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Washington DC: The wait is finally over as Tom Cruise’s long-delayed ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is about to hit the theatres later this month. However, days ahead of the release, an old interview of Cruise has surfaced where he labelled the making of follow-up to his classic ‘Top Gun’ as “irresponsible”. Cruise had given the interview […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo sharing platform Instagram is experimenting with full-screen vertical home feeds. In a video posted on micro-blogging site Twitter, Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the test and said that taller photos and videos would begin appearing in some feeds. “We are testing a new, immersive viewing experience in the main Home feed. […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly bill seeking exemption to the state from the ambit of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) has been sent to the Centre for Presidential assent by Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday. Stalin told the state Assembly that he has been informed by the Governor’s […]
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday asserted that there was no violation of loudspeaker guidelines in Maharashtra and said no one should teach Hindutva to his party. Without taking names of the BJP and MNS, Raut told reporters that people do not take cognisance of people who, with the support of “pseudo Hindutvawadis”, […]
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Bengaluru: E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday announced it now aims exports worth $20 billion from India by 2025, thus doubling its goal. In 2020, Amazon pledged to enable $10 billion in cumulative exports from India by 2025. The company said that cumulative exports by the Indian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) via its ‘Global […]
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Hyderabad: On May 2, the long-awaited trailer of ‘Sarkaru Vaari Paata’, starring superstar Mahesh Babu and Keerthy Suresh, was released. The trailer received over 25 million views in the first 24 hours, breaking a record. While the trailer, as a whole ups the ante, an adult dialogue, an innuendo, and a couple of double-meaning dialogues […]
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Mumbai: CarryMinati, whose real name is Ajey Nagar, made a brief appearance in the latest released thriller-drama ‘Runway34’. The celebrated YouTuber has heaped praises on actor and filmmaker Ajay Devgn. CarryMinati shares, “I loved being part of Runway34 and so grateful for all the fan love. This cameo appearance has helped me to discover a newer […]
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Hyderabad: The monsoon action teams and personnel from the Disaster Response Force (DRF) of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) swung into action on Wednesday to address rain-related issues following a heavy downpour in the city. GHMC workers were pressed into service to clear waterlogging on roads, remove fallen tree branches, and tangled utility wires. The […]
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Hyderabad: Following heavy rains in the city in the early hours of Wednesday, several areas reported power outages. Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited Chairman and Managing Director G Raghuma Reddy said that there is power outage in some parts of the city due to trees getting uprooted and falling on electric lines. “Teams […]
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London: Digital marketing of unhealthy food products to children and online gaming that compels children to a sedentary life are the main drivers of obesity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. According to the WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, rates of overweight and obesity have reached “epidemic proportions”, with only the Americas having […]
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New Delhi: Australian opener David Warner has advised former India skipper and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli to “stick to the basics” amid the lean patch. Kohli has been struggling to score runs in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Kohli did hit a fifty in his last outing against Gujarat Titans […]
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New Delhi: Swiggy has entered into a partnership with Garuda Aerospace to begin trial runs using drones to deliver groceries in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) and Bengaluru, Karnataka. The pilot project will assess the viability of using drones in Swiggy’s grocery delivery service Instamart. The drones will be used to replenish inventory between seller-run dark […]
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Mumbai: A Mumbai Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, who were arrested in the ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ recital case. The couple was arrested from their home after giving a call for reciting Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence. According to their lawyer Rizwan […]
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Beijing: Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of coronavirus. The subway authority in a brief message said only that the measure to shut 40 mostly downtown stations was being taken as part of epidemic control measures. No date for resumption […]
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Hyderabad: One worker was killed and three others were injured in an explosion at a steel factory in IDA Bollarum on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Wednesday. The mishap is suspected to have been caused by the explosion of the boiler. The injured were shifted to a hospital at Kukatpally in Hyderabad, where their condition […]
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Hyderabad: A portion of the Shankar Mutt – VST Junction road caved in following the heavy rains that lashed the city on Wednesday. The stretch was already excavated to construct a steel flyover near VST Junction. With a nala running under the portion of the road that caved in, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) […]
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Khunti: A top Naxalite was killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jharkhand’s Khunti district on Wednesday morning, police said. Laka Pahan, the secretary of south Chhotanagpur regional committee of outlawed People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), was killed in Kota Indipidi forest in Murhu police station area, they said. The district armed […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another major seizure in recent times at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the Hyderabad Customs seized 1.389 kilograms of heroin worth Rs.11.53 Crores from a Tanzanian national. According to Customs officials, the passenger arrived from Johannesburg (via Abu Dhabi) by Flight EY-274 on April 26. “The passenger was arrested and remanded to […]
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Hyderabad: The GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), a step-down subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL), has received a letter of confirmation from the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) extending the term of the Concession Agreement for operating the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here for a further period of 30 years, from March 23, 2038 up […]
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Bengaluru: Seven in 10 office workers in India are under increased pressure at work due to more and more colleagues resigning in the past year, the highest in any region, a new report showed on Wednesday. Monotonous tasks are amplifying employee unhappiness and uncertainty and they would welcome new processes and technologies such as automation […]
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Hyderabad: Actress Nora Fatehi has reportedly been cast in an important role in Pawan Kalyan’s next, ‘Hari Hara Veera Mallu’. In the upcoming period drama directed by Krish, Nora will essay the role of Roshanara Begum, Shah Jahan’s third daughter and (Aurangazeb’s sister), according to reports. The role was supposed to be played by Bollywood actress […]
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Medak: A-25-year-old youth Nandu was found murdered on the outskirts of D Dharamaram village in Ramayampet Mandal on Wednesday morning. Nandu was brutally stabbed with a knife in both eyes which led to his death. His family members alleged that one of his close friends murdered him. The incident has created tension in D Dharamaram. […]
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Hyderabad: After giving bollywood lovers a mini heart-attack, by announcing the end of the popular chat show ‘Koffee with Karan’ (KWK), Karan Johar has revealed the return of the show on a streaming platform. He has also promised that this time ‘there will be conversations that go deep, about love, loss and everything we’ve all […]
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San Francisco: Twitter has acknowledged for the first time that its core advertising business could be at risk amid the $44 billion takeover by Elon Musk, along with losing key staff during the process. In a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the micro-blogging platform said it is exposed to new risks […]
