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IT Secretary S. Krishnan. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The government on Monday (August 31, 2026) notified the Semicon 2.0 scheme, setting in motion the ₹1,27,500-crore plan that seeks to deepen India’s semiconductor ambitions — from chip manufacturing to a full-stack ecosystem encompassing indigenous design and IP, equipment, materials, advanced packaging, R&D and…
Thousands including citizens, children, Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), city BJP MPs and Kannada activists led by 91-year-old environmental activist, A.N. Yellappa Reddy, congregated at Lalbagh on August 31, 2026, opposing the recent amendments to two laws the government brought in and the tunnel road project. Published – August 31, 2026 02:52 pm IST Source link
Pahadishareef police arrested a 34-year-old bike mechanic within 30 hours of receiving a complaint in connection with the murder and alleged rape of a 21-year-old nurse at Thukkuguda. The accused was identified as Md. Sanaullah, a native of Begusarai district in Bihar who worked and stayed at a bike mechanic shop . According to the…
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A woman looks at the Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade “The Ark of Return”. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.N. committee said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other measures to address the enduring legacy of racial discrimination…
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indonesian legal experts and activists voiced support on Monday (August 31, 2026) for an Indonesian court ruling voiding legal provisions that made insulting the government a criminal offence, but said there were still doubts about the move’s effectiveness. The provisions were part of Indonesia’s updated penal code,…
A drone view shows members of the Nepal Army working to retrieve a body from the bank of Narayani River, in the aftermath of deadly flash floods and a mudslide, in Chitwan, Nepal on August 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru Jagadish Vasudev has called for the creation of a five-nation…
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Footpaths too were constructed on the bridge in Moosarambagh | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday (August 31, 2026) would inaugurate the 400-metre-long, 14.5-metre-wide bridge over Musi river, connecting Amberpet and Moosarambagh. Once operational, the bridge will provide relief to commuters travelling through Chanchalguda, Saidabad, Santosh Nagar, IS Sadan,…
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A view of the feeder canal of the Poola Subbaiah Veligonda irrigation project ahead of its inauguration in Markapuram district. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the first phase of the Poola Subbaiah Veligonda irrigation project and released water on Monday (August 31, 2026), fulfilling the three-decade dream of the people of the…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday night (August 30, 2026) announced an ex gratia of ₹10 lakh each to the families of the eight persons who died in a road accident at Chilakaluripet in Palnadu district. The Chief Minister…
A census enumeration team visits homes in Vattiyoorkavu locality. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The census questionnaire is perhaps the most comprehensive manuscript of a nation’s social, economic and political evolution. Far from being a neutral statistical exercise, it is also a record of the state’s priorities and anxieties at a given moment. Every new…