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 […]
Category: #MyTelangana
Can Smart Electricity Meters Re-Energise Telangana’s Crumbling Power Distribution Companies?
The dusty electricity meter that records household’s power consumption is acknowledged only once a month, when an agent from the power utility arrives to take the reading and generate a bill. The process is tedious, corruption-prone, and the distribution company has to invest heavily in the manpower required to read every meter, every month. This […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Exploring The ‘Outer Ramparts’ Of Golconda Fort In Hyderabad
Hyderabad is most famous for its iconic Charminar (‘four minarets’) monument. But the Golconda Fort is where the history of the city first began. From here, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, ruler of the kingdom of Golconda, decided to build his new city on the banks of the Musi river. Explore the Outer Ramparts of Golconda […]
The ‘Dark Side’ Of The ‘Jewellery Industry’ In Hyderabad
Taking risks in business is one thing but surely the jewellers know what they are getting into since they are fully aware of the norms and rules. The recent arrest of a jeweller for a multi-crore gold scam shows how government laxity coupled with individuals’ flagrant disregard for rules allows for malpractices to thrive in […]
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 […]
A Thirsty Venomous Cobra Laps Up Water From A Bottle After A Man Rescue In Telangana
Unusual footage on #KhabarLive shows the parched snake letting a man give it a drink from a bottle. The serpent slithers up to the villagers and sticks out its tongue to take the water. Snake had been spotted in the well by a man out walking in Telangana. Heartwarming footage shows a parched cobra accepting water being […]
Hyderabad’s ‘Water Mafia’ Exposed In 100 Crore Thriving Racket!
Without any meaningful supervision and control from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) or the state government, Hyderabad’s water tanker mafia has been running an unhindered annual business of estimated Rs 100 crore plus. Unmetered supply by the GHMC to water tankers, daily theft of thousands of litres of filtered drinking water from the municipal […]