Is Your ‘Office Job’ Destroying Your Health And Fitness?

The stress, long hours, and sedentary nature of your modern office job are sucking the life out of you – literally. And it’s not just the tight deadlines, stress-eaten doughnuts, and sneezing coworkers that are doing you in. Even your keyboard can be out to get you. From the printer to your supervisor, the dangers […]

Ailing ‘Congress Party’ On The ‘Death Bed’ In Telangana!

The Congress party, which has been completely wiped out of Andhra Pradesh in the last five years, is now on the verge of extinct even in Telangana. The party, which won 19 out of 119 assembly seats in the 2018 December assembly elections, has already been reduced to a small group with just six MLAs, […]

The Story Behind The ‘Women Contract Employees Sexual Harrasment And Terminated Saga’ In NIFT Hyderabad

In an unprecedented move, fifty six women housekeeping staffers at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Hyderabad are staring at a bleak future, after the institute fired them and want new replacements to be sent by the agency they belong to. This comes after the women complained about sexual harassment by one of the […]

Why ‘Banks’ Are Giving ‘Loans’ To ‘Risky Customers’ With ‘Low’ Credit Scores?

Getting an unsecured personal loan has become easier than ever in India. Lending practices have eased over the past two or three years, experts say, due to three reasons: more banks pursuing retail customers as corporate loans turn soar, proliferation of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and the advent of online lending platforms (fintech companies) catering […]

Several ‘Birds Fall’ From Sky And Died As Severe ‘Heat Waves’ Rattles Hyderabad

Severity of summer has taken a toll not only on human beings but also avian life with temperatures soaring up to 45 degrees or even 47 degrees C in some pockets of the city of Hyderabad. Lack of spaces to perch and rest causing them to collapse or, worse, drop down dead. Calls for rescue […]

India’s Drug Problem And The Rising Health Care Cost

What if I told you there was a way to reduce household out of pocket expenditure by about 70% and catastrophic expenditure by 60-70% through merely an improvement in operational efficiency? India has made tremendous strides in life expectancy, maternal and infant mortality rates and HIV prevalence. However, we are now battling with both infectious […]

Water Scarcity Worst-Hit In ‘Slums’, Still Unable To Get Sufficient ‘Drinking Water’ In Hyderabad

Summer season came and gone but the water scarcity still dominates Hyderabad. The worst-case are slum-dwellers. The KCR government promised safe drinking water, Mission Bhageeratha but till time nothing happened, everything remained in promises only.  It’s 3 am at BS Maqtha, a densely populated slum in the heart of Hyderabad, just a stone’s throw away […]

Swiggy In Hyderabad Witnessed A Delivery Agents ‘Blackout’ For Payment Issues

A section of food delivery executives of Swiggy in Hyderabad are protesting over a reduction in payment scale. The food delivery executives allege that payment scale was changed without any intimation from the management to the employees. Scores of delivery executives are staying away from service as part of the protest. About 200 delivery executives […]

Filthy Water, Unbearable Stench And Dumpyard Plagues Residents Of Peerancheruvu In Hyderabad

A pungent smell hangs in the air at Peerancheruvu on the outskirts of Hyderabad as one passes through a massive dumpyard. The stench is so strong that many need to cover their nose and mouths as they walk past. This is the situation for hundreds of locals who reside here. When authorities allegedly burn the […]

The Plight Of Lawyers And Advocates At ‘Amaravati High Court’ In Andhra Pradesh

It was an out-of-the-blue Presidential order that announced the formation of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on January 1, 2019. This gave High Court lawyers from both the Telugu states very little time to prepare and set their affairs in order before the court was shifted out of Hyderabad to Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh. Close […]