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New Delhi: Shaheen Gill and Nivedita Karki were among five women youth boxers to strike gold medals as India had another good day at the 2022 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Monday. Tamanna (50kg), Ravina (63kg) and Muskan (75kg) were the other three boxers who also registered victories in […]
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Hyderabad: The rapid surge in Covid infections in China and subsequent lockdown of Shenzhen city, a major technology hub and Jilin province, apart from the spate of fatalities in Hong Kong, has raised concerns among public health officials, geneticists and epidemiologists here in Hyderabad. While there are no immediate indications of a new variant, which […]
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Hyderabad: Two major infrastructure projects, developed as part of the Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) to decongest traffic in the eastern part of the city, will be inaugurated on Wednesday. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister, KT Rama Rao will inaugurate the Bairamalguda Left Hand Side (LHS) Flyover built with a cost of Rs 28.64 […]
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By Seela Subba Rao Despite the enactment of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, the practice of using direct human labour in cleaning sewage and septic tanks prevails. The Safai Mitra Suraksha Challenge, launched in 2020, was aimed at mechanising the cleaning operation of septic and sewage tank in […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent call for radical changes in the police administration has brought the key issue of police reforms back into the spotlight. It is rather baffling that the successive governments have ignored the need for structural changes in the criminal justice system to make it more efficient and responsive to the needs […]
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Hyderabad: The all-time favourite comfort food for many, Maggi is going to get costlier, again! Inflationary pressure has forced companies like Nestle and Hindustan Uniliver to increase the prices of their products. Products that are likely to get costlier are Nestle’s Maggi, A+ Milk and Nescafe among others. After the announcement from the FMCG companies, […]
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Hyderabad: The State government will take up construction of four lakh double bedroom houses under the newly proposed scheme in the next financial year. About Rs 3 lakh will be provided to each beneficiary having a house plot, for construction of the house under Dignity Housing scheme. This will be in addition to the houses […]
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Hyderabad: The State government gave more than Rs 25,000 crore as subsidy to the power distribution companies to support them overcome the losses and also took the burden of Rs 9,160 crore borrowings over the past a few years. The government released Rs 10,500 crore in 2020-21 and another Rs 9,700 crore in 2021-22, apart […]
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Hyderabad: Gutha Sukhender Reddy has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Telangana State Legislative Council for the second term on Monday. With only one nomination filed for the post, the officials announced the unanimous election of Sukhender Reddy. Sukhender Reddy assumed the Chair in the presence of Ministers KT Rama Rao, T Harish […]
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New Delhi: The group of dissenters within the Congress, also known as G-23, took a defensive stance during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Sunday, as their representatives raised only ‘technical points’ and did not press for a change in the leadership as they had demanded in 2020. Sources said that at the meeting, […]
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Hyderabad: Lambasting the BJP-led Central government for announcing inter-linking of rivers without taking the States into confidence, Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday demanded that the Centre immediately finalise the river water allocations to Telangana State and permit the proposed projects on Godavari River. Unless the water needs of Telangana are met, the State […]
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Adilabad: In the wake of growing incidents of food poisoning, Municipal chairperson Jogu Premender conducted surprise inspections in several government-run schools here on Monday. Premender visited schools located in Kolipura, New Housing Board Colony, Vidyanagar and other parts of the district centre. He verified the quality of food being served to students and inmates of […]
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Warangal: Three children have drowned in two separate incidents in the erstwhile Warangal district on Monday. The deceased children were Banoth Ramyasri (9) and Vasanthi (12) of Dubba Thanda of Taurya village of Kesamudram mandal in Mahabubabad district and Parvatham Jayaraju (10) of Tarigoppula village in Jangaon district. According to police, four girls from the […]
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Hyderabad: New Delhi-headquartered for-profit social enterprise Resham Sutra is striving to formalise the sericulture value chain by providing skills training, market linkage, and more stability to extremely poor communities. The company is replacing labour-intensive silk yarn production methods with reeling machines to eliminate thigh reeling and hard labour, making it possible to double reelers’ productivity […]
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Hyderabad: A 12-year-old was allegedly raped and impregnated by the paramour of her mother at Dundigal on the city outskirts. According to the police, the girl’s mother and the suspect, who were in an illicit relationship, were living together for a decade. He overpowered and raped the child multiple times when she was alone at […]
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Hamilton: Opener Sidra Ameen’s 104 went in vain as Pakistan committed harakiri to hand debutants Bangladesh a nine-run win, their first-ever victory in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup here on Monday. Chasing 235 to win, Ameen gave Pakistan a flying start, forging a 91-run partnership with Nahida Khan (43) for the first wicket and […]
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Hyderabad: The meeting of senior Congress leaders from the State unit at former Minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy’s residence here on Monday triggered speculations. This meeting apart, Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Senior leaders including former Ministers Ponnala Laxmaiah, J Geetha Reddy, D Sridhar Babu, Sangareddy MLA T […]
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Mount Maunganui: South Africa produced an all-round display to continue their unbeaten run in the tournament, beating defending champions England by three wickets to register a hat-trick of wins in the ongoing ICC Women’s ODI World Cup here on Monday. South Africa first rode on Marizanne Kapp’s (5/45), her best bowling ODI figures, to restrict […]
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Chennai: To prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in water bodies, Chennai Corporation is using drones to spray mosquito larvicide. Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Chennai Corporation Commissioner, said that the 15 days of anti-larvae chemical spray project started by the Chennai Corporation has engaged two drones to spray mosquito larvicide in the waterbodies of Chennai every day. […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, is slated to pronounce the judgement on the hijab issue on Tuesday morning. The matter has been listed in the first half of the day. The three-judge bench, which also comprised Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin had reserved […]
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Hyderabad: Osmania University women’s tennis team marched into the final after defeating Gujarat University 2-0 at the All India Inter-University Women Tennis Championship at Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal Sonipat, Haryana on Monday. Captain B Shrivalli Rashmikaa downed Riya Obveja 6-1, 6-2 in the first match to put her side in […]
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Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday urged government job aspirants to stay away from movies, social media and cricket for the next six months and to concentrate on studies. Addressing job aspirants after inaugurating a coaching centre at Peerzadiguda Municipal Corporation, Rama Rao said this was the ideal time […]
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Hyderabad: Nidhish Shyamal of Tiny Tots Primary school, Guntur clinched gold with 11.5 points out of 12 rounds in the junior’s category while Kartavya Anadkat bagged top honours by scoring 10 points out of 12 rounds in open category at the 190th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament on Monday. Meanwhile, Gowtham Rammoorthy and Darsith Manoj Nair […]
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Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters duped a businessman from Sultan Bazaar of Rs.25,000. The man Narsapuram Srinivas Chary, (54) a resident of Koti reportedly received a text message from an unknown mobile phone number asking him to update the KYC details of his bank account. “Believing the message to be true, he shared his details and found […]
