POLITICS
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Jul- 2025 -23 July
Telangana: Degree student ends life in Siddipet village
Danaboyina Akhila, an 18-year-old first-year degree student, was found hanging at her home in Yellamma Jalu village, Siddipet Siddipet: An 18-year-old first-year degree student died by suicide at her residence in Yellamma Jalu village of Chinnakodur mandal on Monday. The student, Danaboyina Akhila, was the daughter of a farmer couple, Raju and Lakshmi. The incident came to light when the couple returned from their agricultural field and found their daughter hanging from the ceiling. The reasons for Akhila’s decision to end her life were not immediately known. Her body was shifted to government hospital in Siddipet for postmortem. A case has been registered and investigation is underway.
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23 July
BRS to begin grassroots meetings to highlight Congress failures ahead of local body polls
BRS working president KT Rama Rao has initiated constituency-level meetings to mobilise party workers and expose the Congress government’s failures ahead of local body polls. He criticised the Congress for unkept promises and inefficiency in rural governance and welfare schemes Hyderabad: With local body elections approaching, BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Monday called for a State-wide campaign targeting the Congress government over what he termed its failure to fulfil electoral promises made over the last 20 months. To galvanise the party cadre, he announced the launch of constituency-level meetings for key party activists beginning this week. In a statement, Rama Rao instructed party leaders to focus on unfulfilled assurances to farmers, non-implementation of Rythu Bharosa, and continuing shortages of urea, fertilisers and…
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23 July
Indians lost a whopping Rs 22,845 crore to cyber fraud in 2024: Govt
The latest figure is a staggering increase of nearly 206 per cent from the previous year, says Minister of State for Home Affairs, citing NCRP and CFCFRMS data New Delhi: Citizens lost more than Rs 22,845.73 crore to cyber criminals in 2024, a staggering increase of nearly 206 per cent from the previous year, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Responding to a written question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said that according to the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS) operated by the ministry’s I4C, “total amount of losses incurred by citizens due to cyber frauds in the entire country” in 2024 was Rs 22,845.73 crore as compared to Rs 7,465.18…
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23 July
NMC warns students against seeking admissions in 4 medical institutes in Belize, Uzbekistan
Highlights concerns including lack of compliance with Indian medical education standards, inadequate campus infrastructure, poor quality clinical training facilities, harassment of Indian students Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has warned aspiring MBBS students not to take admissions in medical institutions located in Belize, northeastern coast of Central America and one medical college in Uzbekistan. In a notice, the NMC has advised Indian students to avoid seeking admission in three medical institutions at Belize including Central American Health and Sciences University, Columbus Central University and Washington University of Health and Sciences. The NMC has also directed students to avoid taking admissions in the Chirchik Branch of Tashkent State Medical University, Uzbekistan. If students fail to follow this advisory, then it may result in ineligibility…
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23 July
Manipur: Eight militants arrested, arms and ammunition recovered
Eight militants from KCP and UPPK were arrested in Manipur by security forces. A large number of weapons, grenades, and personal items were found. Police are warning people against fake videos and asking for return of stolen arms Imphal: The security forces in Manipur arrested eight militants of different outfits and recovered many arms and ammunition during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. A police officer said that eight arrested extremists belong to United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK) and Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), and they were arrested from Tengnoupal and Imphal East districts. A car, Indian and Nepalese currencies, mobile phones, SIM cards, Aadhaar cards, and PAN cards were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants. Of…
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23 July
Tata Communications partners with AWS to build AI-led network across India
The advanced long-distance network project to boost generative AI adoption and cloud innovation; likely to involve a capital investment of Rs 430 crore New Delhi: Tata Communications on Tuesday said it has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deploy an advanced, AI-ready long-distance network across India. The project, which is likely to involve a capital investment of about Rs 430 crore from Tata Communications, is expected to be completed by the end of FY26, according to a regulatory filing. The collaboration will establish a new high-capacity, long-distance network to connect three AWS infrastructure locations to boost generative AI adoption and cloud innovation in India, it said.
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23 July
Completed fuel switch inspections on all Boeing aircraft, no issues found: Air India
Air India has completed precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanisms across its Boeing 787 and 737 fleet, following a DGCA directive after a fatal Ahmedabad crash. No issues were found, and compliance has been confirmed New Delhi: Air India on Tuesday said it has completed precautionary inspections on the fuel control switch (FCS) locking mechanisms of all Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet. The airline stated that no problems were found during the checks, which were conducted in line with safety directives issued by India’s aviation regulator DGCA earlier this month. “Air India has completed precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of Fuel Control Switch (FCS) on all Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft in its…
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23 July
Hyderabad woman scammed, trapped in Muscat; kin seek MEA intervention
Sajida Begum was reportedly promised a housemaid job in Oman by a local agent; on reaching Muscat, she was allegedly forced to work in multiple homes, physically abused, denied proper food and accommodation Hyderabad: A woman from the city who sought to work abroad ended up being cheated in a job scam and trapped at Muscat in Oman. The incident came to light recently after the 37-year-old woman Sajida Begum’s family from Kalapathar appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) through a letter, urging immediate intervention. According to the family, Sajida Begum was promised a housemaid job in Oman by a local agent and she left for Muscat in June this year with a tourist visa. But on reaching Muscat, she was allegedly…
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23 July
Veteran Communist Achuthanandan’s last rites tomorrow, CPI(M) to give befitting funeral
Veteran Communist leader VS Achuthanandan passed away at 101 in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala has declared state mourning till July 24. His final journey to Alappuzha began Tuesday, with cremation scheduled for Wednesday. Thousands gathered to pay their last respects Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M) in Kerala is preparing to give a befitting farewell to one of the country’s tallest and oldest Communist leaders, VS Achuthanandan, who passed away at a private hospital here on July 21. He was 101. On Tuesday morning, the body of former Chief Minister VS, as he is popularly known, was taken from his son’s house here to the palatial Durbar Hall in the heart of the State Secretariat, the seat of the government which he headed from 2006 to…
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23 July
Andhra Pradesh: Five Kadapa Jail officials suspended after mobile phones recovered from prisoners
Five Kadapa Central Jail officials have been suspended after mobile phones were found with remand prisoners, including red sander smuggler Jakir. A DIG-level probe revealed staff collusion, prompting action by Director General, Prisons, amid serious concerns over security lapses Vijayawada: Five officials of Kadapa Central Jail in Andhra Pradesh have been suspended after mobile phones were found in the possession of some remand prisoners. Jailor Appa Rao, Deputy Superintendent Kamalakar and three jail wardens have been suspended following the discovery of a major security breach. Anjani Kumar, Director General, Prisons, issued orders suspending the jail officials. Ten mobile phones were found in the possession of notorious red sander smuggler Jakir, who was lodged in Kadapa Central Jail for over four months.…
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