POLITICS
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Dec- 2024 -30 December
K Vijayanand appointed new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh
He started his bureaucratic career as an assistant collector in the erstwhile Adilabad district in united Andhra Pradesh in 1993 Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed K Vijayanand as the new Chief Secretary of the State, as the incumbent, Neerabh Kumar Prasad, will retire on December 31. The State government issued orders to this effect late on Sunday night. “Vijayanand IAS, special Chief Secretary to the government, Energy Department is hereby appointed as Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh,” said S Suresh Kumar, secretary to the government (political) in a government order (GO). Vijayanand is a 1992 batch IAS officer who served as chairman of AP GENCO (Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd) from 2022 and the chairman and managing…
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30 December
Inter student scolded by parents for low marks found hanging in Godavarikhani
According to the police, Rohan was an intermediate first year student in a private college. His parents had warned him about his poor performance in studies. Peddapalli: An intermediate student, Mukka Rohan (17), who was reportedly reprimanded by his parents for his poor performance in students, was found hanging in Godavarikhani late on Sunday night. According to the police, Rohan was an intermediate first year student in a private college. His parents had warned him about his poor performance in studies. Disappointed over this, he is said to have taken the extreme step by hanging himself at their Markandaya colony residence. Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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30 December
MLC Constituencies in Telangana: Final publication of electoral rolls announced
Accordingly, as per the final electoral rolls in the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ Constituency, there are 3,41,313 electors, including 2,18,060 male and 1,23,250 female and three transgender. Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharshan Reddy on Monday announced the final publication of electoral rolls for Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates Constituency, Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Kraimnagar Teacher’s Constituency and Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ Constituencies, following the completion of claims and objections from November 23, 2024, to December 9, 2024. Accordingly, as per the final electoral rolls in the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ Constituency, there are 3,41,313 electors, including 2,18,060 male and 1,23,250 female and three transgender. About 499 polling stations are being proposed in the constituency. Similarly, in the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Teachers’ Constituency, there are 25,921 electors, including 16,364 male and 9,557 female electors. About 274…
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30 December
Adani’s multi-billion takeover of Orient Cement in Telangana sparks job fears and employee protests
OCC, founded by the CK Birla Group in Devapur village 42 years ago, was acquired by Adani Cement for an equity value of Rs. 8,100 crore in October. The transaction is set to be completed within the next three to four months, after which the management of the cement company will transition to Adani Cement. Mancherial: The Adani Group’s October 2024 buyout of CK Birla Group’s Orient Cement Company (OCC) in Devapur of Kasipet mandal here has triggered job security worries among the company’s employees. OCC, established by the CK Birla Group at Devapur village 42 years ago, was taken over by Adani Cement at an equity value of Rs.8,100 crore in October. The transaction will be completed in three to…
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30 December
Burglar drinks too much during wine shop theft, falls unconscious in Medak
According to the police, the burglar, tempted by the sight of all the liquor bottles, couldn’t resist and started drinking. While the exact amount he consumed is still unknown, he became heavily intoxicated and eventually passed out. Medak: Liquor, plenty of it actually, was something this alleged burglar could not resist. In the end, it did him in as well. The man, suspected to be a migrant worker and who was yet to be identified by the police, had allegedly broken into a wine shop at Narsingi mandal headquarters. According the police, seeing all the liquor bottles there, the burglar succumbed to temptation and began helping himself. The exact quantity of liquor he guzzled is yet to be ascertained, but the…
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30 December
Sangareddy: Man found dead with ‘Latha’ tattooed on chest
The man’s throat had been slit with a sharp weapon. Sangareddy DSP Sataiah Goud, who investigated the crime scene, stated that no other evidence was found to identify the victim. However, the police were working to determine his identity by reviewing CCTV footage and distributing pictures of the body to all local police stations. Sangareddy: An unidentified man, aged about 30 years, was found murdered on the outskirts of Uttarpally in Sangareddy District on Monday morning. The only identification mark on the body, police said, was the name ‘Latha’ that was tattooed on his chest. The man’s throat was slit with some sharp weapon. Sangareddy DSP Sataiah Goud, who examined the crime scene, said they found no other evidence to identify…
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30 December
No New Year celebrations on Karimnagar’s cable bridge and LMD, says CP
Advising people to celebrate the New Year in a peaceful manner without creating law and order problems, he said all precautionary measures were taken to avert any untoward incidents. Karimnagar: Commissioner of Police Abhishek Mohanty has said that people would not be allowed onto the cable bridge and Lower Manair Dam from 6 pm on Tuesday to 5 am on January 1. Advising people to celebrate the New Year in a peaceful manner without creating law and order problems, he said all precautionary measures were taken to avert any untoward incidents. Celebrations were banned on the cable bridge as well as near the LMD. Celebrations on roads and usage of DJ music systems were also banned. Strict action would also be taken if anybody was…
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28 December
Salt Typhoon: Chinese espionage capaign hits American telecom firm
The update is the latest development in a massive hacking operation that has alarmed national security officials, exposed cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the private sector and laid bare China’s hacking sophistication. Washington: A ninth US telecom firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official has said. Biden administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies, as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Salt Typhoon. But deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger told reporters Friday that a ninth victim had…
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28 December
Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad’s cousins arrested as they try to leave Lebanon
They were smuggled into Lebanon and were trying to fly to Egypt when they were caught Beirut: The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s cousins were arrested on Friday at the Beirut airport, where they attempted to fly out with allegedly forged passports, Lebanese judicial and security officials said. Assad’s uncle departed the day before. Rasha Khazem, the wife of Duraid Assad — the son of former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of Bashar Assad — and their daughter, Shams, were smuggled illegally into Lebanon and were trying to fly to Egypt when they were arrested, according to five Lebanese officials familiar with the case. They were detained by Lebanese General Security. Rifaat had flown out the day before…
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28 December
World’s most bizarre secret weapons: how pigeons, cats, whales, robotic catfish acted as spies through ages
Expensive research budgets and promising technological advances provide an edge in certain circumstances, but the most effective spy techniques may still rely on the application of quick thinking and bold, fearless action. Birmingham (UK): (The Conversation) The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But when a white beluga whale suspected of spying for Moscow was found dead in Norwegian waters in September, the animal soon became a minor celebrity. Hvaldimir (a play on the Norwegian word for whale, hval, and the first name of Russian president) was even given an official autopsy by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. The whale had been uncovered as a spy in 2019, and is one in a long…
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