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The police seized Rs. 1.11 crore, three cards, four laptops, 23 mobile phones, debit cards, cheque books and other articles from them.
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Hyderabad: In a mask adherence study carried out by the Digital India Foundation, about 37 per cent were found unmasked in Hyderabad. The foundation surveyed several cities including Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, Shimla, Pune, Jammu, etc. The findings stated that 37.13 per cent of the population that was surveyed was not wearing masks at all, […]
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Hyderabad: BioGenex Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. has developed a RT-PCR kit for Covid-19 diagnosis, which detects COVID 19 caused by SARS COV 2 variants including “OMICRON” plus other variants. The NIB, Noida, an ICMR designated lab, examined the performance of this kit and found that it performed with 100% accuracy which means no false negatives […]
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Hyderabad: The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) has witnessed a spurt in Covid-19 cases with as many as 120 students and staff testing positive during the last one week. An official from IITH told IANS that the online classes, which were being conducted since last week, have been suspended till further notice. Some students […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad woke up wrapped in a thick blanket of gray clouds on Thursday. Due to a prevailing intense western disturbance, the city is likely to witness rainfall upto 15.6 mm over the next two days. The officials at India Meteorological Department – Hyderabad have issued a yellow warning for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Few […]
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Hyderabad: On the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi, temples across the city and suburbs termed with devotees on Thursday. The Vaishnavite temples in particular had the devotees lining up for a darshan since early hours. At some temples, queues started to form as early as 3.30 am for Uttara Dwara Darshan despite the chilly weather conditions. […]
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New Delhi: India logged 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927 which includes 5,488 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the […]
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New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday informed that the EV-maker is facing a “lot of challenges” for its car launch in India. “Still working through a lot of challenges with the government,” Musk tweeted. Musk was replying to a Twitter user, who asked: “Yo @elonmusk any further update as to when Tesla’s will […]
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Hyderabad: The colourful kites have hit the markets ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival in Hyderabad and the sellers are hopeful of doing good business this year despite the surge in COVID-19 cases. Ahead of the Makar Sankranti, shops in Dhoolpet have been decorated with kites of different colours, Manjha and sky lantern to fly […]
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New Delhi: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday claimed that its COVID vaccine Covaxin can neutralise both Delta and Omicron variants of coronavirus. In a statement, Bharat Biotech said, “Results from a study conducted at Emory University demonstrating that sera from subjects who received a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) six months after getting a primary […]
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Washington: The highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant has driven up the latest wave of the health crisis in the US and added stress to the US airlines, some of which otherwise may have upside earnings, according to a recent Reuters report. “A multifold increase in daily sick calls as well as a series of winter […]
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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday demanded that his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi be arrested for his alleged “conspiracy” in the breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modis security on January 5. The Assam Chief Minister also alleged that the Congress high command and the party’s other central leaders were part of […]
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Hyderabad: This Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, will mark a new beginning for the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University. The long and protracted efforts spread over almost a decade are set to culminate with the Telugu University finally getting ready to move to its new campus at Bachupally. With most of the works completed and last […]
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Hyderabad: The anti-drug game is going international for law enforcement agencies in the State, who are now racking their brains on how to track down key suspects in international drug cartels with the latter using international SIM cards for communications. The SIM cards, sourced from other countries, are used for either directly communicating with gang […]
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Hyderabad: The daily peak hospitalisations and ICU facilities requirement during the Omicron variant driven Covid-19 third wave are expected to be within manageable limits in Telangana, latest projections made by researchers from Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc)-Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bengaluru have indicated. Unlike the Delta variant when the hospitalisation was hovering between 20 per […]
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Hyderabad: Believing thoroughly in the saying – “It is never too late to start anything”- a group of elderly women have come together to turn their mini-parties into something meaningful. And that’s how the idea of turning clutter into charity was born. A group of Armed Forces’ wives who have regular creative gatherings, one day […]
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Hyderabad: This new year, resolve to value your life the right way and take a right-sized term insurance cover. It is a must-have in the financial planning itinerary as it gives sufficient cover and is relatively affordable. If you already have a policy, enhance the cover and ensure that you renew it before it lapses. […]
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Hyderabad: Bundles of notes, that too of Rs.2000 denomination, flying in the wind triggered a traffic snarl on the 100 Feet Road in Madhapur on Wednesday. It was only after the police reached the spot that it came to light that the notes, for which several people had stopped their vehicles in the middle of […]
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Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has pulled off another engineering feat, this time by installing the longest span on any flyover as part of the Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) in the State capital, 18 metres above the ground, and that too, at one of the busiest traffic junctions in the city. The […]
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New Delhi: Eminent rocket scientist S Somanath has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as well as the Space Secretary, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Wednesday said. Somanath, who is at present Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), will succeed K Sivan who completes his extended tenure […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao minced no words when he sought to bring to the notice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the impact flawed Central policies had on the agriculture sector. In a hard-hitting letter to the Prime Minister on Wednesday, Chandrashekhar Rao urged the former not to impose financial burden on the farmers […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Forest department officials in this district are elated, after they recorded the movement of Indian Muntjac, also known as barking deer in the jungles of this district. The recorded sighting assumes significance as last time these deers were recorded was a quarter century ago. “Movement of the shy herbivore was recorded in […]
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Hyderabad: A case was booked against actor Siddharth at the Hyderabad Cybercrime police station for allegedly making derogatory comments against Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal on Twitter. The case was booked under Sections 509 of Indian Penal Code and 67 of Information Technology Act following a complaint by a woman Prerna. Siddharth has been in […]
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Sultanpur: The Sultanpur MP-MLA court has issued an arrest warrant against former BJP minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who resigned from the UP cabinet on Tuesday. He had been accused of stoking communal feelings when he was in the BSP, seven years ago. Maurya has been asked to appear in court on January 24. When asked, […]
