QHyderabad: Cong to Woo TRS in Telangana & YSRC in AP, And More

Catch the latest news from Hyderabad.

The Congress high command is likely to reach out to KCR to get the TRS’ support post the election.

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1. Cyberglobes to Help Telangana Cops Scan Social Media

Spy agencies across India, including in Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh, are said to be in talks with the Israel-based Cyberglobes to acquire hi-tech social media analytics tools to scan and analyse social media platforms to detect messages regarding terrorist and other criminal activities, which is becoming a major challenge for law enforcement agencies.

It is learnt that some agencies have either already acquired or are in the process of acquiring the tools shortly.

(Source: Deccan Chronicle)

2. Shamshabad Airport Ranks Eighth-Best in World Listing

The Shamshabad airport has been voted the world’s eighth best by AirHelp, that assists air passengers exercise their rights and works towards getting them compensation for delayed or cancelled flights.

Hamad international airport of Doha, Qatar, Tokyo International  Airport of Japan and the Athens International Airport in Greece top the list.

(Source: Deccan Chronicle)

3. Congress Set to Woo TRS in Telangana, YSRC in AP for Support

The Congress high command wants to get non-UPA parties on its side before the Lok Sabha results are out. The Congress high command is eyeing the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) in Telangana state and the YSR Congress in AP.

The Congress high command is likely to send former Union minister and party senior leader P Chidambaram who is on good terms with TRS president and CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to discuss with him. Chidambaram had played a key role in the preparation of the AP State Reorganisation Bill to form Telangana state.

(Source: Deccan Chronicle)

4. Private Colleges’ Claim on JEE Success Partial

Although corporate colleges/institutes boast of thousands of their students qualifying in the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) — Mains and Advanced, it turns out that less than 40 percent of the students actually make it to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Somehow, this figure never makes it to the public sphere.

With about 13,000 seats available in the IITs, only 37.39 percent of the students who passed the JEE-Advanced last year made it into the various IITs across the country. This year, about 2.45 lakh students have qualified in the JEE-Mains and will be appearing for the JEE-Advanced on 27th May.

(Source: Deccan Chronicle)

5. Coaching Camp Turns Stage for a Nostalgic Reunion

A nostalgic moment awaited GHMC zonal commissioner Musharraf Ali Faruqui on a mundane Wednesday, as he ran into his childhood mentor unexpectedly.

Faruqui was at Victory Playground of Chaderghat for inaugurating the GHMC special summer coaching camp, when Kaleem Ahmed, his one-time cricket coach waited in a queue to meet him. It was a pleasant surprise for the young IAS officer to find his coach out of nowhere. He reacted by hugging him affectionately.

(Source: The Hindu)