The population of Hyderabad is around 1 Crore. About 6% of them proved to be jokers by coming on to the roads for no valid reasons. Yes, 6.13 lakh lockdown violation cases were booked in a span of 1 month only in Hyderabad. Usually, the majority of people follow the rules. They think that all […]
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Why Revenue Flows At The Cost Of Public Health Between Liquor Shops And Alcoholism?
We need to ask ourselves this question, why people are ready to risk their lives without fearing the pandemic to satisfy their addiction? After the relaxation of rules amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, the country witnessed thousands crowding in front of liquor shops across the country, deliberately violating the social distancing norms and mocking the […]
Is Hyderabad Heading For An Exit Or For Lockdown 3.0?
Telangana must bite the bullet and end the complete lockdown, instead of focusing on areas where the COVID-19’s prevalence is high. It opted for an extension of the lockdown and the Centre went along with it. Put differently, the Centre extended it and complied. In Telangana, the 30 districts, 12 have below five cases, nine […]
Inside Rohingya Refugee Camps Fears Of Covid Spread And Religious Scapegoating
Indian Home Ministry directive to screen Rohingyas had more to do with suspected Tablighi Jamaat link than concern over their living conditions. Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Hyderabad are at high risk for contracting Covid-19, as they live in cramped habitations and have limited access to public healthcare, activists say. Three weeks after the Centre […]
An ‘Eerie Ride’ On Hyderabad’s Empty Roads During Lockdown
Can we speed? Shall we speed? Is this the turn? Should I stop at the signal? Empty roads will have you questioning yourself at every corner. I always make it a point to be at the office during national holidays. To be honest, it is the joy of driving on relatively traffic-free roads that mostly […]
Poor Hyderabad Residents ‘Without Ration Cards’ Fear ‘Hungry Days’ Ahead
Many people in Hyderabad are started starving due to non-availability of ration and food in remote areas. Several families, residing as migrant workers or poor without ration cards and a section of lower middle class people applied for ration card and not yet received since years are facing hunger during this lockdown period. As a […]
Hyderabad Sex Workers ‘Starving’ In Lockdown Without Income
Hyderabad waits with bated breath for May 7 —the day the extended lockdown is supposed to end. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the virus, has brought in its wake economic upheaval and financial predicaments. For one of the most marginalized communities, that already lives on the […]
No ‘Haleem’ During Ramzan Month Due To Covid Pandemic In Hyderabad
Casting a gloom over the festive season of Ramzan, Hyderabadis will have to forgo their yearly ritual of relishing the lip-smacking dish of haleem this year, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Haleem Makers’ Association, an association of haleem making hotels and food joints in Hyderabad, has taken a unanimous decision not to prepare the […]
#Covid Scare Rescinded Offered Jobs, Professionals Fear Unemployed Future Ahead
Professional networking platform LinkedIn is flooded with soon-to-be graduates seeking internships and job opportunities. While this is common around the month of April, just before students and graduates finish a school year, this year, nearly all these posts have one common theme – an initial internship or job offer that has now been rescinded. “I […]
Why Companies Are Giving ‘Too Much Work’ For ‘Working From Home’ In Hyderabad?
“Between the mountain of deliverables set by my company and the looming pile of dishes I need to wash at home, I don’t know which challenge is larger,” says 28-year-old Advaith, who works at an FMCG company in Hyderabad. From March 20, this young professional, like many others, has had to work from home. But […]