Category: Government and Public Policy

You’re probably thinking that you know everything there is to know about the Rooftop Concert Series You’re saying to yourself, it started in 1986 and was on for 9 seasons and starred Andy Griffith. Just because you can do something, should you? Samsung thinks so. Its second experimentally screened phone taps into its hardware R&D and production clout to offer something not many other companies. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM THIS CONCERT? The Rooftop Concert Series began in 2010…

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AP Industries to Launch State-of-the-Art Skill Development Infrastructure

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Voting in the Karanpur seat was adjourned in view of the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar who was also the sitting MLA. (image for representational purpose) | Photo Credit: MAHESH KUMAR A. Polling to the Karanpur Assembly seat of Rajasthan that was “adjourned” following the death of the Congress candidate will be held on January 5, 2024, the Election Commission said on December 5 (Tuesday). Counting of votes will be held on January 8, the poll panel…

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All the five water reservoirs at Tirumala are full to their capacity with copious rainfall received under the influence of Michuang cyclonic storm in the last two days. The crest gates of Papavinasanam and Gogarbham reservoirs were partially lifted and water released down streams around 1 a.m. on Tuesday. The situation at the remaining three other reservoirs were no different which are full to their capacity and overflowing. Taking cognisance of the precarious situation to which the town was…

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Congress Legislature Party meeting was held in Hyderabad on December 4, 2023, a day after results of Telangana Assembly Elections-2023 was announced. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Congress high command is expected to name the CLP leader this evening paving way for the swearing in ceremony of the new Chief Minister. Raj Bhavan has already made arrangements for the ceremony. TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy is the front runner for the top post though CLP leader in previous Assembly…

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Are ‘unscientific’ landfills the only way to manage Bengaluru city’s massive mountains of solid waste? In the frantic, decades-long struggle to deal with this mammoth issue, why has the focus shifted completely away from waste processing? As more quarries are identified as landfills, the search for a sustainable long-term solid waste management plan has hit rock bottom. The clarity is clearly missing. The State-owned Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) recently floated a tender to set up two landfill…

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As heavy rains lashed the city from Sunday night and all of Monday, most city roads were completely underwater. A scene near Narayanapuram on Pallikaranai Road in South Chennai. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran. Cyclone Michaung | Chennai, surrounding areas marooned as Michaung wreaks havoc Pounded by relentless rain under the impact of Cyclone Michaung, Chennai and its neighbouring districts were marooned on December 4, reviving haunting memories of the December 2015 floods. Two persons were killed and two…

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