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In a minor reshuffle of IAS officers on Saturday (May 9, 2026), the Andhra Pradesh government transferred Shashi Bhushan Kumar (1996 batch), Special Chief Secretary, Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply Department, as Special Chief Secretary, Water Resources Department, relieving G. Sai Prasad (1991 batch) of Full Additional Charge (FAC) of the post….
Alva’s Education Foundation Managing Trustee M. Vivek Alva presents a book to Lieutenant Colonel Ankita Srivastava (retd) during her talk on “Olive Green to Beauty Queen – A Journey Within” at a programme organised by the Rostrum Speakers’ Club of Alva’s College on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at Moodbidri. Photo: Special Arrangement Lieutenant Colonel Ankita Srivastava (retd.) on Saturday…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and members of the cabinet of the West Bengal government, in Kolkata on Saturday (May 9, 2026). | Photo Credit: ANI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has weighed regional and community considerations while allocating ministerial berths in its first Cabinet in West Bengal. Along…
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Stellar debut: TVK leader C. Joseph Vijay greets his supporters at a rally in Thanjavur in March this year. In its electoral debut, the party earned about a 35% vote share, a feat that even AIADMK founder M.G. Ramachandran could not manage in 1977. | Photo Credit: R. Vengadesh On the day of polling in Tamil Nadu (April 23, 2026), a senior civil servant,…
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NTPC Simhadri has launched the Girl Empowerment Mission 2026 for 130 students. File | Photo Credit: Reuters National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Simhadri launched its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the Girl Empowerment Mission (GEM)-2026, with an inaugural ceremony at Sakuntalam Hall. The four-week residential workshop is aimed at building leadership, confidence and overall development…
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Tamil Nadu’s new Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay was one of Tamil cinema’s biggest stars, who had dominated Kollywood for the past nearly 30 years. He made his debut as a lead actor in his father S.A. Chandrasekhar’s Naalaya Theerpu in 1992, after appearing as a child actor in Vetri in 1984. Over a career…
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal. File | Photo Credit: ANI With India signing a series of free trade agreements with developed countries, the government is working on an FTA utilisation plan to help maximise benefits from these pacts, an official said. Since 2021, India has finalised free trade agreements (FTAs) with Mauritius, Australia, the UAE, Oman,…
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A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands Sunday (May 10, 2026), where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel, AFP…
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For decades, people using psychedelics have described a feeling where the line between ‘me’ and the world vanishes. While it is clear these drugs cause intense shifts in vision and thought, scientists have struggled to pin down exactly what the brain is doing. A new multi-centric study published in Nature Medicine on April 6 has…
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A file image of Delhi Police standing guard in Delhi. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The national capital is on high alert following intelligence inputs indicating a possible terror threat. This prompted the Delhi Police and other security agencies to intensify vigil across several sensitive locations, sources said on Saturday (May 9, 2026). A source…
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