The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem - December 17, 2024

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December 17, 2024

Will not allow Lankan territory to be used against India, says Dissanayake

SRI Lanka will not allow its territory to be used against India's national security interests, Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

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Sitharaman, Kharge exchange barbs in RS

Cong head rebuts charges of constitutional changes for 'one family'

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PK, CM 'discuss' portfolio for Naga Babu

DEPUTY Chief Minister and JSP president Pawan Kalyan, along with officials of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the State Secretariat on Monday.

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SPEAKING HANDS FALL SILENT

When he was born on March 9, 1951, Zakir Hussain was considered an unlucky child.

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Record gold imports widen trade deficit

IN what could put pressure on the economy, India's trade deficit -- the difference between imports and exports -- widened to a record $37.8 billion in November, showing a 4.8% drop in exports and a record increase in imports driven by massive gold demand.

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Petition filed to revitalise park in Siddharth Nagar

SIDDHARTH Nagar Welfare Association President YD Ramarao has called for the Kakinada Siddharth Nagar Park to be developed for adult health protection and public use.

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CM urged to set up Ekalavya school

ELURU MP Putta Mahesh Kumar has urged Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to take immediate steps for the establishment of an Ekalavya Model Residential School for tribal students in Velerupadu mandal, Polavaram Assembly constituency.

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Awareness prog on traffic rules organised at VSL

KAKINADA-1 Traffic Inspector N Ramesh conducted an awareness programme at VSL Degree College on Monday, urging students to follow traffic rules to prevent road accidents.

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AP TO ADOPT INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE MODELS INSPIRED BY TATA DiNC

Minister for Human Resource Development and Information Technology Nara Lokesh visited Kolar to witness the transformative impact of the Tata Digital Nerve Centre (DiNC) on healthcare.

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Pithapuram CHC to become 100-bed healthcare facility

Govt sanctions 66 additional staff positions for smooth functioning

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Rjy govt hosp to be developed into model facility

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Urban TDP MLA Adireddy Srinivas and East Godavari District Joint Collector S Chinna Ramudu assured patients that every effort would be made to develop the Rajamahendravaram Government Hospital into one of the best in the State.

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Need for disaster preparedness stressed

HOME Minister Vangalapudi Anitha participated in a three-day disaster management training session at the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) campus in Gannavaram on Monday.

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Bommasamudram Panchayat wins national award

The Bommasamudram Panchayat of Irala mandal in Chittoor district has secured the top position as the 'Best Health Panchayat' at the national level under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar.

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IMD predicts heavy rains in South Coastal AP & R'seema

THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a warning of heavy rains in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema from December 17 to 20.

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Woman kills two brothers for property

A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly murdering her two brothers over a dispute concerning their deceased father's retirement benefits and assets in Nekarikallu village of Palnadu district on Monday.

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R-5 Zone beneficiaries to get plots in native villages

REITERATING that the State government will implement the Amaravati Master Plan as designed earlier, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister Ponguru Narayana said those who were given house site pattas in Amaravati's R-5 Zone will be allotted plots in their native villages in Krishna and Guntur districts.

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Complete all road and rail projects by Dec 2026: R&B min to officials

Roads and Buildings (R&B), Investments and Infrastructure Minister BC Janardhan Reddy has directed the officials to initiate steps to resolve pending issues related to the projects of National Highways and Railways for completion by December 2026.

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HC, iconic towers among projs approved by CRDA

THE Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) approved projects worth ₹24,276 crore for the development of trunk roads, construction of the High Court Complex, Assembly and iconic buildings in Amaravati during the 43rd CRDA meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the Secretariat on Monday.

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CHIEF MINISTER SPREADING CANARDS ON POLAVARAM: AMBATI

FORMER YSRCP Minister Ambati Rambabu launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and attributed delays and damages of Polavaram project to the TDP supremo.

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SC orders vocalist Krishna not to be conferred MS Subbulakshmi award

THE Supreme Court on Monday, in an interim order, ruled that Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna should not be recognised as the recipient of the M S Subbulakshmi award.

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CM Stalin continues tirade against ONOE Bill

Says proposal not suitable for India, alleges Centre pushing Bill with ulterior motive to hold presidential form of polls

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Amidst Sandhya theatre victim's 11th day ritual, kin yet to come to terms

FAMILY members and relatives of Revathi, the 39-year-old woman who died at Sandhya Theatre on December 4, are still grappling with the tragedy of her untimely death.

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Credit-based detention system relaxed in T'gana

THE State government has announced relaxation of the credit-based detention system for the current academic year, enabling students to be promoted to higher classes despite failing in some subjects.

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PROPOSING A 2-FACTOR FORMULA FOR SHARING

HE 16th Finance Commission so far visited 16 states; visits to 12 more will be completed in the next few months. The commission has covered most of the Northeastern and Himalayan states as well as smaller states.

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Persons with political and religious prejudices mustn't be made judges

In the wake of uproar over Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav's recent comments on Uniform Civil Code and that India will be run by the majority at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) function, retired Supreme Court judge Justice A K Pattnaik tells Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty that a judge shouldn't express views on political matters at a public forum.

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21 fake univs in country, 8 in Delhi; Centre says will protect students

Stringent action

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TMC makes U-turn on EVMs, differs with Cong on functioning

IN a departure from its earlier stand, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday asserted that there is nothing \"substantial\" in the allegations of manipulation of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).

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PMML Society seeks Nehru letters from Rahul

Historian says records on first PM, including his letters to Lady Mountbatten, withdrawn on orders of Sonia Gandhi

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Lathicharge on students seeking exam cancellation

THE Jharkhand police resorted to lathi-charge on Monday to disperse students, who were protesting near Jharkhand Staff Service Commission (JSSC) against alleged irregularities in the JSSC-CGL recruitment examination held in September.

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Maha Yuti tables ₹35K cr supplementary budget

Maha discontent brews as several cabinet aspirants feel left out

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Gehlot ex-aide pardoned in phone tap case

DELHI'S Patiala House Court has granted a conditional pardon to Lokesh Sharma, the former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of Rajasthan's ex-Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in connection with the illegal phone tapping case.

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Shah meets families hit by Maoist violence in Bastar, pledges support

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed his condolences to the families of jawans killed in Maoist attacks and the civilians affected by violence in the strife-torn region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.

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7 picked for questioning in killings of 2 migrant workers in Manipur

Larger conspiracy

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Alarming groundwater contamination across Gujarat districts, Lok Sabha told

THE Government of India, in a concerning update to the Rajya Sabha, has flagged an alarming situation regarding groundwater pollution in Gujarat.

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5 held, booked under Pocso for gang-raping teen

TRIPURA police arrested five people for alleged gang-rape of a minor girl.

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Students stir over paper leak, Bihar exam put off

THE Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Monday cancelled the 70th combined preliminary examination conducted by the commission at Bapu Bhawan examination centre in the state capital on December 13.

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Japan bank staff steals $6.6 mn from safe deposit boxes

JAPAN's biggest bank apologised on Monday for the theft by an employee of over 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers' safe deposit boxes.

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Trudeau's No 2 quits Cabinet after freebie disagreement

CANADIAN Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most powerful and loyal minister, announced on Monday she was resigning from the Cabinet as Trudeau struggles with declining popularity.

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B'desh election in 2025-end or early '26: Yunus

Claims restoring democratic institutions is necessary for calling general elections

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Was evacuated by Russian military, claims Assad

OUSTED Syrian leader Bashar Assad said he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.

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Gaza hostage deal closer than ever: def minister

DEFENCE Minister Israel Katz reportedly told Knesset lawmakers on Monday that Israel is \"closer than ever\" to closing a deal with Hamas to free the hostages held in Gaza, bolstering Arab media reports of heavy optimism on the chances for an agreement in the coming weeks, The Times of Israel reported.

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Japan bank staff steals $6.6 mn from safe deposit boxes

JAPAN's biggest bank apologised on Monday for the theft by an employee of over 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers' safe deposit boxes.

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Sr clergyman faces calls to resign over handling of priest abuse claims in UK

THE senior clergyman who is due to take temporary charge of the Church of England faced calls to resign on Monday over his handling of a case of a priest accused of sexual misconduct.

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Rescuers race against time as hundreds feared dead in Mayotte's worst cyclone

FRANCE was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.

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New Relic aims to further scale up India operations; investing heavily in the country

US-based New Relic, which is in intelligent observability platform space, is investing heavily in India.

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LG eyes $15 billion listing valuation for Indian arm

Post-public offer, promoter's shareholding will come down by 15%

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Vedanta's dividend to make promoters richer by ₹1.9k cr

METAL and mining giant Vedanta Ltd has declared an interim dividend of ₹8.5 per share.

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LTIMindtree cyber defence centre in B'luru

LTIMindtree, the country's sixth largest IT services company, on Monday announced the launch of the 100-seater AI-driven Cyber Defense Resiliency Center (CDRC) in Bengaluru.

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European agency endorses approval of Biocon Biologics' biosimilar Ustekinumab

BIOCON BIOLOGICS, a biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon, has announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of YESINTEK, an Ustekinumab biosimilar intended for the treatment of adults and children with plaque psoriasis and adults with psoriatic arthritis or Crohn's disease.

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Bitcoin profits even before VDA rules to be treated as capital gains

IN a first of its kind legal dispute over taxation of bitcoins, the Jodhpur Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that gains for sale of bitcoins even before the introduction of virtual digital asset (VDA) regime in 2020 should be treated as capital gains for the purpose of taxation.

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Vlogger shares dismal business class experience on Air India international flight

'Meal fell on business class seat as it was broken'

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Shares of Dixon rise 5% a day after joint venture announcement with Vivo

A day after announcing a joint venture with Chinese mobile maker Vivo on Sunday, the shares of contract manufacturer Dixon Technologies jumped 5% to a day's high of ₹18,321.15.

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Pvt sector output index rises to 60.7 in Dec

PRIVATE sector output grew at the fastest pace in four months, helping the economy end 2024 on a positive note boosted by strong demand from services and manufacturing sectors leading to record jobs creation.

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We're basically two dead people playing chess, mistakes happen: Gukesh

THE king had arrived home and that led to a frenzy as everybody, who were eagerly awaiting his arrival, wanted a piece of him.

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TALE OF RAIN AND PAIN FOR INDIA'S TOP-ORDER

On a day that witnessed multiple delays due to weather, visitors lose four big wickets and now have an uphill task to save the match

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TALE OF RAIN AND PAIN FOR INDIA'S TOP-ORDER

On a day that witnessed multiple delays due to weather, visitors lose four big wickets and now have an uphill task to save the match

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Niggle trouble for Siraj as pacer continues to struggle

IT was the 37th over of the Australian innings on Sunday. Mohammed Siraj, having bowled the first two balls, called on the physio.

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Women's Euro: UEFA more than doubles prize money

PRIZE money for the 2025 Women's European Championship will more than double compared to the previous edition, with the 16 teams sharing 41 million euros, UEFA said Monday.

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Leganes stun Liga leaders Barcelona

LA LIGA leaders Barcelona stumbled 1-0 at home against Leganes on Sunday as they suffered another blow in the Spanish title race.

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India's first gene therapy offers new hope to haemophilia patients

In a significant medical breakthrough, India's first human gene therapy with a lentiviral vector for severe haemophilia-A has been found to be successful with zero bleeding rate in patients.

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