- Business
$774 bn revenue opportunity for India from healthcare by 2030: Report
New Delhi: India has the potential to generate a staggering $774 billion revenue in the healthcare sector by 2030, suggests a new report on Wednesday. The report by Aspire Circle, a social…
- World
Death toll from rainfall in Brazil rises to 185
Brasilia: The death toll rose to 185 from record rainfalls and subsequent landslides and floods in the Brazilian city of Petropolis, north of Rio de Janeiro, authorities said. Over 400 rescue workers…
- Bangalore
Karnataka students insisting on hijab likely to miss exams
Bengaluru: Karnataka students, especially those studying in Class 10 and Class 12, who are not ready to appear in exams without hijab are likely to miss their annual exams. As per the…
- Technology
Apple says employees, customers safe after store hostage situation
London: After a 27-year-old man held an Apple Store customer hostage for several hours at the company’s flagship store in Amsterdam and demanded $200 million in cryptocurrency, the tech giant has said…
- Telangana
Telangana DGP warns those trying to disrupt communal harmony
Hyderabad: Telangana’s in-charge Director General of Police, Anjani Kumar, on Wednesday warned all those trying to disrupt communal harmony in the state of strong action. The police chief issued a warning after…
- Sports
Nandini enters semis; confirms India’s first medal at Strandja Memorial Boxing
New Delhi: Indian woman boxer Nandini came up with an inspired performance to storm into the semifinals of the Strandja Memorial Boxing tournament in Sofia (Bulgaria) on Wednesday to confirm the country’s…
- Telangana
India’s biggest artificial reservoir comes up in Telangana
Hyderabad: Mallanna Sagar, claimed to be the biggest artificial reservoir in India, was dedicated to the nation by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday. Termed as “mother” of all reservoirs, the…
- India
Hijab row: Kannada actor Chetan arrested for posts against HC judge
Bengaluru: Popular Kannada actor and activist Chetan Kumar Ahimsa has been arrested by the police on charges of posting derogatory messages on social media platforms against the judge, who is part of…
- Technology
TikTok rival Dubsmash dies quietly
New Delhi: Popular online discussion platform Reddit, which acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash late last year, has finally shut down the platform. Dubsmash will not be available to download through the…
- World
Italy requests return of ancient statue from US museum
Rome: Italian magistrates have formally requested that a museum in the US should return an ancient statue illegally removed from Italy in the 1970s. The Court of Torre Annunziata confirmed to Xinhua…
- Chennai
TN urban polls: Godse supporter BJP candidate wins from Chennai corporation seat
Chennai: BJP woman leader Uma Anandan, who had courted controversy over supporting Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, has won the Tamil Nadu Urban body polls from ward 134 in West Mambalam constituency…
- Sports
IND v SL: Hasaranga tests positive for Covid-19 again; ruled out of T20I series
Lucknow: Sri Lanka leg-spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga on Wednesday was ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against India as he is yet to recover from Covid-19 infection. Hasaranga had tested positive…
- Hyderabad
Gold concealed by passenger in rectum seized at Hyderabad aiport
Hyderabad: A domestic air passenger who had concealed gold in paste form inside his rectum was caught at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Customs officials said on Wednesday. The male passenger had reached…
- Television News
Lock Upp: Poonam Pandey becomes third confirmed contestant
Mumbai: Model and actress Poonam Pandey has now been confirmed as the third contestant in the fearless reality show ‘Lock Upp’ to be hosted by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. Poonam who made…
- India
BharatPe sacks Ashneer Grover’s wife over ‘misappropriation of funds’
New Delhi: In a first big jolt to Ashneer Grover, BharatPe has terminated the services of his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, head of controls at the fintech platform, for alleged financial irregularities…
