacetech startup Pixxel has successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite called ‘Shakuntala’ with Elon Musk-run SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/98AatbJNTO — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 1, 2022 Being Pixxel’s first fully-fledged satellite, ‘Shakuntala’ hosts one of the highest resolution hyperspectral commercial cameras ever flown to space, bringing it one step closer to building […]
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New Delhi: India’s virus tally rose to 4,30,27,035 with 1,260 fresh cases being reported in a day, while the number of active infections further declined to 13,445, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 5,21,264 with 83 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
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Mumbai: Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) witness in the drugs-on-cruise case Prabhakar Sail died on Friday. According to Sail’s lawyer Tushar Khandare, Prabhakar Sail died of a heart attack at his residence in Chembur on Friday. Sail was the personal bodyguard of Kiran Gosavi, another witness in the Mumbai cruise ship raid case. He had levelled […]
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Hyderabad: The rise in oil prices in the country continues. Oil marketing companies today hiked prices by 91 paise on petrol and 87 paise on diesel. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 102.61 per litre as against Rs 101.81 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 93.07 per litre to Rs 93.87, […]
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Washington: American actor Will Smith on Friday (local time) announced that he has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, days after he slapped comedian Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars. “I have directly responded to the Academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my […]
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New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices were on Saturday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 12 days to Rs 7.20 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 102.61 per litre as against Rs 101.81 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs […]
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Warangal: The patient bitten by rodents at the RICU at the MGM Hospital on Wednesday night died at the NIMS, Hyderabad, on Friday midnight. Kadarla Srinivas (38), who was bitten by the rats two times at the MGM Hospital, was shifted to NIMS for better treatment following the orders of Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao on […]
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New Delhi: Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech on Friday announced the temporary slowing down of its Covid vaccine Covaxin’s production across its manufacturing facilities. “Bharat Biotech today announces the temporary slowing down of production of Covaxin across its manufacturing facilities, having completed its supply obligations to procurement agencies and foreseeing the decrease in demand,” it […]
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By HS Shergill, Varinder Sharma Commercial food production anywhere in the world requires significant government subsidies. India is no exception. Demand for foodgrains in India will outstrip supply in the coming decades. And yet some of India’s high-level policy economists still believe self-sufficiency is a natural and spontaneous feature of Indian agriculture. They say strategies […]
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Hyderabad: After graduating from IIT and securing a job at Deutsche Bank, Pedditi Dhatri Reddy quit her banking career to pursue her childhood dream of Civil Services. She got into IPS in her second attempt with an All India Rank of 233 in 2018 and cleared IAS on her third attempt with a 46th rank […]
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The Centre’s decision to reduce the number of areas under the much-despised Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur is a welcome development as reflects a pragmatic approach to special laws and a willingness to revoke them when the ground situation shows improvement. The improvement in the security situation and the […]
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Hyderabad: TRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao took union Food Minister Piyush Goyal to task for refusing to procure paddy from Telangana citing technicalities and insisting that Telangana supply only raw rice to the Centre. Rao reminded that considering technicalities, the Centre through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) should procure only paddy from […]
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Hyderabad: Construction costs are on an upward spiral due to higher input costs following supply constraints. The rising fuel costs have increased the landing costs of materials like bricks, sand, cement and tiles among others. Further, the increase in prices of copper and aluminum too are impacting the prices of electrical wiring, windows, and doors. […]
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Hyderabad: As the summer has set in, one should start looking for ways to provide better ventilation in their homes so as to get fresh air and light as much as possible. For centuries homes were not ventilated and there are several reasons why one should focus on better ventilation today. Earlier the less usage […]
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Hyderabad: This article seeks to give an insight into the syllabus and preparation strategy for the Forest Beat Officer (FBO) examination. The analysis of the syllabus is based on the syllabus given in the previous notification issued by the TSPSC. The syllabus is unlikely to be changed. The education qualification required for the examination is […]
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Hyderabad: You must have heard the saying – “Time and tide waits for none.” And when you are gearing up to prepare for Civils examinations for various posts in the state government sector, managing time plays a key role in keeping you on the right path. So to be able to manage with time and […]
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Hyderabad: Shrugging off the pandemic hangover, the Town Planning wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has registered a 73 percent increase in its revenue this financial year compared to the previous year. The total revenue generated this year was Rs.1,144.08 crore, as against Rs.661 crore in 2020-2021. This financial year, the corporation issued […]
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Mumbai: Umesh Yadav’s four wickets and Andre Russell’s unbeaten half-century ensured a comfortable six-wicket victory for Kolkata Knight Riders against Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League match on Friday. Batting first, Punjab were all out for 137 in 18.2 overs with Umesh Yadav taking 4 for 23. In reply, KKR knocked off the runs […]
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Hyderabad: The State-run power plants in Telangana under TSGenco, have registered the highest plant load factor (PLF) in the country for the year 2021-22, with 73.87 per cent PLF. While Telangana secured top position, West Bengal stood second with 72 per cent PLF. The seventh phase of KTPS registered 83.58 per cent PLF and stood […]
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Kothagudem: A journalist’s initiative has given a much-needed leg-up to an impoverished family, which had no means to pull through. Mariganti Manasa lost her husband Murali Krishnama Charyulu, a priest, 20 days ago and he was only the family’s breadwinner. She lives at Lakshminagaram in Dummugudem mandal in the district along with her 16-year-old son. […]
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Hyderabad: Digital Employment Exchange of Telangana (DEET) is an initiative of Telangana Government, where you could instantly apply for jobs, receive job alerts, government job alerts, walk-in interview alerts, recruitment drives and more career advice every day. Workruit & DEET have more than 2,40,000 active vacancies available today. DEET is operated and powered by Workruit […]
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Pune: They came out on top in the battle of newcomers but it will be a different ball game altogether for Gujarat Titans when they lock horns with Delhi Capitals in the IPL here on Saturday. Both Gujarat and DC started their campaign in the 15th edition of the lucrative league with wins and they […]
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Hyderabad: BJP MLA M Raghunandan Rao here on Friday lodged a complaint against the police personnel in his constituency for their partisan attitude towards him while taking part in development works. In a complaint submitted to the Director-General of Police M Mahendar Reddy here, he said the police personnel remained as mute spectators when unidentified […]
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Hyderabad: A seven-year-old boy was found murdered with his hands tied with a black rope on Friday morning in Nizamsagar canal in Nizamabad district. Shaik Fayaz, a second standard student of an Urdu medium school in the district, was playing with his friends near his house at Autonagar on Thursday afternoon. A few minutes later, […]
