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Hyderabad: The post Covid world of cinema has its own convulsions and compulsions. However Tollywood (or for that matter the larger woods of Indian cinema) have an amazing blindness to writings on the wall. Resultantly this is so nerve testing that endurance and not entertainment becomes the cinematic factor. The larger than life cinema in […]

Hyderabad: After a period of six months, Telangana is witnessing a significant surge of daily Covid infections with authorities reporting 923 cases on Friday. On February 8 of this year, during the third Covid wave driven primarily by the earlier versions of Omicron variant including BA. 1 and BA.2, a total of 1,061 Covid infections […]

Hyderabad: In a relief to MBBS students from Telangana and other parts of the country who had to abandon their medical courses and leave foreign countries due to the Covid pandemic and Ukraine-Russia war, the National Medical Commission (NMC) on Friday has granted relaxation and allowing them to appear for Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE), […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Thursday recorded 836 new Covid-19 infections out of which 443 positive cases were from Hyderabad, according to the Covid health bulletin. A total of 765 persons have recovered with the number of active Covid-19 cases across the State as on Thursday night being 4,986. The cases reported today included 55 from Medchal-Malkajgiri […]

Hyderabad: Pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) reported a profit after tax of Rs 1,188 crore for the June quarter. This is an increase of Rs 108% from Rs 570.8 crore during the corresponding period last year. Its revenues during the June quarter were Rs 5,215 crore, up 6% from Rs 4,919 crore. During the […]

New Delhi: India on Thursday reported 20,557 new Covid-19 cases, a slight increase against the 18,313 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, there were 44 additional deaths which took the nationwide Covid death toll to 5,26,211. The active caseload rose to 1,46,323, accounting for 0.33 per cent of […]

Beijing: Nearly a million people in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province where the Covid-19 pandemic was first recorded, have been placed under a lockdown after four asymptomatic cases were detected, the media reported on Thursday. According to a BBC report, the lockdown has been imposed in the city’s Jiangxia district and the residents have […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday reported 852 Covid positive infections out of which 358 were from areas under GHMC, 63 from Medchal-Malkajgiri, 57 from Rangareddy, 35 from Peddapalli, 32 from Mahabubabad, 28 from Khammam, 26 each from Jangaon and Hanmakonda. Covid infections from the rest of the districts hovered between 10 and 15, according to the […]

New Delhi: With 14,830 new COVID-19 cases being reported in a day, India’s tally of coronavirus infections rose to 4,39,20,451, while the count of active cases has declined to 1,47,512, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,26,110 with 36 new fatalities being […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday has issued an alert urging people to be on alert against the possibility of a surge in seasonal diseases, especially malaria, dengue and even Covid-19, following incessant rains that lashed the entire State in the last fortnight. Cautioning people on the possibility of rise in cases of malaria, dengue […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s Annapurna Meals scheme, which provides a wholesome meal for just Rs 5, will soon reach the milestone of dishing out 10 crore meals. So far, 9.67 crore steaming hot and tasty meals have been served to the needy under the programme. Till May this year, the Telangana government had spent about […]

Hyderabad: A unique park to remember those who lost their lives due to Covid-19 was unveiled in Hyderabad on Sunday. An initiative of Covid warriors in association with the Telangana government, the park Haritam has come up at Panchavati Colony on Road Number 10, Banjara Hills. Dozens of Covid warriors joined relatives and friends of […]

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation on Saturday declared the monkeypox as public health emergency of international concern. The global health body said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. “WHO’s assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Friday reported 739 Covid positive infections out of which 377 were from Hyderabad followed by 60 from Rangareddy, 53 from Medchal-Malkajgiri, 26 from Mancherial and 24 from Khammam. The Covid infections in rest of the districts hovered between 10 and 15. The number of active Covid cases today was 4,686 while a […]

By Amit Mishra Startups in online education saw a spike as a result of the ‘stay-at-home’ Covid policy. Now, as India gets back to the ground, a large number of ed-tech employees are going home. A stock market meltdown earlier this month did not bode well for the wider economic world, and as a result, […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Thursday reported 765 Covid positive infections out of which 356 were from areas under GHMC, 58 from Nalgonda, 57 from Rangareddy, 56 from Medchal-Malkajgiri, 34 from Khammam while Covid infections in rest of the districts hovered between 10 and 15. The number of active Covid cases on Thursday was 4,609 while 648 […]

London: Patients who contract Covid-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, particularly in the three months following infection, according to a new study. Scientists are increasingly recognising Covid-19 as a multi-system condition that can cause disease throughout the body, likely by triggering pathways that cause inflammation. Researchers from the King’s College […]

Hyderabad: The Centre has once again refuted the World Health Organization’s projected estimate of 47 lakh excess Covid-19 deaths in the country, stating that as on July 16, as reported by States and union Territories, there were 5,25,660 deaths due to Covid-19 in India. Replying to a question by senior Congress MP Digvijaya Singh in […]

New York: About 23 per cent of people infected with Covid will become “long haulers”, finds a study that identifies predictors of who is likely to develop the sometimes-debilitating symptoms that can last for months. The study finds that obesity and hair loss at the time of infection are predictors of long Covid, but that other […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister, Gangula Kamalakar tested positive for Coronavirus. As he was suffering from mild symptoms, he took a Covid test and tested positive for the virus. He advised the people who met him in the recent past to undergo tests and keep themselves in isolation. In a facebook post, he […]