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New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 18,815 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,85,554, while the active cases increased to 1,22,335, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,343 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
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San Francisco: Indian-origin Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, the former business partner and ‘boyfriend in secret’ of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of healthcare company Therano, has been found guilty of defrauding Theranos investors and patients in the US. Balwani faced 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. After a three-month […]
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Srinagar: Two persons were killed and 38 others were injured after a bus fell into a deep gorge in Keya Morh area of Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, said Udhampur Chief Medical Officer Dr Vijay Basnotra. Ten injured have been referred to district hospital Udhampur, added the Udhampur CMO. “Upon receiving the information, […]
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San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has shown his support for large families a day after court documents revealed the tech billionaire had twins with a senior executive at one of his companies. On the microblogging platform Twitter, Musk also wrote that the “population of Mars is still zero people”. “Doing my best to help the […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has directed the authorities concerned to ensure that cows are not slaughtered in the state on Bakrid which falls on Saturday. No cow, calf, ox, buffalo and camel can be killed during the festival, it said. To ensure its implementation, helplines and task forces have been set up to monitor and to […]
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Nainital: Nine tourists from Punjab drowned on Friday morning as a car fell into the Dhela river in Uttarakhand’s Ramnagar and was washed away by its strong current, police said. उत्तराखंड के ढेलवा नदी में कार गिरने से 9 लोगों की मौत हो गई है। केवल एक लड़की जिंदा बची। #Uttarakhand #RamnagarAccident #BreakingNews #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/NxcVaSlh8R […]
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Tokyo: Shinzo Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, collapsed and showed no life signs after he was shot at while addressing a crowd in Nara prefecture on Friday, state media said in a report, adding that the police have arrested a suspect. According to state broadcaster NHK, the incident took place at around 11. 30 […]
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Etawah: In a bizarre turn of events, a bride took two ‘pheras’ at the wedding and then suddenly called off the ceremony saying that the groom was ‘too dark’. According to reports, the incident took place in Bharthana in Etawah on Thursday when the bride Neeta Yadav was all set to marry Ravi Yadav. The couple […]
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Tokyo: Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. The broadcaster aired footage showing Abe collapsed on the street, with several security guards running toward him. Abe was holding his chest when he collapsed, with his […]
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Nalgonda: A woman and her daughter died after a wall of their house collapsed on them at Padmanagar in Nalgonda in the early hours of Friday following heavy rain. The victims were Nadikudi Lakshmi(42) and her daughter Kalyani(21). They migrated to Nalgonda from Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh and were working as railway coolies. The incident […]
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By Dr K Srinivasa Rao Despite the ongoing twin crisis – lingering Covid-19 and war between Russia and Ukraine, banks have gained strength in the last couple of years. The RBI’s Financial Stability Report-June 2022 reflects improved asset quality and capital adequacy ratio (CAR). The asset quality of banks continued to improve steadily with the […]
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Nagarkurnool: The Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) officials have installed a solar-powered sensor-based Animal Intrusion Detection and Repellent System (ANIDERS), which raises an alarm when a wild animal passes within its radius. The move aims at minimising man-animal conflict and helping farmers save their fields. The officials installed an ANIDERS at Turkapally village near Mannanur, which […]
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As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime completes five years this month, a closer look at the implementation challenges makes it clear that the States are losing out a lot in the bargain. At the time of the rollout in 2017, the GST was considered a prelude to the countrywide integrated market but in […]
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Hyderabad: With Eid-ul-Adha festival round the corner, the demand for rams, sheep and goats in the city has escalated. Around 2 lakh sheep are sold in the city during the three-day festival to be celebrated from Sunday. The festival popularly known as Bakrid is celebrated on the 10th day of the Islamic calendar month of […]
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Hyderabad: Of the 363 fatal road accidents reported in Cyberabad Police Commissionerate this year until May, nearly 58 per cent of those who lost lives were either two-wheeler drivers or pillion- riders. As per the data available, of the 211 persons killed in various two-wheeler accidents between January and May, 172 were drivers and 39 […]
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Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon a day before he was supposed to play in the semifinals because of a torn abdominal muscle. “Unfortunately, as you can imagine, if I am here, it’s because I have to pull out from the tournament,” Nadal said during a news conference at the All England Club on Thursday. […]
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Hyderabad: The surge of Covid infections driven by different variants of Omicron has just become even more complicated with geneticists reporting Covid infections due to BA.2.75, the new Omicron variant in different States including Telangana. Between March and June 7, the average daily Covid infections in Telangana hovered between 55 and 65. Since then, there […]
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Hyderabad: Monsoons are the time when nature is at its best. Mercury levels having dropped a few notches and the lush greenery make it the best time to visit any tourist destination. One such place, whose beauty is heightened in the monsoon, is the Khajaguda Hills in Hyderabad. There are two ways to reach this […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the previous one focusing on the digestive system, digestion of food, the role of hydrochloric acid and absorption of digested food products. • The mucus along with the bicarbonates from the pancreas protects the intestinal mucosa from acid as well as provide an alkaline medium (pH 7.8) for […]
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Hyderabad: Having been born to parents who were both civil servants, becoming an IAS officer was Akshay Pillay’s destiny. After he completed his bachelor’s in engineering, the taxing journey of preparing for UPSC exams began. Though he was unsuccessful in his first three attempts, with revised strategies he acquired an All-India Rank 51 this year. […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article focusing on the percentage topic. Here are some practice questions along with solutions that will help you in your preparation for the State government recruitment jobs. 1. In an election, there were only two candidates. The winning candidate got 48% and his opponent secured 6,800 […]
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New Delhi: The newly elected President of India will have at least four mercy petitions waiting at Rashtrapathi Bhavan for disposal, shortly after assuming office. Under Article 72 of the Constitution, the President is empowered to grant pardon or suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases. The four mercy pleas, including that of former […]
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Hyderabad: These practice questions focusing on Telangana will aid aspirants better prepare for the State government recruitment examinations. 1. What are the features of the TS-iPASS? a) A Single Common Application Form for all departmental approvals b) All departments connected for establishing and operating an Enterprise brought under the purview of TS-iPASS c) Time limit […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana School’s and College’s Employees Association on Thursday urged the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) to examine reports submitted by the technical colleges on the employees’ salaries and facilities provided in the colleges before fixing fees. In a letter to the TAFRC, the association said even during the Covid-19 pandemic, the […]
