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New Delhi: Election for the President of India will be held on July 18, the Election Commission announced on Thursday, with 4,809 members of the electoral college comprising MPs and MLAs set to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar noted that Kovind’s term ends on July 24 and […]
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India will soon come out with regulatory architecture for digital lending platforms, many of which are unauthorised and illegal, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. There have been increasing cases of alleged suicides of borrowers due to harassment by a few of the operators of digital lending apps. “I think […]
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Hyderabad: Harry Styles’s ‘As It Was’ is approaching 650 million streams on Spotify, and has managed to maintain its #1 position on the Billboard Global 200 as well as Billboard Global Excl. US for the 9th consecutive week. On the latter, this record is tied for the longest duration at #1 on this chart. The […]
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Hyderabad: Austin Butler and Tom Hanks starrer, ‘Elvis’ is a biopic centred on the life of the music legend of the 1950s, Elvis Presley, and his relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Produced by Warner Brothers and directed by period film specialist Baz Luhrmann, it traces Presley’s rise to fame as the ‘King of […]
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Hyderabad: Sedentary lifestyle, poor dietary habits resulting in obesity, uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension are leading to significant increase in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) among people in urban and rural areas, a door-to-door survey taken-up by doctors from Hyderabad-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG), said. More than 25 per cent of people in urban areas […]
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New Delhi: Emphasising the country’s rising stature in the global ecosystem of biotech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India’s bio-economy has grown eight times in the last eight years. Prime Minister inaugurated the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan, here on Thursday. Prime Miniter also launched the Biotech products e portal. […]
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Hyderabad: Planning a trip overseas can often be a tiring task. From picking a destination to long waiting times stretching into weeks, there are a whole host of things that need to be taken care of. However, luckily, many countries let you in without a visa. Here are the countries Indian passport-holders can travel to […]
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New Delhi: Making rounds on social media, an optical illusion depicting the photo of a tiger has a hidden “second tiger” in it. It has been claimed that only a rare one percent can spot the hidden feline. “If you spot the second tiger in this optical illusion you’re in the top one percent,” an […]
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Pune: Pune Police on Wednesday arrested a wanted accused identified as Siddhesh Kamble alias Sourav Mahakal in connection with a murder case. According to police, Mahakal is an accomplice of shooter Santosh Jadhav and a suspect in Singer Sidhu Moose Wala murder case. Mahakal was arrested in MCOCA act registered at Manchar Police station of […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted the custody of a five-year-old boy who lost both his parents to COVID-19 last year, to his paternal grandparents, saying that paternal grandparents would better take care of the child than his maternal aunt, as they are “more emotionally attached” to him. A bench of Justices MR […]
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Warangal: People living in the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC), mainly the poor living in the slums, are suffering a lot due to non-availability of the potable drinking water, thanks to the utter negligence of the Public Health and Municipal Engineering Department and the water supply wing of the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) in […]
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Sangareddy: A couple was found hanging at their residence at Ram Nagar in Sangareddy town Wednesday night. They were Ch Srinath Reddy (32), and Ch Raghaveni Mallika (29). While Srinath used to run a private finance company, Mallika was working as an HR professional in a Software Company in Kukatpally. After seeing the couple hanging […]
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Siddipet: Several Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress leaders from Siddipet town joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the presence of Finance Minister T Harish Rao at his residence in Hyderabad on Thursday. The BJP District General Secretary Daripally Srinivas, Town BJP Minority Cell President MD Ibrahim, Town Congress leader Krishnapuram Babu along with over 100 […]
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Ranchi: Two youths accused of raping a girl have been beaten up and set on fire by villagers in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, leaving one dead and the other seriously injured, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in a village in Sadar Police Station area on Wednesday night. The injured is undergoing treatment at […]
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San Francisco: Microblogging site Twitter is testing a new shopping feature — Product Drops — that will preview upcoming product releases from different merchants. The new feature lets brands tease items before they go on sale, and users can sign up to be reminded before the release through in-app notifications. “With Product Drops, when a merchant […]
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Hyderabad: Several Youth Congress activists were taken into custody when they attempted to lay siege to Pragathi Bhavan at Somajiguda on Thursday afternoon. The party workers came to Pragathi Bhavan in small batches and attempted to lay siege to the CM’s official residence. However the police personnel who were present at the place prevented them […]
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Chennai: Superstars Rajinikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Vijay Sethupathi and director Mani Ratnam are some of the high profile guests who have arrived here at the Sheraton Grand for the wedding of director Vignesh Shivan with actress Nayanthara. Actor Vijay Sethupathi, who gave Vignesh Shivan his big break with ‘Naanum Rowdy Thaan’, arrived with his entire family […]
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New Delhi: Sounding a note of caution, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said on Thursday that the crypto currencies have yet to pass the test to become fiat currency and at the same time it would be difficult to regulate them. He further said that unlike fiat money, crypto currencies cannot satisfy basic requirements […]
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Hyderabad: Communist Party of India (CPI) national secretary K. Narayana on Thursday alleged that Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan is crossing her limits. Reacting to the Mahila Darbar programme announced by her, he said the governor was crossing ‘Lakshman Rekha’. He wondered why the governor was holding ‘Mahila Darbar’ and demanded that she cancel the programme. The […]
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New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi was named in the FIR registered by Delhi police over alleged inflammatory remarks on Wednesday. Swami Yati Narasimhananda is also among those booked for spreading hateful messages yesterday. On Wednesday, the IFSO unit of the Delhi police had registered a case against several persons including […]
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Los Angeles: When Iman Vellani was brought on board for the role of Kamala Khan, the Pakistani American teen superhero also known as Ms. Marvel, it was her debut in acting. The 19-year-old, Vellani also took on the responsibility of playing the first Muslim superhero. “I’m honestly so privileged that Marvel trusts me to bring […]
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Mumbai: Global icon, diva Priyanka Chopra composed a note for the ‘Ms Marvel’ team on her social media account, earlier yesterday. Taking to her Instagram story, the ‘Bajirao Mastani’ actor expressed excitement and applauded the ‘Ms Marvel’ team, for including and reflecting South Asian actors and culture. Reposting the trailer of the series, on IG […]
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Hanoi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday handed over 12 high-speed guard boats for Vietnam Border Guard at Hong Ha Shipyard made under USD 100 million lines of credit by the Indian government. Five out of 12 boats were manufactured at the L&T Shipyard in India while seven were made at the Hong Ha Shipyard. […]
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Mumbai: After the rousing reception ‘Major’ received and the impact it has made on audiences, actor Adivi Sesh on Wednesday announced the Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan Fund, yet another attempt to take the late Major’s legacy ahead by helping CDS and NDA aspirants across the country. The plans for this fund will soon be presented to Maharashtra […]
