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Fever pitch excitement as Morocco becomes first team from Arab nations in FIFA Women’s World Cup
The Lionesses of the Atlas Mountains have set out to hunt down their prey. Will they succeed or will their prey manage to escape their clutches? The Lionesses being referred to are the…
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Osmania Journalism Department–70 years into producing top class media professionals
Journalists, especially those wedded to the Print media are not a happy lot these days. Their more visible cousins in the TV and visual media are at the receiving end from social media…
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Another step towards de-dollarisation: India-UAE to transact in local currencies
India is slowly slipping out of the sphere of dollar dominated international economy by initiating a kind of parallel economy – country to country direct trade linkages with local currencies. Actually, international…
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Grand success of Indian cricketers in the West Indies must not be taken too seriously
Seeing our players performing well in the first Test match and recording a convincing win over the West Indies was good. Yashasvi Jaiswal at the young age of 21 broke a plethora of records as he scored 171…
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Acts of terror against non-locals in Kashmir, a larger gameplan is at work
The Thursday-July 13-evening’s attack on three-non-local labourers in South Kashmir’s Shopian district yet again will be dismissed as an act of frustration of Pakistan-backed terrorists, which, it appears may be a correct…
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Saga of Saeeda Bano, India’s first woman newsreader and doyenne of Urdu broadcasting
Sometimes we come across stories of ordinary men and women who overcome great adversity to achieve success. One such tale is that of Saeeda Bano a lady from Bhopal who overcame many societal pressures to…
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Extraordinary life of Agnes Keleti is an inspiration to mankind
The life and achievements of Agnes Keleti serve as a huge inspiration to all mankind, especially to those who are senior citizens and feel dejected that their best days are over. Many…
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Growing numbers of Muslims in Western Europe—should it be a cause for concern?
Hyderabad: The world is at its wit’s end and worried too. Justifiably so. Despite efforts to target and suppress Islam and its followers, both are growing exponentially. Particularly in Europe, more and…
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Centre’s affidavit in SC truthful, but question on JK elections remains
Much of the claim that the Centre made in its fresh affidavit to the Supreme Court, a day ahead of the hearing of the petitions challenging Article 370, that an unprecedented peace…
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Will Sharad Pawar eventually win the war to reclaim his party and reputation?
The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar claims he is neither ‘tired nor retired’ at 82. Undeterred by the recent political crisis in his party, the Grand old man has begun to…
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Amrish Puri was Steven Spielberg’s favourite villain; his powerful voice and characterizations were superb
With the recent release of the film Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny in theatres across Hyderabad and elsewhere, the iconic action hero is back on the silver screen after many years.…
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Humayun’s Tomb: Dormitory of the Mughals
Article by M SomasekharPhotos by N Shiva Kumar The Mughal emperor, Humayun died in February 1556 in a freak accident. He reportedly slipped and fell from the staircase of his library, with…
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Have we found alien artifact?
The discovery of well rounded spherical metallic marbles of below one millimeter in size and weighing less than one milligram found in the Pacific Ocean at the site of the crash of…
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From Apes to Artificial Intelligence—Trials and travails of humans
Apes, considered the ancestors of humans, used stones to break nuts in the wild, ages ago. It is considered as the first signs of development of tools. Beginning with the stone tools…
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The charisma of M.L. Jaisimha is vividly brought out in a book about his life
M.L. Jaisimha was one of the most charismatic cricketers that Hyderabad has produced. Besides being an excellent player he had a style that was magnetic. Every sport needs a character like him to…
