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Voters must shun bribes, become vigilant while choosing representatives
India just marked its 77th year of independence on August 15. It is an excellent time to reflect on successes and failures and plan what’s ahead. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared…
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The cost of China-India standoff in Ladakh assumes environmental dimension
The 19th round of military commander level talks between India and China to resolve the issues along the Line of Actual Control on Monday concluded, as it is obvious with the available reportage with…
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Arunachalam—The man who steered ‘Big Ticket’ defence research projects passes away
It was sometime towards the end of May 1989. India had successfully launched Agni, the missile with capability to carry a nuclear warhead. At the packed hall in the DRDL, a defence…
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Who will the Moon welcome first: India’s Chandrayaan 3 or Russia’s Luna 25?
Before India could celebrate being the first country in the world to land a spacecraft on the south pole of Moon, Russia seems to have put a dampener by being ready to…
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India, Russia in race to land on the Moon
Will the ‘slow and steady’, Chandrayaan-3 soft land on the South Pole of the Moon first or the ‘fast flying’, Luna-25 spacecraft of Russia achieve the distinction? This is the question that…
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Remembering Mohammed Rafi
Hyderabad: As the country celebrates its 77th anniversary of Independence, cities, towns, and villages are reverberating with patriotic songs sung by different singers. Topping the list of singers are the songs rendered…
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Echoes of freedom struggle; former England cricketer Jackson survived assassination attempt by Bina Das
Strange are the ways of destiny. From different corners of the world it can draw two people together, sometimes with the bonds of love and sometimes with the shackles of hatred. One such incident…
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Much vaunted Project Cheetah is tottering on the brink of colossal failure
The highly publicised programme to introduce African cheetahs to an Indian habitat has hit a stumbling block and the project is faltering. Going by the Modi government’s own milestones, the minimum target for short…
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Meeting legends of West Indies in Hyderabad; memories of an unforgettable evening
Soon after Kapil Dev had led India to a historic victory in the 1983 Prudential World Cup, the West Indies cricket team embarked on a tour of India for a series which involved…
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Manipur violence echoes in UP House: nationalism, women’s rights under scrutiny
The corridors of Uttar Pradesh’s Legislative Assembly reverberated with a matter of national importance on August 7, 2023, when the members gathered in the Monsoon Session. The issue at hand wasn’t one…
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Zaheeruddin Ali Khan: A journalist and philanthropist in boundless relationship
Hyderabad: A journalist. A Telangana protagonist. A regular figure at protest meetings. A pensive figure at conferences. A concerned citizen whose heart beats for the poor. A secularist to the core. A…
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Caste-based census in India will show real condition of different groups of people
S Simhadri The tribal Kuki women getting paraded naked, raping and killing by right wing mobs in Manipur shocked India. The police of the state colluding with communal forces and the BJP…
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Balladeer Gaddar did not want the folk arts to languish
Hyderabad: Balladeer Gaddar, who passed away the other day, was a folk singer par excellence. He cast a spell on the audience when he got into the rhythm. A hush would descend…
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Addressing India’s Lok Sabha seat allocation challenge
By Y Laxmi Samhita Over the past few decades, there has been an increasing gap in the population growth rate of the states in Northern and Southern India. This disparity has raised…
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Four years after Article 370 abrogation: Security challenges continue to stare in J-K
Jammu and Kashmir, since its accession to India in 1947, has been a major national security challenge and after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, it was given out…