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Washington: Alan White, longtime drummer for the rock band Yes, has died. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Alan White passed away after a “short illness.” He was 72. The news of his demise was shared by the Yes band on their Instagram handle. “The news has shocked and stunned the entire YES family. Alan had […]
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New Delhi: Domestic equity benchmark indices extended their gains from the previous session and traded in the green during trade on Friday amid firm global cues. Indian markets opened higher in line with Asian markets and sharply positive overnight US markets. At 9.58 a.m., Sensex was at 54,615.81 points, up 363.28 or 0.67 per cent, […]
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Washington: Ray Liotta, an actor best known for his role as the hustler turned mob snitch Henry Hill in famed director Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas, has died. Liotta, 67, leaves behind a daughter, Karsen. He died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters. According to The Hollywood Reporter, […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 2 paise to 77.59 against the US dollar in the opening trade on Friday, supported by heavy buying in domestic equities and a weak greenback in the overseas markets. However, rising global crude prices and persistent foreign fund outflows capped the rupee’s gain, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has slapped Rs 25 lakh fine on a website for infringing the trademark of the iconic Hindi film “Sholay”, after restraining it from using the logo, designs, and selling of the DVD of the film on the internet. A bench of Justice Prathiba M.Singh was dealing with a suit filed […]
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San Francisco: Microsoft has confirmed that it is bringing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) — which allows users to run Android apps on Windows 11 — to five new markets later this year. Currently only available in the US, WSA will launch in France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK before the end of […]
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Srinagar: Four Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including two who were involved in killing a female TV artist, were killed in two separate encounters in Pulwama and Srinagar districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Friday. An encounter broke out at Aganhanzipora locality in Awantipora area of Pulwama district late on Thursday night, a police spokesman said. […]
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Uvalde: Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia was killed in her Texas classroom on Tuesday, massacred along with her co-teacher and 19 students. Two days later, a family member says her brokenhearted husband died. The motive for the massacre — the nation’s deadliest school shooting since Newtown, Connecticut, almost a decade ago — remained under investigation, with […]
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 527.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.37 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]
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Kolkata: A new round of confrontation between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and the Mamata Banerejee government seem to be looming after the state cabinet on Thursday decided to have Chief Minister as the Chancellor of all state universities instead of the Governor. This is for the first time that the state government has taken […]
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By Pramod K Nayar Girish Karnad, one of our most significant playwrights, pondered on the intricacies of transposed heads in Hayavadana. From a different context, Thomas Mann’s ‘The Transposed Heads’ (1940), set in India, was a precursor text. Mann and Karnad’s exploration of identity and belonging are not simply myth reworked, at least not since […]
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New Delhi: Hours after reports about misuse of facilities at Delhi’s Thyagraj Stadium by senior IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife and fellow IAS officer Rinku Dugga, both were on Thursday transferred out of the national capital to different locations from Delhi on Thursday. The Ministry of Home Affairs has transferred Khirwar to Ladakh […]
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Hyderabad: We’ve often heard from our elders about how life was peaceful and slow-paced during their younger days and how they had ample time on hand to indulge in hobbies, sporting activities, and much more. However, things began to change as the decades went by and the millennium set in. Today we have Gen Z […]
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There must be something terribly wrong with the system that makes buying military-grade weapons off the shelf cheaper and more accessible than buying health insurance cover. For all its sheen of freedom, democracy, equal opportunity and liberal values, America’s worst kept secret is the menace of mass shootings. One fails to understand why any legal […]
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Pune: Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women’s T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net runrate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament here on Thursday. Velocity will face Supernovas in the summit clash on Saturday. Invited to bat, Sabbhineni Meghana and Jemimah Ridrigues smashed scintillating […]
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Hyderabad: Candidates wishing to appear for the Group-I examination should immediately register themselves for the recruitment notification available on the website www.tspsc.gov.in as the last date to apply is fast approaching i.e., May 31. The Group-I aspirants should avoid the last-minute rush as there will be a chance of making errors in the application form. […]
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Paris: Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep is out of the French Open in the second round. Chinese teenager Qinwen Zheng pulled off the 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 upset of the 2018 Roland Garros champion at Court Simonne-Mathieu. The 74th-ranked Zheng amassed 27 winners to Halep’s nine to earn a trip to the third round on […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article on preparation for the Sub-Inspector of Police recruitment exam. Here are some practice questions, answers and explanations on the Profit and Loss topic. 1. A man buys a cycle for Rs 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the previous article to help you handle current affairs topics. Here are some sample questions with explanation: Match the following issues with their States? 1. WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine a. Maharashtra 2. India’s first pure Green Hydrogen Pilot Plant b. Assam 3. India’s first Radio channel […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana continued to attract huge foreign investments at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos with Hyundai Group on Thursday announcing that it would invest a massive Rs 1,400 crore in the State. The company made the announcement after meeting Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao on the sidelines of WEF meetings. Hyundai […]
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Hyderabad: Time management is essential when preparing for competitive exams. It is not desirable to miss out on important topics due to time constraints. In order to get through this, one must develop speed-reading techniques. Here are a few tips to improve your reading speed: Stop subvocalisation Subvocalisation is a common trait among readers. It […]
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Hyderabad: GMM Pfaudler, which manufactures glass lined reactors, tanks and columns for pharmaceutical and chemical companies, announced expansion of its facility in Hyderabad. The company will invest an additional $3.7 million (about Rs 28 crore) to increase the capacity. GMM Pfaudler had earlier invested $6.3 million (about Rs 48.5 crore) in acquisition of the glass […]
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Nalgonda: The villages, which struggled for safe drinking water before 2014, have witnessed a sea change in Nalgonda district with the development of basic amenities and infrastructure development in the last seven years. Palle Pragathi, which was launched by the State government in 2015 and aimed at all-round development of the villages in the State, […]
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Hyderabad: The CII India Business Forum (South Africa) appointed Nagaraju Gurrala, ShareSoft IT Solutions Chief Executive Officer, as the Chairperson of the IT Task Team. This is for the first time that a person from South India, mainly Telangana, received this honour. Gurrala said that he would carry out his responsibilities in way that is […]
