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Kerala students to get COVID-19 vaccine doses in schools from Jan 19
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government on Sunday issued guidelines to start COVID-19 vaccination in schools for children aged between 15 and 18 years from January 19. The decision was taken in a high-level…
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Telangana: 3 crore COVID-19 vaccines administered in four months
Hyderabad: The state government has administered a total of three crore COVID-19 vaccines in a span of four months to eligible beneficiaries. Last year on January 16, 2021, the state government launched…
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Human Rights Watch airs concern over civil rights abuses in Pakistan
Islamabad: The Human Rights Watch portrays a grim picture of civil rights abuses in Pakistan and the increasing persecution of religious minorities and marginalised groups. In its chapter on Pakistan, the US-based…
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Karnataka announces seed funding up to Rs 50 lakh each for 200 startups
Bengaluru: To promote technological innovation in Karnataka, 200 startups will be provided with seed funding of up to Rs 50 lakh each in the current year, the State Higher Education and Minister…
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Veteran journalist Rajappa passes away in Canada; he had served Statesman from Hyderabad
By A S Rao When I received a WhatsApp message this evening from P S Jayaram, my senior colleague and former chief of bureau in Deccan Chronicle, about the demise of veteran…
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Former Karnataka Minister meets RSS leader
Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ramesh Jarakiholi, a former state Cabinet Minister who had resigned from his post due to his alleged involvement in ‘sex for job’ scandal last year, met…
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20 booked for organising banned cockfights in Telangana
Hyderabad: Nine persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in the cockfight after Kataram police raided a cockfighting den in the forest area near Damerakunta village, on Sunday. The police seized Rs…
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Hyderabad Literary Festival speaks to women activists in pre-event program
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is holding numerous unique sessions for the public in its twelfth edition. In a pre-event program the founder of Our Sacred Space Nayantara Nanda Kumar, held…
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Telangana: State approves decades-old request of GHMC staffers
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has fulfilled the decade-old request of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) staffers as they can now register the quarters allocated to them, in their names at a nominal…
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Osmania Univesity extends holidays amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: The administration of Osmania University (OU) announced on Sunday that all of its colleges will be closed from January 17 to January 30. The decision comes as the state government has…
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Mamata writes to Modi expressing shock over Centre’s rejection of Netaji’s tableau
Kolkata: Expressing shock over the Centre’s decision to exclude West Bengal’s tableau, which was set to highlight contributions of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary year, from the upcoming…
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Fire breaks out at apartment in Hyderabad’s Rajendra Nagar
Hyderabad: A fire broke out at an apartment in Rajendra Nagar of Hyderabad on Sunday morning. Inspector Kanakaiah said that they received a call around 8 am on Sunday morning about a…