Boozers, Smokers And Ghutka Chewers Are Facing Nightmares During Curfew Lockdown In Hyderabad

A section of people are experiencing nightmare like situation for exhausting the stock of liquor in their homes. The high end people in cities are trying to get in touch with some friendly cops and asking them to get some brands from star hotel and pub owners around. Though the pubs are closed, assuming that […]

Why Govt ‘Pandemic Strategy’ Is Disaster Not Health Oriented?

Why is the Government of India so keenly escalating lockdown while not front-ending testing, mask availability, chemical and sanitizer availability, provisioning of beds and the availability of high-end equipment, ICU beds, and other such issues? What makes GOI strategy so different from that say of the US or many other countries? The key to understanding […]

Why ‘Journalists’ And ‘Doctors’ Harassed by Hyderabad Police During Curfew Time?

Despite journalists, doctors, nurses, and health workers being exempted from the state lockdown as they are enlisted under ‘essential services’ by the Telangana government, several reports have emerged of them being attacked by the police on the first day of curfew. Curfew has been imposed in the state from 7 pm to 6 am as […]

Crazy People Violate Covid-19 Lockdown, Throng Streets In Telugu States

Notwithstanding the lockdown announced by both Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in their respective states till March 31, people of the two Telugu states seem to have gone mad. Though both the chief minister made a strong appeal to the people not come on the […]

‘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 […]

Is ‘Puranapul Darwaza’ – A Symbol Of ‘Ganga-Jamuni Culture’ Losing Sheen In Hyderabad?

Hyderabad city is known for many stone walls, which were brought down during the Mughal conquest. There were new ones constructed in their place during the Qutub Shahi rule. Many of these walls were destroyed during the Musi floods in the year 1908 and Puranapul Darwaza is one such wall that had survived. aIt was […]

‘They Still Die In Labour Room With Pain’

The rural women still die in labour room with pain due to impoverished hardships during pregnancy and childbirth. The facilities and expertise also plays a major role in these mortalities. Renuka was admitted to a district hospital in Telangana three days before her child was born. The hospital staff was ill-mannered, she says, and gave […]

Don’t Sell ‘Coronavirus Masks’ At ‘Exorbitant Cost’ Telangana Govt Warns Medical Shops

After lot of uproar on social media on high rates selling of Coronavirus masks in Hyderabad. Telangana Health Ministry initiated to conduct raids on stores to ensure that the sale of masks isn’t hiked. The clear warning notice issued to all medical outlets in the state. Telangana Health Minister Etala Rajender announced a crackdown on […]

‘Secret Tests’ At Many ‘Sex Determination’ Clinics In Hyderabad

A pregnant woman, who was part of a decoy operation, went to Jyothi Reproductive Health Care Centre, Ameerpet, and discreetly enquired whether she could know the sex of her unborn child. She was willing to pay any price. The hospital assigned two ‘aayahs’ (workers) to take care of her. The duo summoned an auto to […]

How Historic Musi River ‘Being Encroached’ In Hyderabad?

Armed with satellite images of the Musi River in Hyderabad over a period of five years between 2014 and 2019, a social activist wrote to the Chief Justice of Telangana Raghavendra Singh Rathore seeking his intervention to save the river from encroachment. Satellite images show how over the course of a few years the dumping […]