Hyderabad; July 23 ( PMI ): The State Kuruma Sangam members met Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan here on Wednesday and felicitated him for increasing the sheep unit price and announcing the second phase of sheep distribution at an estimated cost of Rs 6,000 crore. Addressing them, …
Read More »Shares of India’s Zomato soar 80% on market debut
23-07-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Shares in Indian food delivery app Zomato have soared by more than 80% in their stock market debut. The listing was pushed forward by four days and comes as India’s stock market nears all-time highs. The stellar performance reflected strong investor interest in internet-based start-ups …
Read More »China rejects WHO plan for new COVID origin probe
23-07-2021 BEIJING/ GENEVA: China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO wants to audit laboratories in the area where the virus was first identified but Zeng Yixin, deputy health minister, said this showed “disrespect for …
Read More »South Africa unrest death toll jumps to 337
23-07-2021 JOHANNESBURG: Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day. “The South African police have revised the total number of deaths in Gauteng [province] to 79 and KwaZulu-Natal …
Read More »Major Websites hit by global outage
23-07-2021 LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK: Many popular websites fell offline on Thursday in a widespread global outage of service. Visitors attempting to reach some sites received DNS errors, meaning their requests could not reach the websites. Affected services included Airbnb, UPS, HSBC bank, British Airways and the PlayStation network used …
Read More »Political activity picks up pace as second wave eases
Hyderabad; July 22 ( PMI ): The devastating second wave of COVID-19 pandemic may be behind us, but many painful memories are fresh in our minds. Although the infection rate has been arrested to an extent and people are getting back to a slightly lesser restricted life, mass gatherings at …
Read More »Govt. against vote-based politics: CM
Hyderabad; July 22 ( PMI ): Reiterating that the TRS government is committed to the welfare of all sections, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said his government was against vote-based politics like the past.The Chief Minister recalled that the government initiated sheep distribution within a year on coming back to …
Read More »AIMIM Twitter account targeted by hackers
Hyderabad; July 22 ( PMI ): Party sources said that hackers targeted the @aimim_national handle, which frequently tweets activities of party leaders, including party president Asaduddin Owaisi. The profile picture was purportedly changed to that of Tesla co-founder Elon Musk. The display name too was changed. Sources said that the …
Read More »Bakkani Narasimhulu is new TDP chief
Hyderabad; July 22 ( PMI ): Former Shadnagar MLA Bakkani Narasimhulu has been appointed president of Telangana – Telugu Desam Party. He succeeds L. Ramana who recently joined the TRS.TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu handed over the letter of appointment to Mr. Narasimhulu on Monday.Speaking to reporters later, Mr. Narasimhulu …
Read More »KCR instructs officials to take preventive measures for floods.
Hyderabad; July 22 ( PMI ): As heavy rains continued to batter the state, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao instructed the officials concerned and public representatives to take preventive measures given the flood increasing Godavari river catchment area.Since there is a heavy to very heavy rain forecast for the …
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