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Saudi Arabia to grow crops in desert land as part of NEOM city project
Saudi Arabia has hired a Dutch greenhouse company, Van Der Hoeven, to create a ‘historic synthetic climate’ to grow crops in its hot temperature desert land, Bloomberg reported. The kingdom is all…
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Farmer unions, khaps demand fair probe into Nuh violence
Gurugram: The farmer unions and khap panchayats in Haryana have demanded a fair probe into the violence that rocked Nuh and Gurugam districts on July 31 and have asked people to avoid…
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Hyderabad: T-Hub, AIC select 23 startups for 2nd cohort
Hyderabad: T-Hub, Telangana’s flagship incubation centre, has selected 23 startups for the second cohort of Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) T-Hub’s sustainability programme. The announcement was made on Thursday, August 10. The programme…
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SC grants two-month bail to Nawab Malik in money laundering case
The Supreme Court on Friday granted a two-month bail to former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in a money laundering case. Malik was granted bail on health grounds. He is…
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Four held with Rs 69.04 lakh fake currency in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Four persons of a gang were arrested for attempting to circulate counterfeit currency notes and dupe people in the city by Kalapathar police on Thursday, August 10. The police seized fake…
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SC Collegium reiterates recommendation for transfer of 4 Telangana HC judges
Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its recommendation for the transfer of Justices C. Sumalatha, G. Anupama Chakravarthy, Munnuri Laxman and M. Sudheer Kumar of the Telangana High Court. Also ReadCentre…
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AAP MP Raghav Chadha suspended from Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: On the last day of Parliament’s Monsoon Session, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday suspended AAP MP Raghav Chadha. Announcing the suspension of Chadha, Dhankhar said, “Taking holistic view…
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Hand over land identified for airport metro to HAML: KTR to GMR
Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) minister, KT Rama Rao directed the GMR Airport authorities to hand over 48 acres of identified land in the airport area for the construction of…
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SC asks Centre to form committee to look into hate speech cases
New Delhi: Observing that there has to be harmony and comity between communities, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to constitute a committee to look into the cases of hate…
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‘Why didn’t BJP clear contractors bills,’ asks Karnataka Deputy CM
Bengaluru: Following the controversy regarding the release of contractors bills, the Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K Shivakumar on Friday asked the BJP leaders why they had not cleared their bills when they…
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Lok Sabha adjourned sine die
New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, bringing down the curtains on the Monsoon session which saw a no-confidence motion brought against the government being defeated. In his concluding…
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British High Commission organises send-off for Indian Chevening scholars
New Delhi: The British High Commission organised a special send-off in New Delhi for recipients of the 2023 to 2024 Chevening Scholarship, which includes 22 women and 22 men. This year’s cohort,…
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Billionaires list: Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani emerge as today’s top winners
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Adani Group Founder Gautam Adani emerged as top winners on Forbes’ real-time world billionaire list today. Mukesh Ambani, who remains the richest person in…
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Iran moves five Americans from prison to house arrest
Tehran: Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran have been now placed under house arrest. The development is the first step in a deal between the United States and Iran that…
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Telangana: Reddy calls upon people to hoist tricolor at their homes
New Delhi: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday called upon the people of the country to hoist tricolour at their homes on the upcoming Independence Day. “On August 15, all people…
