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Chandigarh: Many residential and industrial parts of the city faced major power outages as employees of the Electricity Department went on a three-day strike from Monday night in protest against the privatisation of the department. Most of the places have been facing snapping of power since midnight. Even elective surgeries at the Government Medical College […]
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Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is joining the team of ‘Radhe Shyam’ as he turns narrator for the upcoming pan-India film starring Prabhas and Pooja Hegde. Amitabh with his iconic baritone brings weight and dimension to the film. Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar the multi-lingual love story is set in Europe in the 1970s with Prabhas […]
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday ordered the blocking of apps, website and social media accounts linked to the banned organisation, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ). In a statement, the Ministry said it has ordered the blocking of apps, website, and social media accounts of foreign-based ‘Punjab Politics TV’ having close links […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Pegasus snooping case on February 25 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Centre, sought adjournment citing his preoccupation in another matter on Wednesday. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana adjourned the case for Friday on Mehta’s request. The case […]
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Chennai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is leading with 281 wards in town panchayats while the party is ahead on 98 wards in municipalities. In town panchayats, All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is leading at 30 wards, indicating that it is a clean sweep for the DMK, according to data from the Tamil Nadu […]
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Mumbai: Bollywood’s action hero John Abraham has joined hands with producer Dinesh Vijan for the first time for an upcoming action thriller christened ‘Tehran’. It is slated to release on January 26, 2023. Vijan’s banner Maddock Films on Tuesday afternoon announced its next – the action-thriller ‘Tehran’ starring John, directed by Arun Gopalan and written […]
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Berlin: Electric vehicle company Tesla’s automated lane changing system, known as Autopilot, is being probed by German regulators, newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported. The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Federal Motor Transport Authority) is reportedly assessing whether the technology, which Tesla offers as an upgrade, is safe to use on German roads. According to CNBC, the regulator is also […]
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San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly testing a new way to untag for users who do not wish to be part of a thread. A writer and researcher Machun Wong in a new Tweet revealed insight into how this feature will be helpful. The feature would untag username from a Twitter conversation, preventing people […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in an accident in Uttarakhand. PM Modi also announced financial assistance of Rs 50,000 for injured persons in the accident […]
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Hyderabad: For the first time in a government hospital in Telangana, a team of surgeons from Osmania General Hospital (OGH) have conducted a complex liver surgery through a keyhole, also known as a laparoscopy method, to remove a strikingly large tumour. The OGH surgeons conducted ‘Total Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy’ for Giant Haemangioma of liver in […]
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San Francisco: Apple has filed for a patent that shows how its AirPods models will be able to keep track of users’ physical activity. “Wireless Ear Bud System With Pose Detection”, is a newly-revealed patent application that proposes determining details of your movement via AirPods, reports AppleInsider. The patent proposes that AirPods may have sensors […]
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Hyderabad: The angelic first-look poster of Samantha from her upcoming epic saga ‘Shakuntalam’ was released on Monday. Producer Neelima Guna, who lauds the ‘Oh Baby’ actress for her dedication to work, reveals that Samantha Ruth Prabhu had to go through difficulties but still continued to film for ‘Shakuntalam’. Samantha’s role required her to wear specially […]
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New Delhi: Indian students pursuing higher education in Ukraine have been caught in an uncertain and difficult situation amid the eastern European country’s growing tensions with neighbouring Russia. While parents are worried about the well-being of their children, the students are going through the hectic process of looking for flight tickets to return to India. […]
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New Delhi: India’s key indices — S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — extended their losses from Monday and declined sharply in early trade on Tuesday due to continued selling by foreign institutional investors amid geo-strategic tensions between Ukraine and Russia, said analysts.” “The situation remains fluid; we don’t know whether the tensions will escalate […]
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New Delhi: While heart disease has been one of the major health concerns in India, Covid-19 has exacerbated the condition significantly, said experts on Monday. According to the Global Burden of Disease, nearly a quarter (24.8 per cent) of all deaths in India is due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD). “Heart disease and Covid are intricately […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club, who are on a roll recording four victories in their last five matches, are hoping to seal the top 4 place with a win when they take on a desperate Kerala Blasters, in the crunch ISL match on Wednesday. Hyderabad are at the top of the table with 32 points from […]
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Varanasi: Five persons died and over a dozen fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor sold at a licensed country liquor shop in Mahul town area under Ahraula police station in Azamgarh district on Monday night. The tragedy took place just a day after a hooch manufacturing unit was unearthed in Sidhari area of Azamgarh […]
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Hyderabad: Actor-politician Prakash Raj is emerging as a key figure in the efforts by Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao in cobbling together an anti-BJP alliance. The actor was present during Rao’s meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Sunday. Prakash Raj, who acts […]
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By Ravi Hari The trailer for Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati-starrer “Bheemla Nayak” has dropped, and the drama thriller promises to be explosive. The visuals are totally action-packed, as the powerstar is back in his action mode yet again. Pawan Kalyan’s fiery performance is sure to take box office by storm, with the big-ticket film […]
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Hyderabad: The State Bank of India, Hyderabad circle, has adopted 15 tigers at Nehru Zoological Park here for a period of one year. Amit Jhingran, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Hyderabad Circle on Monday presented a cheque of Rs 15 lakh towards the adopting charges to Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief […]
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed two decrees recognizing “the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR)” and “the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)” as independent and sovereign states. At a ceremony held in the Kremlin on Monday, Putin also inked the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between Russia and the LPR and the DPR respectively […]
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New York [US]: Concerned over the escalating tension along the border of Ukraine with Russia, India on Tuesday strongly emphasized the need for all sides to exercise the utmost restraint and intensify diplomatic efforts to ensure for a mutually amicable solution. This statement was made at UNSC in the backdrop of Russia’s recognization of the […]
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By B Yerram Raju The Draft National MSME Policy, targeting V-shaped recovery after the Covid pandemic and the $5-trillion economy by 2025 (since extended by two years to 2027), seems to have seen the world more than India. There is a virtue in looking at the policies of other countries during the pandemic. However, the […]
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The details emerging from an ongoing probe into the irregularities in the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the role of its former Chief Executive Chitra Ramkrishna and her mysterious mentor — said to be a Himalayan Yogi — are bizarre and disturbing. The Centre owes an explanation to the people about its silence on the issue […]
