The New Indian Express Vishakapatnam - December 08, 2024

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December 08, 2024

Dense fog disrupts flight ops at Vizag

DENSE fog and poor visibility disrupted flight operations at Visakhapatnam Airport on Saturday morning, leading to the diversion of three IndiGo flights and delays in others.

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Vijayawada boy takes the mantle of American student body

Vijayawada native Suryakanth Prasad Gottipati (20) has been elected as the Student Body President of the University of South Florida (USF), representing over 60,000 students across three campuses.

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ANANTAPUR FARMER'S 365-DAY KITCHEN GARDEN A MODEL OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY

C Peddanna, a progressive farmer from Cherlopalli village in Rapthadu mandal, Anantapur district, has become an inspiring figure through his practice of natural farming, supported by his wife M Rajeshwari, a member of the Aadi Laxmi Self Help Group.

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FOLKLORE METHOD MAKES SOCIAL STUDIES INTERESTING

Zilla Parishad school teacher Sankara Rao's creative approach is more enjoyable and impactful, earning him accolades, besides ensuring academic success of students

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Vizagites urged to shun use of plastic from Jan 1

RP Patnaik, prominent film celebrity and Swachh Visakha ambassador, has called upon the people of Visakhapatnam to voluntarily step forward to transform the city into a plastic-free zone.

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Focus on energy efficiency to avoid tariff hike: Naidu

LAUNCHING the Urjaveer Programme at Poranki in Krishna district on Saturday, along with Union Minister for Power Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said efforts will be made to ensure power tariffs are not increased by focusing on the efficiency of power utilities and existing systems.

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US rejects BJP's allegations

'SOROS, ROCKEFELLER, U.S. AID FUND OCCRP'

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Muhammad Yunus press secretary cagey on Hasina issue during talks with India

BANGLADESH wants to \"normalize ties with its big neighbour India,\" said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

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Gold scheme: VIP Darshan for donors

THE TTD Trust Board has decided to provide VIP Break (General) Darshan to donors who donated funds to the Ananda Nilayam Ananta Swarnamayam Scheme.

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CM: Home for double-engine coordination

SP may exit MVA over Uddhav Sena glorification of Babri demolition

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SHG product marketing via e-comm

MISSION for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) has entered into an agreement with Mystore, ONDC and Home Triangle, to market the products of Self Help Groups.

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PK warns encroachers of school properties

Says cases will be booked under Goonda Act; reaffirms govt commitment to building better future for students

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Vasireddy likely to join TDP

FORMER Women's Commission Chairperson Vasireddy Padma, who recently resigned from YSRCP, is reportedly preparing ground to join the TDP.

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Sharmila welcomes SIT on rice scam, questions inaction on Adani solar deal

ANDHRA Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President YS Sharmila Reddy welcomed the TDP-led NDA government's decision to constitute a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe irregularities in the Public Distribution System (PDS) rice scam, which involved the illegal export of subsidized rice to foreign countries.

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Brother' Lokesh fulfils promise, pays student's fee

HRD and IT Minister Nara Lokesh has upheld his commitment to public service by extending support to two sisters who faced hardships after losing their father during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Lokesh outlines bold plans for revival of AU

HRD, IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh has outlined ambitious plans to restore Andhra University (AU) to its former glory, including a major infrastructure revamp, curriculum modernisation, and the establishment of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence (CoE).

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'CM habituated to blame YSRCP govt for all issues'

YSRCP leader Gudivada Amarnath criticised Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, accusing him of engaging in a false propaganda campaign against the previous YSRCP government.

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Dwarampudi accuses MLA of taking bribe from PDS rice traders

FORMER MLA Dwarampudi Chandra Sekhar Reddy refuted the allegations levelled against him regarding PDS rice smuggling and said the image of the Kakinada port is being damaged by such propaganda.

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BJP is the voice of T'gana: Nadda

Says we do as promised and also do what we didn't, lashes out at Cong govt for 'betrayal'

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Revanth inaugurates 800 MW Yadadri Thermal Power Unit-2

CHIEF Minister A Revanth Reddy inaugurated Unit-2 of the Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS) on Saturday, with a power generation capacity of 800 MW, in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Legislative Council Chairman Gutta Sukhender Reddy, and other ministers.

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Low-pressure system near TN to intensify

A new low-pressure system has developed over the Bay of Bengal on Saturday and is heading towards Tamil Nadu.

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One killed, 3 hurt as jeep rams into lorry

A 19-year-old man was killed and three others injured after the former lost control of the jeep he was driving and hit a lorry near Malli on Friday.

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EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE MAKARAND PARANJAPE Director of education, Access Health Care Physicians

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WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE PLATE

A recent report on Lindt dark chocolates stated that they contain lead and cadmium above the acceptable levels, which has not been denied by the company.

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Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM

Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war

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Season's first cold wave to hit by next week

WARMER winter has reduced the sweetness of jaggery and created a conducive weather for pest attacks on sugarcane plants in western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane producer belts in the country.

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THE HERO WHO ENCHANTS A NATION

When the trailer of Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule was launched in Patna, thousands thronged the event, eager to catch a glimpse of the star who embodies the almost-mythical protagonist of the franchise.

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Indian youth brutalised in Myanmar cyber fraud cell hospitalised, say relatives

TWENTY-two-year-old Ajay, one of the Indian youths trapped in a cyber scam centre in Myanmar, has been hospitalised after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.

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India issues Syria travel advisory, asks citizens to return at the earliest

90 Indians in Syria

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Canadian Parliament rejects motion to declare 1984 Sikh riots as 'genocide'

THE Canadian Parliament has rejected the motion to declare the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide following stiff resistance from lawmakers like Chandra Arya, who claimed that he was threatened inside the parliament building for opposing the motion, which he described as being influenced by a \"politically powerful Khalistani lobby.\"

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Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the rate of decline of tuberculosis incidence in India has doubled since 2015 and is ahead of the global average.

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Woman brings brother's body tied to taxi roof

UNABLE to afford the exorbitant fee charged by the ambulance service, a woman was forced to travel 195 kilometers from her village to Haldwani by tying the body of her brother, who died by suicide, to the roof of a taxi.

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Hit by bullet, Bihar man drives passengers to safety

IN an act of courage and bravery, a driver saved the life of at least 15 people in Bihar's Bhojpur district.

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Modi made welfare state a reality, 25 cr lifted out of poverty, says Shah

HOME Minister Amit Shah on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transforming the vision of a welfare state into a reality, a feat he claimed previous governments before 2014 pursued only in bits and pieces.

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Temple burnt in Bangla: ISKCON

Kolkata official says idols gutted, expresses concern over arrested Krishna Das's safety

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MoS defence Seth says he got ₹50 lakh ransom threat, 2 held after probe

MINISTER of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday said he has received an extortion call of ₹50 lakh via text message from Ranchi while attending the winter session Parliament in New Delhi.

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Four BJP MLAs inducted into Assam ministry

WITH around 15 months left for Assam to go to elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expanded his ministry by appointing four BJP MLAs as ministers.

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Lack of snowfall at Badrinath raises concerns, climate change blamed

EXPERTS and priests of the Badrinath shrine have expressed concern over the absence of snowfall in the region until December, attributing to climate change.

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BJP MLA wants ban on beef sale, JD(U) sees red

INSPIRED by his senior party colleague and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul on Saturday demanded a ban on sale of beef in hotels, restaurants and public places of the state.

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Notre Dame re-opens five years after inferno

The archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, reopened Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday by symbolically knocking on its doors on three occasions and entering the 12th-century landmark, which was devastated by a fire in 2019.

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S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails

Most lawmakers from his conservative party boycott proceedings leaving Oppn unable to garner two-thirds of vote

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Nobel winners flag AI's risks, call for regulation

PHYSICS Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis on Saturday insisted on a need for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in their awards.

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Reached Damascus suburbs, say rebels of Syria

INSURGENTS' stunning march across Syria gained speed on Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and with the government forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country.

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Wooden Street raises ₹354 cr funding from Premji Invest

FURNITURE and home decor brand Wooden Street has raised $43 million or nearly ₹354 crore in series-C round from Premji Invest.

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Mahindra to rename electric SUV as 'BE 6'

The car manufacturer says it will contest the brand rights of 'BE 6e' in court, asserts that IndiGo's claim is baseless

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MORE OLA STORES, MODELS; BUT THERE'S A BACKLOG

LA Electric's co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal has just announced an ambitious plan to open as many as 3,200 stores by the end of December.

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RBI adds 27 tn gold in Oct, 50% of central banks' buying

THE Reserve Bank has bought 48% of all the gold that the central banks bought in October, adding a whopping 27 tonne to its home reserves, taking the total tonnage to 882.

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UltraTech's India Cement buyout under CCI scrutiny

THE acquisition of India Cements by UltraTech Cement has come under the lens of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

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Man City held, Merseyside derby postponed

MANCHESTER City failed to win for the eighth time in nine games in a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday as high winds caused the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool to be postponed.

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Railway wrestler asked to pull out of sr nat'ls

A Rajasthan Greco-Roman wrestler was asked to pull out of the ongoing Senior National Championship in Bengaluru on Saturday saying the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) has not given no objection certificates to its grapplers to compete in the event.

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Chhetri turns back clock to power Bengaluru FC

SUNIL Chhetri turned back the clock to score a hat-trick, helping Bengaluru FC post a thrilling 4-2 victory over Kerala Blasters in the ISL here.

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Deja vu: Head-ache yet again for Rohit & Co

Travis smashes century at his home ground to put hosts on top

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CONVINCED ABOUT HIL'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY: HI CHIEF TIRKEY

When former India captain Dilip Tirkey was elected as the president of Hockey India, besides galvanizing the India team, he had two objectives in mind.

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State of play: Mercury rising on the board at World Chess Championship

VER the last week or so, journalists have come under fire because of the nature of some questions asked to the players during the post-game press conferences.

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Keeping Hope Afloat

As instances of death by drowning rise, down in Kerala, Saji Valassery and CV Janaki Amma teach people swimming for free

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It's Time Kerala Temples took Mercy on the Plight of Elephants

ACUTE ANGLE

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Train Smarter, Not Harder

This trending workout is a testament to the evolving art of fitness

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A Lot can Happen Over Coffee

Blending artistry, culture, and connection, a new wave of DIY art cafes is connecting communities across India

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A Bohemian Rhapsody

The region in Czech Republic has long captivated painters, writers, artists and dreamers with its surrealism

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Relief of Finding One in Duality

Indian designer Vikram Goyal joins hands with English design house de Gournay to create an exquisite collection of three gilded wallpapers celebrating Indian faith

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March of the Maxi Clutch

The jumbo size clutch from the '90s is having its moment in the sun

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Relief of Finding One in Duality

Indian designer Vikram Goyal joins hands with English design house de Gournay to create an exquisite collection of three gilded wallpapers celebrating Indian faith

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Dare to be Dapper

From stylish formals to cool casuals, the winter guide for men to get the occasion vibe right on point

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'I Have Never Wanted Anything More'

Ariana Grande speaks to Katie Ellis about landing her dream role of Glinda in Wicked, taking voice and acting lessons, and developing a special bond with co-star Cynthia Erivo

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