The Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s perception as a strong leader who has made timely interventions to contain the coronavirus epidemic came under the scanner when a doctors’ body alleged that his government may have underreported COVID-19 cases in the state. Doctors For Seva, a collective of private doctors based in Hyderabad, raised doubts […]
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Post Lockdown, Lakhs Of ‘Telangana Migrants’ In Gulf Await Return
Estimates suggest that post lockdown, around 2,000 migrants from Gulf countries will arrive at the RGIA at Hyderabad every day for the next 2-3 months as all are either fired or lost jobs due to #Covid crisis. Around 7.5 lakh people from the Telugu States, including 3.7 lakh from Telangana, are awaiting their return to […]
Hyderabad Sex Workers ‘Starving’ In Lockdown Without Income
Hyderabad waits with bated breath for May 7 —the day the extended lockdown is supposed to end. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the virus, has brought in its wake economic upheaval and financial predicaments. For one of the most marginalized communities, that already lives on the […]
Why Migrant Workers Starve In Lockdown As States Sit On Huge Relief Funds Collected?
The extension of India’s national lockdown till May 4 has revived concerns that the country’s migrant workers, many of whom work in the unorganised construction sector, are being pushed to the brink of destitution. A recent survey of more than 3,000 migrant construction workers conducted by Jan Sahas, an NGO, found the lockdown had robbed […]
Neglected Frontline #Covid Health Workers Need Safety Gear In Telangana
In Telangana, the worst-affected state, nurses, sanitation workers and community health workers say they do not have adequate protection from virus exposure. Fifty-one year old Daisy Rani works as a nurse at Niloufer Hospital, one of the main quarantine hospitals in Hyderabad for admitting and treating Covid-19 patients. Five doctors working here were sent into […]
Is #CoronaVirus ‘Community Transmission’ Started In Telugu States?
Despite the state governments evaluations and statements on deadly #CoronaVirus community transmission, the attack is already kicked off in Telugu States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. While Union health secretary Luv Agarwal has been saying every day that there was no community transmission of Covid-19 in the country, Telangana government’s bulletin too has bene saying […]
Mango Farmers Facing Tough ‘Marketing’ Challenge On ‘Lockdown’ Crop In Telangana
Mango yield has been low so far and due to lockdown, the king of fruits which may head towards Fruit market in Hyderabad where a sudden spike in supply and low demand could lead to more problems. It’s that time of the year when mangoes are high in demand. Mangoes from across Telangana are going […]
Dialysis Patients In Telangana Hit Hard During #Corona Lockdown
Pressure on dialysis centres at public hospitals has increasing rapidly. Getting dialysis care is proving to be a big challenge for patients during the coronavirus lockdown. Around 40 Aarogyasri centres across Telangana are running at full capacity, creating fears amongst hospital staff that there might be an overload on dialysis machines. The facility is being […]
Nurses Body Move To Supreme Court On Health Staff Ill-Equipped Prone To Life Risk
After #KhabarLive published the report, the nurses body strongly moves to file a petition in Supreme Court for the justice and provisions. This is the direct impact of news report. A 3.8 lakh-strong nurses’ association has approached the Supreme Court saying the government has not formulated a National Management Protocol for COVID-19 to address the […]
How Islamophobia Is Hurting India’s Battle Against Coronavirus?
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) relentless campaign against India’s 140 million Muslims, and a lack of transparency on the part of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-run Delhi government, is compromising India’s attempts at containing the novel coronavirus, members of the community say. On Friday, 3 April, surveyors from Delhi’s health department were chased out […]