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J&K’s first Vande Bharat train completes trial run from Katra to Srinagar

The specially designed Vande Bharat train arrives in Jammu ahead of its trial run to Srinagar, Kashmir | Photo Credit: PTI Years of hard work and dedication, and some engineering marvels later, the dream of Kashmir’s rail connectivity finally came true as a specially-designed Vande Bharat Express train arrived here on Saturday (January 25, 2025),

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Fake insurance racket, real risks hit Hyderabad’s commercial drivers

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At the transport adda in Shabad mandal of Hyderabad, 45-year-old Allada Peer Reddy waited in excitement. An executive from a food and beverage company was arriving to onboard some light goods vehicle owners as vendors to support their growing business in the State. However, his excitement quickly turned into worry after the executive informed Mr.

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Sacred waters and rituals: How startups are cashing in on the virtual Kumbh rush

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Sri Mandir is one of several startups transforming the way people engage with this grand spiritual event. By offering innovative products and services such as bottled Ganga water, live-streamed aartis, and personalized pujas, these companies are turning virtual devotion into a thriving business. Their products are tailored to cater to the needs of the absentee

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Zoonotic diseases, climate change, dietary risks posing threat to human health, says Soumya Swaminathan

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Grinson George, director, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, felicitating Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, at Kochi on January 24. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Most of the emerging viral threats are zoonotic infections that are transmitted from animals to humans, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Pralay, India’s first ballistic missile for conventional strikes, to be showcased at Republic Day parade

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagging off the Battlefield Surveillance System ‘Sanjay’, which will be seen on Kartavya Path on January 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: PIB The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to showcase the indigenous short-range quasi-ballistic missile Pralay at this year’s Republic Day parade. The missile, which is meant for

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Delhi Assembly Election 2024: Transgender Voters Face ID Certificate Barriers, Low Electoral Registration, Polling Booth Discrimination

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As Delhi gears up for its Assembly election, transgender voters say they face a dilemma: choosing between their right to vote and their right to be recognised for who they are. While cisgender voters move smoothly through binary lines, trans, non-binary, and other genderqueer individuals say they often find themselves disenfranchised by a system that

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UGC Draft Leadership Regulations: Why Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala are Against it

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A new set of draft regulations put out by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the appointment of Vice Chancellors as well as for filling up academic and non-academic posts has stirred up a storm. On January 6, the Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched the draft version of the proposed UGC regulations (“Minimum

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LTIMindtree appoints Venu Lambu as CEO-designate for 5 years till 2030

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LTIMindtree Ltd appointed former Randstad Digital chief executive as its CEO-designate on Friday to eventually replace Debashis Chatterjee, who has been leading the software services company since its formation three years ago. The country’s sixth-largest information technology (IT) services company announced Venugopal Lambu as its CEO-designate on Friday, as part of its filing to the

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‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ movie review: A heartfelt tribute to Gandhian principles and rural innocence

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Early in the Telugu film Gandhi Tatha Chettu, Ramachandraiah (Anand Chakrapani) tells his granddaughter Gandhi (Sukriti Veni Bandreddi), “Prema tho gelavalante time paduthundi” (it takes time to win through love). His statement follows her question about something she heard from her friends — that India’s independence took longer because of Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent methods. As

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Four years on, Shivamogga quarry blast case probe is back to square one

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Chikka Bore Gowda, a resident of Kengal Hanumanthaiya Nagar near Bhadravati in Shivamogga district of Karnataka, calls his son C. Devendra’s mobile phone every now and then only to hear a pre-recorded message saying that the call could not be connected. Gowda last saw his son four years ago. Sixty-year-old Gowda, a farmer, lost his

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J&K’s first Vande Bharat train completes trial run from Katra to Srinagar

Fake insurance racket, real risks hit Hyderabad’s commercial drivers

Sacred waters and rituals: How startups are cashing in on the virtual Kumbh rush

Zoonotic diseases, climate change, dietary risks posing threat to human health, says Soumya Swaminathan

Pralay, India’s first ballistic missile for conventional strikes, to be showcased at Republic Day parade

Delhi Assembly Election 2024: Transgender Voters Face ID Certificate Barriers, Low Electoral Registration, Polling Booth Discrimination

UGC Draft Leadership Regulations: Why Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala are Against it

LTIMindtree appoints Venu Lambu as CEO-designate for 5 years till 2030

‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ movie review: A heartfelt tribute to Gandhian principles and rural innocence

Four years on, Shivamogga quarry blast case probe is back to square one

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