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Mumbai: The election of the Speaker for the Maharashtra Assembly is set to take place on Sunday after the new Eknath Shinde government took over following the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) rule in the state. With the return of the MLAs, who echoed the revolt against Uddhav Thackeray along with their leader […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a feature that will give iOS users the ability to hide their online status from everyone. According to WABetaInfo, this feature will come in a future update as it is under development so it cannot be released to beta testers since it is not ready. As of now, users […]
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Agra: In a shocking incident, a man walked into the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prabhakar Choudhary with the body of his new-born daughter after the police refused to file an FIR against those who allegedly assaulted his pregnant wife. Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhakar Choudhary assured the man, Dhaniram, that he would […]
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New Delhi: Leopards are known to be the masters of prey. However, a recent video of a leopard creeping onto a baby monkey and hunting it down has gone immensely viral, grabbing the eyeballs of netizens. Taking to Twitter, the Panna Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh wrote, “A rare sight… A leopard can be seen […]
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Meerut: A married woman has been arrested for allegedly dumping her lover’s body near a canal in Parikshatgarh area of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district with help of her brothers and concealing evidence, police said. The man Sajid had reportedly consumed poison in the presence of the woman, the police added on Sunday. Superintendent of Police […]
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San Francisco: Despite several supply chain challenges and factory shutdowns, Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has delivered 2,54,695 EVs globally in the second quarter of 2022. The company also said that June 2022 was the highest vehicle production month in Tesla’s history. “In the second quarter, we produced over 2,58,000 vehicles and delivered over 2,54,000 […]
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Prayagraj: A 55-year-old government doctor from Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj posted in Chitrakoot received his transfer letter on his WhatsApp number on the day of his ‘terahvi’ (13th day) after his death. He had been seeking transfer to his hometown Prayagraj for the past two years, citing a chronic ailment but his request was only addressed after […]
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I am American, but when I arrived in Boston in the fall of 2001 to start my undergraduate studies at Boston University, I very much felt like an international student. I had grown up abroad, graduated from a non-American school system, and was embarking on an exciting, but also mildly terrifying, a new adventure in […]
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Birmingham: England were 84 for five at stumps on the second day of the rain-hit rescheduled fifth Test against India here on Saturday. Jonny Bairstow and skipper Ben Stokes were batting on 12 and 0 respectively with England still trailing India by 332 runs. Following up his world record-breaking carnage with the bat, the visitors’ […]
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Yes, surveillance is all-pervasive, and citizens carry their Citizen’s Card with them everywhere (like an Aadhaar Card). The government knows at all times about your whereabouts but people don’t seem to mind
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Hyderabad: With the visit of a bevy of VIPs, right from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Home Minister Amit Shah and several other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha as well to the city on Saturday, there was widespread traffic congestion on several roads. Sinha, who arrived at the Begumpet Airport in […]
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New Delhi: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Saturday deactivated the IDs (identity documents) of two players for being overaged but said their quantum of punishment will be decided later by the Age Fraud Committee. Multiple cases of age-fudging were reported during the All India Sub-Junior under-13 ranking tournament (June 19 to 25) in […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad swimmer Shivani Karra has proved her mettle by winning four medals at the recently-concluded 38th sub-junior national aquatic championship at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Swimming Complex, Rajkot. She bagged two gold medals in 100m backstroke and 50m backstroke. She also won a silver and bronze in the 100m butterfly event and 4x50m freestyle […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lowering the reputation of the country during his official visit to Sri Lanka and forcing the Sri Lankan government to award a power project contract to “his businessman friend”. He maintained that Modi had actually acted as a salesman to further the interests […]
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Hyderabad: BS Venkata Rao subsequently changed the name of Ambedkar Youth League into Hyderabad State Depressed Classes Association. In recognition of the importance of Dalit movement in Hyderabad, Ambedkar invited Venkata Rao to preside over the Bombay Presidency Mahar Sabha. Inspired by the growing Dalit movement in Maharashtra, Venkata Rao initiated several activities to spread […]
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Hyderabad: BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday accused opposition parties of trying to derail various programmes of his party-led governments at the Centre and in States meant for a “resilient and resurgent” India. In his inaugural address at the two-day BJP national executive meeting here, Nadda said opposition parties in their zeal to oppose Prime […]
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Hyderabad: Having had high hopes in life, Bachu Smaran Raj was pursuing Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras. However, in the last semester of the course, in 2017, Smaran suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and all his dreams came to a halt at once. Having lost his job that he got in placements because of his condition, […]
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Hyderabad: TRS supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to list out the electoral promises that were fulfilled in the last eight years, when the latter addresses a public meeting in Hyderabad today. “You have made many promises before the elections. Now I demand that you list out how many […]
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Wimbledon: Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was unbeaten since February and sure seemed unbeatable, compiling 37 consecutive match wins and six consecutive tournament titles. She’s never quite been as comfortable on grass courts as other surfaces, though, and a mistake-filled performance Saturday sent Swiatek out of Wimbledon in the third round with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to […]
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Hyderabad: These practice questions focusing on World and Indian Geography will aid aspirants to prepare well for the State government recruitment examinations. 1. India’s first Post Office was set up in which place? A. Madras (now Chennai) B. Calcutta (now Kolkata) C. Bombay (now Mumbai) D. Delhi Ans: C Explanation: The first post office in […]
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Hyderabad: Revolutionary Telugu poet Gaddar on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the latter to take steps to strike off a false case booked against him in Karnataka in 2005. Gaddar, 75, in the letter narrating about his work as a people’s poet, said several cases were booked against him since […]
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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 you in your preparation for the State government recruitment jobs. 1. A student must score 40% marks to pass an examination. He scores 70 marks and fails by 20 marks. […]
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Hyderabad: From Friday, as part of the implementation of the ban on single-use plastic, a penalty of Rs.1 lakh will be levied on producers of banned plastic items, while if caught for the second time the penalty will be Rs 2 lakh. In addition to this, the license will be cancelled and banned material will […]
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Hyderabad: The union government’s premier policy think tank NITI Aayog has lauded the Telangana Department of Ayush for its quick and effective handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a compendium of Ayush-based practices from States and union Territories for containing and managing the Covid-19 outbreak released on Saturday, NITI Aayog said the Department of Ayush […]
