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Cholamandalam MS General Insurance H1 Results: PBT jumps 60% to ₹350 crore

Chola MS reports an 11.6% Y-o-Y rise in GWP to ₹4,136 crore in H1 FY25; MD V Suryanarayanan says focus on profitable growth continues to drive performance



  • Money & Banking

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Regional Rural Banks may see a fourth round of amalgamation; number of banks likely to come down from 43 to 28

The proposed move is part of the Government’s ‘One State-One RRB’ goal



  • Money & Banking

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Drone pilot training to be launched at Vikarama Simhapuri University in Nellore

A consortium of five companies will sign an MoU with the university to co-create a certification programme in Drone Engineering




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APSLSA Executive Chairman distributes hearing aids to needy children in Amaravati




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Master plan soon to develop Srisailam and tourism in Nallamala, says Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

A committee comprising three Cabinet Ministers will be constituted for the purpose, says Chandrababu Naidu; he warns of severe action against those resorting to character assassination of women and children




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Cost of flood management works in Amaravati pegged at ₹2,063 crore

World Bank, ADB express satisfaction over the plan, being taken up after a gap of five years, at enhanced rates due to cost overrun caused by the delay




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Syed Iftekhar Jamal named for Urdu Academy award

Mr. Jamal has been writing Urdu poetry since 1987, many of his works were published in Urdu dailies and magazines like Saalar, Siyasat, Etemaad and Dabistan




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Two electric buggies damaged in fire at Pilikula

Before the firemen could reach the spot, the personnel put off the fire by pouring water. The two buggies were completely damaged




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Sculptor Krishna Naik has to face probe for ‘shoddy work’ on Parashurama statue in Karkala theme park: Karnataka High Court  

However, court says no issue with bronze used for statue as NITK has already certified it  




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Two Rajasthan youth who cheated Amazon delivery partner of ₹11.45 lakh in Mangaluru arrested




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Vishwa Konkani Samaroh at World Konkani Centre on November 5

Vishwa Konkani Awards 2024 to be presented on November 6 at World Konkani Centre in Shakthinagar




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Amazon launches its first free facility to impart technological skills to underserved students in Bengaluru

The Amazon Future Engineer Makerspace aims to empower students with hands-on learning in robotics, AI, and 3D printing




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Nirmala Sitharaman to meet State FMs for pre-Budget, GST Council meet on Dec 21-22

The meeting assumes significance as State Finance Ministers will present their recommendations for the 2025-26 Budget to be unveiled on February 1, 2025




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Jack Reacher- Never Go Back : Less action thriller, more family drama

What starts out as a high-paced exciting action-fuelled film soon unravels to become a family drama.




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Kannada film review: Rama Rama Re




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Aanandam: a light-hearted, ‘college days’ drama




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Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada: Guns and poses

Is Gautham Menon genuinely trying to subvert our expectations from the star-driven masala movie?




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Ghatana: Revengeful drama

The film deals with a serious issue but sounds a bit irrelevant now




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‘Balagam’ movie review: Death and drama, wrapped in humour

‘Balagam’, first-time director Venu Yeldandi’s Telugu indie-style drama starring Priyadarshi, is outrageously funny while holding a mirror to fractured familial ties and human behaviour




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‘Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi’ movie review: Slice-of-life romance drama

Writer-director Srinivas Avasarala ventures into a niche zone and succeeds to an extent with Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi, helped by Malvika Nair and Naga Shaurya’s performances




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‘Dayaa’ web series review: A solid thriller drama series that has scope for a brilliant follow-up 

Director Pavan Sadineni’s Telugu web series ‘Dayaa’, headlined by J D Chakravarthy’s restrained brilliance, is a gritty series that can leave viewers curious to know more




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Mamallapuram to host Tamil Nadu International Kite Festival for the first time

The maiden edition of Tamil Nadu Kite Festival is set to see custom kites, brought in by professionals from USA, Thailand, Malaysia and India, take flight



  • Life & Style

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Label Erode’s debut collection blends the GI-tagged jamakkalam with Jimi Hendrix’s music

How a Mumbai-based fashion label is reviving the GI-tagged Bhavani jamakkalam through its debut collection




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Hemilabile P,N-Ligand-Assisted Gold Catalyzed Hiyama Allylation to Access Allylarenes and 1,4-Dienes Derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01879F, Research Article
Yuanhao He, Wanping Ma, Yu Zhong, Yanfei Hu, Mingou Li, Fen Zhao, Zhonghua Xia, Baomin Fan
Oxidant-free gold-catalyzed reactions are emerging as a novel synthetic tool for organic transformations. Here in, we reported a hemilabile P,N-ligand-assisted gold-catalyzed Hiyama cross coupling reaction of aryl and alkenyl iodides...
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Man held for damaging idol at temple in Shamshabad




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Maamaas studio inaugurated in Kukatpally




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The calmness of Kamakura

The Kotoku-in temple for Buddha is known for its historical and architectural splendour, writes Lakshmi Venkatraman



  • History & Culture

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Meegada Ramalingaswamy’s novel avadhanam

An extempore rendition of padyam and ragam randomly selected by audience, marked the avadhanam by Meegada Ramalingaswamy.



  • History & Culture

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Ramanuja’s revelation of the ‘secret mantra’

The compassionate saint was excited by the prospect of doing good for the people.




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Ramanuja's respect for women



  • History & Culture

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An eighth century wonder at Kamakura

Lakshmi Venkatraman says the main deity at the Hasedera temple is made of single piece of camphor wood.




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Electromagnetic wave effects on Mn-doped superparamagnetic iron oxide nanofluids: applications in enhanced oil recovery

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35671-35678
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04500A, Paper
Open Access
Mohamad Amin Bin Hamid, Beh Hoe Guan, Chan Kar Tim, Hassan Soleimani
This study reveals that both direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) electromagnetic fields can effectively reduce the interfacial tension (IFT) of Mn-doped Fe3O4 nanofluids, with AC fields showing more predictable and pronounced effects.
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10 Amarnath pilgrims injured after jumping out from moving bus in J&K’s Ramban

The incident happened when the passengers who wanted to get down were informed of the failure of the brakes.




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Ajit sounds poll bugle in Baramati; ‘don’t fall prey to fake narratives of MVA’

NCP president reinforces his party’s commitment towards preserving values of the Constitution, ending poverty, and bringing about development through schemes launched by Mahayuti govt.




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Aman Sehrawat wins bronze for India in 57kg wrestling, keeps India and Chhatrasal’s flag flying high

The Indian shakes off the humbling loss in the semifinals, goes through the rigmarole of making the weight before dominating Puerto Rico’s Darian Toi Cruz for the 57kg bronze




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Israel hits 40,000 Hamas targets in Gaza after one year of conflict

More than 100 hostages remain held by Hamas




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Kamala Harris discusses abortion and more on popular podcast as Democrats ramp up interviews

Harris has been criticized for not doing more media interviews




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My mother raised my sister and me to appreciate and honor our heritage: Kamala Harris

In her op-ed, Harris wrote that as a 19-year-old, her mother Shyamala Harris crossed the world alone, traveling from India to USA




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Can Brazil save the Amazon rainforest? Marina Silva is trying

‘The challenge of being the leader of COP30 next year, in the heart of the Amazon forest, is huge,’ said Marina Silva, Brazil’s environment minister and top climate diplomat, at an event recently




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Sai Silks Kalamandir to launch ethnic silver jewellery under ‘Rasamayi’

The new segment will cater to connoisseurs of fine jewellery seeking unique and sophisticated pieces



  • Gold & Silver

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Quick commerce firms Swiggy Instamart and Zepto to deliver gold and silver coins in 10 minutes

Tata Digital’s Bigbasket has partnered with Tanishq and MMTC-PAMP to offer gold and silver coins and bars



  • Gold & Silver

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Amazon No Smiles

This is going to be a chronological report of Amazon's latest, and so far most incompetent, assault on small publishers and self-published authors: Friday Saturday Sunday Hello from Amazon Selling Partner Support, I realize the importance this has for you and your business. I know this has an impact on your business, and I

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Highly selective organo-gallium hydroxamate mediated inhibition of antibiotic resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02440K, Paper
Rebekah N. Duffin, Jenisi Kelderman, Megan Herdman, Philip Craig Andrews
Five complexes of gallium derived from hydroxamic acids have been synthesised, characterised, and their anti-bacterial activity and mammalian cell toxicity established. These are three metal-organic complexes; [Ga(BPHA]3 1, [Ga(BHA-H]3 2,...
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NanoRaman: correlated tip-enhanced optical spectroscopy and scanning-probe microscopy

Register now: 8 March 2018
A webinar sponsored by HORIBA Scientific




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Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar term PM’s allegations of raising ₹700 cr. to fund Maharashtra polls as a ‘lie’




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Siddaramaiah to launch projects in Mysuru on November 12 and 13




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Karnataka High Court directs Chief Secretary to form panel to examine plea for declaring Allama Prabhu Swamy temple as ancient monument  

The temple is submerged in the backwaters of Hidkal dam in Belagavi district for nearly six months in a year




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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has no moral right to seek resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says Union Minister

Pralhad Joshi was responding to a challenge by Mr. Siddaramaiah to the PM to prove charges of corruption in Karnataka or resign.




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Allocation for development works nails BJP’s lie of resource crunch in State, says Siddaramaiah




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Movement of suspected Maoists in Chikkamagaluru: Jayapura police register case, seize three rifles