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Thiruvananthapuram: A person who returned from abroad has been admitted to a hospital in Kerala after he showed symptoms of monkeypox, state Health Minister Veena George said here on Thursday. The minister said his samples have been collected and sent to the National Institute of Virology for testing. She said the disease could be confirmed […]
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Peddapalli: Road connectivity between Peddapalli-Mancherial districts was disconnected as flood water was overflowing the Godavari bridge. Authorities have blocked movement of vehicles on the bridge. After a gap of 27 years, the Godavari water is flowing on top of the bridge. In 1995, the water flowed from the bridge. The river is flowing at danger […]
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Mumbai: Benchmark indices started the trade on a firm note on Thursday with the Sensex climbing 239 points, mirroring positive global market trends. The 30-share BSE benchmark was trading 239.3 points higher at 53,753.45. The broader NSE Nifty climbed 74.7 points to 16,041.35. Among the Sensex constituents, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s Lab, HDFC, Larsen & […]
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Hyderabad: The overflowing water from Manjeera River prompted the district administration to close the road and restrict the traffic movement between Telangana and Maharashtra borders. The district registered heavy rains damaging crops and roads. The national highway 63 was temporarily closed as Sriramsagar project was receiving heavy inflows. The main road between Armoor and Nizamabad […]
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Hyderabad: The GHMC Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster Management wing with the assistance of the Hyderabad City Police busted a synthetic fingerprint scam and took into custody a few persons. On specific inputs of some supervisors in sanitation wing of the GHMC preparing synthetic fingerprints and using it to mark their biometric attendance, a probe was […]
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Singapore: Indian Olympic medalist PV Sindhu defeated Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh in the second round of the women’s singles category on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the ongoing Singapore Open 2022. Playing on court 1, Sindhu won her match 19-21, 21-19, 21-18. She got off a bad start, losing the first game closely. The […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 7 paise to 79.74 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday as a positive trend in domestic equities supported the local unit. However, a strong American currency overseas and forex outflows restricted the rupee’s gain, dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.72 against the […]
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New Delhi: Daily COVID-19 cases in India were recorded over 20,000 after a gap of 145 days while the active cases increased to 1,36,076, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. A total of 20,139 new COVID-19 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the total tally of cases […]
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Jagtial: The car on which journalist Jameer got swept away flood water in a stream in between Ramojipet-Jabithapur of Raikal mandal on Tuesday night, surfaced as water receded in the stream on Thursday morning. The rescue team, which stopped the search operation on Wednesday night, resumed in the morning to retrieve the vehicle with the […]
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New Delhi: Sex. A word worth expressing more than what a statement could! We love talking about it, hearing about it, or doing it in our own ‘sweet’ way. Sex is considered the best way to feel the extreme desire of your partner and make love in the most intimate space. Sex drive or libido […]
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San Francisco: Nearly 550 women passengers have sued ride-hailing platform Uber, alleging they were assaulted by its drivers that included kidnapping, rape and physical attacks in the US. The complaint, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, has sought damages and a jury trial. The women said in their complaint that they were kidnapped, sexually […]
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Seoul: Samsung said on Thursday it has developed a new graphics dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a faster speed and improved power efficiency. The 24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6) adopts third-generation, 10-nanometer technology and boasts a data processing speed that is over 30 per cent faster than existing products, the company said in […]
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Amaravati: Five people died of cholera in the Amravati district of Maharashtra and as many as 181 patients have been diagnosed with the disease, the state public health department confirmed. Among the deceased, two were women and three were men. Three of these patients were in the age group 24 to 40 years and two […]
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Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has announced legal action against the owner of the Pit Bull dog that killed an 82-year-old woman if he fails to submit the pet license. Savita Tripathi, a teacher retired from Nari Shiksha Niketan, was alone in the house when the incident took place on Tuesday. Her son Amit, a […]
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New Delhi: A major fire broke out at a hotel in Centre Delhi’s Paharganj on Thursday morning from where ten people were rescued by the firefighters. According to the fire department, they got a call at around 4 a.m regarding the fire at Roma Delux Hotel in Paharganj. Four fire tenders were rushed to the […]
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By Biswajit Dhar The World Health Organization (WHO) has called it “vaccine apartheid”: developed economies who can pay for Covid-19 vaccines have much higher rates of vaccination than developing economies. Only 21% of people in low-income countries have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, partly because pharmaceutical companies have refused to temporarily waive their […]
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Hyderabad: Till a few years ago, the concept of genetic tests for pregnant women to foretell the possibility of passing on a defective gene to the baby was alien. More often than not, the medical condition of a just-born baby was dependant on a genetic lottery, where genes are inherited from the parents. While we […]
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It’s no brainer that population growth adversely impacts economic prosperity. The latest ‘World Population Prospects 2022’ report says India is on course to becoming the world’s most populous country. The population is projected to be 1.429 billion next year when China would have 1.426 billion people. By 2050, it is estimated that India will have […]
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Hyderabad: Top seed Grand Master RR Laxman of ICF entered the second round with a full point from the first round of the Ekagra All India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament held at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad on Wednesday. He defeated N Ramesh of Tamil Nadu in the opening round. […]
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Hyderabad: A cup of garam garam kadak chai, a plate of piping hot crispy pakoras, or something hot and spicy, or even munching crunchy pani puris is what almost everyone craves as the sky goes grey. The impulse to indulge in hot snacks when it is pouring outside is a natural tendency. But, nutritionists believe […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad is all set to get one more tourist attraction with the Landscape Park at Osman Sagar by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) with an estimated cost of Rs 35.60 crore expected to be ready by this Dasara. Sprawled over 5.5 acre, the park apart from all regular features of a well-set up […]
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Hyderabad: An IIIT-Hyderabad professor, a serial entrepreneur and a technology expert have come together to advise farmers on improving their yield and in turn, get more profits. Dr Shyamsundar Reddy, Jagan Chitiprolu and Kalyan Enjamoori in 2020 set up Samhitha Crop Care Clinics so as to bridge the gap in the agriculture industry with real-time […]
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Hyderabad: These practice questions focusing on forest and wild life in Telangana will aid aspirants betterprepare for the State government recruitment examinations. Forest and wild life: 1. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Ameenpur lake i. The Government of Telangana declared Ameenpur lake as Biodiversity Heritage site under section 37 of Bio diversity […]
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Hyderabad: The Centre’s decision on Wednesday to provide free booster/precautionary Covid vaccine doses to eligible persons between 18 years and 59 years in government hospitals is yet another instance of how Telangana has been ahead of the curve as compared to other States in coming up with unique initiatives to contain the pandemic. Much before […]
