The pandemic has caused a lot of unexpected damage to various aspects of human life. According to a UN report published in April, the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to an extra 13 million child marriages over the next decade. Other estimates suggest that four million girls are at risk of child marriage in the next […]
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Why Telangana Govt Failed To Handle ‘Covid-19 Muddle’ And Facing Flak?
Doctors, Epidemiologists, and researchers point out that Telangana now needs to enforce a comprehensive preventive strategy to arrest the transmission of the disease. But the sign of action from government is very blurring to see and clarification statements making noise all over. Recently, the Telangana government transferred out the Special Chief Secretary Health A Santi […]
Hyderabad’s Historic Osmania General Hospital Flooded With Heavy Rains
It was a flood-like situation in the over a century old hospital with the employees struggling to prevent the water from entering the building in Hyderabad. Rain and drainage water entered into state-run Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad, turning the oldest and one of the biggest healthcare facilities in Telangana into a cesspool. It was […]
How Pandemic Deprived ‘Urdu Literature Admirers’ Disturbed Rudely?
The Carona pandemic made the world with its impact miserably unorganized. The Discussions and debates, critiques and readings, held at haunts of Urdu books and writing around the country have been interrupted rudely. In Hyderabad – A writer recounted similar thoughts after the death of noted Urdu satirist Mujtaba Hussain in Hyderabad on May 27. […]
As Uncertainty Looms On Education, ‘Child Marriages’ On Rise In Telangana
Recently, Medchal district officials in Telangana received a distress call about a minor girl who was coerced into marrying a man aged around 30. The officials promptly stopped the illegal wedding, and after counselling, the girl was sent to a shelter. This is one of the over 200 cases of child marriage being stopped by […]
‘Covid Victim’ – ‘Lonelier End’ At Crematorium
Recently, I posted on social media a few photographs of the cremation of a Covid-19 victim at the electric crematorium in Hyderabad. The comments my post evoked were surprising and unsettling. Quite a few comments from close friends were the refrain: ‘Wow! Be careful’ One response asked, with genuine banality, ‘What possessed you to photograph […]
Why TRS Leaders Are ‘So Irresponsible’ As Home Minister Mahmoud Ali Other MLAs Gets Covid-19 Positive?
It looks like the ruling TRS leaders are caring a damn for the fast spreading of Coronavirus across the state, particularly in Hyderabad, notwithstanding the fact that none other than state home minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali also contracted the dreaded virus. The home minister was admitted to a corporate hospital in Hyderabad after he tested […]
Doctors Removed Oxygen From Ventilator Of A Covid Patient, Dies In Hyderabad
A coronavirus patient had alleged that doctors at the Government Chest Hospital in Hyderabad removed his Oxygen support soon before he died. The alleged incident happened on Friday night but came to light on Sunday after a video of the man was widely shared on social media. HEARTBREAKING: “Can’t breathe, they removed the ventilator. It’s […]
World Famous ‘Ramoji Film City’ Rented To Hotstar-Disney In Hyderabad
Has Telugu media moghul and Eenadu group chairman Ch Ramoji Rao also fallen victim to the financial crisis arising out of the lockdown enforced to contain the Coronavirus? We have been hearing about how Hyderabad’s media baron Ramoji Rao had resorted to cost-cutting exercises in Eenadu, one of the largest circulated dailies in the country […]
The Story Of Vanishing ‘Covid Patients’ And Dissappearing ‘Covid Corpses’ At Gandhi Hospital In Hyderabad
This is the story of COVID patients and dead bodies ‘gone missing’ from Hyderabad’s top state-run Gandhi Hospital in recent months. As many as 5 COVID patients and 10 dead bodies have ‘gone missing’ from Hyderabad top state-run COVID designated hospitals in the recent months, suggesting large scale illegal trafficking of human bodies, an RTI […]