Why Lathi-Wielding RSS Men ‘Checking Vehicles’ In Telangana?

The big question during lockdown arises why RSS men interfering the government duties. And why the government is become speechless on this act. Several questions boggling the minds and no proper clarification came out yet. Many photographs of lathi-wielding activists belonging to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) manning a check post in Telangana sparked outrage […]

Sudden Shortage Of ‘Hydroxycholoroquine’ Forcing Doctors To Make ‘Tough Choices’ In Telangana

Many doctors in Telangana said that they currently have no choice but to give priority to rheumatoid arthritis and lupus patients who need the medicine the most. For the past couple of weeks, Srinivasulu, a 50-year-old school teacher in Jagtial district, has been trying desperately to find tablets of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the anti-malaria drug that […]

Why ‘Nurses’ In Hyderabad Given ‘Lowest Priority’ In #COVID Hospitals?

In Telangana government-run Gandhi Hospital, nurses who were asked to quarantine themselves for two weeks after treating Covid-19 patients have been provided accommodation in the same building that houses both infected patients as well as those displaying symptoms. Noting that the pandemic is seeing a “persisting and ever escalating spread” the United Nurses Association pointed […]

#Corona Shutdown Likely To Get Extended After April 14 Deadline In Telangana

Government sources indicate that the shutdown may not just end on April 14 itself, as initially planned. PM Narendra Modi is believed to have told Chief Ministers that it is a long drawn battle. In what can be seen as a confirmation of the same, Telangana CM KCR hints in his recent meetings with state […]

Why Govt Delays To Provide Doctors ‘Protective Gear’ And PPE In #Corona Hospitals?

The Modi government delayed framing proper guidelines and standards for the manufacture of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) — meant for health workers and first responders treating coronavirus patients — in India. The delay is one of the reasons that health workers in India are now facing a severe shortage in high quality protective suits, the […]

Have Tablighi Jamaat Members Misbehaved Or Stripped In Front Of Hospital Nurses?

News appeared in social media that hospital in charge in Ghaziabad hospital has complained to the police authorities of unruly and disgraceful behavior on the part of some Tableeghi jamat members from the Nizamuddin Markaz admitted for diagnosis. The news explained the disgraceful behavior as it said that the Tableeghi members indulged in undressing and […]

Tableeghi Jamaat Attendees ‘Fear Ostracisation’ As Thousands Quarantined Across South India

Over two days on March 30 and 31st, state police, intelligence officers and the health departments of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu raced to trace and quarantine thousands of people who attended a religious meeting in Delhi’s Nizamuddin neighbourhood, after a number of cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, […]

Why Slums In Hyderabad Are Struggling With Hunger, Unable To Get Govt Relief Aid?

During the COVID-19 lockdown period many slums in Hyderabad are struggling with hunger and government welfare aid due to not having white ration cards to some residents and heavy corruption process in the public distribution system. Chotta Ram says he does not have a ration card and so when the Telangana government promised 12 kg […]

Why KCR Offered Telangana’s ‘360 Degree Citizen Tracking System’ To Modi Govt?

The Telangana state government offered to help the Modi government build an intrusive, searchable system to build and track 360-degree profiles of India’s 1.2 billion residents without having to rely on Aadhaar, documents reviewed by #KhabarLive establish. On October 19, 2018, Jayesh Ranjan, Telangana’s Principal Secretary of Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, told his counterpart […]

‘Smart-Locking’ In Telangana Has Political Will, Resources For Shut Down To Combat ‘Coronavirus’ Spread

Currently, the cases and clusters in Telangana are simple spreaders which means an infected person with normal infectivity. But COVID 19 can also have a “super spreader”, which means an infected person with high infectivity who can infect hundreds in no time. Currently, Telangana has entered Stage 2 of the COVID 19 epidemic, but can […]