The New Indian Express Vijayawada - December 17, 2024

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December 17, 2024

PK, CM 'discuss' portfolio for Naga Babu

DEPUTY Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan, along with officials of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the State Secretariat on Monday.

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SPEAKING HANDS FALL SILENT

When he was born on March 9, 1951, Zakir Hussain was considered an unlucky child.

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Sitharaman, Kharge exchange barbs in RS

Cong head rebuts charges of constitutional changes for 'one family'

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Will not allow Lankan territory to be used against India, says Dissanayake

SRI Lanka will not allow its territory to be used against India's national security interests, Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

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Record gold imports widen trade deficit

IN what could put pressure on the economy, India's trade deficit—the difference between imports and exports—widened to a record $37.8 billion in November, showing a 4.8% drop in exports and a record increase in imports driven by massive gold demand.

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SCR GM honours two employees with safety award

SOUTH Central Railway (SCR) General Manager Arun Kumar Jain presented the 'Man of the Month' Safety Awards to two Vijayawada Division employees for their alertness and timely action in averting unsafe conditions.

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Railway tribunal set to conduct 3-day Lok Adalat

THE Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT), Amaravati Bench, will organise a Lok Adalat from December 16 to 19 to expedite settlements for railway-related claims.

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Minor girl escapes from kidnappers

A minor girl from Guntur's Vengalrao Nagar escaped from her kidnappers near Pandit Nehru Bus Stand (PNBS) in Vijayawada on Monday.

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Plots in hometowns for R5 beneficiaries

REITERATING that the State government will implement the Amaravati Master Plan as designed earlier, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister Ponguru Narayana said those who were given house site pattas in Amaravati's R-5 Zone will be allotted plots in their native villages in Krishna and Guntur districts.

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11-yr-old & bus cleaner drown

AN 11-year-old boy and a bus cleaner drowned in a pond near Gurazala in Palnadu district on Monday.

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Expedite reservoir works: VMC chief

VIJAYAWADA Municipal Corporation (VMC) Commissioner HM Dhyanachandra has directed officials to expedite the construction of a 1,500-kilolitre tank in the 40th division in Bhavanipuram, Vijayawada.

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Need for disaster preparedness stressed

HOME Minister Vangalapudi Anitha participated in a three-day disaster management training session at the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) campus in Gannavaram on Monday.

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Bommasamudram Panchayat wins national award

THE Bommasamudram Panchayat of Irala mandal in Chittoor district has secured the top position as the 'Best Health Panchayat' at the national level under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar.

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KSPL shares case: HC grants interim relief to Vikranth Reddy

THE High Court on Monday granted interim relief to Vikranth Reddy, son of YSRCP leader YV Subba Reddy, in connection with the case related to the transfer of shares in Kakinada Seaports Limited (KSPL).

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CM aims to complete R&R for Polavaram Phase-I in six months

Govt to pay compensation after relocation of 20,946 displaced families under Phase-I & take up pending works in R&R colonies with around ₹6,000 to ₹7,000 cr

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AP to adopt innovative healthcare initiatives inspired by Tata DiNC

HRD and IT Minister N Lokesh visited Kolar in Karnataka to study the transformative impact of the Tata Digital Nerve Centre (DiNC) on healthcare.

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HC, iconic towers get CRDA approval

THE Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) approved projects worth ₹24,276 crore for the development of trunk roads, construction of the High Court Complex, Assembly and iconic buildings in Amaravati during the 43rd CRDA meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the Secretariat on Monday.

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Complete road & rail projects by Dec 2026: Min

Roads and Buildings (R&B), Investments and Infrastructure Minister BC Janardhan Reddy has directed the officials to initiate steps to resolve pending issues related to the projects of National Highways and Railways for completion by December 2026.

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Formula-E: TG Guv accords permission to proceed against KTR

Gives assent to law enforcement agencies to prosecute IAS officer; ACB likely to summon BRS leader over alleged abuse of power, foreign currency violations

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SC denies Krishna recognition for music award

The Supreme Court, in an interim order, ruled that Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna should not be recognised as the recipient of the M S Subbulakshmi Award.

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Stalin continues tirade against ONOE Bill

TAMIL Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin reiterated his opposition to the BJP-led union government's 'One Nation One Election' (ONOE) proposal on Monday, calling it unsuitable for India and unconstitutional.

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PROPOSING A 2-FACTOR FORMULA FOR SHARING

HE 16th Finance Commission so far visited 16 states; visits to 12 more will be completed in the next few months.

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UPHEAVAL IN LEVANT RAISES UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE WORLD

The governance of Syria can well fall into the hands of fundamentalist groups. Global powers must work towards dousing such a fire rather than reigniting it

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21 fake univs in country, 8 in Delhi; Centre says will protect students

Stringent action

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PMML Society seeks Nehru letters from Rahul

Historian says records on first PM, including his letters to Lady Mountbatten, withdrawn on orders of Sonia Gandhi

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₹1,000 crore credit guarantee scheme for farmers launched

The Centre on Monday unveiled a credit guarantee scheme (CGS) to help small farmers who engage in distress selling.

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Priyanka asks govt to take steps for safety of minorities in Bangladesh

CONGRESS MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday claimed in the Lok Sabha that a photograph of Pakistan surrendering before the Indian Army in Dhaka, had been removed from the Army headquarters.

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Persons with political and religious prejudices mustn't be made judges

In the wake of uproar over Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav's recent comments on Uniform Civil Code and that India will be run by the majority at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) function, retired Supreme Court judge Justice A K Pattnaik tells Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty that a judge shouldn't express views on political matters at a public forum.

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Gehlot ex-aide pardoned in phone tap case

DELHI'S Patiala House Court has granted a conditional pardon to Lokesh Sharma, the former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of Rajasthan's ex-Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in connection with the illegal phone tapping case.

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Lathicharge on students seeking exam cancellation

THE Jharkhand police resorted to lathi-charge on Monday to disperse students, who were protesting near Jharkhand Staff Service Commission (JSSC) against alleged irregularities in the JSSC-CGL recruitment examination held in September.

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7 picked for questioning in killings of 2 migrant workers in Manipur

Larger conspiracy

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Students stir over paper leak, Bihar exam put off

THE Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Monday cancelled the 70th combined preliminary examination conducted by the commission at Bapu Bhawan examination centre in the state capital on December 13.

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Shah meets families hit by Maoist violence in Bastar, pledges support

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed his condolences to the families of jawans killed in Maoist attacks and the civilians affected by violence in the strife-torn region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.

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Alarming groundwater contamination across Gujarat districts, Lok Sabha told

THE Government of India, in a concerning update to the Rajya Sabha, has flagged an alarming situation regarding groundwater pollution in Gujarat.

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Was evacuated by Russian military: Assad

OUSTED Syrian leader Bashar Assad said he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.

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Yunus: B'desh polls in 2025-end or early '26

Claims restoring democratic institutions is necessary

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Gaza hostage deal closer than ever

DEFENCE Minister Israel Katz reportedly told Knesset lawmakers on Monday that Israel is \"closer than ever\" to closing a deal with Hamas to free the hostages held in Gaza, bolstering Arab media reports of heavy optimism on the chances for an agreement in the coming weeks, The Times of Israel reported.

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Vlogger shares dismal business class experience on Air India international flight

'Meal fell on business class seat as it was broken'

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LG eyes $15 billion listing valuation for Indian arm

Post-public offer, promoter's shareholding will come down by 15%

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Vedanta's dividend to make promoters richer by ₹1.9k cr

METAL and mining giant Vedanta Ltd has declared an interim dividend of ₹8.5 per share.

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Bitcoin profits even before VDA rules to be treated as capital gains

IN a first of its kind legal dispute over taxation of bitcoins, the Jodhpur Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that gains for sale of bitcoins even before the introduction of virtual digital asset (VDA) regime in 2020 should be treated as capital gains for the purpose of taxation.

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Pvt sector output index rises to 4-mnth high

PRIVATE sector output grew at the fastest pace in four months, helping the economy end 2024 on a positive note boosted by strong demand from services and manufacturing sectors leading to record jobs creation.

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European agency endorses approval of Biocon Biologics' biosimilar Ustekinumab

BIOCON BIOLOGICS, a biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon, has announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of YESINTEK, an Ustekinumab biosimilar intended for the treatment of adults and children with plaque psoriasis and adults with psoriatic arthritis or Crohn's disease.

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New Relic aims to further scale up India operations; investing heavily in the country

US-based New Relic, which is in intelligent observability platform space, is investing heavily in India.

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LTIMindtree cyber defence centre in B'luru

LTIMindtree, the country's sixth largest IT services company, on Monday announced the launch of the 100-seater AI-driven Cyber Defense Resiliency Center (CDRC) in Bengaluru.

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Women's Euro: UEFA more than doubles prize money

PRIZE money for the 2025 Women's European Championship will more than double compared to the previous edition, with the 16 teams sharing 41 million euros, UEFA said Monday.

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We're basically two dead people playing chess, mistakes happen: Gukesh

THE king had arrived home and that led to a frenzy as everybody, who were eagerly awaiting his arrival, wanted a piece of him.

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Niggle trouble for Siraj as pacer continues to struggle

IT was the 37th over of the Australian innings on Sunday. Mohammed Siraj, having bowled the first two balls, called on the physio.

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TALE OF RAIN AND PAIN FOR INDIA'S TOP-ORDER

On a day that witnessed multiple delays due to weather, visitors lose four big wickets and now have an uphill task to save the match

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Leganes stun Liga leaders Barcelona

LA LIGA leaders Barcelona stumbled 1-0 at home against Leganes on Sunday as they suffered another blow in the Spanish title race.

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