POLITICS
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Feb- 2025 -28 February
Good news for CNG users: New Mother Station in Hafeezpet for easy availability of CNG
The new CNG Mother Station inaugurated at Hafeezpet will ensure easy availability of CNG in Hyderabad with supply being assured through pipes Hyderabad: Bhagyanagar Gas Limited (BGL) has opened its second Mother Station at Hafeezpet on Thursday making CNG more easily available in Hyderabad. The new facility was inaugurated by CMD of GAIL Sandeep Kumar Gupta and BGL Chairman Amit Garg. The new station will make it more convenient for vehicle owners to fill up without long waits or supply shortages. Hitherto , the offline CNG outlets in the city depended on gas transported from Shamirpet, but with the new station at Hafeezpet, CNG will be available closer to city, cutting transport time and ensuring steady supply. The Hafeezpet station has…
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28 February
Editorial: Kumbh, the monumental spectacle
Putting an end to VIP culture should be one of the key lessons for the authorities to learn from Kumbh Mela apart from crowd management The curtains have come down on Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest congregation of humanity, as over 65 crore devotees took the holy dip at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh in an awe-inspiring religious event spanning 45 days. As the whole world watched the mega spectacle in wonderment, it was an occasion for India to showcase its spiritual magnificence as well as soft power. However, a pre-dawn stampede on Mauni Amavasya, the biggest bathing day of the mela which left over 30 people dead, cast a grim shadow over the event and exposed chinks in planning and crowd management…
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28 February
Karnataka bans plastic use in idli preparation after health concerns
Karnataka Food Safety Department found that 52 hotels were using polythene sheets to prepare idlis Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday announced a ban on the use of plastic in idli preparation after samples tested positive for carcinogenic elements due to the use of polythene sheets. He said the Karnataka Food Safety Department found that 52 hotels were using polythene sheets to prepare idlis. According to him, polythene, especially thin sheets, is carcinogenic and the government will not allow such practices in the hotel industry. “The Food Safety Department collected idli samples from 251 places across Karnataka. Earlier, cloth was used for cooking idlis, but we received information that hotels have recently started using plastic. So, our officers conducted inquiries at various locations,” Rao told reporters. Out of 251 hotels,…
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28 February
MacBook Air, iPad in 10 minutes? Blinkit promise to deliver
The company has already started delivering in cities like Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Kolkata Hyderabad: Quick commerce company Blinkit has now introduced deliveries of Apple devices, including MacBook Air, iPad, AirPods and other Apple devices, at your doorstep in 10 minutes. The company has already started delivering in cities like Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Taking to X, Albinder Dhindsa, CEO of Blinkit, said “’New launch on Blinkit. You can now get MacBook Air, iPad, AirPods, Apple Watch, and other Apple accessories delivered in 10 minutes! We’ve started delivering in – Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Kolkata!!’ Zomato-owned…
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28 February
On the trail of lost desert rat-kangaroo
The species was previously thought to be long extinct, until mammal researcher Hedley Herbert Finlayson led the rediscovery of the animal in the 1930s. But soon after, it vanished again When it comes to how hard an animal can bite, size always matters. There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the traditional custodians of its country of origin, the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi people. This small, possibly extinct marsupial from the inhospitable Sturt Stony Desert may have had a solid skull built for hard biting. But not enough to bite through the kinds of foods biologists used to think it ate. A lack of chomping power in the skull of…
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28 February
US companies can now hire Indians from top universities under ‘gold card’ initiative: Donald Trump
US President Trump unveiled the ‘gold card’ initiative for wealthy foreigners, giving them the right to live and work in the country and offering a path to citizenship in exchange for a USD 5 million fee. Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that the newly proposed ‘gold card’ initiative will allow American companies to hire Indian graduates from top US universities like Harvard and Stanford. Trump on Wednesday unveiled the ‘gold card’ initiative for wealthy foreigners, giving them the right to live and work in the country and offering a path to citizenship in exchange for a USD 5 million fee. “We’re going to be selling a gold card,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “You have a green card. This is…
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28 February
EU chief’s meetings in India to boost efforts to sign Free Trade Agreement amid Trump tariff threat
The EU has said a key objective of its trade negotiations is removing barriers and helping European companies, particularly smaller firms, to export more. In the same spirit, it must reciprocate by removing trade barriers on Indian firms, especially MSMEs, the people said, requesting anonymity. New Delhi: After US President Donald Trump‘s threat to hit the European Union (EU), a 27-member bloc, with 25 per cent tariffs, a meeting between the top leadership of India and the EU on Friday is expected to give fresh push to efforts to seal an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in New Delhi on Thursday and will be joined by 20 members of the EU’s 27-strong College of Commissioners — their first…
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28 February
Earthquake with 6.1 magnitude strikes Nepal; tremors felt in Siliguri, Patna and other places in India
The quake hit at 2:51 a.m. local time, causing panic in the central and eastern regions of Nepal. The impact of Friday’s earthquake was still being assessed, with no reports of damage or casualties Kathmandu: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in the early hours of Friday, with tremors felt in Bihar, Siliguri, and other neighbouring areas in India, shaking homes and waking residents. The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre confirmed that the epicentre was in Bhairavkunda, Sindhupalchowk district, about 65 km east of Kathmandu. The quake hit at 2:51 a.m. local time, causing panic in the central and eastern regions of Nepal. The impact of Friday’s earthquake was still being assessed, with no reports of damage or casualties. Social media posts showed buildings and ceiling…
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27 February
Telugu NRIs celebrate Maha Shivaratri with grand rituals in UAE
Devotees throng BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi to offer Rudrabhishekam Dubai: Thousands of Telugu NRIs along with other Indian Hindus celebrated Maha Shivaratri festival in the Gulf region on Wednesday. BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi reverberated with the chants of ‘Hara Hara Mahadeva’ on the occasion. The devotees started to throng the place from early morning to offer Rudrabhishekam at the temple. Also, the faithful families offered Laghanasya Rudrabhishekam at their homes early morning. “We are fortunate enough to celebrate Hindu festivals with traditional rituals in local temples in UAE,” said Raja Srinivas Rao of Warangal, who lives in Abu Dhbai. Krishna Mandir in Bur Dubai and Hindu Temple in Jebel Ali in Dubai also recorded massive influx of…
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27 February
Lord Shiva temples packed with devotees in Telangana’s Adilabad
Local voluntary organisations, philanthropists organise programmes to feed the poor on the surroundings of the temples Adilabad: Famed abodes of Lord Shiva brimmed with devotees on the occasion of the auspicious Maha Shivaratri festival celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety across erstwhile Adilabad district on Wednesday. In Adilabad district, devotees made a beeline to the ancient Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy temple in the centre of an irrigation tank at Sirichelma village in Echoda mandal from early morning till midnight. They visited the ancient cave temple Sri Someswara Swamy Alayam at the famous Kuntala Waterfalls in Neradigonda mandal by climbing a ladder. Devotees thronged shrines of Lord Shiva in the district centre and performed special prayers to mark the festival. In Mancherial, Sri…
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