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Daily Covid positivity rate shoots up to 30 per cent in AP, active cases at 64,136
Amaravati: The daily infection positivity rate shot up to 30 per cent as 44,516 tests turned out 13,212 Covid-19 positive cases in Andhra Pradesh in the 24 hours ending 9 am on…
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Telangana: Revanth Reddy demands compensation to farmers for crop losses
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & MP A Revanth Reddy on Friday demanded that the State Government immediately pay compensation to the farmers who lost their crops due to unseasonal…
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BJP shuts door on Parrikar’s son, offers ‘compromise’ seat to Speaker
Panaji: Closing its gates on former Goa CM late Manohar Parrikar’s disgruntled son Utpal Parrikar, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday announced the candidature of Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar as the party’s…
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Man sets himself on fire outside Supreme Court
New Delhi: A 50-year-old man attempted self-immolation near the Supreme Court in the national capital on Friday, official sources said. According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place around 2 p.m. outside the…
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Engine for Gaganyaan programme successfully undergoes qualification testing
Bengaluru: High-thrust Vikas engine for the Gaganyaan programme has successfully undergone qualification test for a duration of 25 seconds at Indian Space Research Organisation Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. With regard…
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Hyderabad: Police nab six; bust 800 kilo grams of ganja
Hyderabad: Miyanpur police and a special operations team on Friday busted a gang near Shamshabad for possessing 800 kg ganja, which was being transported to Maharashtra. The accused were identified as Ashok…
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Senior Congress leaders upset over alliance with Muslim cleric Raza
A few senior Congress leaders are reportedly upset with the party’s decision to join hands with Muslim politician-cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan in Uttar Pradesh, arguing that the party has not learned lessons…
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New Zealand to provide further help for tsunami-hit Tonga
Wellington: New Zealand is giving an additional NZ$2 million ($1.35 million) in humanitarian funding for Tonga as the island nation recovers from last week’s massive volcanic eruptions and tsunami, senior officials said on…
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U’khand Polls: BJP shows preference for Congress defectors in first list
Dehradun: The BJP in its first list of 59 candidates has once again shown a preference for Congress defectors rather than its own cadres to field in the state polls on February…
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Battle for UP: Yogi’s Hindu Vahini is back in action
Gorakhpur: The Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), founded by Yogi Adityanath in 2002, is back in action. The Vahini that had become dormant after Yogi Adityanath became chief minister, is springing back to activity.…
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UoH and Tata Consultancy Services to work on next gen technology
Hyderabad: The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and University of Hyderabad (UoH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for research and innovation on next generation communications technologies, semiconductor engineering, and heterogeneous computing…