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Manila: Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu defeated Singapore’s Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi in straight games to reach the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at the Badminton Asia Championships here on Thursday. Fourth seed Sindhu, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asia Championships in Gimcheon, defeated lowly-ranked Jaslyn Hooi 21-16 21-16 in 42 minutes. […]
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Hyderabad: Technology giant Google on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Telangana government to bring benefits of digital economy to youth and women entrepreneurs. As part of the partnership, Google will collaborate with the State through its various arms to extend scholarships for Google Career Certificates to Telangana’s youth, support women entrepreneurs […]
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New Delhi: Digital payments company PhonePe on Thursday announced exciting offers on the purchase of gold and silver via the app on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. Users can buy the highest purity 24K gold through the app and choose to either accumulate it in bank grade insured lockers with zero hassle of storage […]
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Sangareddy: A couple died in a road accident on Rajiv Rajadhari near Pragnapur Town and their two children have sustained serious injuries on Thursday. The deceased were Sridhar and Latha of Gajwel town. They were proceeding towards Pragnapur from Gouraram when Sridhar lost control over steering and hit the car to road divider. The car […]
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Hyderabad: Even though Hyderabad is known for its Biryani, the festival of Ramzan is when Haleem seems to make a special place in people’s stomach. As per the order analysis by Swiggy, Hyderabadis ordered haleem nearly 33 times more this year as compared to last year during the month of Ramzan. However, Chicken Biryani was […]
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Patna: The health department of Bihar on Thursday detected a new variant of Omicron in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS). The new variant BA.12 is 10 times more dangerous than BA.2 which was detected during the third wave of Corona in the country. Prof Dr Namrata Kumari, the HOD of microbiology department of […]
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Hyderabad: Making a filmy entrance, this bride and her whole family grooved to the beats of ‘Saami Saami’ song from Pushpa. In this now viral video, one can see the bride clad in an all pink lehenga dancing to the beats of this popular Telugu track. In the background, showing full support and breaking a […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Police on Thursday issued a look out notice for popular Malayalam actor-producer Vijay Babu. The police suspect that Babu has fled the country and is presently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Babu, according to the police, is on the run after a female colleague hailing from Kozhikode filed a complaint before […]
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Diphu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the double-engine government for the development of northeast regions. PM Modi is in Assam to lay the foundation stone of several projects.”Today, the double-engine government is developing the nation with the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’,” PM Modi said while addressing the ‘Peace, Unity and Development […]
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Hyderabad: Genetic researchers from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and other major Indian research institutions, in a ground-breaking study have revealed that the human skeletons that were excavated from an old well in Ajnala town in Punjab in 2014, belonged to the Indian sepoys from the 26th Native Bengal Infantry Battalion, who […]
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United Nations: Measles cases spiked around the world in the first two months of 2022, triggering concerns about larger outbreaks, the Unicef warned. Almost 17,338 measles cases were reported worldwide in January and February 2022, compared with 9,665 during the first two months of 2021, Xinhua news agency quoted the Unicef as saying in an […]
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Los Angeles: After a long wait, director James Cameron is finally ready to show audiences his otherworldly, underwater vision for the sequel of ‘Avatar’. It’s newly titled as ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’. Disney, which inherited the franchise after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, unveiled new footage of the highly anticipated film at CinemaCon, […]
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Seoul: Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported its best first-quarter earnings in four years on the back of solid chip and mobile demand. The world’s largest memory chip and mobile phone maker said its operating profit rose more than 50 per cent to $11.1 billion (year-over-year) in a regulatory filing, reports Yonhap News Agency. Sales increased […]
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New Delhi: Italian chocolate and confectionery products company Ferrero’s Kinder chocolates have now been linked to salmonella poisoning in about 11 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The company had earlier this month voluntarily withdrawn some of its Kinder chocolates from markets in the US and several European and Asian countries over a […]
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Mumbai: After a war-of-words kicked off between Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and South cinema’s Kiccha Sudeep on Hindi being the national language of India, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma came out with a statement saying that the “north stars are insecure and jealous of the south stars”. It all started when Sudeep said: “Someone said that […]
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Los Angeles: A former agent for Hollywood star Johnny Depp testified that Amber Heard’s abuse allegations had a ‘traumatic impact’ on Depp’s image, and cost him the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise. Christian Carino, a talent agent at Creative Artists Agency, appeared by video deposition at Depp’s defamation trial. Depp is suing Heard, his former […]
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New Delhi: IT company Cyient on Thursday said it will acquire Singapore-based Grit Consulting for USD 37 million (about Rs 284 crore) in an all-cash deal. Grit Consulting has expertise in consulting for asset-intensive industries like metal mining and energy and the acquisition will enable Cyient customers across sectors to draw value from the Grit’s […]
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New Delhi: Google has allowed people to request removals of additional types of information from its Search results, including personal contact information like a phone number, email address, or physical address. Google Search currently allows people to request the removal of certain content, with a focus on sensitive content that can cause direct harm to […]
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Hyderabad: Joining the league of companies having their global capabilities centres in Hyderabad, Thermo Fisher Scientific on Thursday launched its new research and development and engineering facility in Hyderabad. Thermo Fisher Scientific, American supplier of scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables, and software services, has an annual planned research and development investment of about $15 million […]
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Mumbai: After multiple delays, actor Adivi Sesh-starrer ‘Major’ is all set to hit the screens on June 3 and will be locking horns with Akshay Kumar’s period drama ‘Prithviraj’ at the box office. ‘Major’, which celebrates the spirit of Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s life and traces its varied phases, was first scheduled to open in cinema halls […]
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New Delhi: Thailand, a place often referred to as a bachelor’s paradise, is a travel destination that boasts of bold and fun-filled spots where tourists can have unique yet memorable experiences. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mohnish Doultani (@mohnishdoultani) Speaking about uniqueness, there’s a cafe in Thailand that has […]
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Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 10 paise to 76.67 against the US dollar in the opening trade on Thursday, weighed down by the strength of the greenback and significant foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 76.60 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 76.67, registering a fall […]
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Bengaluru: At least 150 passengers and crew members on board a Thai Airways flight escaped unhurt after the aircraft suffered a tyre burst before it landed in Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL), according to sources. The incident took place on Tuesday night and a technical team from the airlines arrived on Wednesday evening with a spare […]
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San Francisco: Betting big on metaverse and its short-video platform Reels, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Founder and CEO, has taken a deep dive into his next investment priorities that will drive the growth for the company. The social network which now has 1.96 billion daily active users (DAUs), up from 1.92 billion last quarter, said that […]
