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    Sabotage suspected in outage of undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia

    Germany’s defense minister said officials had to assume the incident was “sabotage,” but without providing evidence or saying who might have been responsible. The remark came during a speech in which he discussed hybrid warfare threats from Russia Frankfurt: A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday. Writing on X, Orpo said that power transmission through the Estlink-2 cable stopped Wednesday and that authorities were “investigating the matter.” He said the interruption would not affect electricity supplies in Finland. Estonian network operator Elering said there was enough spare capacity to meet power needs on the Estonian side, public broadcaster ERR said on its website. Authorities have been on edge about undersea infrastructure in the Baltic. Two data cables, one running between Finland and Germany, the other between Lithuania and Sweden, were severed in November. Germany’s…
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    Airtel faces major server problem

    This outage has caused trouble for many people, affecting their daily work and activities. Hyderabad: Airtel services faced a sudden problem, with nearly 3,000 complaints reported early in the morning, according to Downdetector. Many users are having issues like slow internet and no connection. Downdetector shows an outage when complaints are much higher than usual, which means this is a big issue. Airtel users are advised to wait for updates as the company works to fix the problem. This outage has caused trouble for many people, affecting their daily work and activities.
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    Squid Game Season 2: The Pink Guards are watching you!

    Brace yourselves for another intense round of Red Light, Green Light—Squid Game is back with Season 2. The much-anticipated South Korean thriller returns, with new episodes now streaming on Netflix Hyderabad: The wait is finally over! Squid Game, the hit South Korean dystopian survival thriller, is making its highly anticipated return with Season 2. The second season premiered on Netflix globally on December 26, with fans in India getting their first taste at 1:31 pm (IST). However, there was a slight surprise when the show didn’t drop exactly at midnight on Wednesday, as many expected. For those eager to binge-watch, there’s another change this season—the number of episodes. Season 2 consists of seven episodes, which is two fewer than the nine episodes in Season 1. But there’s a good reason for the shorter run: Squid Game has already been renewed for a third and final season, set to premiere in 2025.…
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    Which disease has the potential to turn into epidemic in 2025?

    Malaria, HIV and tuberculosis kill around 2 million people each year Hyderabad: Since the emergence and killing of millions of people around the world by COVID-19, most people have been nervous about the emergence of the next big infectious disease – be that a virus, bacterium, fungus, or parasite. With COVID-19 in retreat, the three infectious diseases causing public health officials the greatest concern are malaria (parasite), HIV (virus) and tuberculosis (bacterium). Between them, they kill around 2 million people each year. And then there are the watchlists of priority pathogens – especially those that have become resistant to the drugs usually used to treat them, such as antibiotics and antivirals. Scientists must also constantly scan the horizon for the next potential problem. While this could come in any form of pathogen, certain groups are more likely than others to cause swift outbreaks, including influenza viruses. One influenza virus causing great concern right now is influenza A subtype H5N1, sometimes referred…
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    Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu meets Prime Minister Modi

    According to sources, Naidu and Modi discussed development issues and pending projects of the state during the brief 30-minute meeting at the prime minister’s residence. New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and discussed issues related to the state. According to sources, Naidu and Modi discussed development issues and pending projects of the state during the brief 30-minute meeting at the prime minister’s residence. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders K Ram Mohan Naidu and Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, both ministers in the NDA government at the Centre, and party MP Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu were present in the meeting. BJP MP from Andhra Pradesh and Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma was also there. The TDP is a major ally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Earlier during the day, Naidu met Union Railways and I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw…
    Telangana

    Six hospitalized after consuming adulterated toddy in Nalgonda

    All the six were shifted to hospital and the condition of P. Pitchaiah is said to be serious. Nalgonda: Six persons were taken ill after consuming adulterated toddy in Perika Kondaram village of Shaligowraram Mandal on Thursday. All the six were shifted to hospital and the condition of P. Pitchaiah is said to be serious. He was shifted to Hyderabad for treatment. The other affected individuals, D. Achaiah, G. Rama Chandra, V. Lingaiah, M. Biksham, and K. Naresh were admitted to local hospitals where their condition is reported to be stable. The Excise Department officials are investigation the case.
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    BRS condemns arrest of former SC-ST Commission chairman Errolla Srinivas

    KT Rama Rao charged the Congress government with targeting BRS leaders for questioning unfulfilled election promises to Dalit and Bahujan communities. Hyderabad: BRS leaders including working president KT Rama Rao and senior MLA T Harish Rao condemned the arrest of Errolla Srinivas, senior BRS leader and former SC-ST Commission chairman from his residence in Hyderabad on Thursday early morning. They called it a blatant act of harassment and intimidation against the opposition leaders. In a statement, KT Rama Rao charged the Congress government with targeting BRS leaders for questioning unfulfilled election promises to Dalit and Bahujan communities. “This is a heinous act to suppress the opposition. The Chief Minister is implementing ‘Emergency’ as the seventh guarantee after failing to implement six others in Indiramma Rajyam (reign),” he said. He demanded Srinivas’s immediate release and an end to a “toxic culture” of false cases against the political opponents and those who are questioning the oppression. Senior…
    Telangana

    Sighting of tiger creates flutter in Asifabad

    Some of the locals recorded video of the tiger when it was walking on the road. The video clip went viral on social media platforms. Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Sighting of a tiger on a road at Amruthguda village in on Thursday, created a flutter. Amruthguda is located on the borders of Telangana and Maharashtra. A tiger was spotted while moving on a road on the outskirts of the village, panicking farmers and motorists. Upon hearing noise of the onlookers, the tiger slipped into a roadside farm. Farmers urged the Forest officials to take steps to divert the tiger into deep forests. They said that they were now hesitating to enter agriculture fields. Some of the locals recorded video of the tiger when it was walking on the road. The video clip went viral on social media platforms. Forest officials said that a tiger possibly from Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve in the neighboring Maharashtra might have…
    Telangana

    C-section crisis in Telangana set to get worse

    A year into its term, the Congress-led State government appears to be devoid of any concrete ideas on how to address the crisis of cesarean pregnancies in Telangana State Hyderabad: The decision by the Congress-led State government to curtail major initiatives aimed at encouraging maternal and child health is threatening to cast a long shadow over C-sections in Telangana State. A year into its term, the Congress-led State government appears to be devoid of any concrete ideas on how to address the crisis of cesarean deliveries in Telangana State. Given the total lack of public health advocacy regarding cesarean sections, senior health officials who were earlier involved in similar initiatives, express concern that the extremely high rates of Cesarean sections in Telangana State could persist, and may even worsen in the coming years. A concerted multi-pronged effort, including consistent massive awareness programs to regulate C-sections, which were implemented under the previous…
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    Leopard cub rescued from varsity campus in Maharashtra

    The cub separated from its mother when she came to drink water from a lake near the university Amravati: Forest authorities rescued a leopard cub that entered a university campus in Maharashtra’s Amravati city after getting separated from its mother, a forest official said on Wednesday. The cub was reunited with its mother in the wee hours of Wednesday. The leopardess used to come to drink water from a lake near the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, he said. The cub separated from its mother and entered a water tank on the university premises. The feline was rescued on Tuesday afternoon and later reunited with its mother.

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      Food poisoning incident: Five staffers of Wankidi Ashram school transferred

      Action was initiated against the five staffers based on findings of a report submitted by a committee formed by Collector Venkatesh Dothre Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Five staffers including headmaster of the Ashram school in Wankidi mandal (Girls) were transferred for dereliction of duties in the wake of hospitalisation of 64 students caused by food poisoning. An order to this effect was issued by ITDA-Utnoor project officer Khusbu Gupta on Tuesday evening. Headmaster Srinivas was transferred to a school in Kaghaznagar, while Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) Sevantha, cook Harikishan, workers Kamala and Pentaiah were transferred to different schools in the district, according to the order. Action was initiated against the five staffers based on findings of a report submitted by a committee formed by…

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      Nirmal municipality junior assistant arrested while accepting bribe

      Officials of the ACB said that the junior assistant Shakeer was apprehended red-handed when he was accepting Rs 15,000 from a bill collector Bharat Nirmal: A junior assistant working with Nirmal municipality was arrested by sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while allegedly accepting a bribe from another employee of the civic body on Wednesday. Officials of the ACB said that the junior assistant Shakeer was apprehended red-handed when he was accepting Rs 15,000 from a bill collector Bharat. Shakeer demanded the bribe to enter details of Bharat in his service book. Bharat approached sleuths of the ACB who in turn laid a trap and took Shakeer into custody. A case was booked against Shakeer and he would be produced before a special…

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      Telangana DCA conducts raids on unlicensed medical shop in Suryapet, seizes medicines worth Rs. 22,000

      The DCA informed that the unlicensed shop was being run by Jalagam Venkteshwarlu and medicines worth Rs 22, 000 including antibiotics, analgesics etc were seized Hyderabad: Telangana State Drug Control Administration (DCA) conducted raids at a medical shop in Errapadh village, Noothanakal mandal, Suryapet district, which was operating illegally without drug license and seized 30 varieties of medicines. The DCA in a press release on Wednesday informed that the unlicensed shop was being run by Jalagam Venkteshwarlu and medicines worth Rs 22, 000 including antibiotics, analgesics etc were seized. In a separate raid at a clinic that was being run by a quack Akula Gopinath at Deshmukhi village, Boodhan Pochampally mandal, Yadadri-Bhuvangiri district, the DCA officials seized medicines worth Rs 38, 382.…

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      India breaks into world’s top 6 ranks as patent filings double in last 5 years

      For the first time, India was included in the top 10 countries of the world for three main intellectual property (IP) rights: patents, industrial design applications, and trademark applications New Delhi: India’s patents and industrial design filings for Intellectual Property rights doubled between 2018 and 2023, taking the country to the sixth rank, according to the latest World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) annual report. For the first time, India was included in the top 10 countries of the world for three main intellectual property (IP) rights: patents, industrial design applications, and trademark applications. The patent filing in India has shown the fifth consecutive year of a double-digit growth rate. According to the WIPO report, the number of patents filed in India…

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      Telugu women lured with domestic jobs, forced into cross-massage services in UAE

      Massage parlours where women offer massage services to men is a flourishing business across the United Arab Emirates. These centres mainly target South Asian bachelors who are living in the country Dubai: Several Telugu women from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, all of them deeply in debt to loan sharks back home in India, are allegedly being lured to attractive domestic jobs in the Gulf with middlemen then forcing them into massage parlours to offer sexual services. Massage parlours where women offer massage services to men is a flourishing business across the United Arab Emirates. These centres mainly target South Asian bachelors who are living in the country. The massage service is based on an ethnic background and they accordingly provide…

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      SpiceJet to launch seaplane services in 2024, connecting Hyderabad, Lakshadweep, and more

      From January to September, the report indicates that severe weather conditions—such as relentless rainstorms, thunderstorms, and flooding—resulted in 66 human fatalities and 4,350 animal deaths across the state, along with extensive damage to crops and infrastructure. Vijayawada: Beleaguered low-cost airline SpiceJet on Saturday announced that it would launch seaplane operations in India next year, with an aim to connect some of the most remote and picturesque locations. With rights to operate seaplane services on 20 routes, including Lakshadweep, Hyderabad, Guwahati, and Shillong, the airline said it is preparing to roll out connectivity across key routes as the infrastructure becomes ready. “With the support of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Union Minister K. Rammohan Naidu, we are taking concrete steps to bring…

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      KTR questions decision to give Narayanpet-Kodangal lift project to Megha and Raghava

      Rama Rao alleged that the project was divided like a cake between Megha Engineering and Raghava Constructions, which is owned by Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. He criticized the decision to bypass major companies like L&T and NCC in favor of these firms, suggesting it was a blatant act of crony capitalism and misuse of power. Hyderabad: BRS Working President K T Rama Rao has expressed strong disapproval of the government decision to give the Narayanpet-Kodangal Lift project to Megha Engineering and Raghava Constructions. He accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of engaging in large-scale corruption through this project. Rama Rao alleged that the project was divided like a cake between Megha Engineering and Raghava Constructions, which is owned by Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. He…

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      BRS leader Shravan Dasoju condemns CM’s verbal attacks on KCR

      Shravan expressed outrage over the utterances made by the duo during an event in Yadagirigutta, where they allegedly mocked KCR in a disrespectful manner Hyderabad: Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and the Minister for Roads and Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy for their disparaging remarks against Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, BRS leader Shravan Dasoju condemned the language used by them to that of “street rowdies.” Shravan expressed outrage over the utterances made by the duo during an event in Yadagirigutta, where they allegedly mocked KCR in a disrespectful manner. He stated that KCR has over 40 years of public life experience and has made significant sacrifices, including resigning from his positions, to achieve the formation of Telangana. Shravan highlighted that…

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      State-level softball competitions begin in Mancherial

      Members of erstwhile Adilabad district softball association said that 320 players belonging to several parts of Telangana were taking part in the competitions. Mancherial: A state-level softball competition began at Tilak stadium in Bellampalli town on Saturday. Bellampalli ACP Ravi Kumar, who was the chief guest of the event, formally inaugurated competitions. Speaking on the occasion, Ravi Kumar advised the players to take both win and loss equally. He opined that sports could help one become mentally and physically strong. He stated participants could find new friends with the help of the sports. He was all praise for organisers for hosting the event in the coal belt town. Members of erstwhile Adilabad district softball association said that 320 players belonging to several parts of…

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      21 killed, 46 injured in Pakistan railway station blast

      Preliminary reports indicate that explosion took place at Quetta railway station’s booking office just before Jaffer Express arrived at the platform Peshawar: At least 21 people were killed and 46 others injured in a bomb explosion at Quetta‘s railway station in Pakistan on Saturday, according to a media report. Preliminary reports indicate that the explosion took place at the railway station’s booking office just before the train arrived at the platform, Geo News reported. The Jaffer Express was scheduled to depart for Peshawar at 9 am, the report said, quoting railway officials. The officials said the train had not yet arrived at the platform when the explosion took place. Given the station’s usual crowd, there is a high risk of significant casualties, the report said.

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