The Charminar was built in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the founder of Hyderabad.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday evening for a three-day official visit, his first as PM in 16 years. He will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 22 and attend business forums in Delhi and Bengaluru with nearly 100 Polish companies. Source: hi INDiA (IANS)
Russia released imprisoned American teacher Stephen Hubbard as US envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin, a new sign of diplomatic movement around the Ukraine war. The release came amid reported progress in US-Ukrainian discussions following Oslo peace talks. Source: Fox News
The Telangana government has halted permissions for new borewells in Hyderabad for construction and non-drinking purposes amid falling groundwater levels and El Nino concerns. Water tanker bookings have doubled to 7,000 a day, and reservoirs may hold only until December without fresh inflows. Source: Telangana Tribune
Reliance Industries' digital services arm Jio Platforms saw its $3.2 billion initial public offering fully subscribed within two hours of public bidding opening on October 21. It is India's largest share sale and the first from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance in two decades. Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
The Telangana government has halted permissions for new borewells in Hyderabad for construction and non-drinking purposes amid falling groundwater levels and El Nino concerns. Water tanker bookings have doubled to 7,000 a day, and reservoirs may hold only until December without fresh inflows. Source: Telangana Tribune
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday evening for a three-day official visit, his first as PM in 16 years. He will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 22 and attend business forums in Delhi and Bengaluru with nearly 100 Polish companies. Source: hi INDiA (IANS)
Russia released imprisoned American teacher Stephen Hubbard as US envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin, a new sign of diplomatic movement around the Ukraine war. The release came amid reported progress in US-Ukrainian discussions following Oslo peace talks. Source: Fox News
Reliance Industries' digital services arm Jio Platforms saw its $3.2 billion initial public offering fully subscribed within two hours of public bidding opening on October 21. It is India's largest share sale and the first from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance in two decades. Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
The Sensex fell 143.21 points to 73,709.69 and the Nifty 50 shed 77.60 points to 22,811.35 on Wednesday, surrendering a 1 per cent early rally as rising crude prices and geopolitical friction sparked selling. The services sector was the biggest drag, plunging over 5 per cent. Source: ScanX
The Nifty IT index was the standout gainer in an otherwise bruising session, climbing 695 points or 2.21 per cent to 32,211.35. Wipro led with a 3.30 per cent gain to Rs 188.15, followed by Infosys and Mphasis. Source: Flash Finance
Days after a rain-hit 2-2 home draw with the West Indies, a jet-lagged India take on New Zealand in the first of five T20Is at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, on Thursday. Shreyas Iyer's side has had just one training session in New Zealand. Source: IANS
Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana: Part 1 has sold 83,412 tickets across 3,492 shows in early domestic advance booking, totalling Rs 4.78 crore as of October 21. Trade estimates cited by Mint project an Rs 80 crore opening day across languages. Source: The Daily Jagran
India on Tuesday renewed its call at the United Nations for a comprehensive, legally-binding treaty to ban the placement of weapons in outer space. Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty said selective approaches to space militarisation would be 'counterproductive'. Source: Nation Press
Every summer the city feels a little hotter, and every summer we are surprised by it. The old neighbourhoods knew the answer: a neem outside every gate, a peepal at every corner, shade you could walk under from one street to the next.
Trees are the cheapest air-conditioners a city can buy, and they ask for nothing but water and time. Before the next heatwave arrives, the kindest civic act is also the simplest — plant one, and make sure it lives.
