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New York: Patients hospitalised with the Omicron or Delta variants of Covid-19 required similar levels of respiratory support and intensive care, according to a new study. Even though Omicron has generally been touted as mild, the findings led by Johns Hopkins University researchers indicate that infections with the highly contagious variant should not be underestimated. […]
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Hyderabad: With temperatures soaring high across the State, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)-Hyderabad on Tuesday issued a heatwave alert for the next two days. According to the forecast, the temperatures are likely to be above normal by 2 degree Celsius to 4 degree Celsius at isolated places in Telangana between April 26 and April 28. […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao participated in the ‘bhumi puja’ and laid the foundation stone for three Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) super-speciality hospitals in the capital on Tuesday. The three TIMS will be built in Alwal, Gaddiannaram and Erragadda, for which the State government has already sanctioned Rs 2,679 crore. The facility […]
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San Francisco: Users will soon be able to download Microsoft teams from its online store that comes built into Windows, according to an update from the company. Microsoft’s work and collaboration communications app has not been available in its own store to date. It either had to be downloaded from the web or installed alongside […]
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New York: The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people who use drugs in ways that hurt their mental health and changed drug use behaviours, increasing their risk for overdose, according to a study. Drug overdoses have soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, with US overdose deaths topping 100,000 during the 12-month period ending in […]
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for continued innovation and increased investment in fighting malaria. On Monday, the WHO announced that over 1 million children have been vaccinated against the disease in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, using the world’s first malaria vaccine, reports Xinhua news agency. If widely deployed, it estimates that the […]
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Nalgonda: In association with VATA Foundation, Green India Challenge (GIC) has taken up translocation of 50-year-old five trees near district police headquarter to Urban park at Cherlapally in Nalgonda on Tuesday. Nalgonda MLA Kancherla Bhupal Reddy has formally launched the translocation of the trees. A team of 15 volunteers VATA Foundation has taken up the […]
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Hyderabad: Unable to bear the daily suffering at the hands of their liquor and drug addict son, a couple in Telangana strangled him to death. The shocking incident occurred in Rajanna Sircilla district on Monday. G. Balaiah Goud and his wife Lavanya killed 23-year-old Nikhil with the help of their two other sons. According to […]
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Washington: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended a roundtable with business leaders and investors co-hosted by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in the Silicon Valley, and invited the leading investors to become a part of India’s growth story. Senior executives, business leaders of private sectors, venture capitalists, the institutional […]
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New Delhi: Consuming water-rich fruit can help you meet nutrient requirements while also keeping you hydrated. If you don’t drink the recommended amount of water per day, fruits and vegetables can provide you with extra fluid, keeping you nourished and healthy. Fruit that is high in water content are popular in juices, smoothies, and snacks. […]
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Hyderabad: A fire broke in an electrical shop storeroom at Ranigunj on Monday night. No casualties were reported. An electrical short circuit is suspected to have led to the fire, police said. Thick smoke and flames from the store located on the first floor of a complex, was noticed by motorists, who alerted the fire […]
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New Delhi: India reported 2,483 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline against previous day’s 2,541 infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the active caseload of the country has reported a decline at 15,636 cases, accounting for 0.04 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. In the same […]
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Kolkata: Speaking at the inaugural session of the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to potential investors to invest in Bengali cinema and television programmes. “Bengali cinema and television segment have tremendous growth potentials. So, I appeal to the potential investors to invest in these two segments,” […]
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Tumakuru: Karnataka police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a fake doctor couple following the death of a woman who was administered IVF treatment by the accused in Tumakuru district. The accused, who have been identified as Vani and Manjunath, claimed to be doctors and treated hundreds of childless couples, charging them in lakhs. Investigations […]
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Los Angeles: The first US private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has returned to Earth. The private astronaut mission returned to Earth on Monday. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Jacksonville, in the southeastern US state of Florida, at 1:06 p.m. Monday, SpaceX confirmed. The crew undocked from […]
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New York: Shares of Twitter, arguably the worlds most influential social media platform, jumped after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is nearing a deal with Elon Musk, the worlds richest man, and that the announcement could come as soon as Monday night. Earlier this month, Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 […]
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Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has now made it mandatory for all commissioners, district magistrates and other senior officers across Uttar Pradesh to adopt state government schools to ensure their facelift. A directive in this regard was issued by Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra following Yogi’s appeal during the launch of ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ on […]
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Moscow: Russia’s Defence Ministry has announced a ceasefire near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol for the safe evacuation of civilians. Russia’s armed forces and the formations of the Donetsk People’s Republic “from 14:00 Moscow time on April 25 will unilaterally cease all hostilities” to ensure the safe evacuation of the specified category of civilians (workers, […]
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Jakarta: Three critically-endangered Sumatran tigers have been found dead after being caught in sling snares in a private oil palm plantation in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency said. The agency’s head Agus Arianto on Monday said the tiger carcasses were found on Sunday by a member of a non-governmental organisation, who thought […]
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 510.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.22 million and vaccinations to over 11.24 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]
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San Francisco: Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said. The outspoken Tesla CEO, the world’s wealthiest person, has said he wants to buy Twitter because he thinks it’s not living up to its potential as a platform for “free speech.” He says it needs to […]
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By Pramod K Nayar Counter-balancing the fictional/fantastic account of Star Trek, the first major spacetravel saga on TV, were images from the moon, from spacecraft leaving the solar system and the ‘Blue Marble’ photograph. Now there is also a genre of travel writing from outer space — the astrojournal. Footprints beyond Earth The critic Mary […]
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Hyderabad: Pushpan Sports Academy team defeated S B Basketball Academy 10-12 in the U-16 girls final of the 5×5 District Level Basketball Championship held at Decathlon, Kompally on Sunday. Meanwhile, in U-16 boys, Pushpan Sports Academy A downed Pushpan Sports Academy B 35-24 to emerge champions. Tejas Reddy and Viha Reddy were adjudged most valuable […]
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The spurt in terror attacks in Jammu & Kashmir, coinciding with the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching development projects, comes as a reminder of the challenges in the way of restoring normalcy in the volatile region. Contrary to the claims of the NDA government, the spectre of terrorism continues to loom large […]
