The sudden disruption of OTP services hampered the banking, E-commerce and Aadhar services, many suffered from transactions, payments, biometric and payment processes. Lakhs of mobile phone users continue to face disruption in receiving one-time-passwords (OTP) after Telecom companies on Monday, 8 March initiated the implementation of Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR), impacting a […]
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Why ‘Generic’ Medicines Being Sold As ‘Branded’ In Telangana?
The owners of several medical shops are exploiting the sale of generic drugs under the guise of branded drugs. Retailers make about 18 to 20 per cent profits of selling branded drugs, and make 70 to 200 per cent of profits selling generic drugs. This is a common practice in Telangana without any governance or […]
Many Dishoused People With Mental Illness Living On The Brink
Beyond this silhouette, however, is an individual surviving in an alternate reality, with a sense of impending doom, largely oblivious to the present, and it to her. A speeding vehicle hits her and rambles on, leaving her injured in the corner, too weak to scream. Limping her way across to a somewhat safe location, she […]
Why ‘Aasra Pensions’ For 1.89 Lakhs Beneficiaries Not Received Since Last 2-Years In Telangana?
The Aasara pension scheme was introduced to lend a helping hand to senior citizens who fall in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category, Persons with Disabilities (PwD), widows, weavers, single women and HIV patients in the State. A total of 1,88,876 beneficiaries in Telangana have not received their Aasra pension at least for the past two […]
Why Hospitals Using Middlemen To Recruit Volunteers For Covid-Vaccine Clinical Trials?
The demand for volunteers is high because more than half a dozen vaccines are at various trial stages and they are competing to finish the trial as early as possible. Hospitals are allegedly hiring middlemen and agents for arranging volunteers for clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccines. Pharmaceutical companies are roping in various hospitals for trials […]
Deadly ‘Protection Money Mafia’ Is On Prowl In Hyderabad
The Protection money mafia or ‘Mamool mafia’ or ‘Hafta Vasool mafia’, operating around Hyderabad is back, almost immediately after the street side hawkers returned for business. The local Goons and pahelwans are back to extorting ‘mamools’ or protection money from hawkers while the shop-keepers too step in to imposing and collecting a little ‘fee’ for allowing […]
Sheer ‘Bias’ Allegations On Hyderabad Cricket Association In ‘Player Selections’
The sheer injustice in cricket selection in Hyderabad Cricket Association makes young talented cricketers angry and parents, club secretaries stage protest alleging bias in selection of teams for various categories at Gymkhana grounds in Secunderabad. ‘Baap ki jagir hai’? (Is it their father’s property?). An angry Mohammed Azeem Ali, father of an aggrieved cricketer Junaid […]
What Made Legendary Player ‘Wasim Jaffer’ To Quit Uttarakhand Cricket?
Culture of cricket on both sides of the border suggested itself at this stage as a theme because of the shocking developments in Uttarakhand Cricket. Coach Wasim Jaffer, a legendary batsman (no one in cricketing history has scored over 19,000 runs in first class cricket) resigned from his job, harried by allegations of “communal bias” […]
‘KCR Ko Ghussa Kyun Aata Hai?’
Chief Minister KCR was interrupted during a speech in Nagarjuna Sagar in Telangana and lost his cool when some people allegedly tried to create a commotion. Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao lost his cool while he was in Nagarjuna Sagar to seek votes for the upcoming bye-poll. KCR, who was interrupted during his speech, lost […]
Why International Space Station Riddled With ‘Bacteria’ Or Germs?
The International Space Station is inhabited with microbes – bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa – but that is actually a good thing. The International Space Station is ‘filled with germs’. The NASA study which found that some bacterial pathogens, including Actinobacteria – often associated with human skin – are thriving in the station, 248 miles above the […]