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Beijing: The Asian Para Games, which were scheduled to take place from October 9 to 15 in Hangzhou, China have been postponed due to concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisers officially announced on Tuesday. “The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games organising committee (HAPGOC) and the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) today announced the postponement of […]
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Geneva: The WHO on Thursday said that 14.9 million people were killed either by COVID-19 directly or due to the pandemic’s impact on health systems and society, with the global health agency estimating that India had 4.7 million fatalities. In New Delhi, India strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health […]
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Hyderabad: For the first time since it was initiated, collections of the Early Bird scheme of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation have crossed Rs 600 crore, with the civic body now hoping that the scheme will add around Rs 700 crore to the corporation’s coffers this year. So far, the highest tax collection under the […]
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Hyderabad: The summer camps in the twin cities are back after Covid-19 pandemic forced a two-year hiatus. The Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) centres across the city are abuzz with kids honing their skills in various disciplines. With coronavirus pandemic forcing the kids to stay indoors for over […]
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New York: The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people who use drugs in ways that hurt their mental health and changed drug use behaviours, increasing their risk for overdose, according to a study. Drug overdoses have soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, with US overdose deaths topping 100,000 during the 12-month period ending in […]
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New Delhi: Following Beijing’s reluctance to allow the return of Indians stuck at home since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, India has also suspended tourist visas for nationals of China. The government’s move came after thousands of Indians including more than 23,000 students, have been stuck in India for over two years as Beijing […]
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By Sujeet Kumar Last month an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy travelled nearly 11,000 km with only a plastic bag, a passport and a telephone number written on his hand to escape from Russian bombs. Many like him, including adults from Ukraine, travelled to different places to save their lives. Nearly 18,000 Indian students studying medicine and […]
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It’s a tumultuous moment in the history of Sri Lanka whose fall from grace — from a reasonably stable economy, despite decades of ethnic war, to being caught in the worst financial crisis since independence — has shocked the world. The en masse resignation of all the 26 federal ministers amidst the raging public protests […]
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Washington: A new study has found that more people weighed in as obese during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic than the previous year. The evidence was presented from a large, nationally representative survey that showed this trend and helped researchers to explain behaviour changes that led to widespread weight gain in 2020. The […]
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Hyderabad: Shrugging off the pandemic hangover, the Town Planning wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has registered a 73 percent increase in its revenue this financial year compared to the previous year. The total revenue generated this year was Rs.1,144.08 crore, as against Rs.661 crore in 2020-2021. This financial year, the corporation issued […]
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The resumption of regular international flights, after a pandemic-induced hiatus of over two years, is a matter of big relief for both the passengers and the crisis-ridden aviation sector. The last two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have been very tough on the aviation industry which suffered unprecedented losses. The international flights, suspended since March […]
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Hyderabad: Three successive waves of Covid pandemic in the last two years, led to unique public health challenges for general public, private and government hospitals in Telangana. This was for the first time that State governments across the country had to face such unique healthcare difficulties during a pandemic that impacted a large cross section […]
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Hyderabad: Overcoming the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, South Central Railway (SCR) crossed a major milestone in freight revenue in the current financial year to record a whopping Rs 10,000 crores in freight revenue by loading 112.51 million tons. The growth in freight loading has been across the entire freight segment, with all commodities […]
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By Srinivas Rao Mahankali Even as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the world and ravaged global economies, it ushered in winds of positive change for India’s startup ecosystem. According to recent reports, 43 startups were identified as unicorns in 2020, and 42 others in 2021, making it a bumper period for homegrown startups. The […]
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Hyderabad: The war is not over yet, but the frightening uncertainties that come in the wake of such violent conflicts have already started haunting students who managed to escape Putin’s bombs. While they have safely returned home from Ukraine, several Indian students are in a Catch 22 situation now. Their academics already disrupted due to […]
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Mount Maunganui: Mithali Raj will be eager to get her hands on a maiden title in what would be her last hurrah for India at the world stage, Heather Knight will hope to defend it while Meg Lanning seems primed to lead Australia to a ”Magnificent Seventh” when the ICC Women’s World Cup gets underway […]
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New Delhi: More than eight in ten Indians with a bank account in Metro cities now use mobile banking apps that saw a surge amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report. Mobile banking apps are the most popular banking channel in Asia, with 83 per cent of Metro Indian and 78 per cent […]
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California: The lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic led to the boom of Instagram influencers, especially those who promoted and reviewed skincare. One of the most highly requested reviews was unsurprisingly for pimples. Acne is among the most common skin diseases in the world. It has been known that hair follicles assist in the development of […]
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Hyderabad: Overcoming the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, South Central Railway (SCR) has achieved a huge milestone this financial year with the zone crossing the originating loading of 100 million tonnes in the freight segment and carrying 100 million passengers, as of February 11. The SCR’s efforts to balance both freight and passenger segments […]
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