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Telangana: KCR announces Rs 248.9 crores in funds for Khammam
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced more than Rs 248.9 crore in funding for development projects from the chief minister’s special fund in the Khammam district on Wednesday. He also…
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Sophos to lay off 450 employees globally, including in India
New Delhi: Cyber-security company Sophos is laying off about 450 people globally including in India which is 10 percent of its workforce to achieve “the optimal balance of growth and profitability”. TechCrunch…
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Hyderabad: Ragpicker murdered over a dispute around Rs 900
Hyderabad: A rag picker was killed following a dispute over Rs 900 on Wednesday night. The victim, Shiva, 40, a Noorinagar Bandlaguda resident, had given a loan of Rs 900 to the…
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Elon Musk stands to lose billions over 2018 Tesla tweets in US trial
San Francisco: The controversial 2018 tweets by Elon Musk on taking Tesla private have come back to haunt him and he stands to lose billions in a class-action lawsuit by Tesla investors…
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Congress questions KCR’s courage to call for Telangana ‘bandh’ on Mir Mukkaram Jah’s death
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader V Hanumath Rao on Wednesday took a potshot at the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his courage to call for a ‘bandh’ on the demise of…
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Telangana BJP chief’s son to cooperate with cops in assault case
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay’s son Bandi Bhagirath who was booked under the Ragging Act stated that he would cooperate with the police in an ongoing probe against him. Bhagirath was…
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Karnataka withdraws proposal to lower minimum age for drinking
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has withdrawn its proposal to lower the minimum age for drinking in the state following “objections raised by public, associations, and media”, the government said in a statement.…
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Israel’s top court cancels appointment of ex-con as minister
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that a key member in the country’s new extreme-right government cannot serve as minister because of his criminal conviction. On Wednesday, the court said that Aryeh Deri,…
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Hyderabad Literary fest’s 13th edition to offer multidisciplinary richness
Hyderabad: The 13th edition of the much-awaited Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) will be held between January 27 and 29 at Vidyaranya High School, Lakdi-ka-pul. The city will witness the event live post-COVID-19…
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Zelensky calls on the world to act faster against new Russian attacks
Kiev: In his virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the world to act faster and more decisively in an effort to prevent…
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Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio sees sharpest decline in 35 yrs
Jerusalem: Israel’s public debt-to-GDP ratio dropped to 60.9 percent in 2022 from 68 percent in 2021, the Israeli Finance Ministry said. The year-on-year decrease of 7.1 percentage points is the sharpest since…
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Canada to donate 200 additional armoured vehicles to Ukraine
Ottawa: Canada will donate 200 Senator Armoured Personnel Carriers to Ukraine as a new package of military assistance, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced. According to a statement issued by the Defence Ministry…
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G20’s Think 20 summit concludes with Bhopal Declaration
Bhopal: The two-day Think 20 convention which was being held under the aegis of G20 concluded in Bhopal on Tuesday. Conclusion of the convention was marked by issuance of the Bhopal Declaration…
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NIA arrests Mohammed Sadik who was working as ‘reporter’ for PFI
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said it has conducted searches at a location in Kerala’s Kollam district in connection with a terror-related case pertaining to the banned organization…