60-year-old held for printing fake currency in Vizag

The Visakhapatnam city police on Thursday arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly attempting to print fake currency at MVP Colony, late on Wednesday night. The accused was identified as Sri Ram, alias Gupta, from Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh. Police recovered a paper cutting glass table, printer, laptop, mobile phones, and fake currency notes of...
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Setting up govt. medical colleges without long-term plan will not help, says KGMCTA

The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association (KGMCTA) has said that setting up government medical colleges in districts without conceiving a long-term strategy and planning for their functioning will destroy the medical education sector in the State. T. Rosenara Begum and C.S. Aravind, KGMCTA president and general secretary respectively, told the media here on Thursday...
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India’s Russian oil imports in October remain ‘robust’: Kpler data

India’s imports of Russian crude remain “robust”, tracking at approximately 1.8 million barrels per day at present. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s imports of Russian crude remain “robust”, tracking at approximately 1.8 million barrels per day at present, provisionally up by 250 thousand barrels per day from September, maritime data and analytics provider Kpler mentioned...
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GVMC tightens grip on littering in Vizag, uses AI, drones to track offenders

Data received daily through drone cameras across the city is analysed at the Command Operations Centre using AI tools. Based on this analysis the GVMC Sanitation & Health Enforcement (SHE) teams are taking necessary action against violators and preparing teams to levy fines.  | Photo Credit: Representative image Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner Ketan...
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Rizvi’s decision to opt for VRS raises political row

All India Services officer Syed Murtaza Ali Rizvi’s sudden decision to take voluntary retirement from service has raised a controversy. The administrative and political circles were abuzz with the development and political parties went ahead to criticise the state of affairs in the Government, where the officials were allegedly facing pulls and pressures from the...
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Schoolchildren, teachers learn basics of farming at a sanctuary

Students learn how to plant paddy saplings at GREENS Biodiversity Sanctuary in Kolarpatti, Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Students learn how to plant paddy saplings at GREENS Biodiversity Sanctuary in Kolarpatti, Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Alexander Amirtham, founder and executive director, GREENS Biodiversity Sanctuary. | Photo Credit: Nahla Nainar Children and teachers...
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