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Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Eyeing trillion $ goal, T sets sights on defence, aerospace, biotech
Hyderabad: The Telangana govt will focus on three high-potential sectors - defence, aerospace, and biotechnology - to achieve its goal of becoming a trillion dollar economy by 2047. Chief minister A Revanth Reddy has said at a number of fora that the state would achieve this goal well ahead of the national timelines. Sources in the expert group working with the state govt on numerous projects told TOI that Telangana has so far followed the Karnataka model, which emphasised services as a major driver of growth. Now, the state may follow a model similar to that of Tamil Nadu, where manufacturing is expected to play a crucial role in boosting the economy. This strategic shift comes at a pivotal moment. India has recently become the fourth largest economy in the world, surpassing Japan. "One specific reason for this potential shift is availability of skilled manpower across Telangana, not just in Hyderabad. This creates an ideal situation for sectors like defence, biotechnology, and aerospace," said a senior official. For an added impetus, the state has been requesting the Centre to make Telangana part of the National Semiconductor Mission. "The government is working closely with some experts to strengthen the economy," an official added. Several prominent economists, including Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and Montek Singh Ahluwalia, have visited the secretariat in recent months in a bid to steer the state towards its goal. However, experts caution that apart from identifying key sectors to boost the economy, there is a need for a strategic shift in the way the govt operates. "Freebies or welfare schemes that simply dole out cash need to be rationalised, and everyone must be encouraged to work. Job creation in the private sector is essential for achieving balance," said Krishna Reddy Chittedi, associate professor at the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad. Telangana's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for 2024-25 (advanced estimates) at current prices is pegged at Rs 16,12,579 crore, reflecting a growth rate of 10.1%. This surpasses the national GDP growth rate. "At this rate, it would take Telangana more than a decade to reach the trillion dollar mark," Krishna Reddy added. INDUSTRY TAKES LEAD Industries contributed Rs.2,77,270 cr to the state gross state value added (GSVA) in 2024-25, manufacturing (47.60%) & construction (29.07%) being largest contributors State aims for 15% annual growth in MSME registrations Share of jobs in the industrial sector stood at 23%, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2023-24
Perth Now
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Lost 1976 Motörhead album set for release
Motörhead's lost 1976 album The Manticore Tapes is finally set to be released. The record, set to drop on June 27, features the classic lineup of the late Lemmy Kilmister, Fast Eddie Clarke, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. It's named after Emerson, Lake and Palmer's famous Manticore Studio in Fulham, where the album was made. The unreleased songs will be available as an LP and CD, with alternate takes, instrumentals and early recordings of songs from their self-titled debut album and their 1979 album On Parole. Fans can get their hands on a deluxe edition boasting a second disc with the live set Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77, as well as a previously unreleased 7-inch containing two live performances. The tapes were restored by Motörhead collaborator Cameron Webb at Maple Studios in California and mastered by Andrew Alekel at Bolskine House in Los Angeles. The lost album is part of Motörhead's 50th anniversary celebrations. Late frontman Lemmy Kilmister is set to receive a statue in his hometown of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent as part of the milestone celebrations and to mark the 10th anniversary of his passing on December 28, 2015, aged 70.
West Australian
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Lost 1976 Motörhead album set for release
Motörhead's lost 1976 album The Manticore Tapes is finally set to be released. The record, set to drop on June 27, features the classic lineup of the late Lemmy Kilmister, Fast Eddie Clarke, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. It's named after Emerson, Lake and Palmer's famous Manticore Studio in Fulham, where the album was made. The unreleased songs will be available as an LP and CD, with alternate takes, instrumentals and early recordings of songs from their self-titled debut album and their 1979 album On Parole. Fans can get their hands on a deluxe edition boasting a second disc with the live set Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77, as well as a previously unreleased 7-inch containing two live performances. The tapes were restored by Motörhead collaborator Cameron Webb at Maple Studios in California and mastered by Andrew Alekel at Bolskine House in Los Angeles. The lost album is part of Motörhead's 50th anniversary celebrations. Late frontman Lemmy Kilmister is set to receive a statue in his hometown of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent as part of the milestone celebrations and to mark the 10th anniversary of his passing on December 28, 2015, aged 70.
Daily Mirror
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Billy Idol refuses to look or act his age ahead of milestone birthday
The singer, who is about to embark on a world tour, talks being an 80s legend, his near death experience and why he'll always go 'beyond what people expect' despite his age It is more than 40 years since Billy Idol stormed out of the punk scene and on to worldwide fame, with his bleach-blond spikes, flashy swagger and signature snarl. And he's still sneering, rocking, and rebelling - even if these days that means refusing to accept that, for someone turning 70 this year, he should be acting his age. It's why the release this week of his ninth studio album, Dream Into It - Billy's first full-length album of new music in over a decade - could be considered an act of rebellion in itself. The irrepressible rocker is also getting ready to embark on an extensive two-leg North American tour, beginning on Wednesday, with a European leg between June and July. And he doesn't seem to have lost any of his famous rebellious spirit or rock'n'roll energy. READ MORE: Joanna Lumley reveals her strangest diva demands from food ban to dealing with secret phobia Last year, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of hit album Rebel Yell, Billy belted out the title track while perched on the top of the Empire State Building - wearing the same black leathers, chunky silver necklace and porcupine peroxide hair that made him an 80s icon. And last week Billy - a grandad-of-two - posted a photo of himself on X, bare chest on show under a ripped T-shirt, alongside pop-punk princess Avril Lavigne, who features on his new single, 77, writing: 'Two generations of rebellion.' Released this week, 77 has stormed to No1 in the US iTunes rock chart, and reached the top 5 in most countries around the world, while the singer's new album looks set to be his most successful since the height of his fame. His YouTube channel, meanwhile, passed the million-subscriber mark earlier this week, with the singer proudly showing off his Gold Button plaque on social media. It has been a lifetime of defying both etiquette and expectations which began in Stanmore, north London, in November 1955, as William Broad, the son of a power tool salesman died and a surgical nurse mum. The young William went to church with his parents and attended Cub Scouts, but as a teen he was obsessed with music. He remembered: 'The first thing I did in front of an audience was read from the Bible in church. But I rebelled against all of that. 'I wasn't trying hard at school, and eventually, between the ages of 14 and 16, my dad didn't talk to me for a couple of years. I had really long hair and he couldn't stand it. What I liked about the music scene was that it gave you a sense of freedom. It was just so alive, as opposed to your parents who were still so fuddy-duddy.' In 1976 Billy, who had enrolled in a philosophy with literature degree at Sussex University, told his parents he was quitting the course after just a year to join a punk rock group. 'My parents were always going on about getting qualifications. They didn't even know what a punk rock group was, let alone what it meant to join one,' he recalled. The band, newly-formed retro-rock group Chelsea, in which Billy, who joined as a guitarist, used his stage name Billy Idol - coined after a chemistry teacher described him as 'idle' on a school report card - and dyed his hair blonde. After a few weeks he left and co-founded Generation X, one of the first punk bands to appear on Top of the Pops. The band released six singles and two albums that made the UK charts, but it was after they disbanded in 1981 that turned him into a megastar stateside. Moving to the US that same year, the chart success of White Wedding and Dancing with Myself, from his first solo album - along with his cartoonishly bad-boy roguishness - made him a poster boy for the newly-launched MTV and the dawn of the music video age. His second album, Rebel Yell, which sold 2million copies, and singles such as Eyes Without a Face which reached No4 in the US, established the bad boy rocker as one of the biggest stars of the Second British Invasion, alongside bands like Duran Duran, Wham! and Culture Club. But fame also nearly destroyed him. In his autobiography Dancing With Myself the singer remembered how, at the height of his 80s success, his life consisted of 'never-ending broads and bikes, plus a steady diet of pot, cocaine, ecstasy, smack, opium, Quaaludes, and reds.' He said he became convinced he was 'next in line to die outside an LA nightclub or on some cold stone floor, surrounded by strangers and paparazzi'. But he recalled: 'I was having a great time. Today I can see I was on a tightrope hovering between life and death, but at the time I didn't care. I ignored the dangers.' Revealing the closest he came to death, in 1984, the same year that singles Rebel Yell and Flesh For Fantasy were topping charts around the world, he said he snorted five lines of a 'strong Persian brown heroin' before everything went black and he realised he was dying. While his friends frantically tried to save him, Billy said he was so high that he craved death, thinking, 'Let me sleep, let me dream. I don't want to be awake - I'm an emperor!' In 1988 girlfriend and Hot Gossip dancer Perri Lister gave birth to his first child, Willem Wolfe, but dumped him soon after when she caught him cheating. He had a second child a year later, daughter Bonnie Blue with 19-year-old girlfriend Linda Mathis. In 1990 Billy suffered a serious motorbike accident when he ran a stop sign on his Harley Davidson that almost caused him to lose a leg, and his fear of making his children orphans forced him to put the worst of his rock'n'rock excesses behind him. Last year Billy remembered how the accident made him 'think I should not be a drug addict anymore and stuff like. It took a long time, but gradually I did achieve some kind of discipline where I'm not really the same kind of guy as I was in the 80s.' Describing himself as 'California sober', he said: 'I can have a glass of wine every now and again. I just tell myself I can do what I want, but then I don't do it. If I tell myself I can't do anything, I want to do it. So I tell myself, 'You can do anything you like.' But I don't actually do it.' Billy, who gained US citizenship in 2018, lives in the Hollywood Hills with his long-term girlfriend, model and actress China Chow, 50, was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023. And this year the legendary rocker, who gets 11.1M monthly listeners on Spotify, is up for induction in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Asked earlier this month why he should get the fans vote, he replied with typical spunk: 'Because I'm just f***ing incredible! 'It's pretty amazing that I went from something like punk rock in England to mainstream success in the States. And then I carried on making the music, living the rock'n'roll life. I didn't stay in my lane. I took chances. I've gone beyond what people expect.'
Daily Mirror
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Billy Idol fans say 'can't believe it' as he gives career update on Good Morning Britain
Good Morning Britain viewers were all saying the same thing as they were left stunned by rock star Billy Idol's appearance On Tuesday's (22 April) instalment of Good Morning Britain, rock legend Billy Idol made an appearance, sharing updates on his latest projects with hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley via video link from Los Angeles. The 69 year old musician discussed his upcoming album, his first in over a decade, and revealed details about his forthcoming tour dates, including major UK shows. However, despite the exciting news, viewers were more captivated by Billy's youthful appearance, with many struggling to believe he's approaching his 70th birthday in November. Fans took to social media to express their amazement, with one writing: "# gmb @BillyIdol 70 next ! Looks amazing," and another agreeing, "OMG Billy looks so good for 70!" A third viewer chimed in, saying: "Can't believe @BillyIdol is 70 this year.... Looking Good, Billy," while another said: "Morning Billy! GREAT to see you - your looking AMAZING, WELL - 69 REALLY!!? Good Luck with the Tour /new album (UK)." Others showered Billy with praise, with one fan stating: "F***ing love #billyidol #gmb," and another reminiscing, "Saw Billy idol years ago at Milton Keynes bowl supporting Bon Jovi. Absolutely brilliant and worth seeing #gmb." During the interview, Billy shared an update on his new music, revealing: "I've got a new album coming out April 25th, Dream Into It. I've got three duets on the album. "Joan Jett's on Wildside, I've known her since 1978, after a Dead Kennedys concert. Alison Mosshart's on John Wayne, she's got this incredible voice, and Avril Lavigne on 77 - which came out today!" He also thanked his loyal fanbase, saying: "I'm just really lucky I've got killer fans who really care about what I do, and they've stuck by me through thick and thin. Hopefully, the music I make has kept them interested. I'm coming to England in June to play Milton Keynes and Wembley. It's getting bigger!" Another milestone is his long-awaited first nomination for entry into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, reports the Manchester Evening News. "I was part of Ozzy's induction last year, I really enjoyed it. It's a great night, fantastic night. I've loved rock and roll since I was seven years old, and even just the thought of being in something with Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, it's pretty amazing, let alone everybody else," he said on GMB. Billy added: "I really love this music, it's an amazing honour. You also get the chance to thank your fans directly that night. Let's see what happens! Steve Stevens, my guitar player, is going to get in with me. If we get in, yeah!"
