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Hyderabad: While Nizamabad boxer Nikhat Zareen recently hogged the limelight by becoming the world champion in the 52kg category, another boxer from the same district Mohammad Hussamuddin made it a memorable day by clinching a berth in the Indian team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The Nizamabad boxer Hussamuddin, who won a bronze medal in […]
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Mumbai: A “tremendous” rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is driving a surge in new infections in Maharashtra over the last few days, data showed, with a top official expressing fear that the approaching monsoon could herald a spate of symptomatic cases. Maharashtra had recorded 169 new cases on May 1, while […]
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Hyderabad: Shiv Nadar University Chennai, the third initiative in higher education by Shiv Nadar Foundation, has opened admissions for its Ph.D. programs in Engineering, Commerce, Economics, Mathematics, Physics and Interdisciplinary Research. This year, the University has also introduced a Ph.D. program in English where the scholars can either specialize in English Literature or English Language […]
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New Delhi: Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale won a silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) event at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday, giving the country its second medal of the competition. The 26-year-old Swapnil went down 10-16 to Rio Olympics silver winner Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine in the […]
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New Delhi: The South Africa T20I side, led by Temba Bavuma, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday ahead of five-match series against India to be played from June 9 to 19. The series serves as the resumption of both teams’ preparations for the Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia later in the year. This will […]
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Paris: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwé Middelkoop saved two match points but their dream run at the French Open ended with a semifinal defeat at the hands of Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer, here on Thursday. The 16th seeds, Bopanna and Middelkoop, who have played some exhilarating tennis throughout, lost 6-4 3-6 […]
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Aurangabad: The All India Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has urged the Maharashtra government to name a 400-bed hospital in Aurangabad after late BJP leader Gopinath Munde. AIMIM MP Imitiaz Jaleel on Thursday wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in this regard ahead of Munde’s death anniversary on June 3. A 400-bed hospital is under […]
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Hyderabad: K Someswara Babu has been elected as the chairman of the Managing Committee of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India – Hyderabad Chapter for the year 2022-23 after the 57th Annual General Meeting. He is an Associate Member and Practicing Cost Accountant having six years of experience and worked with various industries such as […]
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Hyderabad: There will be a shutdown of water supply in parts of Hyderabad due to pipeline repair works by Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) from 12 noon to 8 pm on Friday. The water board will takeup emergency shutdown of water supply to replace a damaged 450 mm diameter valve on Lalapet […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao presented the cheque for Rs 2 cr each to boxer Nikhat Zareen and shooter Esha Singh during the Telangana State formation day celebrations at the Public Gardens, on Tuesday. The rewards were announced by the Chief Minister’s Office on the eve of the formation day celebrations. Apart from the […]
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Hyderabad: South Central Railway’s performance in the new financial year began with the zone achieving its highest-ever monthly earnings in May 2022. Revenue of Rs 423.98 crore and Rs 1,067.57 crore were registered for passenger and freight segments respectively. The zone’s planning for the summer season by operating special trains paid rich dividends, wherein 2.65 […]
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Hyderabad: Delicate and intricate, feminine and graceful, a fine web of imagination… lace has always had romantic connotations throughout time and history. Crochet lace is something we have perhaps seen our grandmothers and mothers working with great pride. These wonderful women sat by a window creating gifts of love for their children and grandchildren in […]
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Kolkata: Renowned Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, had several heart blockages and he could have been saved if CPR was administered on time, a doctor who conducted autopsy said on Thursday. KK died on Tuesday night due to a massive cardiac arrest after a live performance at Nazrul Mancha in Kolkata. “He […]
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London: Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Midnight’s Children’, leads a list of over 40 professionals and community champions of Indian-origin to be honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Rushdie is named a Companion of Honour, an exclusive club with membership limited to just 65 people at any given time, […]
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Stavanger (Norway): Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament. The 52-year-old Anand trumped his opponent in 36 moves in the battle of the veterans to make it two out of two after the second […]
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Hyderabad: In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish in the 20th century. Lacks’ cervical cancer cells, called ‘HeLa’ after the first two letters of her first and last name, are immortal, […]
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Hyderabad: Both are experts in throwing punches, albeit in different arenas. If Nikhat Zareen proved her mettle in the boxing ring and won the world boxing championship, the other one, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, an accepted veteran in throwing political punches has demonstrated his capability by succeeding in getting Telangana state formed and steering […]
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New Delhi: The increase in monkeypox cases has led to a rash of social media posts, many claiming the chimpanzee adenovirus vector used in AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is behind the outbreak and some suggesting the infection is basically shingles and a “well-known” side effect of the jab. Experts that PTI spoke to said both claims, […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan has warned that the country would descend into a civil war if fresh elections were not announced. In an interview to Bol News on Wednesday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman said he is waiting for the Supreme Court to decide on his party’s plea to provide protection to […]
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Jammu: In the wake of targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandit and non-local government employees in the Valley, hundreds of government employees took out a march on Thursday to demand their immediate transfer to their respective home districts in J&K’s Jammu city. The protesting Kashmiri Pandit employees and others posted in the Valley carried placards with […]
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Hyderabad: When Junaid Shaikh arrived in Hyderabad from Mumbai, little did he know that he would be training some of the biggest celebrities in tinsel town like Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Akhil Akkineni. The fitness trainer has over eight years of experience in the field and also worked as an assistant fitness trainer for Bollywood […]
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Hyderabad: Civil Services AIR 204 Akavaram Sasya Reddy, who was mentored for personality test by Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M.Bhagwat and his team, was felicitated here on Thursday. Sasya Reddy, a Civil Engineering graduate had prepared on her own, except for online crash course in Political Science and International Relations with Shibhra Rajan. After the […]
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Paris: Croatia’s Marin Cilic says he is extremely proud on becoming the only fifth active player to reach the semifinals at all four Grand Slams after beating Russia’s Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals at the French Open in a five-set thriller. Cilic, who reached his first semifinal at Roland Garros on Wednesday, joined the esteemed […]
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Hyderabad: Shiznay 2k22 was organised as part of the TKR Educational Society’s college fest to commemorate the university’s 20th annual day festivities at Meerpet, Hyderabad. Popular Bollywood singer Guru Randhawa sang live in concert on the first day. Guru began the event with his highly popular songs like ‘High Rated Gabru’, ‘Lahore’, and ‘Ban Ja […]
