Enraged Farmers Pour Diesel Over Tehsildar For Passbook

Hyderabad: In an incident that reminded the death of Abdullapurmet tehsildar two years ago, farmers poured diesel over Shivampet Mandal tehsildar, Bhanu Prakash, in Medak district.

Engg Students Develop Oxygen Concentrator From Water Purifier

Hyderabad: Engineering students from a private college in the city have developed a dual-use 25-liter oxygen concentrator from a water purifier. The concentrator costs about `20,000. “We have taken a purifier, removed RO candles, and replaced them with Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) system, in which air compressor, silica gel, and zeolite (13X) pellets are major components, to convert it into a concentrator,” said Shaik Mohammed Rayyan, a student of Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology, who led the team that developed the concentrator.

Barty Shines In The Rain

If the two-piece ensemble, with its striking detailing, was the paean, then Ashleigh Barty’s craft and comportment was the touching tribute to her mentor Evonne Goolagong Cawley, who triumphed on these lawns 50 years ago.

Centre Decides To Fast-Track Policy To Counter Drone Threat

2-Hour Meet Was With Shah, Rajnath

My Mother Put Me On The Stage To Help Me Overcome My Shyness: Boman Irani

When I grew up a little and began to understand the world around me, I saw a queen in my mom!” That is how Boman Irani remembers his mother Jerbanoo Irani, who passed away recently at the age of 94. The 63-year-old actor’s heartfelt tribute to his mother that he shared on Instagram touched a chord with many.

CM Unveils PV Statue; Vidya Peetham To Be Set Up At KU

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has announced the state will set up a Vidya Peetham in the name of former PM PV Narasimha Rao at Kakatiya University in Warangal. He said the cabinet has approved the proposal. The government has already rechristened Necklace Road as PV Narasimha Rao Marg.

Can Defer Flu Vax For Kids By A Mth: Docs

Hyderabad: Health experts are now advising parents to defer flu vaccines for their children for the next one to two months. This, even as hospitals are receiving a large number of phone-ins from parents seeking to understand the benefits of flu vaccines against Covid-19, especially in light of a possible third wave. Several hospitals are seeing anywhere between 10 and 15 children being brought in for the vaccine daily.

Over 85% Of Those With Black Fungus Had Covid: Govt Data

New Delhi: As many as 40,845 cases of Mucormycosis have been reported in the second wave of the pandemic. Data show that fatalities from the infection stand at 3,129. Over 85% of those who were diagnosed with the fungal infection had Covid-19. In terms of age group, 32% of those infected were young being in the age bracket of 18-45 years.

India Ready To Give Befitting Reply If Provoked: Rajnath

New Delhi: India believes in resolving disputes through dialogue with neighbouring countries, but is always prepared to give “a befitting reply if provoked”, defence minister Rajnath Singh reiterated on Monday during a visit to Ladakh where the stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops continues.

Suns Take Series Lead Over Clippers

Los Angeles: Devin Booker scored 25 points and Chris Paul made several clutch free throws in the waning moments as the Phoenix Suns held for an 84-80 win over Los Angeles, putting the Clippers on the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs.

The Horror Genre Needs Reinvention: Vikram Bhatt

The filmmaker says that it’s time to do away with age-old tropes that were used to scare the audience

Docs Flooded With Absurd Requests From Restless Locals

Hyderabad: With lockdown restrictions being lifted, doctors in the city are now concerned with the barrage of absurd requests coming their way from patients and others. These requests range from patients wanting to set their arbitrary recovery deadlines to permissions to use certain steroids they think will hasten their recovery.

Airfares For Aug-Oct Drop As Carriers Eye Early Bookings

Mumbai: Conventionally, airfares cool in June and July. This year, fares are high as the government hiked its lowest fare cap by around 15% for travel in June-July. The drop in Covid cases brought about a spike in demand for air travel, and what you have is the cheapest fare, say on the Mumbai-Delhi route, priced over Rs 10,000, even for travel late next month. But for August, the cheapest return fare on a Mumbai-Delhi flight is Rs 4,600. A similar fare drop can be seen across most domestic sectors.

How Soon Can Schools Get Back To Normalcy

Few schools are ready to welcome students for physical classes, provided both teachers and students are vaccinated

Ex-Cop Chauvin Gets 22.5 Years In Prison For Floyd's Murder

A win for black lives matter movement in US

CM: Adopt Brazil Model For Effective Use Of Urban Land

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the officials to adopt Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) model for effective utilisation of urban land in a scientific manner. He said every collectorate should have twin helipads and a ‘state chamber’ so that ministers and state-level officers could use them during their official tours.

Ahead Of UP Polls, BJP Plans ₹50cr Ambedkar Memorial

Proposed Centre In Lucknow Is Seen As Bid To Reach Out To Dalits

‘To be at Olympics after having a baby is something I could have only dreamt of'

Sania Mirza Says She Is Excited To Be Back At Wimbledon This Year

Teachers give special Covid vax drive a miss

Hyderabad: Not many seem to be utilising the special vaccination drive for teachers, as only about 30,000 teachers, both government and private, got vaccinated in the last couple of days.

Arrested Chinese National Was In Hyderabad For 2 Years

Junwei Had A Bank Account And PAN card

Delhi Govt Got Interim Oxygen Audit On May 30

Union Govt Filed Affidavit On June 22

Djokovic Opens Against Draper; Mannarino First Up For Federer

Roger Federer is in the bottom half of themen’s draw, on the opposite side of which is world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Microsoft 2nd US Co To Hit $2tn mcap

Washington: Microsoft on Thursday became only the second US company after Apple to reach a $2-trillion valuation, sticking another feather in the cap of its Indian-American CEO Satya Nadella after he was appointed chairman of the company — only the second in its history after Bill Gates — last week.

‘Substantial' Progress, But Pak Will Remain On FATF's Grey List

‘No Action On UN-Designated Terrorists Yet’

Russia Warns Britain It Will Bomb Ships If There Are More Provocations In Black Sea

London/Moscow: Russia warned Britain on Thursday that it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if there were any further provocative actions by the British navy off the coast of Crimea.

New Zealand Won, India Lost, It Happens, It's Allowed. There's Nothing To Fix Here. This Is The Beauty Of Sport

India did not lose the final of the World Test Championship. New Zealand won it. This a subtle yet important distinction to make, especially in a country where cricket is not a matter of life or death, but rather something even more important.

Vaccine supply to states fair and based on several criteria: Centre

New Delhi: Dismissing concerns about non-transparent allocation of Covid vaccines to states, the health ministry on Thursday said distribution of jabs is based on population, caseload, state’s utilisation efficiency and wastage factors.

No work on RLIP sans report, KRMB tells AP

‘Get Project Appraised By CWC, Board’

Aramco chief to be first foreigner on RIL board

Mumbai: Reliance Industries (RIL) will appoint Yasir AlRumayyan, chairman of Saudi Aramco and governor of the Kingdom’s wealth fund, to its board as an independent director.

TaMo CEO Butschek To Step Down On June 30

Mumbai: Guenter Butschek will wrap up his term as CEO of Tata Motors on June 30. He, however, will continue as a consultant to the company till March 31 next year, the flagship of the Tata Group said in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday.