While the Hindu organisation BAPS has refuted allegations of violating Dalit workers’ rights, temple workers have said that this is not a unique instance. Last week, an appalling incident of alleged trafficking of Dalit workers from India to the US came to light. Following complaints from workers involved in the construction of a temple in […]
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8 Covid Patients Die As ‘Excess Oxygen Pressure’ In TIMS, Deaths Kept Inder Wrap
At least eight patients, all in one row of beds in an intensive care unit at the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), died after a fall in pressure in the oxygen lines. There was just one lucky patient in the same row who survived in the ICU on the second floor of TIMS, thanks […]
Hundreds Of Ventilators Are Lying Unattended In Hyderabad Hospitals
Many ventilators provided by the PM Cares fund need small repairs but as the government hospital lack staff and technicians ventilators and other medical supplies not being able to be put to use and eventually turning waste. Lack of staff and technicians in several government hospitals in Telangana is creating a serious situation of stocked […]
Why Covid Positive Tribal Girl From Telangana Allegedly Forced To Isolate In Jowar Fields?
In an inhuman situation, a tribal girl spent two weeks isolating herself in a make-shift tent in her family’s jowar field in Telangana region. For 13 days, an intermediate student in Telangana’s Adilabad district was allegedly forced to isolate herself in a make-shift tent after she tested positive for the novel coronavirus. It is alleged […]
No Salaries Since 13 Months For Ambedkar Open University Staff In Andhra Pradesh
The 72 study centres and 13 regional coordination centres of the open university are functioning in Andhra Pradesh with funding from the state government and getting no salaries since an year above. Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University staff and academic councillors, including contract employees, have not been paid their salaries for the past 13 months […]
Why Glendale Academy Issued TC To Class IX Student During Pandemic In Hyderabad?
In what is seen as ‘terror tactics’ adopted by a city based school, authorities of Glendale Academy, Bandlaguda in Hyderabad gave Transfer Certificate (TC), allegedly without any reason, to a Class IX student just because her parents, presently down with Covid-19, had questioned the school authorities’ wisdom in barring students from online classes. The parents […]
Nightmare For Junior Colleges With ‘Mensurating Girls’ In Telugu States
Presuming menstruation is an excuse, most colleges commit human rights violations, and the government needs to step up. Around 13 years ago, Sowmya, who grew up in Kakinada, was a student at a junior college in Guntur. She was a teenager, studying intermediate (class 11 and 12) while staying at a hostel, away from her […]
Many Women DJs Are Struggling To Survive In Pandemic
Everything has turned black and white in the DJ industry, with nightclubs & bars shut down; it’s a hard time for the artists, organizers, and performers who are struggling to survive the pandemic. The lockdowns imposed since March affected the DJ business drastically. Women artists were affected far worse. “Unfortunately this year, there’s not much […]
‘Lumpy’ Virus Skin Disease In Cattle Creates Havoc In Telangana
Even as the coronavirus has set off a major global health emergency, another virus is threatening cattle in India. Six cows have been reported as having lumpy skin disease and all six are dead. Two cows and one calf in Chaitanyapuri and several cows from Konaseema have died. Cattle owners Laxmama and Balasubbaya from Chaitanyapuri, […]
Facebook India Apologised For Sharing Anti-Muslim Posts
As an impact of #KhabarLive report, the Facebook India executive Ankhi Das apologized to Muslim employees in the company for sharing a post on her Facebook page which called Muslims in India a “degenerate community” for whom “nothing except the purity of religion and implementation of Shariah matter”. The post had been written by a […]