International

    Great magnetic drift: North Pole’s journey to Siberia

    This shift disrupts the World Magnetic Model (WMM), essential for navigation in GPS systems, smartphones, and military operations, including submarine navigation in Arctic waters Hyderabad: The magnetic North Pole, a crucial navigational anchor, has been moving towards Russia at an unpredictable pace, raising alarms among scientists. Unlike the stationary geographic North Pole, the magnetic pole shifts due to the swirling molten iron in Earth’s outer core. Recent movements, which once peaked at 55 kilometres per year in the 2010s, have slowed to 25 kilometres annually. Yet, the pole’s path toward Siberia continues to intrigue researchers. This shift disrupts the World Magnetic Model (WMM), essential for navigation in GPS systems, smartphones, and military operations, including submarine navigation in Arctic waters. Without regular updates, technological systems could face serious errors. Additionally, animals like migratory birds and sea turtles, which use the magnetic field for orientation, may experience navigational challenges. The movement may signal…
    International

    41 extra days of scorching heat in 2024, thanks to climate change!

    In 2024, human-caused climate change added 41 extra days of dangerous heat worldwide, worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts, and cyclones. The year likely set heat records, disproportionately affecting vulnerable regions and causing numerous, often unreported, deaths Washington: People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024. The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate Central researchers comes at the end of a year that shattered climate record after climate record as heat across the globe made 2024 likely to be its hottest ever measured and a slew of other fatal weather events spared few. “The finding is devastating but utterly unsurprising: Climate change did play a role, and often a major role in most of the events…
    National

    Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister who stood up for protesting JNU students

    In 2005, he urged the then V-C to be lenient with protesting Left students, quoted French philosopher Voltaire to defend their right to dissent New Delhi: Erudite and soft-spoken, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh developed his reputation as a consensus builder during his stint as the Finance Minister who opened the doors for economic reform in India. But it was his intervention to prevent the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration from acting against students who had held a protest against him in 2005 that showcased a fresh dimension of his persona. Visiting the JNU campus to unveil a statue of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Singh was shown black flags by Left-backed students. The incident led to the university issuing showcause notices to the students, with a few of them even being detained by the Delhi Police. A day later, Singh intervened, suggesting to the then Vice-Chancellor BB Bhattacharya to be lenient with the students.…
    National

    India’s spending spree in villages shrinks urban-rural gap: Survey

    Rural consumption in India continues to grow, narrowing the urban-rural gap in monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) to 70% in 2023-24, down from 84% in 2011-12. Both rural and urban areas saw increased expenditure, especially on non-food items New Delhi: The sustained momentum in rural consumption in India continues with the urban-rural gap narrowing down further in 2023-24 from the level of 2022-23, according to the household consumption survey released by the Ministry of Statistics on Friday. The urban-rural gap in the monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) has declined to 71 per cent in 2022-23 from 84 per cent in 2011-12. It has further come down to 70 per cent in 2023-24 that confirms sustained momentum of consumption growth in rural areas, the survey States. The average MPCE in rural and urban India in 2023-24 has been estimated to be Rs 4,122 and Rs 6,996, respectively, without taking into…
    National

    Dogs and cats get diabetes too!

    Knowing that your pet has diabetes can be a shock, as sadly, about 20% of diabetic cats and dogs are euthanised within a year of diagnosis Queensland: Diabetes in cats and dogs is less common in humans. It affects about 1.5% dogs and 0.5–1% cats. Knowing that your pet has diabetes can be a shock, as sadly, about 20% of diabetic cats and dogs are euthanized within a year of diagnosis due to the impacts on the pets’ health and their owners’ lifestyle and finances. However, the disease can be managed. And for cats, but not dogs, effective early treatment even gives them a good chance of remission. What is diabetes? Glucose is the body’s primary energy source. Insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas, regulates levels of this blood-borne sugar, its uptake into cells, and storage in the liver and muscles. In animals with diabetes, the body does not secrete enough insulin. The result is high glucose levels (hyperglycemia) and associated clinical signs. Some breeds and unspayed female…
    National

    Here are the wolves with a taste for nectar

    Maybe, the sweet nectar is a tasty treat to start the day to top up a rodent meal for Ethiopian wolves Hyderabad: Do you know that a wolf actually can be a pollinator? In the highlands of Ethiopia, when a plant known as the Ethiopian red hot poker blooms into fiery torch-like flowers and are filled with sweet nectar, among the sunbirds and insects drawn to the flowers, is an unusual visitor — the Ethiopian wolf. Approaching a cone-shaped flower head, it licks the bottom, laps up nectar and as it moves from flower to flower, its muzzle becomes dusted with pollen. Fewer than 500 alive today, the Ethiopian wolf is an endangered species. Researchers first observed wolves feeding on flowers a few years ago. Earlier, though they knew these flowers were loaded with nectar, they never expected the wolves to have a sweet tooth! Ethiopian red hot poker is considered a…
    Telangana

    BRS calls for action on Palamuru-Ranga Reddy project

    BRS leader V Srinivas Goud urged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to lead an all-party delegation to Delhi and press Prime Minister Narendra Modi for necessary approvals Hyderabad: Former Minister and BRS leader V Srinivas Goud called on the State government to intensify efforts for completing the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PLIS). He urged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to lead an all-party delegation to Delhi and press Prime Minister Narendra Modi for necessary approvals. Addressing a press conference at Telangana Bhavan on Friday, Srinivas Goud stated that the project would irrigate 12 lakh acres and alleviate water scarcity in the region. He criticised the Centre for rejecting the Detailed Project Report (DPR), following baseless complaints filed by the Andhra Pradesh government of filing baseless complaints with the Krishna Tribunal to stall progress. The former Minister reminded that environmental clearances were issued for the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy project during the BRS…
    Telangana

    Telangana: Future of 35,000 inter students hangs by thread

    Around 235 private and corporate junior colleges operating in mixed occupancy buildings are yet to receive TG BIE affiliation for 2024-25. Hyderabad: The future of over 35,000 intermediate students is hanging by a thread as around 235 private and corporate junior colleges, operating in mixed-occupancy buildings, are yet to receive affiliation from the TG BIE for the academic year 2024-25. Without affiliation, students cannot register for the Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE) March 2025 and registrations with a late fee of Rs.2,000 conclude on Friday. The issue stems from the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) refusal to grant affiliation to these colleges, which have been operating in the buildings that house college and commercial establishments like shops, as they failed to meet fire safety. These colleges especially failed to obtain a no objection certificate from the Fire department, a critical requirement in order to get board’s affiliation. Most of these…
    Telangana

    Twelve-year-old boy dies in road accident in Vemulawada

    A resident of Mallial of Chandurthy mandal, Satvik visited his grandmother’s home on a cycle. He died on the spot when a speeding lorry hit him while he was riding his cycle Rajanna-Sircilla: A 12 year-old boy Satvik died in a road accident at Satrajpalli of Vemulawada municipal limits on Friday. The incident occurred when a bicycle wherein the boy was traveling was hit by a speeding lorry. A resident of Mallial of Chandurthy mandal, Satvik visited his grandmother’s home on a cycle. He died on the spot when a speeding lorry hit him while he was riding his cycle. Lorry driver drove the vehicle ahead after hitting cycle. Local villagers caught the vehicle at Vattemla.
    International

    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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      13 November
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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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    • 13 November
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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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    • 12 November
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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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    • 12 November
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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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    • 9 November
      336

      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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    • 9 November
      336

      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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    • 9 November
      337

      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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    • 9 November
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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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    • 9 November
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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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    • 9 November
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      Vivek Ramaswamy says Trump’s victory is hopefully US’ comeback

      A Trump win will result in the renewal of national self-confidence, says the Indian-American politician and close confidant of President-elect Washington: Donald Trump‘s victory in the US presidential election will renew national self-confidence, an Indian-American politician and a close confidant of the President-elect has said, expressing hope that his comeback will signify America’s comeback. In a historic election on Tuesday, Trump defeated his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris and was elected the 47th President of the United States, becoming only the second commander-in-chief in over a century to win two nonconsecutive presidential terms. “America has this great tradition. We believe in our own manifest destiny…We are born to be the greatest nation that sets an example for everybody else of what’s possible for human capacity,” Vivek…

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