Even as we learn more each day about the COVID-19 pandemic, new questions arise about how coronavirus can affect every aspect of our lives. These concerns include how to wash and disinfect clothing and how to wash our hands. However, shoes are a growing area of concern because they are points of contact in crowded […]
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Why Govt ‘Pandemic Strategy’ Is Disaster Not Health Oriented?
Why is the Government of India so keenly escalating lockdown while not front-ending testing, mask availability, chemical and sanitizer availability, provisioning of beds and the availability of high-end equipment, ICU beds, and other such issues? What makes GOI strategy so different from that say of the US or many other countries? The key to understanding […]
Amidst Lockdown ‘Disabled Senior Citizens’ Struggle For ‘Food And Essentials’ In Hyderabad
The plight of senior citizens in India is under a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus, bringing life to a standstill for many. However, for some, the situation looks even grimmer. When Rukmini Sheshagiri Rao, a singer and resident of Hyderabad was standing outside her apartment in Banjara Hills area, her […]
Why Hyderabad’s Govt Fever Hospital Covid-19 Isolation Ward Is In ‘Pathetic Condition’?
At this time of pandemic, the entire country is alert with Covid-19 positive patients, Hyderabad’s Fever Hospital is showing no concern towards Coronavirus positive patients isolation ward with completely Unhygienic conditions, no doctors, no support medical staff and no surveillance towards patients. Is this government’s apathy or negligence. A patient who has tested positive for […]
Why ‘Journalists’ And ‘Doctors’ Harassed by Hyderabad Police During Curfew Time?
Despite journalists, doctors, nurses, and health workers being exempted from the state lockdown as they are enlisted under ‘essential services’ by the Telangana government, several reports have emerged of them being attacked by the police on the first day of curfew. Curfew has been imposed in the state from 7 pm to 6 am as […]
Crazy People Violate Covid-19 Lockdown, Throng Streets In Telugu States
Notwithstanding the lockdown announced by both Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in their respective states till March 31, people of the two Telugu states seem to have gone mad. Though both the chief minister made a strong appeal to the people not come on the […]
Is ‘Janata Curfew’, A Symbol Of ‘Political Resistance’ And Weapon Against ‘Coronavirus’?
It must be said in these depressing times that Corona or COVID-19 is turning out be a great leveller. No less a person than the prime minister himself, Narendra Modi, gave the call for a ‘Janata Curfew’ in his televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, asking people to lock themselves up from 7 […]
Why Lakshmi Parvathi ‘Taken For A Ride’ In Jagan Govt In AP?
The former AP CM and TDP supremo Chandrababu’s arch rival Lakshmi Parvathi was elated when YS Jagan recognized her efforts for the party and gave her a nominated post of State’s Telugu Academy Chairman. For that post, Lakshmi Parvathi should be getting a salary of four lakh rupees a month which includes all allowances and […]
About 50000 Workers Face Serious Health Issues In ‘Illegal E-Waste Companies’ In Hyderabad
A study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy non-profit identified 20 e-waste processing units in Hyderabad operating with impunity without safeguards. These hotspots house over 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units directly and indirectly, employing over 50,000 people. The sheer scale of the violation of environmental norms highlights the failure of the system, especially […]
‘Secret Tests’ At Many ‘Sex Determination’ Clinics In Hyderabad
A pregnant woman, who was part of a decoy operation, went to Jyothi Reproductive Health Care Centre, Ameerpet, and discreetly enquired whether she could know the sex of her unborn child. She was willing to pay any price. The hospital assigned two ‘aayahs’ (workers) to take care of her. The duo summoned an auto to […]