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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin may be forced to give up control of the war in Ukraine for days as he is set for cancer surgery, and will reportedly nominate hardline former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev to take temporary control of the invasion while he is under the knife, a Kremlin insider has claimed. Patrushev, […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of his three-day trip to Denmark, Germany and France, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was travelling to Europe at a time when the region was confronted with many challenges. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday issued a departure statement before leaving for Germany in his first visit abroad this year. He said […]
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New Delhi: Early education of a child must be in mother tongue, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Delhi University centenary celebrations, Naidu said the Indian education system must also focus on “our culture”. “If the early education is given to a child in mother tongue they […]
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New Delhi: Senior diplomat Vinay Kwatra on Sunday took charge as India’s new Foreign Secretary. A 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, he succeeded Harsh Vardhan Shringla who retired from service on Saturday. Before assuming the office of the Foreign Secretary, Kwatra had served as India’s Ambassador to Nepal. “Shri Vinay Kwatra assumed charge as Foreign […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader K. Kavitha on Sunday slammed the Centre for again raising the price of commercial LPG. The price of commercial gas has been revised upwards by Rs 102.50, pushing the price to Rs 2,355.50. The member of Telangana Legislative Council tweeted that the actions and decisions of the Modi government reflect […]
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New Delhi: Two teenage girls and a motorcycle rider were killed, while five others suffered injuries in a road accident that took place in Delhi’s Vikas Marg area, police said on Sunday. The police said that they received a call at around 1 a.m. that there was a collision between a car and a motorcycle. “On […]
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Los Angeles: ‘The Marvels’ and ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ are swapping release dates, Disney announced. According to ‘Variety’, ‘The Marvels’, the sequel to 2019’s ‘Captain Marvel’, was originally due to open in theatres on February 17, 2023, and ‘Quantumania’, the third movie in the ‘Ant-Man’ series, was set to open on July 28, 2023. Instead, […]
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Bengaluru: Keeping up the industrial growth momentum, the Karnataka government has approved 60 industrial projects worth Rs 2,465.94 crore that would generate jobs for over 8,575 people in the state, an official statement stated on Sunday. The 131st State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister for Large and […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google’s upcoming smartwatch ‘Pixel Watch’ is reportedly going to be powered by a 300mAh battery and may also offer cellular connectivity. According to a source familiar with the matter, the Pixel Watch has a battery that comes in at 300mAh, reports 9To5Google. The report also mentioned that the smartwatch is likely to […]
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Colombo: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated his call for a political consensus to deal with the challenges faced by the country, local media reported. In a message to mark the International Worker’s Day, President Rajapaksa said, “Bearing the responsibility of creating a better future for the people of this country, as the Head […]
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New York: Women’s elevated anxiety, depression and stress during pregnancy altered key features of the foetal brain, which subsequently decreased their offspring’s cognitive development at 18 months, according to a study. These changes also increased internalising and dysregulation behaviours, revealed the study published in JAMA Network Open. The findings further suggest that persistent psychological distress after […]
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New Delhi: When was the last time you laughed hard? Not just a little guffaw, but the kind of guffaw that makes your stomach hurt or even tears well up in your eyes? Laughter not only makes you feel good, but it has been shown to improve your mental health, immune system, and even vascular […]
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New Delhi: Energy security will be among key areas of discussions during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Germany, Denmark and France, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Sunday. Modi begins his visit to the three countries on Monday. At a media briefing, Kwatra said the overall focus of the talks will be […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government is implementing a slew of welfare and development programmes for working classes, said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. He greeted the working-class community on the occasion of International Labour Day (May Day) on Sunday. He said that the state government is implementing several development and welfare programmes for the welfare of […]
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San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk could fire Twitter’s legal head Vijaya Gadde, who makes about $17 million a year and is one of the highly paid executives at the micro-blogging platform, once he takes over. Nevertheless, Gadde will get a severance package worth $12.5 million that includes Twitter shares, reports The New York Post. “Gadde, […]
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Mumbai: On her 34th birthday on Sunday, actress-producer Anushka Sharma spoke about how she is focussing on being a part of the best scripts that the Hindi film industry has to offer which will make it worth her time to stay away from her year-old toddler Vamika. Anushka says, “I will always want to be […]
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Mumbai: Bollywood actress Rakul Preet Singh, who has been garnering positive response for her work in the recently released Ajay Devgn directorial ‘Runway 34’, has spoken about the challenges that she encountered during the filming of the project where she had to act and emote in front of a towering personality like Amitabh Bachchan. Elaborating […]
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New Delhi: Newly-appointed Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Sunday said his “utmost and foremost” priority would be to ensure very high standards of operational preparedness to face current, contemporary and future security challenges across the entire spectrum of conflict. Gen Pande also said the global geopolitical situation is changing rapidly “as a result of […]
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New Delhi: Tata Motors is looking to drive in a range of electric vehicles across various price points with multiple body styles and features in order to cater to a wide range of customers across segments, as per a top company official. The homegrown auto major, which currently leads the domestic electric passenger vehicle segment […]
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Chennai: Several directors, actors, actresses and production houses joined scores of fans on Sunday to greet actor Ajith Kumar on his 51st birthday. Among the first to wish Ajith were producer Boney Kapoor, directors Venkat Prabhu, Ajay Gnanamuthu, and Adhik Ravichandran, as well as actors Shanthanoo Baghyaraj, Parvati Nair, Harish Kalyan and Sibi Sathyaraj. Venkat […]
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Lucknow: Continuing its drive against loudspeakers, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has uninstalled 53,942 loudspeakers from various religious places across the state till Sunday. Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) in Uttar Pradesh, Prashant Kumar said: “So far, till 7 a.m. on Sunday, 53,942 loudspeakers have been removed from various religious […]
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Bengaluru: The Kannada film industry has never been short of high ambition, aspirational directors and producers who wanted to put the industry on the national map. Though yeomen efforts were made in this direction since the 1990s, it could garner commercial success and acceptance only in 2022 with ‘KGF Chapter: 2’. Veterans say that it […]
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Chennai: The first look of director Deepak’s upcoming film, ‘Witness’, featuring actresses Shraddha Srinath and Rohini in the lead, was released on Sunday on the occasion of May Day. Shraddha, who posted the first look of the film on her social media handles, wrote: “With the world of conservancy workers at its centre, the movie […]
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New Delhi: As the Indian users look for trusted, reliable and long-performing handsets in mid-price range, Samsung has unveiled a range of such smartphones this year, including the all-new Galaxy M53 5G. The smartphone, which is said to offer flagship-inspired features, is priced at Rs 23,999 for the 6GB+128GB and Rs 25,999 for the 8GB+128GB […]
