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India is serious contender in current Chess Olympiad
Chess became a craze aft Celebrated Bengali Director Satyajit Ray’s movie ‘Shatranj ki Khiladi’ created a big buzz in 1977. But the recent Netflix release ” Queen’s Gambit” took it to a…
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SSLV failure dashes Schoolgirls Satellite dreams?
For Indian space scientists, ‘the failure of the first flight of a newly developed launch vehicle is becoming a norm’. It is strange but true. The failure of the Small Satellite Launch…
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All set for Youm-e-Ashoora; but government fails in making proper arrangements
Hyderabad: With just a day or two left for Youm-e-Ashura, the tenth of Muharram, an air of solemnity has engulfed the old city. The mood, ambience and attire are black all the…
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Hyderabad: Musical tradition of Naubat survives test of time
Hyderabad: The Qutb Shahi and Nizam eras ended long ago, but many of their royal traditions or practices continue to be in vogue even today. Among them is the Nagada drum beating…
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Meet Khaled Mansour; man assassinated by Israel in Gaza Strip
The Israeli army on Saturday announced that it had assassinated Khaled Mansour, one of the most prominent leaders of Saraya al-Quds (the military arm of the Islamic Jihad movement) in a raid…
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Introduction of wild cheetahs in India involves risks and opportunities: top South African expert
Johannesburg: The planned introduction of South African and Namibian cheetahs into Indian wildlife reserves, said to be the first-of-its-kind project in the world to move a large carnivore from one continent to…
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World’s first “synthetic embryo”: why this research is more important than you think
Melbourne: In what’s reported as a world-first achievement, biologists have grown mouse embryo models in the lab without the need for fertilised eggs, embryos, or even a mouse using only stem cells…
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Are the dates of foundation of Charminar and Hyderabad the same? Maybe not
The Charminar is always newsworthy. The more we get to know the monument, the more elusive it becomes. Over the years, a lot has been written about the naming of the city…
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Delhi’s Karims has Hyderabad football Coach Rahim as revival link
Tucked away in the heart of Old Delhi is the famous eatery known as Karim Hotel. Although in modern times more branches have opened in various cities including Hyderabad, the original Karim’s…
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Tayseer Al-Jabari: The man killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Israeli occupation on Friday afternoon assassinated Tayseer Al-Jabari, one of the most prominent leaders of Saraya al-Quds (the military arm of the Islamic Jihad movement) by bombing a residential tower in Gaza.…
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Women’s rights issue: The litmus test for Taliban government of Afghanistan
Its performance in women’s rights may become the key litmus test for the Taliban government, the de-facto authority in Afghanistan, to procure financial and infrastructural aid from the international community. How the…
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The varied history of Dakhni Urdu literature in south India
Zoë Woodbury High On the second floor of Hyderabad’s Salar Jung Museum lies an extensive library. Despite its sizeable collection of manuscripts and books spread across multiple rooms, it remains largely unknown…
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Har Ghar Tiranga, what it means for Kashmir
On the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “Har Ghar Tiranga” – national tricolour to flutter from each and every home in the country- has a special significance for Kashmir where tricolour means more…
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Entrepreneurial diplomacy—Requirement of 21st Century—Part two and final
By Ishrat Aziz Because of industrialization the world has globalized. Without industrialization and consequently globalization, 8 billion people on this globe cannot survive even for one day. They will be without food,…
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Over 500 km from Chennai, this small town houses a Dravidian mosque
On the East Coast of India, around 560 km south of Chennai is a sleepy small town known as Kilakarai. Predominantly populated by the Indian Moors, a community of Arab, Tamil, Malay,…
