Hyderabad: A city-based businessman approached police earlier this month, alleging that another businessman and a jeweller had cheated him of over Rs 50 crore on the pretext of offering him a share in Nizam-era jewellery.Based on Rajesh Agarwal’s complaint, CCS police registered a case against the accused duo — Md Zakir Osman, a businessman from…
Hyderabad: A wearable device developed by the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) could significantly improve safety in high-risk industrial workplaces by ensuring that accidents are detected and reported instantly.Designed by Professor Abhishek Srivastava and his team at the Centre for VLSI and Embedded Systems Technology, the system, called ‘GoldAid’, is a compact, belt-mounted…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has directed minister Laxman Kumar Adluri to approach the trial courts concerned for a no objection certificate (NOC) to obtain a passport. Laxman Kumar holds SC development & tribal welfare ministries, among other portfolios.Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka passed the directions recently while hearing Laxman Kumar, whose passport application was rejected by the…
Hyderabad: City-based paediatrician Dr Sivaranjani Santosh, who raised concerns over sugar-rich drinks such as ORSL being marketed as oral rehydration solutions (ORS), has resigned from the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP).Dr Santosh cited lack of support from the organisation after she received legal notices from pharmaceutical companies over her remarks on certain oral rehydration products.Following…
