Vijayawada: Minister for cinematography Perni Venkataramaiah has assured that the newly-appointed committee will fix rates of admission in cinema theatres which will be affordable to commoners in the state. The minister held a meeting with representatives from unions of film distributors here on Tuesday. Later, he told media persons that the representatives had asked for…Continue Reading
HYDERABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit president Bandi Sanjay Kumar seems to have set his eyes on Schedule Caste (SC) reserved constituencies. He asked his party activists to target all 19 constituencies reserved for SC candidates under ‘Mission -19’ programme and to ensure the party’s win in the next Assembly elections. “This is crucial…Continue Reading
California’s ski resorts are digging out from under 5 to 9 feet of snow that has fallen over the last several days from a series of storms. And more snow is on the way. The big picture: A large dip, or trough, in the jet stream across the West is allowing frigid conditions and a…Continue Reading
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It may not be long before President Biden has to grapple with a North Korea crisis.The big picture: Dictator Kim Jong-un has remained relatively quiet during Biden’s presidency so far, keeping his threats and missile testing well below the “fire and fury” levels of the early Trump administration. But a quieter North Korea is not…Continue Reading
Banks and regulators around the world have managed to replace the plumbing of the entire financial system, even as almost nobody has noticed. Driving the news: As of Monday, Libor — the interest rate that once underpinned some $300 trillion in financial contracts from derivatives to corporate credit lines — will effectively be dead.Why it…Continue Reading
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People who had Covid-19 and are later reinfected with the omicron variant may experience fewer symptoms than they did during their initial bout with the virus, a small study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests.The study, published Tuesday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, looked at six people in a…Continue Reading
“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider made history again on Friday, becoming the highest-earning female contestant in the game show’s nearly 57-year run.The engineering manager’s 18th consecutive win brought her total earnings to $706,800, bumping her above Larissa Kelly to become the show’s top-earning female player.Kelly, a science fiction writer and academic who built up a record…Continue Reading