- World
4.9 million children died globally before turning five in 2024
New Delhi: A series of five research papers published in The British Medical Journal estimates that globally 4.9 million children died before turning five in 2024, including 2.3 million neonatal deaths. Mortality…
- India
Hind Rajab Foundation asks India to arrest IDF soldier vacationing in Himachal
Hyderabad: The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a Belgium-based organisation pursuing legal action against Israeli military personnel across multiple countries, has filed a complaint with Indian authorities seeking the arrest of an Israeli reservist…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad firm at centre of CBSE marking row had messed up 2019 Inter results
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based company at the centre of a controversy over the Central Board of Secondary Education’s digital answer sheet processing system had earlier faced a scathing government inquiry following a results disaster…
- Telangana
NFHS-6: Telangana leads on maternal care, but rising diabetes a new crisis
Hyderabad: Telangana has made measurable progress in child nutrition, maternal health and financial protection over the past five years, but the state’s latest health data paints a more complicated picture. Caesarean deliveries now…
- India
Scripted reels, lowered bar, controversial vendor: Inside CBSE’s OSM debacle
Hyderabad: Hundreds of schools across the country, including government-run Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, posted social media videos defending the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) controversial on-screen marking (OSM) system after…
- India
Geopolitical tensions biggest threat to India’s growth: RBI Annual Report
Mumbai: Robust macroeconomic fundamentals will support the growth trajectory of the Indian economy in the current fiscal year despite headwinds from elevated energy prices, supply chain disruptions and global markets, the Reserve…
- News
Advances free, fair polls: SC upholds Election Commission’s SIR drive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 27, gave its stamp of approval to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls – a large-scale exercise to…
- News
At Rs 112.81, Hyderabad now has costliest petrol among India’s major cities
Hyderabad: Hyderabad has emerged as the most expensive major city in India for petrol, with prices hitting Rs 112.81 per litre on Saturday, May 23, after state-owned oil marketing companies raised fuel rates…
- India
Cockroach Janta Party account blocked on X but bigger than BJP on Instagram
The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) X account was withheld in India on Thursday, May 21, a move its founder Abhijeet Dipke said he saw coming. “As expected, Cockroach Janta Party’s account has…
- Telangana
Second phase of Indiramma houses, new pensions from June 2: Telangana minister
Hyderabad: Telangana Labour and Mines Minister G Vivek Venkatswamy on Tuesday, May 19, announced that the second phase of Indiramma house distribution and fresh pension sanctions will begin from June 2, while also…
- Telangana
SIT seeks retraction of report from Telugu daily in phone tapping case
Hyderabad: In a move that raises concerns about press freedom, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing an illegal telephone tapping case on Tuesday, May 19, issued a legal notice to Telugu daily Namasthe…
- Telangana
Telugu poets’ group felicitates newly promoted Civil Supplies director
Hyderabad: A group of Telugu poets on Tuesday, May 19, felicitated GV Shyam Prasad Lal on his recent promotion as State Director of Civil Supplies at a function held at the Civil Supplies…
- Hyderabad
Supreme Court steps in to protect Hyderabad’s KBR Park, stays tree cutting
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 18, stayed the felling of trees in the eco-sensitive zone surrounding Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) National Park in Hyderabad, ordering that no trees be cut within…
- Pakistan
Secret cable shows US sought ouster of Imran Khan as Pakistan PM
A classified Pakistani diplomatic cable that Imran Khan has long cited as proof that the United States engineered his removal from power has been published in full for the first time. Cable…
- Opinions
Journalists won’t ask Modi but 2 comedians will: Is India’s economy in trouble?
On May 10, Narendra Modi stood at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Hyderabad and handed the country a homework list – don’t buy gold, carpool, work from home, postpone foreign…
