The State has lost Rs. 30,000 crore because of agitations and power cuts. The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) wants business continuity. President of the chamber V S Raju tells K Prudhvi Raju in an interview that FDI is welcome, only if small traders’ interests are protected. Industries have taken [...]
George Clooney has been known to go to great lengths for a prank. Turns out he’ll do the same for a dog. The actor, now starring in The Descendants, tells Esquire magazine that he first saw his new dog Einstein, a rescued ‘part cocker spaniel or something’, on the Internet. He immediately called the shelter [...]
The 49-year-old actress —who announced last month she was divorcing Ashton Kutcher, her husband of six years — has hit out at her fans on the social networking website who have been demanding she changes the moniker, but she does not see it as a ‘top priority’ in her life. In a rare tweet since [...]
Physical therapy helps to improve walking endurance as well as ability to perform strenuous tasks like climbing stairs Researchers in Norway report that patients who receive walking skills training following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis show improved physical function. The program, which continued 12 months following hip replacement surgery, brought a positive effect on the [...]
Lego products have dominated our play rooms since its inception in 1949. Lego’s popularity is demonstrated by its wide representation and usage in many forms of cultural works, including books, films, art work and even the news. Some of the world’s most talked-about events have been given a new twist with depictions created in Legoland 1. [...]
New Delhi: The government appears all set to pass the contentious Lokpal Bill in Parliament’s Winter Session, even as Anna Hazare on Thursday threatened a slew of protests, including a sit in outside Sonia Gandhi’s residence and an indefinite hunger strike from December 27 if the anti-graft law is not passed. He also gave a [...]
New Delhi: The government on Thursday held a dialogue with social networking firms seeking their views on effective use of these platforms and is also working on guidelines for its own officials on how to make good use of the social media to reach out to wider population. The discussion came a few days after [...]
HYDERABAD: Was the collectors’ conference just a routine administrative matter? Was it meant to discuss the development and law and order? Surely, the answer is negative. A lot of political issues were discussed in a hushed tone. While some ministers tried to question the Chief Minister and made some suggestions openly, the Chief Minister’s aides [...]
Russia has circulated a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the crisis in Syria, in a move that surprised the Western nations. The draft condemns the violence by both Syria’s government and the opposition, but does not mention sanctions. Western nations said the proposal was not tough enough but that they were prepared to [...]
Jude Law says actors are ‘eccentric, imaginative and creative’ by nature just like fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The 38-year-old plays Dr John Watson in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. “I suppose, some days I wake up and I have to be responsible and down-to-earth and reliable, and other days I don’t. I think this [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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