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Friday, August 15, 2025
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Topic: Hyderabad

Pashmina or shahtoosh? Hyderabad’s CCMB just developed the first-ever DNA test

The test is unique. Not only does it extract DNA from the shaft of a mammal’s hair—previously thought to be impossible—but it does so without damaging the expensive shawl.

Telangana’s Miss World pageant in hot water as UK contestant leaves midway feeling ‘exploited, paraded’

Organisers release statement calling Miss England Milla Magee's claims 'false and defamatory'. KTR condemns 'misogynistic mentality' and 'victim gaslighting', demands investigation.

Charminar to Golconda, Hyderabad is full of history. Yet not a single World Heritage Site

Hyderabad’s heritage has been routinely let down. All we’ve had are feeble attempts to make the city’s historic sites world class.

8 killed in fire at a building in Hyderabad

Fire dept official says they received a call at around 6.30 am and rushed to the spot. Several people were found unconscious and shifted to various hospitals.

How Hyderabad became a city of studios. Baahubali to Jawan & Fauji came calling

Hyderabad’s studios, from Ramoji Film City to Annapurna and Ramanaidu, are pulling big projects from Chennai to Mumbai. They want Hyderabad to be crowned as the country’s filmmaking capital.

The owners of Karachi Bakery are as Hyderabadi — and Indian — as anyone else

The Indian right-wing, or anyone uncomfortable with the name Karachi Bakery, needs to understand that they are targeting a Hindu family that has already suffered the trauma of Partition.

Owners of Karachi Bakery stress its ‘Hyderabadi, Indian’ roots fearing protests, calls for name change

Karachi Bakery, founded in Hyderabad in 1953, has sought Telangana govt’s support, putting up Indian flags at outlets to assert its roots amid rising anger against Pakistan.

Hyderabad is neglecting its Art Deco buildings. Jeera colony to Bachelors’ Quarters

Unlike Mumbai, where Art Deco buildings like those on Marine Drive are protected, Hyderabad lacks such safeguards for its structures.

Hyderabad’s Annapurna Studios is India’s high-tech film hub. A 50-yr Nagarjuna family legacy

Telugu, Tamil & Bollywood dreams come true in Annapurna Studios, with its state-of-the-art VFX, virtual sets, film school. Pushpa to Katrina Kaif ad, the magic comes alive here.

What makes someone a Hyderabadi—Irani chai, biryani, Nizam nostalgia, or Dakhni?

A topic that many Hyderabadis have stopped talking about due to generational trauma is Operation Polo—the military action through which Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.