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1 week, 4 days ago

CM’s meet brings city to a grinding halt

VIJAYAWADA: Denizens and commuters of Vijayawada faced severe inconvenience as police prevented vehicles from entering the MG Road from Friday morning onwards owing to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu unveiling the Swarna Andhra Vision @2047 document at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium. City police imposed traffic restrictions and diverted vehicular traffic to alternate routes from as early as 5 …

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2 weeks ago

Obituary: Janet Hilbert gifted art to Chapman University's museum

LA Times

Janet “Jan” Hilbert — whose passion for artwork that told meaningful stories about the Golden State and its denizens inspired her and husband Mark to establish Chapman University’s Hilbert Museum of California Art — died Saturday in Newport Beach following a prolonged illness. “ warmth, generosity and unwavering commitment to the values she held dear will always remain inspiring and …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Skyscrapers to dot Vizag skyline

Deccan Chronicle

Visakhapatnam: The ten-storied residential buildings of the Indian Navy at Coast Battery on beach road was once envied by the city’s denizens. Srinivasa Rao told Deccan Chronicle that the people here will get high-end housing with all amenities that include swimming pools, theater and conference halls in the tall buildings. Advocating a horizontal development, vice president of CREDAI, E Ashok …

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1 month ago

Natives hail Kakinada's own Sanjay Murthy as new CAG

Deccan Chronicle

Kakinada: A sense of pride enveloped the denizens of Kakinada and Konaseema districts over the naming of K Sanjay Murthy as the nation’s new Comptroller and Auditor General. KSR Murthy constructed a house at Mummidivaram as he was a disciple of Mummidivaram Balayogi.An IAS officer of 1989 batch attached to the Himachal Pradesh cadre, Sanjay Murthy held various posts in …

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54 years, 11 months ago

As Trump Takes a Victory Lap, the Crypto Faithful Kiss the Ring

Wired

The denizens of cryptoland have erupted into celebration and gleeful told-you-so's after Donald Trump, the self-styled “crypto president,” was voted back into the White House on Wednesday morning. I can’t emphasize how hard that is.” Under Trump, the industry expects a far friendlier reception from regulators, says Carter, as well as legislation that sets out specific rules for crypto firms. …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

From City Slicker to Outdoor Enthusiast: My Backpacking Adventure Through the Appalachian Trail

Live Mint

The article chronicles the author's journey into the outdoors, starting with a hesitant decision to backpack for the first time. Despite initial struggles, the author gradually finds solace and enjoyment in the natural world. The experience challenges the initial idea of outdoor activities being only for the physically fit, and highlights the power of connecting with nature and the transformative …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Las Vegas put its money on Trump? Sin City gamblers reveal where they're placing their 2024 bets

Daily Mail

Gamblers on the Strip share their thoughts on 2024 as the Tropicana implodes In the early hours of the morning a crowd of bleary-eyed Las Vegans meandered down the Strip toward the Tropicana casino to witness the end of an era. A bystander joked the 2024 election would be another kind of 'implosion' but people in Sin City had mixed …

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7 months ago

Tourist footfall decreases at Taj as Agra continues to sizzle

Hindustan Times

City of Taj reels under intense heat wave with Agra recording 46.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday, a day after it recorded the maximum temperature at 46.9 degrees Celsius across the country. “The strong heat wave has been having its impact on tourists coming to Taj Mahal and a special team of ASI working as ‘May I Help You’ unit has …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Supreme Court's conservatives unplugged, unrepentant

LA Times

It’s that time of year when the life-tenured denizens of America’s imperial court, otherwise known as the Supreme Court, come down from their bench to mix with the masses. Samuel A. Alito Jr., one of the court’s six Catholics, was commencement speaker at “passionately Catholic” Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio. Kavanaugh defensively suggested that the unpopular court’s unpopular decisions …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Decades ago, he invented the midnight movie. It’s still long past his bedtime

LA Times

“I am an earthling — after that I’m galactic and then I’m universal,” Alejandro Jodorowsky tells me in Spanish from his home in Paris during a recent video call. A scene from the movie “The Holy Mountain.” Hallucinogenic cornerstones of the original midnight-movie scene, Jodorowsky’s work has long been an expression of countercultural transgression, the kind that could be called …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lokesh promises skill program for youth in 100 days of coming to power

The Hindu

TDP national General Secretary Nara Lokesh has promised to launch a skill development programme for the youth within 100 days of coming to power after the ensuing elections. Mr. Lokesh heaped laurels on Dr. Narayana for providing amenities during the previous TDP regime when he handled the Municipal Administration portfolio. Recalling his student days spent under the mentorship of Dr. …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lauren Boebert is her own best ally and worst enemy

LA Times

Lauren Boebert was preaching to the faithful, prowling the stage of a megachurch and delivering a sermon — filled with Scripture and references to Christ and Satan — taken straight from the Book of Grievance. “Every time that dirty four-letter word called ‘compromise’ comes up,” Boebert fumed, “it’s always Republicans stepping away from their principles, their platform, your priorities and …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Does Vladimir Putin believe in God? Check out his answer to Tucker Carlson

Hindustan Times

In American politics, especially among the denizens that follow Tucker Carlson or worship at the altar of Donald Trump, claiming that God is on your side is a given. In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to US talk show host Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow on February …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

After the Flood review: classic police procedural meets climate change drama, with convoluted results

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The visuals of the flooding demonstrate a domestic broadcaster …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh| Garbage pile-up spurs public concern in Vijayawada amid municipal workers’ statewide indefinite strike

The Hindu

Denizens feel the heat as the contract municipal workers’ Statewide indefinite strike enters the 7th day on January 1, with heaps of garbage piling up on the city streets. Everyone should know what we are going through,” Jyoti Basu, a sanitary worker and a member of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, said, adding that though their work is no …

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1 year ago

Heart of peppermint-barkness: I infiltrated Hallmark town, changing my view of its holiday movies

Salon

When my editor asked if I had an ugly Christmas sweater to wear, I knew she was only looking out for me. “It’s not uncommon for Hallmark to have the most-watched entertainment program in all of cable on a given night, especially during the holiday season,” he wrote. With her monthlong holiday festival already planned, “What could be better than …

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1 year ago

‘Meeting friends is…’: PM Modi as ’Melodi’ selfie with Giorgia Meloni goes viral

Live Mint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it was “always a delight” to meet friends as a selfie with his Italian counterpart took the internet by storm on Saturday. The photo was taken on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai and shared on social media by PM Giorgia Meloni. Social media denizens have since dubbed it the ‘selfie of …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Gamma-ray burst in faraway galaxy disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere

The Hindu

About two billion years ago in a galaxy far beyond our Milky Way, a big star met its demise in a massive explosion called a supernova that unleashed a huge burst of gamma rays, which pack the most energy of any wave in the electromagnetic spectrum. This gamma-ray burst, researchers said on Tuesday, caused a significant disturbance in Earth's ionosphere, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Beautification’ of junctions draws the ire of denizens, traffic police in Visakhapatnam

The Hindu

The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation is spending around ₹5 crore to beautify five junctions as part of smart city development projects. S. Ramana Murthy, a chicken shop vendor near the underdeveloped junction at Railway New Colony, said, “It is a narrow junction connecting the old stretch of National Highway-16 towards Thatichetlapalem from the Visakhapatnam railway station, and the city junction …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The Strange Return of George W. Bush

Politico

In the years since, Bush’s standing has plummeted among the Republican base he once dominated. Particularly since 2020, MAGA die-hards have taken to casting their intra-GOP battle as being specifically against the party’s Bush wing, portraying the dynastic family as devotees of permanent wars, free trade and legalizing the undocumented. In his closing remarks last month at the impeachment trial …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Le Tigre's feminist rage has always been fun

NPR

Le Tigre's feminist rage has always been fun Enlarge this image toggle caption Monica Simoes/Courtesy of the artist Monica Simoes/Courtesy of the artist When Bikini Kill reunited in 2017, later embarking on a tour that united feminist punks across generations, it introduced a clawing, almost desperate question in the back of my brain: Would Le Tigre ever reunite? All bands …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Column: Forget the metaverse. For $3,500, Apple offers a new way to be alone

LA Times

Apple’s hyped demo of the Vision Pro headset was all about watching huge virtual movie screens in your living room and disappearing in beautiful simulated natural environments — distinctly unsocial activities. Not only did neither Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook nor any of the other executives ever utter the term “metaverse,” their vision of how headset-based computing will succeed was …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Kaziranga mahouts caught for consuming rare turtles

The Hindu

GUWAHATI Three persons engaged as mahouts in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve have been arrested for capturing and consuming a rare species of a freshwater turtle inside the one-horned rhino habitat. Officials said there have been complaints about some employees under the Burapahar Range of the 118-year-old Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consuming protected species. …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Recycling centre launched in Tirupati

Deccan Chronicle

TIRUPATI: To promote sustainable waste management practices in the temple city, the Municipal Corporation of Tirupati in collaboration with Tirupati Smart City Corporation Limited launched an RRR as part of the ‘Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Shehar’ campaign in Tirupati on Tuesday. After inaugurating the RRR centre at Annamaiah Circle, MCT commissioner D. Haritha stressed the need for recycling and reusing …

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CM’s meet brings city to a grinding halt

Obituary: Janet Hilbert gifted art to Chapman University's museum

Skyscrapers to dot Vizag skyline

Natives hail Kakinada's own Sanjay Murthy as new CAG

As Trump Takes a Victory Lap, the Crypto Faithful Kiss the Ring

From City Slicker to Outdoor Enthusiast: My Backpacking Adventure Through the Appalachian Trail

Will Las Vegas put its money on Trump? Sin City gamblers reveal where they're placing their 2024 bets

Tourist footfall decreases at Taj as Agra continues to sizzle

Opinion: Supreme Court's conservatives unplugged, unrepentant

Decades ago, he invented the midnight movie. It’s still long past his bedtime

Lokesh promises skill program for youth in 100 days of coming to power

Lauren Boebert is her own best ally and worst enemy

Does Vladimir Putin believe in God? Check out his answer to Tucker Carlson

After the Flood review: classic police procedural meets climate change drama, with convoluted results

Andhra Pradesh| Garbage pile-up spurs public concern in Vijayawada amid municipal workers’ statewide indefinite strike

Heart of peppermint-barkness: I infiltrated Hallmark town, changing my view of its holiday movies

‘Meeting friends is…’: PM Modi as ’Melodi’ selfie with Giorgia Meloni goes viral

Gamma-ray burst in faraway galaxy disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere

‘Beautification’ of junctions draws the ire of denizens, traffic police in Visakhapatnam

The Strange Return of George W. Bush

Le Tigre's feminist rage has always been fun

Column: Forget the metaverse. For $3,500, Apple offers a new way to be alone

Kaziranga mahouts caught for consuming rare turtles

Recycling centre launched in Tirupati