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Hyderabad:  The health department on Friday has issued an alert urging people, especially in Hyderabad and surrounding areas, to be cautious and start taking precautions against dengue. In the past two months, the areas under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) have witnessed a total of 158 dengue cases. The spike in the vector-borne disease in […]

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Telangana President Bandi Sanjay Kumar has been put under house observation on Friday over a protest against Road Transport Corporation (RTC) fare hike in the state. “Bandi Sanjay Kumar has been put under house observation over a protest on RTC fares hike in Telangana,” Banjara Hills Station House Officer Shiva Chandra […]

Hyderabad: After work-from-office and work-from-home, it is the work-from-anywhere concept that is now catching up fast. While employees and companies are slowly adapting to hybrid model of work, some employees still do not wish to come back to the office due to various reasons. The topmost reason is that many employees working from their native […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s impressive march on the growth path could face speed-breakers if the BJP government at the Centre has its way in turning down the State’s repeated pleas to allow it to raise funds through Open Market Borrowings (OMBs). The Centre has, so far, held back giving its nod to Telangana to take the OMB […]

Hyderabad: To discourage government doctors from prescribing branded drugs, the Telangana government on Thursday directed them to only prescribe generic drugs while providing free consultations to patients. A generic drug prescription will provide an opportunity for the pharmacist at the government dispensary to issue drugs available in the stock, instead of forcing patients to purchase […]

Hyderabad: The daily Covid infections in Telangana have continued to rise with health authorities on Thursday reporting 122 cases in the State out of which 94 were from areas under GHMC. On Wednesday, 116 Covid infections were reported of which 83 were from Hyderabad. With no fatalities getting reported on Thursday, the total number deaths […]

Hyderabad: State-run super-specialty hospitals have started to get more patients and conduct a large number of procedures covered under the Aarogyasri health insurance scheme when compared to private hospitals. The Aarogyasri health insurance scheme was always a domain of private hospitals, as their share of beneficiaries in percentage used to hover at around 70 while 30 […]

Hyderabad: Even as the union government termed India’s ranking last out of 180 countries on Environmental Performance Index as “unscientific” and “refused to accept it”, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao called for a serious introspection. He suggested that all the State governments and the Centre should come up with an action plan on the lines […]

Hyderabad: Communist Party of India (CPI) national secretary K. Narayana on Thursday alleged that Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan is crossing her limits. Reacting to the Mahila Darbar programme announced by her, he said the governor was crossing ‘Lakshman Rekha’. He wondered why the governor was holding ‘Mahila Darbar’ and demanded that she cancel the programme. The […]

Hyderabad: A childhood fascination for toys and yearning to promote local artisans and their craftsmanship resulted in Adavi Srinivas quitting his job of 18 years and starting Adilakshmi Toys. Offering eco-friendly, hand-crafted toys and dolls made of wood, clay, iron, brass miniatures, and stone miniatures apart from paper mache, Adilakshmi Toys was started in the […]

Hyderabad: In what is being seen as a move blatantly orchestrated by the BJP government at the Centre to create hurdles for Telangana, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) which had promised to procure the entire raw rice stocks supplied by the State government, has now taken a U-turn citing alleged irregularities in stock registers […]

Hyderabad: Malavath Poorna, the youngest girl to scale Mt Everest at the age of 13-years in the world, created history yet again by reaching the summit of the highest mountain peak of North America, Mt Denali with a summit elevation of 20, 310 feet or 6,190 meters above the seal level. The talented mountaineer from […]

Medak: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday said that the Telangana government was making all efforts to protect TSRTC while the Centre was privatising all public sector undertaking companies across the nation. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Narsapur Bus depot, the first bus depot built post-Telangana creation on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Rahul Lokesh defeated Anuj Pal 6-2, 6-3 to enter the semifinal at the Asian Junior Under-16 tennis tournament for boys and girls, at the Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet on Wednesday. Joining him in the last four is Dhiraj Reddy who stunned top seed Levin Safoor Mydeen 6-4, 7-6 (4). Mihir Parcha and Murali […]

Hyderabad: A healthcare startup that is working to provide surgical care at an affordable cost, TaCa Healthcare, has begun its operations in the two Telugu-speaking States. The startup has partnered with 20 renowned hospital partners and it provides short-stay elective surgeries such as gall bladder stone removal surgery, hernia repair/ removal surgery, appendix removal surgery, […]

Hyderabad: This article will help you understand the current affairs section better. Here are a few sample questions on Telangana’s schemes and policies that can be asked in the upcoming public recruitment examinations. 1. Which is the first village in Telangana that got digital literacy? a) Rajanna siricilla b) Bammera c) Attapur d) Basara Ans: […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday urged the union Ministry of Jal Shakti to convene a meeting of all stakeholders to take a decision on sharing of Krishna River waters based on the legitimate requirement of the State before the onset of monsoon. The decisions will be subject to pending settlement of the issue of […]

Hyderabad: Rubbishing rumours being spread on social media, the State government on Tuesday clarified that there was no shortage of petrol and diesel in Telangana. All the 3,520 fuel stations have adequate stocks and the daily supply of these fuels has been consistent without any disruption. Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar who held a meeting […]

Hyderabad: As many as 6,29,352 candidates have registered to appear for the Telangana State Teacher Eligibility Test (TS TET) 2022 which is scheduled to be held on June 12. Of the total, 3,51,468 candidates registered for the paper-I and 2,77,884 for paper-II. The paper-I will be conducted in 1,480 centres from 9.30 am to 12 […]

Hyderabad: Following news reports that five cases of minor girls being raped were reported in Hyderabad in a week, the National Commission for Women took cognizance of the matter and wrote to the Director General of Police, Telangana to intervene and also send a detailed report on the steps taken. The Commission said it had […]