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After UP and Assam, Telangana govt seeks details of madrasa students
Hyderabad: Following the suit of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, the Telangana government has sent notices to officials of religious seminaries across the state, demanding information about the students studying in madrasas. Amid…
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IIT Hyderabad, Monash University in Australia sign pact for research
Hyderabad: IIT Hyderabad and Monash University, in Australia, signed a pact on Monday, November 6, for areas of common interest in academia and research. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed in the…
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China says Dalai Lama’s successor needs its approval
Beijing: China on Friday asserted that any successor to 88-year-old Dalai Lama should be from within the country and his heir needs to have its approval, as it projected the strategically-located Tibet…
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Hyderabad: Heaps of litter on Tank Bund despite cake-cutting ban
Hyderabad: Despite the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) imposing a ban on cutting cakes and littering around the Tank Bund stretch, the activities seem to continue. In a bid to free the…
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Dubai launches USD 136 million VC fund to finance tech startups
Abu Dhabi: The Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) on Friday launched a venture capital (VC) fund worth $136 million designed to finance technology startups. The fund launched under the patronage of…
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KCR to become 1st hattrick CM from South India: BRS MLC Kavitha
Hyderabad: Reiterating her confidence in a BRS victory in the upcoming Telangana Assembly polls, MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on November 10, Friday, remarked that party chief and incumbent chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao…
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Kamareddy villagers fund Revanth’s nomination fee ‘to oust KCR’
Hyderabad: People of Konapur, chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s ancestral village, presented nomination money to Congress Kodangal and Kamareddy candidate Revanth Reddy on Friday, November 10. Revanth had visited as part of…
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Centre unveils digital advertisement policy for OTT, podcasts
New Delhi: The government on Friday unveiled a digital advertisement policy that will enable websites with a minimum of 2.5 lakh unique users per month and other digital platforms such as OTT…
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Sam Altman takes a jibe at Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot, users react
New Delhi: ChatGPT creator Sam Altman on Friday shared a post taking a jibe at Elon Musk’s new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot “Grok” on his own microblogging platform X, saying “GPTs can…
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US jobless claims drop
Washington: Initial jobless claims in the US fell to 217,000 last week, after rising in the previous two weeks amid a slowing economy, the Labor Department reported. In the week ending November…
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Air India to get new plane every 6 days for next 18 months
Singapore: Air India has ordered 470 aircraft to serve the Indian economy and is set to receive a new aircraft every six days over the next 18 months, CEO and MD Campbell…
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From fisherman to millionaire: A catch of rare fish changes fortunes in Pak
Karachi: A fisherman in Pakistan’s Karachi city became a millionaire overnight after auctioning a haul of rare fish which has many medicinal properties. Haji Baloch, who lives in the impoverished Ibrahim Hyderi…
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Gold has given positive returns of 21% in last one year
New Delhi: Gold has given positive returns of 21.84 per cent in the past one year, while returns on Silver has been 21.05 per cent, as per a report by Motilal Oswal…
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Jaishankar discusses Israel-Hamas war, Indo-Pacific issues with Blinken
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held “an open and productive discussion” with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Friday on strengthening strategic New Delhi-Washington ties, the fallout…
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Media outlets deny having prior knowledge of Oct 7 Hamas attack
Washington: After the Israeli government demanded answers from four major news outlets about having prior knowledge of the October 7 Hamas attack, the organisations have denied that they knew of the massive…
