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Such scenes were witnessed across the city last week.

Hyderabad lakes breach after record-breaking heavy rains

195th Day Of Lockdown

Total Cases

6,622,180

74,770

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76,713

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Rain fear keeps people awake in Hyderabad's low lying areas

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

Those who are living closer to lakes in different parts of the city are the most worried lot

PM Modi. (PTI)

PM Modi cautions careless Indians: Lockdown over but not coronavirus threat

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

The prime minister also asked media personnel and social media users to campaign to spread public awareness

Central parts of Bay of Bengal and neighbourhoods associated with cyclonic circulation

Low pressure area persists, heavy rainfall for AP, TS

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Cyclone likely to move north northeast towards northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha and West Bengal coasts.

Kaleshwaram Irrigation project. Picture Credits : ANI.

NGT says environmental clearance for Kaleshwaram violates law

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COVID-19 survivors are back in Hyderabad hospitals with ailments

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar waves at the crowd during an election campaign rally, ahead of Assembly elections, in Jehanabad, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (PTI )

Pre-poll survey indicates NDA is set to win in Bihar

Prabhas donates Rs 1.5 crore for Telangana flood relief

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (ANI file photo)

Andhra Pradesh schools to re-open from November 2

Official first look of Vijay Sethupathi as Muthiah Muralidaran in 800.

After rape threat to Ziva Dhoni, Vijay Sethupathi's daughter threatened

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Rahul terms Kamal Nath’s 'item' jibe unfortunate, says it's his personal opinion

PV Sindhu. DC File Photo

Badminton star PV Sindhu slams scribe for false report

Empty vaccine bottles lie on a tray. Pharma sector's outlook for the second quarter earnings season is quite optimistic given domestic demand, new launches in the US markets and savings on regular expenditure due to Covid related restrictions like travelling, promotional and marketing costs, according to analysts. (AP)

Pharma sector may post Covid-induced rise in Q2 earnings

HHRS to the rescue!

Hyderabad floods: Horse riders turn saviours in flood-hit areas

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Storm brewing over Bay of Bengal; more rains likely in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Heavy rains in the last few days hve left many residences resemble swimming pools like these at Jilleliguda colony in Hyderabad. — P Surendra Photo

How encroachments left colony flooded in Hyderabad rains

The Telangana CM had specifically instructed that action be taken to prevent loss of life first, as property damage could be recovered or compensated. — P Surendra Pic

One lakh each for rain ravaged houses in Hyderabad: KTR

Removing the slush, silt and muck from homes, people are finding that there is nothing which they can put to use. — P Surendra pic

Hyderabad residents search at collection points for documents washed away in floods

A health worker collects the nasal swab sample of man to test for COVID-19 standing outside his enclosure after it became damp due to rain in Hyderabad. — PTI photo

Heavy rains hamper COVID testing in Hyderabad

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A health worker collects the nasal swab sample of man to test for COVID-19 standing outside his enclosure after it became damp due to rain in Hyderabad. — PTI photo

Heavy rains hamper COVID testing in Hyderabad

JNTU, Hyderabad postpones start of new academic session to December 1

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NCRB data spells good news for Andhra Pradesh: 6.5% decline in violent crimes

State Congress party President, Uttam Kumar Reddy

Dubbak people will teach TRS a lesson: Uttam

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar -- the father of the Constitution

Telangana Adivasi women set up Constitution education centres

Streets of Jilleliguda colony near Jelleliguda lake in Hyderabad. Picture by P. Surendra

Houses in Hyderabad resemble swimming pool after downpour

The Doppler radar image for the whole state, a 150-km radius and the GHMC area, after it was repaired on Tuesday. — DC photo

IMD's Doppler radar in Hyderabad back in action after repairs

Heavy rains inundated Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad.

IMD cautions of rains in Telangana for next four days

IPL 2020

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Mohan Guruswamy | Why so many US desis are in favour of Trump

Mohan Guruswamy

A recent opinion poll in the US suggests that some 28 per cent of Indian origin voters are leaning towards Trump and the rest are for Biden

Mohan Guruswamy

Maura Moynihan | Disney’s China problem: West’s elite covering up CCP’s misdeeds

Disney’s Mulan was billed as the 'cinematic adventure of the decade', securing Hollywood’s 'family friendly studio' access to Chinese market

Maura Moynihan

Delineate and demarcate the LAC to end China mess

Akash Deep Anand

Tuesday, October 20, marks 58 years to the day the Chinese launched their synchronised and coordinated attack in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh

Akash Deep Anand

Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can’t fix all our problems

This week has come news that in the current financial year, Bangladesh will overtake India in terms of per capita income.

Aakar Patel

South

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29 school students test positive for Covid near Srisailam

A family crosses a road during sudden rain in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad weather forecast: Heavy rains, thunderstorms and lightning

horticultural crops, mainly vegetables, suffered damage/loss in about 15,000 hectares all over the state so far.

Vegetable prices go up in AP, Telangana after heavy rains damage crops

Medical staff collect swab sample from a person for Covid testing in Visakhapatnam.

AP to cover post-Covid ailments under Aarogyasri: CM Jagan

Heavy rains inundated Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad.

IMD cautions of rains in Telangana for next four days

A health worker collects a swab sample from a resident to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a sample collection centre in Hyderabad on October 19, 2020. (AFP)

AP records lowest Covid-19 deaths on a single day in past three months

Water gushes out of Meerpet Manthrala Cheruvu following a breach to the tank.

Stay on field for next 10 days: KTR tells party leaders

Entertainment

Actor Mahesh Babu

Sarkaaru Vari Paata team to fly US

Vijay Sethupathi

Vijay Sethupathi could become darling of Tamils

Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran

Mollywood actor Prithviraj tests COVID-19 positive

Official first look of Vijay Sethupathi as Muthiah Muralidaran in 800. (Twitter/@Film_Focuz)

Vijay Sethupathi opts out of biopic '800' after Muttiah Muralitharan's request

Screen capture from Shah Rukh Khan's Instagram video

‘Felt I wasn’t cut out to play a romantic’

Ranveer Singh inspecting the damage

Biker brushes against Ranveer’s Rs 1 cr car!

Sports

Watson (83 off 53 balls) hit his first half-century of the season and together with Du Plessis, who smashed 87 of 53 balls, led Chennai past Punjab’s 178 for four. (Photo | PTI)

Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis lead Chennai to 10-wicket win

The Delhi Capitals players celebrate after their win over Kolkata Knight Riders during the IPL 2020 cricket match at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Photo | PTI)

Iyer leads Delhi Capitals’ attack as they beat KKR by 18 runs, grab top spot

Twenty-year-old Padikkal’s fluent 63 and Kohli’s first half century this season carried Bangalore to 158-2 in 19.1 overs in a well-measured run-chase under hot and humid conditions. (Photo | PTI)

Kohli and Padikkal make Bangalore’s 8-wicket win over Rajasthan a breeze

Kohli struck 72 not out off 53 balls to lead RCB to an easy eight-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals for their third win from four matches. He had scored 14, 1, 3 in the earlier matches. (Photo | PTI - edited)

Kohli says RCB’s encouraging performances gave him time to find his own form

Marcus Stoinis (right) and Rishabh Pant (37) immediately stitched up an 89-run partnership. (Photo | iplt20.com)

Marcus Stoinis, Prithvi Shaw power Delhi to 196/4 against Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Yuzvendra Chahal with skipper Virat Kohli celebrates the wicket of Robin Uthappa of Rajasthan Royals during their IPL 2020 cricket match, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Photo | PTI)

Chahal’s 3-wicket haul limits Rajasthan Royals to 154/6 against Bangalore

If the Powerplay belonged to Prithvi Shaw, who blazed his way to 66 off 41 balls with four boundaries and as many sixes, skipper Shreyas Iyer dominated the rest of the innings with his silken smooth batting as he scythed the opposition attack with seven fours and half a dozen sixes. (Photo | PTI)

Iyer sizzles, Shaw shines as Delhi Capitals post 228/4 against Kolkata Knight Riders

Anagha Murali's dream come true at sixteen

Lifestyle

Anjali Chakra and Sundas Malik, an Indo-pak same sex couple from NYC are breaking the Internet with their wedding photoshoot

Same-sex marriage demands gain steam in India

With most frontrunner vaccine candidates likely to require extra cold' storage, the private sector could also be roped in for effective delivery of a preventive when it is available, suggest several experts and industry insiders. (AP)

Ramping up cold storage facilities critical as India preps for virus vaccine: experts

It all began with British historian Edward Anderson responding to a question from food aggregator with this innocuous statement on Twitter, "Idlis are the most boring things in the world." (Pixabay)

All about an idli: British professor's tweet sparks not so 'boring' debate

Terence is also known as a mentor and judge, with his presence in most dance reality shows today

I'm an intuitive dancer, says Terence Lewis on his Bollywood journey

Cover image of the book Rising Petals

For the better of verse

Anyone exhibiting fever or symptoms of cold, will not be allowed into the zoo (DC file photo)

Nehru Zoological Park Hyderabad to open for visitors

Actress Jamuna and her daughter Sravanthi Juluri displaying Bommala Koluvu

Festivity with a silver lining

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Letting Go

Technology

Google has also begun insisting that apps must sell digital content only through its Play Store will have to use the Google Play billing system and pay 30 per cent of in-app purchases’ revenue as a fee. Many Indian startups have raised concerns around this Google move, which copies Apple’s App Store policy for which the iPhone-maker is facing many antitrust cases.

Zomato, Swiggy sent Google notices for IPL promos ‘violating’ Play Store norms

Since the launch of the Digital Silk Road, as part of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2015, Chinese tech giants’ global reach has grown across a range of sectors. Representational Image

China’s new data security initiative has implications for India

Beverly Hills Polo Club (BHPC) approached the Competition Commission of India, claiming that Amazon had been indulging in anti-competitive practices.

Tech This Week | The need for anti-trust reform

Let’s tie up for a suicide watch, TikTok writes to Facebook, Google, Snapchat, others Google parent agrees to $310M settlement for suit on sexual misconduct of executives Judge halts US ban on WeChat app download

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Official first look of Vijay Sethupathi as Muthiah Muralidaran in 800. (Twitter/@Film_Focuz)

Vijay Sethupathi slammed for donning Lankan bowler’s hat

Sandalwood actor Loose Mada aka Yogi (Instagram photo)

Kannada actor Loose Mada Yogi, cricketer NC Aiyappa grilled in drugs case

Hollywood cinematographer Sheldon Chau and Polish cinematographer Miroslaw Brozek who cranked the camera for big-ticket Telugu films such as Mosagallu and Gang Leader, respectively

Top lensmen from Hollywood and Bollywood are cranking cameras for Telugu movies

Prithviraj plays a warrior in the film expected to be produced using virtual reality techniques. The popular actor whose stated mission is to transform Malayalam cinema is also a director, producer and distributor of films. (Photos | Instagram - therealprithvi)

Prithviraj announces ‘country’s first virtually produced movie’

Glad to hear SP Balasubrahmanyam has passed the critical phase: Rajinikanth

Film on CBN-YSR friendship lands in controversy

World

Google's offices stand in downtown Manhattan on October 20, 2020 in New York City. Accusing the company of using anticompetitive tactics to illegally monopolize the online search and search advertising markets, the Justice Department and 11 states Tuesday filed an antitrust case against Google. (AFP)

Trump slaps anti-trust suit against Google

The dome of the church of Asuncion falls down burning in flames after being set on fire by demonstrators on the commemoration of the first anniversary of the social uprising in Chile, in Santiago, on October 18, 2020, as the country prepares for a landmark referendum. - Two churches were torched as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday in a central Santiago square to mark the anniversary of a protest movement that broke out last year demanding greater equality in Chile. The demonstration comes just a week before Chileans vote in a referendum on whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution -- one of the key demands when the protest movement began on October 18, 2019.(AFP)

Churches torched in Santiago as thousands mark Chile protest movement anniversary

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at the Labour Election Day party after the Labour Party won New Zealand's general election in Auckland on October 16, 2020. (AFP)

Jacinda Ardern wins landslide re-election in New Zealand vote

An employee walks in the water tank of the metropolitan outer underground discharge channel in Kasukabe, Saitama prefecture. - It has been called Japan's underground "Parthenon," a cavernous complex charged with protecting Tokyo and surrounding areas from catastrophic flooding -- a risk experts warn is growing as climate change advances. (AFP)

The underground 'Parthenon' protecting Tokyo from floods

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. Tsai said Saturday she has hopes for less tensions with China and in the region if Beijing will listen to Taipei's concerns, alter its approach and restart dialogue with the self-ruled island democracy. (AP)

Taiwan claims entrapment after China shows spy 'confession'

US President Donald Trump takes his mask off before speaking from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC during a rally on October 10, 2020. - Trump spoke publicly for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, as he prepares a rapid return to the campaign trail just three weeks before the election. (AFP)

Get out and vote: Trump gets back to campaigning

A screen grab taken from a KCNA broadcast on October 10, 2020 shows what appears to be a new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. - Nuclear-armed North Korea held a giant military parade, television images showed, with thousands of maskless troops defying the coronavirus threat and Pyongyang expected to put on show its latest and most advanced weapons. (AFP)

North Korea unveils new 'monster' intercontinental ballistic missile at parade

Workers in protective gear gather to spray disinfectant to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea eases social distancing curbs amid COVID-19 downtrend

Business

During April to August 2020, the country received a total FDI inflow of $35.73 billion.

India receives $35 billion FDI in first five months of the fiscal

Farmers block rail tracks near Multania during their agitation over new farm laws, in Bathinda, Thursday. — PTI photo

Farmers not fully aware of agriculture laws: survey

Volumes declined 4 per cent, but were compensated by prices that grew by 4.6 per cent and new launches which grew by 3.8 per cent. (Representational Image)

Pharma market reports growth in September

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Centre's interest waiver policy is manageable, say analysts

Easing of lockdown- related restrictions and increase in festive season orders has supported the rough diamond import growth in September.

Rough diamond imports grow after seven months as order come in

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Lockdown impact: GDP likely to contract by 9.6 per cent this year, says World Bank

Microsoft will allow employees to work from home freely for less than 50 per cent of their working week, and managers will be able to approve permanent remote work. (Representational Image)

Microsoft to expand work from home policy, make it permanent for some staff

Uday Shankar to step down as Star and Disney India chairman

Science

The SENSR technology developed by researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea diagnosis COVID-19 based on the RNA sequence of the virus, reducing the stress on one single testing location and avoiding contact with infected patients as much as possible. (AP)

Seoul scientists develop testing method to diagnose COVID-19 in 30 minutes

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Monsoon pattern changing in India: Himalayas, south to get more rainfall in future

Dexamethasone has been in widespread use in intensive care wards treating COVID-19 patients in some countries. (PTI Photo)

Steroids hailed as 'strongly recommeded' drug for seriously ill COVID patients: Study

Covaxin to use ViroVax's adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II to boost immune response Organ harvest makes brain-dead man a true Covid hero COVID patients with severe symptoms may not develop immunity to virus: Study

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Opinion

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport, in Winston-Salem. (AP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Why so many US desis are in favour of Trump

A boy stands near a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop in Bengaluru. — PTI photo

DC Edit | Rein in festive cheer

Security personnel stand guard near Civil Secretariat ahead of bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir. (File Photo- PTI)

DC Edit | J&K district councils not a good-faith move

Maura Moynihan | Disney’s China problem: West’s elite covering up CCP’s misdeeds Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can’t fix all our problems Delineate and demarcate the LAC to end China mess Dev 360 | India must learn from others, shed its hubris Palash Deb | Evolve the right parameters to judge varsities DC Edit | India indicted by global hunger index DC Edit | A win for liberal-left Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | #RealMenDon’tHuddle Karan Thapar | The ‘beauty of oneness’: Has today’s India lost it?

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Schoolchildren attend a class at their open-air school situated on top of a mountain in Doodhpathri, Kashmir. AFP Photo

Mutilation of J&K: Education is a casualty in the year of abrogation

The communication blockade imposed on Kashmir prior to the abrogation of Article 370 has made the media's task infinitely more difficult. (Representational image: AFP)

Mutilation of J&K: Kashmir's journalists refuse to be stenographers

Reports say that in just a year since the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, thousands of people have been given domicile status in Jammu and Kashmir. (DC Photo: Habib Naqash)

Mutilation of J&K: A year of legal upheaval and the fear of demographic change

The shared statistics, which seem to determine who can travel from where to where, give a new meaning or urgency to the concept of ‘globalisation’. AP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnson's obesity challenge and ‘globalisation’ in COVID times

Pressure has been growing both from the right and the left—and sometimes internally—to do something about the overwhelming dominance of the internet platforms. In this photo, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg. The four CEOs on Wednesday attended an antitrust hearing of the US House Judiciary Committee. (Photo | AP)

Tech This Week | What we learned from the US antitrust inquiry

File photo of UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak (left) speaking to an employee during a visit to a factory in Worcester, central England earlier this month. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Rishi and Priti bring us Bringapore

One hypothesis is that Sushant had visitors, or perhaps a small party, the previous day or evening, and that the crime was done by people known to him

Bela Bhatia | Getting away with murder in Bollywood

Health workers prepare to collect swab samples for COVID-19 tests, at an office in Kozhikode. PTI

14% frontline health workers in Kerala contracted COVID-19 due to PPE reuse