A birthday party, a cricket match, a wedding, an engagement party, and a near-complete disdain for social distancing. Gollala Mamidada, a village of 19,000 residents in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district, paid a heavy price for its continued violation of the Covid-19 lockdown, with two families losing loved ones to the disease. Of the over […]
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Desperate Jobless ‘Private School Teachers’ Struggling To Survive With ‘Menial Jobs’ In Telangana
Teachers are treated on par with our parents and those teachers are now struggling to survive without jobs and money. They are doing menial jobs in the society as the schools are closed and their jobs too. This scenario is more worst in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana state. A few months ago, P […]
Suicide Desparation Mayhem Makes Telangana Police Calls For Help Busy
Those who could not cope up with all-pervasive fear and the resultant anxiety, panic or depression are unfortunately taking it upon themselves – sometimes even putting an end to their lives. Here comes Rachakonda Police Service on phone to counsel and rescue the desparates in Hyderabad. Since the lockdown, the issue of mental disturbances has […]
The Story Of Vanishing ‘Covid Patients’ And Dissappearing ‘Covid Corpses’ At Gandhi Hospital In Hyderabad
This is the story of COVID patients and dead bodies ‘gone missing’ from Hyderabad’s top state-run Gandhi Hospital in recent months. As many as 5 COVID patients and 10 dead bodies have ‘gone missing’ from Hyderabad top state-run COVID designated hospitals in the recent months, suggesting large scale illegal trafficking of human bodies, an RTI […]
Covid Lockdown Makes Hyderabadi ‘Artisans And Craftsmen’ In Deep Crisis
In the crowded lanes of Aman Nagar slum about two kilometres from the historic Charminar in Hyderabad, Sartaj Ali sits idly in front of his one-room house for work. Aged 32 years and a native of Bihar, Ali has been living in the housing cluster for the last three years along with his wife and […]
They Still Die With ‘Sepsis’ During ‘Child Birth’ In The Labour Room
Did you know that women can die during one of the most joyous events of their lives? Losing a young, fit and healthy woman during pregnancy and childbirth can be devastating for her loved ones. Maternal death, as this is called, refers to the death of a woman while she is pregnant or within 42 […]
Is Hyderabad’s ‘Rising Covid Bubble’ Ready To Burst?
The KCR govt is not allowing private labs to conduct tests. The state itself only tests symptomatic patients, creating much concern about the Covid situation in Telangana. As an instance of troublesome experiences, one, Suchita Kodati, a resident of Hyderabad, has been stressed since her parents, Prabhakar Rao and Rama Rao, returned from the US […]
Why Govt Hospitals Crowded Out-Patient Areas Becoming ‘Covid Hotspots’ In Hyderabad?
There is a constant flurry of activity as one enters the Outpatient Block of the state-run Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad. Right at the end of a dimly-lit corridor near the entrance, doctors and nurses are seen moving in and out. ‘COVID-19’, a piece of paper stuck on the door declares. This is one […]
‘Corporate School’ Teachers Strugglling To Do ‘Anything’ To ‘Save The Job’ In Andhra Pradesh
Vexed with the attitude of private school managements through the COVID-19 lockdown, private school teachers have sought help from the government to save and secure thier jobs in Andhra Pradesh. Private school chains in Andhra Pradesh, often colloquially called “corporate schools”, have allegedly failed to pay full salaries to their teaching and non-teaching staff during […]
The ‘Dirty Politics’ Behind ‘Auction Of Properties’ Donated To ‘Tirupati Temple’ In Andhra Pradesh
The fracas around the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam’s (TTD) auction lays bare the contradictions between the ritual renunciation of wealth by shrine’s devotees and the staggering wealth and hardball political intrigue behind one of India’s most famous temple trusts. As the topic gets more Focussed with the stance of a devotee. One day in December in […]