According #KhabarLive sources, grounds where cockfights are going to be organised are ready for heavy betting during Sankranti festival in Andhra Pradesh. Whatever the protestations of revenue and police departments for past 20 days, curtains are going up for massive gambling throughout the state coinciding with 2022’s Bhogi on Friday, Sankranti on Saturday and Kanuma […]
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Quack Treatment And Self-Medications Making Covid Patients ‘Careless’ In Hyderabad
Covid third wave is already infected many and people of Hyderabad are not going to hospitals even after testing positive and undergoing self medications or visiting quackers. Although the government has urged the public not to self-medicate, citizens are not approaching doctors and are rushing to drug stores to buy medicines for self-treatment. People are […]
Why ‘Expired’ Covaxin Being Offered to ‘Kids’ During Vax Drive?
The lack of transparency and data has made parents wary of ‘expired’ vaccine doses in spite of government clarification. On 3 January, India started offering COVID-19 vaccines to children between the ages of 15 and 18 years. The government had also issued a statement saying that, at the moment, only Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin would be […]
’Bulli Bai’ Cyber Violence Combined With Islamophobia In Hyderabad
The ‘Bulli Bai’ app controversy, the latest in a series of such attempts over the last few months at shaming and objectifying outspoken Muslim women in the public sphere, has brought to the fore again the need for reform in the legal mechanism to deal with the harassment of women online in India through foreign-based […]
New Year Gift For Indian Muslim Women ‘Bulli Bai’
Bulli Bai is the new year gift to Indian Muslim women. Many Muslim women woke up to January 1 2022 to find their photos uploaded on a social media app called Bulli Bai on an online hosting platform called GitHub. This is the second attempt by unidentified people to auction Muslim women on social media. […]
Why Omicron Caution Thrown To Wind In Hyderabad?
Despite the Omicron variant scare and alertness of the health authorities, widespread adherence to Covid safety protocols in the older parts of the city seems to be missing. A visit to different areas within the erstwhile ‘Walled City’ points out how casually the citizens have been taking the directives of the administration on the Covid-19 […]
Are ‘Anees-Ul-Ghurba Orphanage’ Inmates Trafficked In Hyderabad?
The 100-year old Anees-ul-Ghurba, the oldest orphanage in Hyderabad is under the control of wrong people and corrupt authorities. Recently, when the authorities’ failure to provide details on a RTI query about the inmates, activists have raised a pitch. In the era of Nizam’s rule of erstwhile Hyderabad State, constituted the orphanage under the government […]
Why Private School Teacher ‘Stripped’ Dalit Girl Student During Exams In Hyderabad?
In a shocking incident a scheduled tribe (dalit) girl student of a renowned private school was stripped during the examination by a invigilating teacher on the tip of copying from mobile phone. This incident came late into limelight as victim and her mother seek justice for the heinous crime. The incident occurred in September, where […]
Black Fungus Epidemic Spreading Through Hospital Air-Conditioning In India, Experts Reveal
During the research, speculation had centred around the possible role of oxygen cylinders and humidifiers. But the evidence points elsewhere. Last year, when microbiologists and infectious disease experts in India first noticed signs of a fungal mold mushrooming as a secondary infection in Covid-19 patients. Caused by a fungus named mucorales, it was a rare […]
Hyderabad’s Petlaburj Maternity Hospital – A Den For Corrupt Staff
Corruption is rampant in all government hospitals in Hyderabad where they squeeze the gullible patients, and their attendants with a heavy price.Bribe giving has become a new normal in government hospitals. It’s almost impossible to get treatment without paying bribes. In the wake of the Niloufer Hospital incident, there are many complaints being received in […]