Tag: covid19

Covid-19: Is AP Secretariat under high risk?

After lockdown relaxations were announced, even secretariat services resumed as usual. It is a place where the CM and ministers of that respective state often stay there in the view of official works. Recently it was reported that an employee from AP secretariat who arrived in a special bus from Hyderabad tested positive for covid-19. […]

Jagan’s overconfidence is killing YCP’s future?

Jagan Mohan Reddy won last year’s assembly elections with a majority that the AP people haven’t witnessed so far. Since then, he has been implementing a number of welfare schemes successfully and even the severe economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t make him compromise on his promises. Well, everything is falling into place […]

Aussie papers go digital, downsize amid double whammy of Google-Facebook and COVID

Canberra: Australia’s largest newspaper publisher, News Corp., announced on Thursday that most of its suburban and regional mastheads across the country will become digital-only next month due to the pandemic. News Corp. Australasia executive chairman Michael Miller described the shift that will take effect on June 29 as significant and said jobs will be lost. […]

Andhra Pradesh COVID-19 tally touches 3245, death toll 59

VIJAYAWADA: The COVID-19 tally in Andhra Pradesh touched 3,245 with 128 fresh cases including 74 in ‘other states’ category reported in the last 24 hours (till 9 am) on Thursday. Meanwhile, the toll increased to 59 with one more death reported from Kurnool. The media bulletin by the State Command Control Room (health) said a […]

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan cross 61,000-mark, death toll soars to 1,260

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday crossed the 61,000-mark with 2,076 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said. As many as 36 more patients died of the deadly viral infection, bringing the total death toll in the country to 1,260. With 2,076 new infections, the nationwide tally of coronavirus cases now […]

Kia Motors to pump 54 million dollars into Andhra Pradesh as additional investment

VIJAYAWADA: KIA Motors on Thursday announced an additional investment of 54 million US dollars in Andhra Pradesh. The company already has a plant manufacturing SUVs in Anantapur district in the state. Kookhyun Shim, the Managing Director and CEO of KIA Motors India Private Limited, made the announcement during the Andhra Pradesh government’s brainstorming session under […]

Pakistan registers 1,446 new coronavirus cases; total count crosses 59,000-mark

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan registered 1,446 new coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 59,151, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll reached 1,225 with 28 more patients succumbing to the disease, it said. Sindh reported the maximum number of 23,507 cases, followed by […]

Covid 19’s Biggest Lesson: Leader or Politician?

What is the difference between a leader and a politician? A leader puts the interests of the people above all whereas a politician puts himself before anything else. In other words, a leader has a people-centric approach whereas a politician has a self-centred approach but pretends to be otherwise. Now, why is this distinction important? […]

AP govt to reach Supreme Court over Sudhakar’s case

It is known that the AP government has faced a backlash from the High court who ordered CBI to probe into the investigation against the Vizag Police for brutal handling of the anesthetist Dr. Sudhakar. Sudhakar is currently in a government hospital for mental health after Doctors declared him as he is suffering from mental […]

Will HC order probe against Naidu?

For the past few days, the Andhra Pradesh high court has been issuing a series of orders nailing the decisions of the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the state, on a series of petitions filed by the Telugu Desam Party leaders and their followers. Though the high court could have gone strictly by […]

‘Newspapers Must Compete With New Media For Ads’

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, who holds the crucial portfolios of Information, Broadcasting and Environment, has the huge task of reaching out to people amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A minister, who has the confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to drive the government”s image building exercise at this time, Javadekar is also entrusted with conveying […]

Bars, restaurants return to full service in Czech as govt further eases COVID-19 restrictions

PRAGUE: Bars, restaurants and cafes are returning to full service in the Czech Republic as the government takes further steps to ease coronavirus restrictions. As of Monday, those establishments can serve customers in interior spaces. Hotels are also reopening together with public swimming pools, wellness centres and saunas. Sports, cultural and other public events for […]

AP, The No 1 State With 3 Lakh Tests

After two months of lockdown, it is pretty clear that coronavirus pandemic can’t be faced without massive testing to find out who have contracted COVID-19. If some leading nations have managed to keep their Corona cases and deaths tolls low, it is all because of high testing rate. While the low testing rate in several […]

Meet The Best CM In India Who Handles Corona Successfully

While the entire world was dreading the Coronavirus since the end of 2019, India registered its first Covid-19 positive case on January 31, 2020, in Kerala. The victim was a medical student who returned home from Wuhan, China, where the virus was first found. Flatten the curve Since then, the state recorded most number of […]

Covid deaths, new cases continue to soar in Telangana

There was no let-up in the fatalities due to Covid-19 in Telangana as four more succumbed to the deadly virus while six more foreign evacuees were among 41 tested positive on Sunday. For the sixth day in a row, the state reported fatalities due to Covid-19, taking the toll to 53. The Health Department officials […]

No Ramzan Gifts By T-Government This Year

Poor Muslim families in Telangana were this year deprived of Ramzan gifts which the state government has been distributing among them every year on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr since 2015. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government, led by K. Chandrashekhar Rao, apparently cancelled the programme due to the financial crisis caused by the two-month- old […]