Instances of young lives, which have hardly seen a few summers, being crushed to an end by speeding or erratically driven vehicles is on the rise in the city of Hyderabad. In fact, this January witnessed 11 children in the age group of 6 years to 10 years losing their lives in different road accidents. […]
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Where Is Modi Govt’s Financial Inclusion Of ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’ With Poor India?
The BJP government published an infographic on the 48-months portal that makes three claims about the Jan Dhan Yojana. This article is a fact check of these claims. What is the Jan Dhan Yojana? According to the official website, ‘the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion encompassing an […]
Heavy Rush At ‘Wine Shops’ Makes Commuters To Crawl At Hyderabad Roads
Traffic jams a regular affair mainly during peak hours and now the crowded wine shops are despised not only for selling liquor that often leads to road accidents, but also for adding to motorists’ woes by bringing traffic to a halt on quite a few stretches in Hyderabad. As dusk nears, the stretches where wine […]
Why Several ‘Non-Cadre Officers’ Promoted Against ‘AIS Cadre Officers’ In Telangana Govt Key Posts?
The trend on the rise across States, and Telangana is no exception in this unbeuracratic behavour towards government employees on top positioms. A strange situation is prevailing in Telangana. When several IAS and IPS cadre officers are waiting for postings or those in ‘loop line’ posts are looking for ‘better’ assignments, they are being filled […]
TRS Supremo KCR To Offer Cash-For-Vote In MLC Elections In Telangana?
Telangana Rashtra Samithi supremo and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been targeting his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu in the cash-for-vote case of 2015, in which the latter allegedly tried to buy the vote of a nominated MLC to secure victory for the TDP candidate in the MLC elections. But, going by the […]
Deadly Consequenses Ahead As India’s 2-Million-Tonne ‘E-Waste Recycling’ Works
India generates more than two million tonnes of e-waste annually, and also imports undisclosed amounts of e-waste from other countries from around the world – including Australia. The world produces 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) per year, according to a recent UN report, but only 20% is formally recycled. Much of […]
Niloufer Hospital Duty Doctor Attacked By Patient Attendants After 10-Month Baby Dies From Malnutrition And Gastrointestinal Disease In Hyderabad
In another case of an attack on hospital staff, a post-graduate junior doctor at the Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad was attacked by an infant’s relative after the 10-month-old passed away suffering from protein-energy malnutrition and acute gastroenteritis on Friday. The incident came to light after the police filed a case and the accused was taken […]
‘Child Labour’ Rescued From ‘Brick Kiln’ In Hyderabad Despite Stringent Laws
As many as 13 children were rescued from brick kilns in the outskirts of Hyderabad on Tuesday, many of these children were adolescents above the age of 14. Labour Department officials say, there could be cases of bonded labour at the brick kiln but require the Revenue Department to assess if the workers are paid […]