138 new Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh, state tally hits 4,250
VIJAYAWADA: As many as 138 more persons, including four foreign returnees, tested positive for COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. With this, the total number of cases in the state surged to 4,250. Meanwhile, two more deaths, both in Krishna district, took the toll to 73. According to the state media bulletin, 9,831 samples were […]
Singapore to soon roll out COVID-19 contact tracing device
SINGAPORE: Singapore will soon roll out a wearable contact tracing device to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 that has affected more than 37,000 people in the country, a senior minister said on Friday. Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament that technical difficulties have prevented Singapore’s contact tracing app TraceTogether […]
High court’s final decision about SSC exams to be announced today
The High Court is going to make final decision regarding the petitions issued to suspend SSC exams in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. A meet headed by Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Vijayasen Reddy opened the hearing yesterday. The SSC Board informed the High Court that it had complied with all the […]
COVID-19 lockdown: Shops at Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala to open on alternate days
TIRUMALA: Tirupati Urban Superintendent of Police Avula Ramesh Reddy has said that shops at Tirumala will be allowed to open on alternate days to ensure physical distancing. He said that he will hold a meeting with shopkeepers soon. The SP also inspected Vaikuntam queue complex and queue lines in the temple on Wednesday and expressed […]
COVID-19 cases tally in Andhra crosses 4000 mark, death toll rises to 71
VIJAYAWADA: COVID-19 tally in Andhra Pradesh crossed the 4000-mark with another 141 cases reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases now stands at 4,112. The death toll increased to 71 with three more deaths, one each in Kurnool, Krishna and Guntur districts, reported. According to the media bulletin issued by the […]
Kia Motors employee in Anantapur tests positive for COVID-19 after returning from TN
VIJAYAWADA: An employee of Kia Motors India (KMI) in Anantapur, who came from Tamil Nadu on May 26, has tested positive for COVID-19. A statement issued by KMI on Thursday said as part of the safety measures, it is insisting that employees having a travel history undergo COVID-19 testing. “Till date, 545 employees were tested […]
AP CM hands over Rs 262 crore to auto, taxi drivers to help them tide over COVID-19 crisis
VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday released Rs 10,000 in financial aid for all auto/taxi drivers with their own vehicles under the YSR Vahanamitra scheme, four months in advance to help them tide over the COVID-19 crisis. A total of Rs 262.49 crore was disbursed benefiting 2.62 lakh driver-cum owners. The amount […]
COVID-19: Pharma giants seek DCGI’s approval to manufacture, sell Remdesivir drug
NEW DELHI: Two domestic pharmaceutical firms–Mylan and Jubilant Life Sciences have approached the country’s top drug regulator–Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to seek its approval to manufacture and sell anti-viral drug ‘Remdesivir’ in India to combat COVID-19. On Tuesday, ANI has reported that the Central Drug Control Standard Organisation (CDCSO) office of DCGI gave […]
COVID-19: Three Telangana schools get spraying machines
HYDERABAD: The National Thermal Power Corporation, as part of its CSR initiative, distributed portable battery-operated spraying machines and disinfectants to three schools located in the city on Tuesday. NTPC Regional Executive Director (South) CV Anand handed over the portable spray machines and disinfectant liquid to the staff at Government Junior College for Girls and Government […]
Jagan fixed the Muhurth for Vizag as capital?
Let’s talk about the burning issue in the past which was comfortably subsided by the COVID-19 pandemic break out. Yes, the three capital proposal from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy changed the course of AP politics at the start of this year. Jagan made all the required moves to turn Vizag as the […]
Global shares rise as more economies reopen for business after shutdowns due to COVID-19 pandemic
TOKYO: Global stock markets rose Tuesday as more economies reopened for business after long and painful shutdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic. While the social unrest in the US continued to provide a gloomy backdrop, international investors remained focus on the prospects for global economic growth. More countries and sectors are reopening, though activity is […]
Watch Who Is Reporter Rahul In KCR Press Meets
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is known for his extra-fluent Telangana accent. Actually, it is his dialect which makes many fanatic about him. In the last couple of months, KCR addressed press meets frequently to apprise the public about the spread of Coronavirus and protocols to be followed during the Covid-induced lockdown. KCR’s recent […]
Anti-viral drug remdesivir helped moderately ill coronavirus patients: US pharma giant tells WHO
LOS ANGELES: A California biotech company says its experimental drug remdesivir improved symptoms when given for five days to moderately ill, hospitalised patients with COVID-19. Gilead Sciences gave few details on Monday but said full results would soon be published in a medical journal. Remdesivir is the only treatment that’s been shown in a rigorous […]
Pakistan reports 2,964 new coronavirus cases taking tally to 72,000
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases on Monday crossed 72,000-mark with 2,964 new patients while the death toll climbed to 1,543 after 60 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, health officials said. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 2,964 new infections surfaced over the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally of […]
Armenian Prime Minister, his family test COVID-19 positive
YEREVAN: Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his entire family have been infected with the coronavirus. In a Facebook statement on Monday, Pashinian said he didn’t have any symptoms, but decided to get tested ahead of visiting military units, and the test came back positive. ‘I will be working from home,’ the prime minister said, […]
Corona Virus Strikes Andhra Secretariat!
The dreaded Coronavirus has struck the Andhra Pradesh secretariat with one of its employees, along with two others in a different official complex in Guntur, testing positive for the virus. On Monday, two blocks of the state Secretariat were shut while the entire Secretariat building was being sanitised. Employees who work there were asked not […]
Irresponsible minister of YSRCP
Andhra Pradesh state’s civil supplies minister Kodali Nani is regarded as the firebrand by the ruling party’s supporters but his language and behaviour before media are often termed as ‘irresponsible’ and ‘vulgar’. This MLA from Krishna District criticizes the opposition regularly with some intolerable words but these days, he remained silent after the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Sunday Shock..! Triple-digit COVID-19 cases recorded in Telangana
The Telangana state has witnessed the highest surge in the COVID-19 cases for the first time. 199 new cases were registered in Telangana yesterday and 122 of them are from the Hyderabad. The exemptions that are given under Lockdown 4.0 and the increase in the number of tests with the orders of the high court […]
Telangana governor expresses concern about the pathetic situation
Telangana has reported 199 corona positive cases in a single day, which shows no signs of reduction. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan expressed concern about this pathetic situation. She tweeted today morning that she worries and is very concerned about the surge in cases. On the other hand, despite the control measures from government, Corona has infected […]
Covid: T’gana woman barred from entering home by son
In a shocking incident, an octogenarian woman was not allowed to enter the house by her son after she returned from Maharashtra, the state worst affected by coronavirus. The incident occurred in Telangana’s Karimnagar town on Friday. On the suspicion that she may be infected by COVID-19, Katta Shyamala’s son refused to allow her into […]