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President Droupadi Murmu addresses the nation on the eve of the 74th Republic Day, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (PTI)

President Murmu hails fight against COVID, faster recovery

26 Jan 2023 1:12 AM
Experts said the Covid subvariant has seen a surge in the United States and is spreading faster than most other variants. (PTI)

Covid variant ‘Kraken’ spreading in Telangana, but nothing to worry: Experts

05 Jan 2023 12:03 AM
While children have rarely been affected in the past few months, infections during previous waves have demonstrated that Covid is often milder in children than in adults, except in rare cases where they have suffered severe infections due to an underlying condition or other factors. (PTI)

Effect of Covid in children not clear, say doctors

28 Dec 2022 11:31 PM
Another falsehood that many have believed is that a lockdown was imminent. As of now, neither the Centre nor the state government has issued any information on the same. (Representational Image/PTI)

Doctors: Ignore all Covid 'news' on social media

Nothing worrisome for Indians, say experts
25 Dec 2022 11:28 PM
The requirement to submit a negative RT-PCR report or details of the primary vaccination schedule has also been done away with for international arrivals. (PTI File)

Centre eases rules for international arrivals

No need to submit negative RT-PCR report or details of the primary vaccination schedule
21 Nov 2022 11:48 PM
As of now, the booster dose is available free of cost to only healthcare workers, frontline workers and all elderly population above 60 years of age at government vaccination centres. (AFP)

Free booster shots for adults at government hospitals from Friday

The cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage in the country has gone over 199.12 crore
14 Jul 2022 6:45 AM
A health worker collects swab samples of residents for Covid-19 testing. (PTI)

Covid-19 cases start spreading to districts in Telangana

The spread also appears to have driven a rise in new cases, as the number rose from 462 on Friday to 516 on Saturday
03 Jul 2022 1:33 AM
Children wear masks in school as Covid cases are in rise in the country. (DC Image/Deepak Deshpande)

DC EDIT | Covid cases rising again: Pandemic far from over

It is not just in India that the pandemic reports higher numbers. The case is same in more than 100 countries as it stands today
01 Jul 2022 11:57 PM
The socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society were the most affected by the pandemic. (Representational Image/ PTI)

DC Edit | Covid: Don’t drop the guard

The timing of the sharp rise as it comes at a time when schools in most states are reopening offers a serious challenge to the governments
08 Jun 2022 7:19 AM
A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a woman for Covid-19 testing, at a school in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

India's COVID tally crosses 4,000-mark after nearly 3 months

Yesterday, the country witnessed a jump of nearly 1,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day, recording 3,712 fresh infections
03 Jun 2022 12:43 PM
Director of Tata institute for genetics and society and former CCMB director Rakesh Mishra said BA4 was a sub-lineage of omicron and hence unlikely to trigger any wave. (Representational Image/ AFP)

BA4 variant unlikely to trigger any wave: Experts

The BA4 variant, termed a sister lineage of BA1 and BA2 variants, was first detected in South Africa in January
21 May 2022 1:42 AM
While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) expressed concern about rising inflation, the government did not show any signs of worrying about price rise. (Representational Image/ DC File)

DC Edit | Headwinds in economy are a challenge for India

The Indian economy cannot remain unaffected when the entire world is in the doldrums
16 May 2022 12:25 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Reform WHO for a better world: Modi

The prime minister said there was a need for building a resilient global supply chain and enabling equitable access to vaccines & medicines
13 May 2022 1:23 AM
Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava. (PTI Image)

ICMR DG questions WHO's COVID death estimates for India

According to the WHO report, more than 4.7 million people in India are thought to have died because of COVID-19
06 May 2022 10:49 AM
There can be two opinions about it. It could be argued that there is very little point in allowing a person to reject a treatment, or vaccination, and then limiting the liberties of such persons with respect to movement. (representational Image/ AFP)

DC Edit | Covid-19 jabs: Caution needed

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, they say
05 May 2022 11:50 PM
A health worker inoculates a girl with a dose of the Covid-19 Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive for people in the 12-14 age group at a school. (Photo: AFP)

Kids, teen in Hyderabad have lowest vax cover in TS

Officials have attributed Hyderabad's low coverage to hesitancy among private schools to conduct vaccination drives on campuses
01 May 2022 7:26 AM
The good news, according to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortia, is that very few recombinant variants of the coronavirus have been found after genome-sequencing analysis were done on the samples. (PTI)

DC EDIT | Covid: Caution mandated, India not out of the woods

It is time state governments rewired the mechanism of tracking and testing along with genome testing of the positive cases
29 Apr 2022 11:27 PM
Mr Modi asked the states to ensure all the medical oxygen plants, including the hospital beds are made fully functional. (Representational Image/ PTI)

PM Modi tells states: Covid-19 not over yet, give kids jabs swiftly

PM said Omicron and its subvariants can create problems as was evident in case of many countries of Europe
28 Apr 2022 6:57 AM
The approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) comes following recommendations by the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO). (AFP)

DCGI grants EUA to Corbevax for those aged 5-12, Covaxin for 6-12 age group

Authorisation given to Cadila for its ZyCoV-D for an additional dose of 3mg with a two-jab inoculation schedule for those aged above 12
26 Apr 2022 2:43 PM
A health worker collects swab samples of residents for Covid-19 testing, in Gurugram. (PTI)

India's COVID-19 tally sees spike again; 2,451 new cases reported

Active cases increased to 14,241, death toll at 5,22,116 with 54 fresh fatalities
22 Apr 2022 10:41 AM

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Hyderabad city to have bridges à la Paris

While six bridges and a link road will be constructed by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, four bridges will be built by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, three by the HRDCL and one bridge by the QQSUDA. (Representational Image: PTI)
 

Experts warn of particularly hot summer ahead in Hyderbad

Anjal Prakash, research director and adjunct associate professor of Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, told Deccan Chronicle, “The climate models have predicted that this is going to be a warmer summer and the hot areas will be hotter than before. In Telangana, we are seeing 38ºC in February itself, which is an indication of what is in store in April and May.” (Representational DC Image)
 

When Cupid strikes OTT platforms

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol from the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. (Photo: Twitter)
 

Kerala transman gives birth to baby, first case in India

Ziya Paval recently took to Instagram and announced that Zahhad was eight months pregnant. Paval and Zahhad have been living together for the past three years. (Twitter)
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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

In Pictures | TRS protest in Delhi
Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

In Pictures | Celebrations at Ghazipur border after farm laws repeal announcement
Low visibility due to smog after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

In Pictures | Itchy throats, watery eyes: Delhi's AQI severe after Diwali
Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

Digital surveillance: Drones used ahead of Independence Day celebrations in J&K
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