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In our column, last week we started discussing English as a Second Language (ESL) programme in the United States. We understood that students starting their higher education at a university or college in the United States may go through beginner to advanced level courses on academic English to learn English or improve their English language […]
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Hyderabad: A 27-year-old Telugu student, who had reached the United States just a month ago, was shot dead during a robbery in the store he was working in Alabama on Thursday. According to media reports, the incident happened around 9.30 am (US time) on Thursday, with the Talladega County Sheriff’s Office identifying the victim as […]
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Yadadri: Calling the BJP Government an ‘utter flop’ government, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said the sooner the nation gets rid of the BJP government, the better it would be for the country. In a blistering attack on the Central Government, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister said in the last 8 years […]
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Beijing: China on Tuesday warned the United States against a USD 100 million deal on weapons supply to Taiwan and said that Beijing will take necessary actions to protect its sovereignty. The United States has approved a possible USD 100 million sales of equipment and services to Taiwan to “sustain” and “improve” the Patriot missile […]
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Oxford [England]: The findings of a recent study have shed some light on whether losing weight reduces the risk of cancer. The study in ‘JNCI Cancer Spectrum’, published by Oxford University Press, indicated that overweight and obese people who lose weight may reduce their chances of later developing colorectal adenoma: a type of benign growth […]
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Hyderabad: ‘Bomb cyclone’ hit eastern United States recently triggering transport chaos, outages. The US Eastern Seaboard is one of the regions where bombogenesis is most common. That’s because storms in the midlatitudes—a temperate zone north of the tropics that includes the entire continental United States—draw their energy from large temperature contrasts. Along the United States […]
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Washington: Shortage of microchips in production processes in the United States cost the American economy 240 billion USD last year, and electronics companies encountered the most significant impact, the US broadcaster CBS News reported, citing experts. Disruptions were sparked by closure of major chip production plants in Asia due to the pandemic, according to the […]
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Well in many ways, this doesn't change the concerns that we have with the S-400 system. I think it shines a spotlight on the destabilising role that Russia is playing not only in the region but potentially beyond as well
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Hyderabad: Controversial Bangladeshi-Swedish writer Taslima Nasreen found herself in a rather exasperating situation on Tuesday when Facebook ‘memorialised’ her account, apparently believing that she is no more. A memorialized account on Facebook means, the person who started the account is dead and the ‘memorialized account’ is a place for friends and family to gather and […]
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In our last column, we discussed the grading system as part of the special series on US higher education system. Today, we discuss a related topic ‘coursework’ as part of the series. At US universities, courses are regularly scheduled into classroom sessions of one to five hours (or more) per week when the classes are […]
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Welcome back readers to our weekly column DestinationUSA and the special topics series on US higher education that we are currently discussing in the column. Several of our readers have requested us to talk about the grading system at US universities. So, today’s column is dedicated to this special topic. A grade or grading system […]
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Hyderabad: The Corbevax vaccine for Covid-19, which recently received Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) from Indian drug regulators and is being manufactured by Hyderabad-based pharma giant Biological E Limited, has a direct link to top vaccine researchers of United States, who had created, engineered and technology-transferred the vaccine without any patents or strings attached. Led by […]
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Seoul: Suga of the South-Korean super K-pop band BTS has tested positive for Covid after returning from the US. The K-Pop idol received his positive test result one day after he returned to South Korea, where he was quarantined as soon as he arrived, reports aceshowbiz.com. He has not come in contact with other members […]
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Washington: Even as Omicron has now become the dominant variant in the US, the country has reported its first death from the highly transmissible variant, the media reported. An unvaccinated man in his 50s with underlying health conditions is believed to have been the first American to die from the Omicron variant of Covid, Fox […]
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Jerusalem: Israeli ministers on Monday approved adding the United States and Canada to its list of countries to which travel is banned amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced the decision following a Cabinet vote. The rare move to red-list the US comes amid rising coronavirus […]
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Washington: Health experts have warned of “viral blizzard” in the US as the new Omicron variant is spreading rapidly nationwide and has already been detected in at least 41 states. In recent weeks, Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations have all surged in the country, with many parts experiencing high levels of community transmission, according to […]
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Washington: The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row. The White House on Wednesday insisted there was no need for a lockdown because […]
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It is to the credit of Indian diplomacy that efforts are being made to deepen ties with Russia, sending important message to China and Pakistan
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Postdoctoral fellows contribute to ongoing research and also have the opportunity to pursue their own research
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This comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, which has been detected in South Africa, as 'Omicron' and alarmed the siren among countries of the new variant.
