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3 days ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
In the age of social media, spread of misinformation has become a rising challenge for the authorities. Even as the Indian Armed Forces successfully thwarted several attacks made by Pakistan in the bordering States in the last week, the misinformation campaign run by the neighbouring country on social media left many confused over the state of affairs.
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6 days ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
The impact of radiation on concrete structures in nuclear power plants (NPPs) is causing frequent repairs, requiring rehabilitation of structures. The University of Tokyo published a paper on the impact of irradiation on concrete structures, by which the crystalline quartz, in aged concrete, is converted into amorphous state. This is the negative aspect, affecting the soundness and durability of concrete. However, N. Bhanumathidas and N.
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6 days ago | 
thehindu.com | Harish Gilai |B. Madhu Gopal
When Umamaheswara Rao and wife Sailaja set out to the Simhachalam hills in Visakhapatnam from their home at Chandrampalem at 2.30 a.m. on April 30, they were probably thinking of the moment they would finally fulfil a long-cherished dream: to witness the ‘nijaroopa darshan’ of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy, a rare sight available only once a year during the temple’s ‘Chandanotsavam’. The couple were just three years into their marriage, and life seemed good.
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2 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
Many of us must have had the childhood experience of returning home forgetting to buy a few things when sent on an errand. When this is the situation in running errands, the plight of lawyers who have to track scores of cases on a daily basis is unimaginable. The lawyers have to deal with scores of clients every day, and their client-list keeps piling up over a period of time.
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2 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
Leaders of various political parties consoled the family members of retired SBI employee J.S. Chandramouli, who died in the Pahalgam terror attack, and paid their last respects to his mortal remains, in the city on Thursday. Visakhapatnam District in-charge Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy met the family members of Chandramouli and handed them a cheque for ₹10 lakh as ex gratia. Condemning the terror attack, the Minister said the entire nation stands with the bereaved families. MP M.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
The railways have sanctioned a pre-paid auto and taxi stand near the Platform No. 4 exit of Duvvada Railway Station. The Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair, K. Saandeep, sent a communication to this effect earlier this month. The Duvvada Railway Station, situated within the limits of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), is classified as a Non-Suburban Group-5 category station.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
Minister for Women Development and Child Welfare Gummidi Sandhya Rani has stated that women should have more children, considering the nation’s needs. The concept of two children or one child per family is no longer valid. Participating as chief guest at the State-level ‘Poshan Pakhwada–2025’ at the VMRDA Children Arena, here, on Tuesday, the Minister said that the time has come to change the old family planning slogan to ‘Two, three, or more’.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
Even as U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri arrived on a four-day visit to India on Monday, the flurry of activity that was witnessed at the residence of Ms. Usha’s grandmother, Chilukuri Santhamma, soon after Mr. Vance became the Republican nominee, is missing now. Prof. Santhamma, 97, who had retired as a professor of physics from Andhra University more than three-and-a-half decades ago, continues to teach students of Centurion University, Vizianagaram, even today.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
The iconic Hawa Mahal building provided the perfect setting for the antique works, coins and stamps exhibition, organised by Mayank Kumari Deo, former convener of INTACH-Visakhapatnam, in association with the Numismatic and Philatelic Society of Visakhapatnam, on the occasion of World Heritage Day, here, on Friday. Heritage and history enthusiasts spent quality time going through the exhibits, keenly reading the exhibit description, as it was a holiday on account of Good Friday.
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1 month ago | 
thehindu.com | B. Madhu Gopal
A pregnant woman travelling by train no.07046 from Cherlapalli to Kishanganj experienced severe labour pain and delivered a baby in the S4 coach late on Sunday (April 13, 2025) night. The Commercial Control team in Visakhapatnam provided immediate assistance to K. Jainab (31), who delivered the baby, and promptly attended to her and ensured safe delivery. Both the mother and newborn are safe according to a statement issued by the railways.
