SCCL signs pact with BHEL for setting up 800 MW thermal power plant near Jaipur in Mancherial in 40 months

SCCL signs pact with BHEL for setting up 800 MW thermal power plant near Jaipur in Mancherial in 40 months

Singareni and BHEL authorities after signing an agreement in Hyderabad on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) for setting up 800 MW thermal power plant near Jaipur in Mancherial district. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement HYDERABAD The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) signed an agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for … Read more

Man nabbed for setting a two-wheeler on fire in Hyderabad

Man nabbed for setting a two-wheeler on fire in Hyderabad

A former patient of Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Erragadda, was apprehended by police for setting a parked two-wheeler on fire and stealing another one. Police said Mohd Feroz Khan alias Pavan Kumar (25) also stole a two-wheeler from Necklace Road. “The theft and fire mishap was reported on the evening of May 22. We … Read more

Bombay High Court refuses to grant interim stay on setting up of fact-checking unit

Bombay High Court refuses to grant interim stay on setting up of fact-checking unit

The Bombay High Court on March 11 refused to issue an interim stay on the formation of a Fact-Check Unit (FCU) by the Union government. A single-judge Bench of Justice A.S. Chandurkar, the tie-breaker judge in the case after a split verdict was delivered by the court on January 31, said “no case was made … Read more

Bill seeks to repeal Act for setting up Jayalalithaa memorial

Bill seeks to repeal Act for setting up Jayalalithaa memorial

Veda Nilayam, former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s residence in Chennai. The Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, M.P. Saminathan on Friday introduced a Bill seeking to repeal the Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Memorial Foundation Act, 2020 (Tamil Nadu Act 32 of 2020), which was enacted to set up a foundation for making … Read more

Lloyds Banking Group setting up tech development centre in Hyderabad

Lloyds Banking Group setting up tech development centre in Hyderabad

The facility, which will open by 2023, forms a part of the 3 billion pound strategic investment the Group has announced to transform its digital offering. Photo: Special Arrangement British financial services major Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is setting up a technology centre in Hyderabad as part of a larger 3 billion pound strategic investment aimed … Read more

Government mulling setting up eight new cities in country: Official

Government mulling setting up eight new cities in country: Official

A plan to develop eight new cities to alleviate population burden on the existing urban centres in the country is under consideration, a senior official said, in Indore, on May 18. “The 15th Finance Commission in one of its reports had recommended that new cities should be developed,” said M. B. Singh, director of the … Read more

Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse

Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Here’s a simple weapon to employ against the opioid epidemic: New research finds that placing time limits on prescriptions for highly addictive narcotic painkillers may reduce the risk of misuse. In 2019, 1% of opioid prescriptions from U.S. dentists and surgeons were … Read more

Setting Curfews for Your Teens

Setting Curfews for Your Teens

SOURCES: American Academy of Pediatrics: “How to Make a Family Media Use Plan,” “Staying Out Late & Curfews.” Mary Francine, parent, Suwanee, GA. National Youth Rights Association: “Curfew Laws by State.” CDC: “Sleep in Middle and High School Students.” Yolanda Lynch, parent, Suwanee, GA. Nusheen Ameenuddin, pediatrician, Mayo Clinic; chair, Council on Communications and Media, … Read more

Oxygen crisis in MP: Government hikes subsidy for setting up oxygen plant

Oxygen crisis in MP: Government hikes subsidy for setting up oxygen plant

The Madhya Pradesh government banned medical oxygen’s industrial use which led to a near-closure of many MSMEs, to maintain supplies to hospitals. [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of oxygen cylinders (Photo Credits: PTI) The Madhya Pradesh government has increased the subsidy to set up an oxygen plant at Babai in Hoshangabad district from 26 per cent to … Read more