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San Francisco: Apple has started selling refurbished versions of the Watch Series 7, the newest watch model, that was released in September 2021. According to a report by MacRumors, the pricing on the Series 7 starts at $339 for a 41mm aluminum model, with the 45mm aluminum model priced slightly higher at $359. Currently, the […]
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday. Ali Sabry was speaking to Parliament after returning to Sri Lanka from talks with the International Monetary Fund. He said any IMF rescue program, including a rapid financing instrument needed […]
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Narayanpur: A District Reserve Guard (DRG) head constable was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Narayanpur district on Wednesday, police said. The skirmish took place around 8.15 am at a forest in Tulargufa-Mungari area under Chhotedongar police station limits when a joint team of various security forces was out on a search […]
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Nizamabad: After Osmania University declined permission to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to conduct a physical interaction with the students, Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha on Wednesday slammed the former Congress chief, saying that he is only coming to the state for politics. Addressing a press conference here, Kavitha said, “Congress leader Rahul Gandhi never […]
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Mumbai: In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday increased the policy repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40 per cent with immediate effect. Addressing a press conference, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously voted to increase the policy repo rate by 40 basis […]
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Hyderabad: ‘Major’, Adivi Sesh’s first pan-India project, directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka, is set to hit theatres on June 3. The team is aggressively promoting the film and have announced that the theatrical trailer for the film will be released on May 9. A video has been released by the makers, announcing the same. On the […]
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Pirojpur: Nine people, including three Chinese nationals, were injured after a brawl broke out as the locals opposed the construction by the Chinese company in Pirojpur district of Bangladesh. The incident took place at the site of the construction of an embankment at Mathbaria in Pirojpur district. According to the sources, the incident took place […]
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Mumbai: The Indian stock market’s benchmark Sensex was trading 668 points down in the afternoon session on Wednesday dragged by heavy selling pressure in heavyweights Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex was trading 668.06 points or 1.17 per cent down at 56,307.93 points at 1.11 pm against its previous session’s […]
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San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is now testing a ‘Close Friends’-like feature, Twitter Circle, that lets users add up to 150 people who can see your Tweets. The company said that the feature is in its early stages and that is why only some users have access to it. “Some Tweets are for everyone and […]
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Hyderabad: In a first of its initiative in the country, Telangana Government together with industry partners set up hub a ‘Flow Chemistry Technology Hub’ at Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS) on Wednesday. The hub houses various state-of-the-art flow chemistry equipment. It provides hands-on training and promotes scientific capability building. This will ensure greater […]
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New Delhi: The Press Club India (PCI) has landed in a controversy after The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnohotri accused it of denying booking to him for a press conference. Agnihotri said his booking was first cancelled by the Foreign Correspondent Club (FCC) allegedly over objections raised by some of the members and later the […]
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New York: US Researchers have identified a shift that occurs in canine Coronavirus that may provide clues as to how it transmits from animals to humans. A new canine coronavirus was first identified in two Malaysian human patients who developed pneumonia in 2017-18. A group of other scientists isolated the canine coronavirus, sequenced it, and published […]
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Vijayawada: A man allegedly committed suicide in a police station in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district on Wednesday. Appa Rao (38), who was arrested in a theft case three days ago, was found hanging in the washroom of Bhimadu police station. Relatives of the man alleged that he was tortured by police resulting in his death. […]
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Hyderabad: On Wednesday Hyderabad has woken up to gusty winds and Thunderstorm, after weeks of scorching heat. Heavy rains lashed most parts of the city. According to IMD- Hyderabad, Begumpet recorded 63.1 mm rainfall, and minimum temperature dropped to 19.6 degree Celsius at morning —a massive seven degree Celsius departure from normal. The Indian Meteorological […]
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Washington DC: The wait is finally over as Tom Cruise’s long-delayed ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is about to hit the theatres later this month. However, days ahead of the release, an old interview of Cruise has surfaced where he labelled the making of follow-up to his classic ‘Top Gun’ as “irresponsible”. Cruise had given the interview […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo sharing platform Instagram is experimenting with full-screen vertical home feeds. In a video posted on micro-blogging site Twitter, Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the test and said that taller photos and videos would begin appearing in some feeds. “We are testing a new, immersive viewing experience in the main Home feed. […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly bill seeking exemption to the state from the ambit of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) has been sent to the Centre for Presidential assent by Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday. Stalin told the state Assembly that he has been informed by the Governor’s […]
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday asserted that there was no violation of loudspeaker guidelines in Maharashtra and said no one should teach Hindutva to his party. Without taking names of the BJP and MNS, Raut told reporters that people do not take cognisance of people who, with the support of “pseudo Hindutvawadis”, […]
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Bengaluru: E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday announced it now aims exports worth $20 billion from India by 2025, thus doubling its goal. In 2020, Amazon pledged to enable $10 billion in cumulative exports from India by 2025. The company said that cumulative exports by the Indian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) via its ‘Global […]
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Hyderabad: On May 2, the long-awaited trailer of ‘Sarkaru Vaari Paata’, starring superstar Mahesh Babu and Keerthy Suresh, was released. The trailer received over 25 million views in the first 24 hours, breaking a record. While the trailer, as a whole ups the ante, an adult dialogue, an innuendo, and a couple of double-meaning dialogues […]
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Mumbai: CarryMinati, whose real name is Ajey Nagar, made a brief appearance in the latest released thriller-drama ‘Runway34’. The celebrated YouTuber has heaped praises on actor and filmmaker Ajay Devgn. CarryMinati shares, “I loved being part of Runway34 and so grateful for all the fan love. This cameo appearance has helped me to discover a newer […]
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Hyderabad: The monsoon action teams and personnel from the Disaster Response Force (DRF) of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) swung into action on Wednesday to address rain-related issues following a heavy downpour in the city. GHMC workers were pressed into service to clear waterlogging on roads, remove fallen tree branches, and tangled utility wires. The […]
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Hyderabad: Following heavy rains in the city in the early hours of Wednesday, several areas reported power outages. Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited Chairman and Managing Director G Raghuma Reddy said that there is power outage in some parts of the city due to trees getting uprooted and falling on electric lines. “Teams […]
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London: Digital marketing of unhealthy food products to children and online gaming that compels children to a sedentary life are the main drivers of obesity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. According to the WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, rates of overweight and obesity have reached “epidemic proportions”, with only the Americas having […]
