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As West Asia remains mired in conflict, it is worth examining how the United States-led global war on terror inadvertently emboldened Iran, elevating it to a regional power that is now capable of confronting the U.S. in the ongoing conflict. Prior to 2001, Iran faced strategic containment from two hostile regimes: the Taliban in Afghanistan…
BSP chief Mayawati with her nephew Akash Anand. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday said her nephew Akash Anand has been “completely freed” from the party, shortly after his father-in-law and former Rajya Sabha member Ashok Siddharth announced his retirement from politics. “The people in the party feel that just as he was…
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited bids for construction of an 8.75-km elevated corridor from the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) at Banjara Hills to the Shilpa Layout flyover road at an estimated cost of ₹1,334.87 crore. The project, to be taken up under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) turnkey system,…
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The U.S.-Canada trade dispute has a few sharp lessons for India. The two economies have been deeply economically integrated since at least 1965, when they established free trade in automobiles and their parts. This then widened into a full-fledged free trade agreement in 1989, which was expanded into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)…
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According to data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Associations (FADA), total vehicle registrations in August have increased 17.5% year on year, recording the all-time highest volume for the month, and with alternative powertrains, i.e., CNG, electric, and hybrids, leading passenger vehicle sales for the first time. But upon a closer look, some confounding…
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Cyberabad, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sunpreet Singh reviewing the traffic and immersion prepardness along with officers from his team and the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Future City police have stepped up preparations for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations and immersion processions, focusing on traffic management, public transport,…
The Indian Institute of Educational Theatre (IIET) will organise ‘Nudi Namana’, a tribute programme in memory of noted Kannada and Malayalam theatre and film actress and former speech therapist Indira Nair, at its campus on the Hardwick School premises here on Sunday at 6 p.m. The programme will bring together prominent personalities from the theatre…
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When he fell on Wednesday afternoon, caught and bowled by off-spinner Kounain Quraishi one agonising run short of his ninth First Class century, it was the first time in nearly two months and six competitive innings that Tilak Varma was dismissed. Since making 53 in the final Twenty20 International against England in Southampton on July…
Smoke rising from burnt garbage at a dumping site at Chinniyampalayam in Coimbatore on Thursday. | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANAN Residents of Chinniyampalayam and commuters travelling along the arterial Avinashi Road in Coimbatore are forced to breathe noxious smoke of burnt plastic and other waste materials due to frequent burning of municipal solid waste….
Foundries Development Foundation exchanging a memorandum of understanding with Germany-based VDMA at the inauguration of Inter Foundry and Inter DieCast event in Coimbatore city on Thursday. | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANAN Indian manufacturers have huge potential to tap into the global market as more businesses are looking at suppliers and opportunities in India, said…
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