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Hyderabad: CID conducts raid at premises of former Andhra minister Narayana’s daughter

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Hyderabad: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials conducted a raid at the residence of former Andhra Pradesh minister P Narayana’s daughter in Hyderabad on Friday in connection with an ongoing case.
These raids might be connected to the case related to an FIR filed against the former minister for an alleged paper leak case at the Narayana School in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh Police registered a case under various sections including 10 AP Public examinations (Prevention of Malpractices), and section 408 (Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
P Narayana is the founder and director of the Narayana Institutions.
In April last year, the question paper for Telugu was allegedly leaked in the school, and when the police found that the teacher clicked a photo of the question paper and shared it over social media, an hour later the exam started.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 24, 2023
Telangana: ‘PM Modi helped Adani make money,’ says IT minister KTR

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Hyderabad: Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) at a public meeting on Thursday in Bhupalpally, alleged that prime minister Narendra Modi was helping Gautam Adani become rich.
“Modi indeed helped Adani get that money,” he said referring to the recent Hindenburg research report row. KTR said that the Prime Minister failed to fulfill his election promise to deposit Rs 15 lakhs in Jan Dhan accounts.
“Though the NITI Aayog recommended the Centre to grant Rs.19,000 crore to Mission Bhagiratha and Rs.5,000 crore to Mission Kakatiya, the Centre has not sanctioned a single rupee for these schemes,” he said.
KTR further argued that the PM was responsible for the death of 700 farmers during the protests against the Centre but the BJP leaders still call him God.
“I am asking them for whom he is a God,” he added.
He said that the prices of LPG cylinders have increased from Rs 400 to Rs 1200 during the Modi Government.
Speaking about Congress, he said that people should not get carried away by propaganda spread by the party that was conducting foot marches in the state. “But what did Congress do for the united Andhra Pradesh when it was in power for five decades? The state will suffer a lot if they are given power again,” he said.

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February 23, 2023
Former Andhra minister Kanna Lakshminarayana joins TDP

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Amaravati: Former Andhra Pradesh minister Kanna Lakshminarayana, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last week, has joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
Kanna formally joined the TDP in the presence of the party’s national president and former chief minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Naidu offered yellow colour scarf to Kanna to admit him in the party.
A large number of followers of the former minister also joined the TDP with him.
Kanna started from his residence in Guntur with hundreds of supporters. The procession with a large number of cars reached the TDP office at Mangalagiri.
As per the mahuratam, Kanna joined TDP at 2.48 p.m.
Speaking on the occasion, Naidu said that he heartily welcomes Kanna into the TDP fold. He termed this as a good augur for the TDP.
The TDP chief said that Kanna has a special place in state politics. He recalled that the former minister had become active since his student days to come up in politics.

Naidu noted that Kanna was elected as MLA for five terms and also served as minister from 2004 to 2014.
Kanna quit the BJP last week.
The senior leader, who earlier headed the BJP in the state, said that he was resigning due to the state BJP president Somu Veerraju’s style of functioning.
He recalled that he joined the BJP in 2014 and worked as an ordinary worker.
He said, in recognition of his work, the party appointed him state president in 2018.
He claimed that he visited all 175 Assembly constituencies and announced candidates for the 2019 elections.
A five-time state legislator from Guntur district, Lakshminarayana severed his nearly four-decade association with the Congress to join the BJP in 2014, a few months after the elections.
He served as minister and held various portfolios in the cabinets of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, K. Rosaiah and Kiran Kumar Reddy.
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February 23, 2023
Tunisian president sacks 3rd minister in 2 months

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Tunis: Tunisian President Kais Saied has decided to end the duties of Minister of Employment and Training Nasreddine Nsibi, according to a statement issued by the Presidency.
This is already the third minister the Tunisian President has dismissed in two months, Xinhua news agency reported.
The statement released on Wednesday did not specify the reason for the dismissal.
Nsibi also held the post of official spokesperson for the Tunisian government.
In the same statement, the Tunisian President has appointed Mounir Ben Rjiba as Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On February 7, Saied sacked Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi, a month after the dismissal of Trade Minister Fadhila Rabhi.
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February 23, 2023
S Jaishankar a failed foreign Minister: Congress

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New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday termed External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar a “failed” foreign minister and alleged that despite being the longest serving Diplomat in China, he has failed on every front.
Addressing a press conference here, party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said, “On issue of Chinese incursions, there is silence from the EAM and has he advised the Prime Minister to say that no one has intruded Indian territory when 2,000 sq kilometre of the Indian territory has been intruded by China.”
India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar’s churlish, petulant, arrogant remarks aimed at Rahul Gandhi don’t just undermine India’s foreign policy but also demean the valour of our armed forces
Will be addressing the press shortly AICC @INCIndia
— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) February 22, 2023
The Congress leader alleged that China is building roads, railway networks and bridges in the occupied territory.
The Indian trade is increasing with China and in a way India is funding the Chinese PLA, “Due to the silence of the PM in every meeting, PLA says they have not invaded any land,” she added.
Shrinate criticised EAM Jaishankar’s statement that India being a smaller economy can’t go and fight bigger economy and termed it “blasphemous”.
Accusing the Foreign Minister of failing India foreign policy, she said there is no US Ambassador to India despite Biden almost crossing his half the term as President.
The Congress spokesperson said that when the government is saying that there is international conspiracy against India, “what is Mr Jaishankar and his department doing.”

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February 22, 2023
Union External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Inaugurates First International Education Fair Of J&K

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NEW DELHI: J&K’s first International Education Fair, a collaborative effort of SKUAST-Kashmir and ICCR was inaugurated by Union Minister for External Affairs Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today in presence of Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan; Union MoS, PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh; Lieutenant Governor, Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha and President ICCR, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi on Tuesday.
Union External Affairs Minister, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief Guest for the event, complemented the SKUSAT-Kashmir for the International Education Fair initiative. He said three years ago, the process of change started in J&K which was intended to ensure that full benefits of the development and progress that the rest of India had seen for many many years are also now completely available to the people, especially to the youth of J&K.
In that sense, people of J&K being in the national mainstream was extremely important. It was also by doing so, they would connect up with the rest of India and the International mainstream. For me it is not just an education event, it is a very integral part of ensuring that a very important region of India is connected to what is happening in the world,” Dr Jaishankar said.
He also observed that Indian universities should focus on inviting more foreign students to their campuses.
“Today, India has projects done or under-delivery in 78 countries of the world. So, if our relationships are so extensive, investments are so deep & networking is so good, we need to see that translated into a greater flow of international students to India,” Dr Jaishankar said.
“In a globalised world, it’s absolutely essential that young people of India are fully aware of what’s happening in the world and there is no better way to do that than having international students among you,” Dr Jaishankar added.
Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan congratulated the Government of J&K for showcasing the strength and vibrancy of India’s higher education landscape as well as the knowledge legacy of Jammu & Kashmir.
“J&K is witnessing a new dawn of development under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister. With the implementation of National Education Policy, we are internationalising our education sector. The Education Ministry will support, encourage and facilitate the globalisation of SKUAST-Kashmir,” Pradhan said.

He also encouraged all the universities to join efforts to establish India as a global study destination.
Union MoS, Dr Jitendra Singh said the National Education Policy brought by Prime Minister holds the promise to open career and Start-up opportunities driven by aptitude, skill and flexi options at capacity building.
“Jammu Kashmir has a rich legacy of unexplored agricultural avenues, Aroma Mission and Purple Revolution, which imparts it the potential of being the torchbearer of Agri StartUp movement in India, Dr Jitendra Singh said.
Lieutenant Governor of J&K,Manoj Sinha expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accelerating development of J&K and transforming it into a favourite destination for students, travellers and entrepreneurs.
The Lt Governor said with this initiative J&K has launched a dedicated programme for foreign students.
“Our aim is to invite international students to J&K for short-term and long-term courses in various disciplines & strengthen the international connect. Over the past three years, we have focused on strengthening education sector, developing knowledge workers for sectors like industries, agriculture & health care. Sincere efforts have been made to convert the knowledge dividends into wealth for process of innovation & growth,” the Lt Governor said.
The Lt Governor also observed that the initiative of SKUAST-Kashmir will set an example for other universities of the country as well.
“Apart from campuses nestled in nature’s paradise, professional faculties, high standard of living, J&K is also offering variety of courses starting from Artificial Intelligence, Robotics to Agri science, Yoga, Sanskrit & interface with the industries for research & innovation,” the Lt Governor further said.
The Lt Governor said with more than 150 higher education institutions, two central universities, seven state universities, two AIIMS, IIM, IIT, NIT, NIFT, IIMC and two Agriculture Science and Technology universities, Jammu Kashmir has emerged as a favourite destination for students in India.
He also said that paradigm shift towards virtues of life which humanity is witnessing is also an opportunity for enhancing quality of life by exchange programs between the countries and learn from each other and enable each other to achieve greater heights in our journey.
“The whole world is looking at India with admiration and hope. There never was a better time to be in India to witness and comprehend the glorious chapters of ancient civilization and immortal organic composite culture. The foreign student’s residential and exchange programmes, people-to-people contacts and institutional interactions with different institutions of Jammu Kashmir will enrich and strengthen global cultural synergies,” the Lt Governor added.
Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) assured the cooperation and support of ICCR to J&K in organizing the exchange programs of artisans and fairs whereby the message of changing new aspirational J&K goes loud and clear to other countries.
Distinguished Ambassadors, High Commissioners and members of ICAR, ICCR, UGC, and SKUAST-K were present on the occasion.

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February 21, 2023
WEF, WHO to set up in Telangana soon, says IT minister KTR

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Hyderabad: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have chosen Telangana for setting up their projects at Genome Valley, announced Telangana IT and Industries minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Tuesday.
KTR informed the media during this interaction that the 20th annual BioAsia trade show will take place from February 24 to 26. Almost 100 countries’ thinking leaders attended the event during the past 19 years. It marketed Hyderabad, Telangana and India as the investment destination for the pharma, health and life sciences sectors representing the potential of Telangana.
“The announcement follows Gland Pharma’s statement that it will invest Rs 400 crore in the state to grow its operations. Moreover, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla’s Centre of Excellence for Infectious Diseases and Pandemic Preparedness in Hyderabad was launched by Serum Institute of India,” added KTR.
As a standard for all the States in “developing distinct and branded platforms,” Invest India also highlighted BioAsia. A number of countries, including Switzerland, Norway, Thailand, Korea, Argentina, Spain, the UK, Germany, South Africa, and others, sent sizable ministerial and business delegations to the event. Nobel laureates, food laureates, Lasker Award winners, Breakthrough Prize winners, and others also took part.
KTR said the gathering had facilitated more than 20,000 meetings and produced numerous letters of intent (LoIs), bilateral cooperation agreements, and MoUs in addition to 30 knowledge papers and policy recommendations. In previous editions, the gathering had assisted the Telangana in realising investments worth Rs 25,000 crore.
The Genome Valley Excellence Award this year will be presented to Prof Robert Langer for his contribution to research on mRNA technology. The theme for this year is `Advancing for ONE – Shaping the next generation of humanised healthcare’. It will see participation from 50 countries with the UK as the partner country and Flanders as the international partner region.
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February 21, 2023
“Will try to not repeat such incidents…” Telangana minister KTR on stray dogs attack

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Hyderabad: Reacting to the death of a five-year-old boy, who succumbed to injuries after he was mauled by a pack of stray dogs in Telangana, state minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said that he would work in full capacity to ensure such incidents do not repeat in future.
“We’ve been trying to tackle street dog menace in our municipalities. We’ve created animal care centres and animal birth control centres. My sincere condolences to the family and we’ll ensure that our best is done so that these incidents are not repeated,” the BRS leader told ANI.
Earlier, a five-year-old boy, Pradeep, was mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad.
The incident, which occurred in the Amberpet locality on Sunday was caught on a CCTV camera.
The boy had accompanied his father Gangadhar, who worked as a security guard in the area.
Narrating the incident, Gangadhar said that he ahd his son with him to work on Sunday and while he was strolling outside, a pack of stray dogs attacked him.
The CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced as well.
Some locals rushed to Pradeep’s rescue and along with Gangadhar took him to a hospital, sources informed further, adding, however, that he was declared dead by the doctors on arrival.

In a similar incident earlier, a toddler was mauled to death in an apartment building in Noida last year by a stray dog. The incident triggered massive disquiet among residents.
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February 21, 2023
Minister threatens NLSIU to provide Karnataka locals 25% reservation

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Law Minister J.C. Madhu Swamy said on Tuesday that if the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) in Bengaluru refuses to provide 25 percent reservation for Kannadiga students, the BJP government in the state would initiate action against it.
“If the university fails to provide reservation lawfully, we will not hesitate to take action,” he reiterated on the floor of the Assembly on Tuesday.
BJP MLA S. Suresh Kumar had raised the question in this regard.
“The stand of the state is very clear on this issue. We are committed to providing reservation to our children,” Madhu Swamy said.
“The matter is coming up before the Supreme Court on February 24 and we are hopeful that we will get justice. The Supreme Court has also expressed the same feelings which we have. NLSIU was questioned as to why reservation is not given in Karnataka when it has been provided in other states,” he said.
Karnataka has appointed Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta to argue its case.
“If reservation is not provided, initiating legal action would become inevitable. Let’s wait. As we are reposing faith in the judiciary, let us not go for harsh action at this stage,” Madhu Swamy ssaid.
Suresh Kumar said that the NLSIU is not providing reservation to Kannadiga students, flouting the law.

“The college management has not followed the law for two years. The state had given land to establish the university. There is no gratitude from the university towards the state. The funds to the university should be stopped,” Suresh Kumar demanded.
The institution was given 23 acres of land and Rs 22 crore funds by the Karnataka government.
“But our children are not getting seats there,” Suresh Kumar said.
Former Speaker and BJP MLA K.G. Bopaiah said the university is behaving as if it doesn’t have any accountability towards the Karnataka government.
Congress MLA Krishna Bhyregowda said that the matter is very sensitive as the Chief Justice of India is the President of the administrative board of NLSIU.
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February 21, 2023
Finance Minister meets ADB President, lauds support to India

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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa, and acknowledged the swift response and support provided by the institution to all its developing member countries, including India during the Covid-19 pandemic.
She also appreciated the ADB’s support to India’s G20 Presidency priorities.
Asakawa is on his maiden visit to India after taking over as ADB’s President in 2020.
Sitharaman encouraged the ADB to complement India’s efforts towards infrastructure creation, livelihood generation, green and sustainable growth as well as boosting private investment, through its financial as well as knowledge resources.
Asakawa congratulated the Finance Minister for Indian economy’s post pandemic recovery and stated that despite the disruptions caused by the pandemic, India remains the fastest growing major economy with expected 7 per cent growth in fiscal year 2022-23.
Sitharaman suggested to Asakawa that the ADB may attune its priorities to government’s vision for initiatives like energy transition, PM GatiShakti, logistics policy, industrial corridors, climate change adaptation, circular economy, health, Mission Karmayogi, and Skill India programme.
The ADB President complimented Sitharaman for India’s G20 presidency and conveyed ADB’s support for various initiatives India has taken under this.
He welcomed Sitharaman’s prioritisation of green growth in the budget for 2023-2024.

He also appreciated the government’s vision for mission LiFE connecting individuals to the cause of environment.
The Finance Minister stressed on laying the foundation for India@100. In this light, the two leaders also discussed India-ADB Country Partnership Strategy 2023-2027, which is being finalised.
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February 21, 2023