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Mah Laqa Bai — Hyderabad Nizam’s highest-ranking adviser who was both a warrior and poet

Mah Laqa Bai was a progressive woman in a male-dominated court who accompanied Nizam II in three wars. She was his secret weapon.

KTR’s Twitter banter with DK Shivakumar: Let Hyderabad & Bengaluru compete on jobs, infra

Telangana minister KTR says 'focus on IT, not halal and hijab' in Twitter exchange with Karnataka Congress chief, sparked by entrepreneur’s complaint about Bengaluru’s infrastructure.

Move over Zomato’s 10-min delivery, Hyderabad platform aims to provide ambulance in 8 mins

StanPlus, with fleet of over 3,000 ambulances, currently promises to provide ambulances to patients within 15 minutes, but envisions a centralised 911-style service in India too.

What is Telangana’s ‘GO 111’, and why its ‘end’ by KCR has put Nizam-era reservoirs at risk

In the state assembly, KCR said the government order issued in 1996 has become redundant now. At the time, the order sought to protect the Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar reservoirs.

Corbevax is India’s ‘lowest priced vaccine’, saves exchequer Rs 1500 cr, Biological E says

Hyderabad-based Biological E has priced its vaccine at Rs 990 in the private market. For the government, however, the vaccine is at just Rs 145, making it very affordable.

Russian forces’ actions in Ukraine show a dilemma like Indian Army’s in 1948 Hyderabad ops

There's a reason Putin's army in Ukraine is stumbling and bumbling. It's unlike Stalin's Red Army against the German Wehrmacht World War II.

Telangana Police arrest 4 men missing from ex-MP’s Delhi house, for ‘plot to murder minister’

Day after BJP leader Jithender Reddy alleged the men were 'kidnapped', Cyberabad Police say they allegedly hatched conspiracy to kill Telangana minister Srinivas Goud.

Telangana’s Statue of Equality, inaugurated by PM Modi, is made in China. ‘Irrelevant’, says BJP

The statue was cast in China by Aerosun Corporation, which also helped assemble it in India. But BJP says statue preaches humanity, focus should be on that.

Madapati Hanumantha Rao, Hyderabad’s first mayor who led the renaissance of Telugu

The ‘Andhra Pitamaha’ was the first Telugu person to receive the Padma Bhushan. His legacy to 'enlighten' the masses lives on in Hyderabad.

Once a hunting lodge, part of iconic 1878 Secunderabad Club lost in ashes

While no casualties were reported, the ‘Colonnade Bar’, billiards room, a ballroom, main reception and a staircase of the 144-year-old British-era establishment were damaged.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.