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An inside view of the Sri Thillai Natarajar Temple at Chidambaram in Cuddalore district. File | Photo Credit: M. Samraj The Madras High Court on Thursday (February 20, 2025) directed the Podhu Dikshidars of the Sabanayagar Temple, also known as Thillai Natarajar Temple, in Chidambaram as well as the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE)…
Sipping a cup of hot filter coffee, 32-year-old Arun Kumar wears a faraway and worried look. Braving the stench of urine that fills the air, he carries his coffee up the stairs littered with paper cups and plastic bags. There is no missing the gutka stains on the walls all along. Mr. Kumar’s day begins…
APSFL Chairman G.V. Reddy addressing the media in Vijayawada on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI A.P. State Fibernet Limited (APSFL) Chairman G.V. Reddy on Thursday announced the termination of services of two top officials and another employee for dereliction of duty. The ousted officials are Chief Technology Officer P. Bharadwaj, Business & Operations Head G….
YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy speaking to Indumathi, wife of former Rajya Sabha member Palavalasa Rajasekharam who died recently, at Palakonda on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday consoled the family members of former Rajya Sabha member Palavalasa Rajasekharam who died recently. He met Rajasekharam’s wife…
Indians deported from the US being escorted by the police as they leave the airport after their arrival, in Amritsar, early Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: – Deportations from U.S. put spotlight on human trafficking syndicates Large-scale deportation of illegal immigrants from the United States to India has put the spotlight on human trafficking…
Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma celebrate India’s win (Photo: @ICC on X) India began their quest for another International Cricket Council (ICC) title by dominating Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday, which concluded the first two matches in Group A, and action shifts to Group B today (February 21).After veteran pacer Mohammed Shami once again showed…
A non-governmental organisation, the Federation of Farmers Associations in Telangana, moved the Telangana High Court by way of a PIL petition seeking a direction to secure the presence of the Leader of Opposition K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Assembly. In the yet-to-be-heard PIL plea, the petitioner wanted the HC to direct the Assembly Speaker’s office and…
Russia’s Mirra Andreeva shakes hands with Poland’s Iga Swiatek after winning her quarter final match | Photo Credit: Reuters No. 2-ranked Iga Swiatek lost to a player younger than 18 for the first time on tour when she was stunned by Mirra Andreeva in the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on Thursday. The 17-year-old Andreeva won 6-3, 6-3 to…
The Royal Society, the UK’s oldest scientific academy, will meet on March 3 to review its guidelines on “public pronouncements and behaviors of Fellows” following an open letter signed by thousands of scientists questioning Elon Musk’s membership in the prestigious institution.More than 2,700 scientists have signed the letter written by Professor Stephen Curry of Imperial…
Microsoft recently unveiled Majorana 1, the world’s first Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) powered by a Topological Core. The chip, the company said, is designed to scale to a million qubits on a single chip. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared a post on microblogging site X stating “a couple reflections on the quantum computing breakthrough”. In…