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New Delhi: Bollywood star Ranveer Singh has been invited by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India to do a nude photoshoot for them after pictures from the actor’s recent similar photoshoot created quite a buzz. The organisation wants Ranveer to promote veganism through their campaign with the tagline ‘All Animals Have the […]
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Mumbai: Equity benchmarks began the trade on a positive note on Friday in tandem with largely firm Asian markets and ahead of the RBI’s policy meeting outcome. The 30-share BSE benchmark climbed 227.89 points to 58,526.69 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 64.35 points to 17,446.35. Among the Sensex constituents, UltraTech Cement, Bharti […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 46 paise to 78.94 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s policy meeting outcome. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.15 against the American dollar, then touched 78.94, registering a gain of 46 paise over the last close. On […]
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Athletics and Para Athletics Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 2: Jyothi Yarraji: 3.06 PM Women’s Long Jump qualifying round – Group A: Ancy Edapilly: 4.10 PM Women’s 200m semifinal 2: Hima Das – 12.53 AM (on Saturday) Men’s 4x400m relay round 1: 4.19 PM Badminton (starts at 3:30 PM Ist) Women’s doubles round […]
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Mancherial: A bridegroom, his friend and family members had a miraculous escape as a car in which they were travelling went up in flames at Andugulapet village in Mandamarri mandal on Thursday night. Mandamarri Sub-Inspector Chandrakumar said that bridegroom Jadi Rajesh hailing from Kaghaznagar town in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district was travelling by the car […]
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday raised the benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 5.40 per cent to tame inflation. With the latest hike, the repo rate or the short term lending rate at which banks borrow has crossed the pre-pandemic level of 5.15 per cent. This is the third […]
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Birmingham: India had a mixed day in the 2022 Commonwealth Games squash competitions here on Thursday with Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal winning their match while Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu getting knocked out in the Round of 16 matches at the Birmingham University Hockey and Squash Centre here. There was success for […]
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New Delhi: With 20,551 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,07,588, while the active cases declined to 1,35,364, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,26,600 with 70 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
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Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that victims under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act are entitled to compensation only on conviction of the accused and not merely on filing of FIR or submission of the charge sheet in the court. The high court also ordered to […]
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San Francisco: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is beginning the international expansion of non-fungible tokens (NFT) support on its photo and video-sharing platform Instagram. The expansion follows the social network’s initial NFT test launch in May. With this expansion, users and businesses in more than 100 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East […]
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San Francisco: After several media outlets reported that Elon Musk may soon get to build his private airport outside of Austin, Texas, the tech billionaire denied the rumours and said it “would be silly”. On the microblogging site, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO slammed the plans to develop a new private airport, mentioning that the news […]
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Washington: Four US police officers have been arrested and charged over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman who was killed in her home in Kentucky in March 2020 during a “no-knock” search warrant. The federal indictment announced on Thursday by Attorney General Merrick Garland accuses the four officers — Joshua Jaynes, Kelly Hanna […]
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Birmingham: India’s Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men’s Long Jump final with a mark of 8.08m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Thursday. Sreeshankar won the historic silver with a distance of 8.08m in the Men’s Long Jump, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games […]
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Birmingham: Para-powerlifter Sudhir clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with the best weight of 212kg on Thursday. Sudhir won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games. He defeated Nigeria’s Ikechukwu Obichukwu (133.6 points) by 0.9 points as his final score read a Games record 134.5 […]
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Hyderabad: The announcement of Munugode MLA, K Rajagopal Reddy to quit from both the Congress and State Assembly has pushed TPCC chief Revanth Reddy into a ‘do or die’ situation. The consequent by-election from the Assembly constituency will be a high-stakes affair not only for Revanth Reddy but also the Congress since any electoral setback […]
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Sangareddy: IIT-Hyderabad (IIT-H) will soon launch a three-year Master of Science (MSc) programme in medical physics in collaboration with Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute (BIACH&RI). The programme aims to provide world-class medical physicist specialist training in the concepts and techniques of applying physics in medicine. It intends to provide clinical orientation for […]
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Pramod K Nayar What ostensibly distinguishes the human race from other species is its incessant need to preserve its memories in art, literature and prosthetic devices. The glories of ancient kingdoms, the devastations of wars, the achievements of scientists are recorded with the presumption that later generations will want to know these details of their […]
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The NDA government’s decision to withdraw the much-debated and contentious Personal Data Protection Bill from Parliament is hardly surprising, given the widespread concerns over the proposed legislation and the complex dynamics surrounding the issue. The Joint Parliamentary Committee itself has recommended 81 changes in a Bill of 99 sections. It also made 12 recommendations for […]
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Hyderabad: The Central government’s discrimination toward Telangana in extending support and allocation of funds under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) is glaring. While BJP ruled States like Gujarat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh received Rs 4,213 crore, Rs 4,606.57 crore and Rs 5,471.95 respectively, Telangana received just Rs 1,911.62 crore. Union Minister of Road […]
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Hyderabad: It’s imperative for job aspirants to know how various Acts and Ordinances of government work These practice questions focusing on general studies will aid aspirants to prepare better for the State government recruitment examinations. 1. Consider the following statements. 1) Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the Indian Legislature was made more representative […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the previous article that focused on regulation of cardiac activity, disorders of circulatory system and coronary artery diseases (CADs). In this article, we will discuss introduction to the excretory system of living beings. Excretory products and their elimination Animals accumulate ammonia, urea, uric acid, carbon dioxide, water and […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article focusing on the ratio and proportion topic. Here are some practice questions along with solutions on the ratio and proportion topic that will help you in your preparation for the State government recruitment jobs. The ratio of marks obtained by a student in three subjects […]
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Hyderabad: Mission Kakatiya, a flagship programme of the Telangana government, has proved to be highly successful in terms of rejuvenating village tanks and other water bodies in the State, besides recharging groundwater levels. For this, it has won accolades from Niti Aayog. But the Centre has failed to appreciate the State government’s efforts, which is […]
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Sangareddy: IIT Hyderabad would ;be launching a three-year Master of Science (M.Sc) programme in Medical Physics in collaboration with Basava Tarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital . and Research Institute (BIACH&RI). The program aims to is to provide world-class ‘Medical Physicist’ specialist training in the concepts and techniques of applying physics in medicine. The program intends […]
