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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has, written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting five ways on how to tackle the present pandemic situation. (Photo: PTI)

Manmohan offers Modi tips on Covid fight as cases touch 2.61L

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Dr Singh said the Centre must support vaccine producers to expand their manufacturing facilities by providing funds and concessions

Telangana Health minister Etala Rajendar. (DC Image)

COVID-19: Etala plays down health officials' grim assessment in Telangana

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There appears to be some stark contrasts in the ways the government, and the health officials, have been speaking about Covid-19 of late

The Mumbai police detained and questioned the director, whose identity has not been revealed, of Daman-based Bruck Pharmaceuticals, after it got information that thousands of vials of Remdesivir used in Covid-19’s teatment were to be flown out of the country. (Twitter)

Top Remdesivir supplier grilled in Mumbai as MVA & BJP tussle

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Furious BJP leaders have accused the Maharashtra state government of harassing the Remdesivir suppliers in the state

The ICC suspension comes in the wake of two of the three members in the tribunal Michael Belhoff QC (Chairman) and the Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson finding that the ICC has established jurisdiction over Lokuhettige. — By arrangement

Dilhara Lokuhettige set to challenge eight-year ban

Health minister Alla Nani directed district medical and health officer Ram Giddayya to monitor corona cases in Kasturba school at Adoni where 53 students tested positive while a school in Kodumur reported six more cases. (Representational Image/PTI)

Stifling classrooms exposing children to virus in Kurnool

Oxygen cylinders brought from Maharashtra being unloaded from a truck. (PTI File)

Railways' 'Oxygen Express' trains to meet high demand amid surge in COVID-19 cases

Vials of the drug remdesivir. (AFP)

Centre plans crackdown on hoarding and over-pricing of essential COVID-19 medicines

AP has geared up vaccinate almost half a million healthcare and frontline workers against Coronavirus. (Photo: DC/Narasimha Murthy)

Drive to vaccinate five lakh healthcare, frontline workers from today in AP

On sunday, Jana Sena former legislator Chinthala Ramachandra Reddy and Jana Sena Telangana in-charge Shankar Goud discussed their respective strengths in Khammam. (DC file photo)

BJP, Jenasena tie up for Khammam

The AP state machinery has also kept the essential stocks handy following the surge in positive cases. (AP)

Andhra Pradesh gets two lakh Covishield doses

A. B. Venkateswara Rao. (DC File Image)

Andhra Pradesh government initiates disciplinary proceedings against Venkateswara Rao

TRS leaders claim that the higher poll percentage was due to the success of party's 'micro-level booth management', under which the party has appointed an incharge for every 20 voters. (Representational Photo: DC)

TRS upbeat after record turnout in Nagarjunasagar

Ignoring all evidence available on record, the CTD gave a clean chit to Ashok Babu in a Lokayukta case. (DC file Photo)

AP tax staff helping Telugu Desam MLC P. Ashok Babu

So far, a total of 3,49,842 people have completed their two-dose vaccination cycle while 24,51,968 people got their first dose. — AP

Vaccination suspended in Telangana as vaccines yet to come

To mop up revenues, exemptions from these requirements have been given to schools, function halls, cinema halls, multiplexes, malls and religious places, which are six metres and above in height and stand on a 500-square metre plot area. — DC file photo

GHMC violates own rules; allows schools, hospitals in 4 high-rise buildings

Telangana recorded its highest ever daily tally of Covid-19 cases at 4,446 on Friday. (Photo: DC/ Narayana Rao)

Telangana's COVID-19 spike is 'just the beginning of what is in store', say experts

Jagan hoped that Patnaik would agree for a meeting between the two in order to resolve the pending issues pertaining to the two states. (DC Photo)

Let’s resolve all water issues, Jagan tells Patnaik

The total beds available for Covid-19 patients, both in the government and the private sector, according to the bulletin for Thursday, incidentally is 27,775. (DC file photo)

Telangana running out of beds for Covid patients

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The total beds available for Covid-19 patients, both in the government and the private sector, according to the bulletin for Thursday, incidentally is 27,775. (DC file photo)

Telangana running out of beds for Covid patients

A good number of students and their parents raised concern over the holding of exams, saying that they may fall victim to the Coronavirus. (DC file photo)

JNTUK to proceed with first semester engineering exams despite surge in COVID cases

As per data provided by officials, an average of about 64.29% of polling was recorded in all seven Assembly segments. (Photo:PTI)

A lowly 64.29 % voter turnout at Tirupati

Exams for Class 12 will be conducted at a later date, candidates appearing for Class 10 examinations will be given options to either write the offline examinations with Class 12 students, or not to write the offline exams at all. — Representational image/PTI

ICSE, ISC exams for Class 10 and 12 postponed till June

Is it more important to go have some drinks, join dance parties, consume liquor when other people are dying, asked Dr G. Srinivasa Rao, Director of Health Services. — Representational image

Bars, pubs become virus hotspot in Telangana

In Chittoor district too, villagers of Uranduru, Kandriga, Narayana Puram, Dommara Palem and Panekaladu under Srikalahasti constituency and other segments also decided not to participate in polling opposing the state government's move to merge their villages with municipalities. — (Representational Image/AP)

Several villages boycott Tirupati Lok Sabha bypoll

For Covaxin, the second dose will be given after four weeks of first dose. — Representatioanal image

Andhra Pradesh gets 6 lakh doses of vaccine

The Chief Minister wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, highlighting the successful conduct of the Tika Utsav in AP. (Photo: Twitter @AndhraPradeshCM)

CM Jagan seeks supply of 60 lakh doses of Covid vaccine

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Berlinale: A teacher, a porn clip and the hypocrisy of a nation

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Berlinale: Sharlto Copley's bravura act as Unabomber makes 'Ted K' stand out

The South African actor, known for his performance as Wikus van der Merwe in the 2009 science fiction film 'District 9', carries 'Ted K' with a meticulously studied but intense act that is as discomforting as it is impressive.

Rats, mice, rabbits, hamsters and monkeys - The true heroes in Covid-19 battle

While the rats, mice, rabbits and Syrian hamsters were lab-bred, the rhesus macaques that were used in testing Covaxin candidates were caught in the wild in Maharashtra. (Representational Image/AFP)

Two Hyderabad doctors work on genomic medicine

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NTR, unlike Chiranjeevi, never took people for granted: Biographer

An objective assessment of the late leader, the book has been well-received for its critical insight and diligent research.

Hyderabad's city lights killing astronomy, enthusiasts, scientists complain

Light pollution is a menace in the city of Hyderabad which is killing the joy of looking up to the night sky, astronomy enthusiasts and scientists have complained. (Representational Image/PTI)

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A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

The suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." (AP)

Top 10 Indian Best Selling Books: Fiction and Non Fiction

This cover image released by Grove shows "Shuggie Bain," a novel by Douglas Stuart. The Scottish writer has won the Booker Prize for fiction for his novel about a boy’s turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow. Stuart won the prestigious 50,000 pound ($66,000) award for his first published novel. (Grove via AP)

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Columns

Anand K. Sahay | The idea behind capturing power in any kind of way: fair or foul

The BJP may or may not win the Assembly elections in Assam. But winning a poll fair and square is not the metric any longer

Anand K Sahay

Sanjaya Baru | Ideology or competence: What do the voters want?

Politicians are voted in and voted out for a variety of reasons, but rarely have they been voted out for incompetence

Sanjaya Baru

Ranjona Banerji | Old sport! The story of my fitness journey

Ranjona Banerji

After you reach a certain age and size, in my case at least, your thoughts turn to another age and size, largely imaginary

Ranjona Banerji

Anita Katyal | Modi’s ‘Didi’ jibe offends women; what AAP shares with Owaisi

Roadside Romeos have apparently been mimicking the Prime Minister, using the same catcall, when they see women on the streets of Kolkata

Anita Katyal

South

There are nearly 1,074 major temples in the state including the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams located in Tirupati, as also about 2,000 medium temples and hundreds of small temples. (DC file photo)

AP plans closure of all temples to curb spread of Covid-19

Nearly 10,000-strong contingent of doctors working with public hospitals and dispensaries want the state government to come to their rescue by allowing them to take one week home quarantine after a week’s work — AFP

Andhra Pradesh doctors seek home quarantine after week’s Covid duty

With the state planning to ramp up vaccinations to two lakh doses a day, the total stocks — including the deliveries scheduled for Monday night — are expected to see Telangana meeting its requirements for five to seven days. — Representational image/DC

Centre promises delivery of additional 3.62L doses of Covid vaccine to Telangana

After the CRPF attack, Hidma left the Bastar region and moved to the dense forest areas close to the Chhattisgar-Andhra-Telangana borders. — Representational image

Mastermind behind killing of 22 CRPF commandos traced to Andhra Pradesh jungles

The state has 20,954 patients as of Sunday morning and a majority of them were under home isolation. (Photo: DC/Murali Krishna)

AP records steady rise in daily COVID numbers with 3495 cases on Sunday

Boath gram panchayat is one among such villages, which is in self-lockdown from afternoon to midnight and shops will remain closed during those hours. — Representational image/DC

Many villagers in self-imposed lockdown to contain Covid threat in Adilabad

Union minister of state for home G. Kishan Reddy held roadshows in the constituency to campaign for the party candidate Dr P. Ravi Kumar. (Twitter/@kishanreddybjp)

BJP promises to set up sea airport in Nagarjunasagar reservoir

Parts of agency mandals in Visakhapatnam received also received some rainfall. — Representational image/AP

Thundershowers forecast for north coastal AP

Entertainment

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Director Shankar denies allegations

Sports

Jyothi Surekha Vennam

‘False Positive’ costs archery team dearly

RCB’s AB de Villiers during his unbeaten 76 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai on Sunday. — IPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore make it three in three

New cricket terminology sparks widespread criticism

Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot during the match against Punjab Kings in the IPL on Sunday. — IPL

Magnificent Dhawan takes DC to emphatic win over Punjab

Chennai Super Kings players celebrate a Punjab Kings wicket during their IPL game in Mumbai on Friday. — Twitter

Chahar's four-for guides CSK to 6-wicket win over Punjab Kings

RCB left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed (right) celebrates taking a Sunrisers wicket on Wednesday. — IPL

Sahabaz, Maxwell lead RCB to six-run win over SRH

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson en route to his hundred against Punjab Kings on Monday. — IPLL

Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 4 runs

Jwala Gutta and Vishnu Vishal

Jwala Gutta and Vishnu Vishal to get married

Lifestyle

Muriki Pulakita Hasvi and Rohan Reddy Thumma

Hyderabad kids make it big in mountaineering

Previously, these birds, especially Indian Skimmer and Great Knot, used to roam near the port, but the number of these birds has been gradually dwindling. — Representational image/DC

Migratory birds change habitat from Kakinada Coast

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, face masks and sanitizer bottles are adding to the plastic waste. — DC Image

Bio-degradable waste wrapped in plastic bags choking nalas in GHMC limits

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Exposure Therapy: Walk through your fear

Unusual tales from the Mahabharata

One of the biggest achievements of this book is the lucid, non-judgmental manner in which Mahapatra debunks all the various swirls of misinformation around Covid-19 and its spread. — DC Image

Book Review: Urgent, cogent, matter-of-fact ready-reckoner on the C-virus

Mr B a history buff was actually interested in finding some traces of Alexander the Great's historic march from Macedonia to Pakistan over two thousand years ago while the crew was more interested less in history and more in the sights and sounds of contemporary Peshawar. — By arrangement

Book Review: A decent sort of madness

Until a generation ago, there were two kinds of Muslims in India, the Communists and the conformists, Wahab says. — DC Image

Book Review: Onus on the moderate Muslim to reclaim Islam’s heterodox legacy

Technology

Our basic annual subscription, which works to be Rs59 a month, and the annual PRO subscription that costs Rs 89 a month are more affordable than holding a second SIM. — Representational image

Doosra: Secondary number that keeps one's personal number away from unsolicited calls

LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business worldwide

Twitter had already banned some COVID-related misinformation in December, including falsehoods about how the virus spreads, whether masks are effective and the risk of infection and death. (AFP)

Twitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation

India top over-performer in frontier technologies Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella bats for global regulation on privacy ISRO, MapmyIndia join hands to take on Google Maps/Earth

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South Entertainment

Chiranjeevi and Ram-Charan

Chiranjeevi and Rana Daggubati’s films in soup?

The industry admits the vicious circle where high production costs, including high remuneration to top actors, forces it to recover from the fans by charging them high and if there is a stipulation on admission rates, it will certainly reduce production costs as the filmmakers, actors and exhibitors will be aware of their limitations. — Representational image/AFP

Telugu film industry guarded over curbs on premiers, tickets

Shivani Rajashekar

Donning bigger roles in life: Shivani Rajashekar

Ravi Teja and Sarath Mandava team up

Vakeel saab review

Vakeel Saab movie review

Sometimes it’s amazing to be idle!: Sundeep Kishan

World

Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) workers Gabrielle Carlos, center, and Joao Vericimo enter the COVID-19 area of a hospital as they prepare to move a patient in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP)

Brazil sees record-high ICU occupancy due to COVID-19 surge

While arrivals from India had triggered the risk assessment, Prime Minister Ardern said the Government would be looking at risks posed by other COVID-19 hotspot countries. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand temporarily suspends entry of travellers from India amid COVID-19 surge

Russian foreign minister Lavrov said both his country and India had agreed to keep in close touch on the situation in the strife-torn nation, pointing to the contributions that neighbours and old powerful actors in the region can make in the Afghan peace process. — AFP

Russia stresses on need for participation of Talibans in Afghanistan peace process

The new guidelines state that only those pilgrims who have been duly inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine will be allowed to visit the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque) and Masjid al-Haram (The Great Mosque), said the Kingdom's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. (Representational Image/AP)

Saudi Arabia issues new guidelines for Umrah pilgrims

Khan held consultations with key members of his Cabinet on Friday and decided that Pakistan could not go ahead with any trade with India under the current circumstances. (AP file photo)

No trade with India under current circumstances: Pakistan PM Khan

Biden had promised to lift the suspension on H-1B visas, saying Trump's immigration policies were cruel. (AP/PTI)

Indian IT professionals to benefit as Biden lets Trump era H-1B visa bans expire

This handout from the Royal Thai Army taken and released on March 30, 2021 shows an injured Myanmar refugee being transported via an ambulance to a hospital in Mae Sam Lap, after crossing the Salween river from the Myanmar side while fleeing from air strikes in Myanmar's eastern Karen state. (Handout / ROYAL THAI ARMY / AFP)

US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals

An elderly woman is inoculated with a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center set up at the University Olympic Stadium in Coyoacan neighborhood, in Mexico City on March 30, 2021. (CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP)

Germany halts AstraZeneca jabs for under-60s over clot risks

Business

Going forward, the food inflation trajectory will critically depend on the temporal and special progress of southwest monsoon in the 2021 season, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said. (PTI file photo)

RBI targets 5.2 per cent retail inflation for first half of FY22, repo rate unchanged

With a waterfront of 20 km and 6,800 acres of land, Krishnapatnam Port has a master plan capacity of 300 MTPA and a 50-year concession. (Image credit: Twitter/@Adaniports)

Adani Ports acquires residual 25 pc stake in Krishnapatnam Port for Rs 2,800 cr

Sources said that the government's surprise rollback decision on small savings schemes is an attempt by the BJP to contain the fallout of the decision hitting the common man in the ongoing elections in West Bengal, Assam and other states. (Photo: PTI)

Status quo on small savings interest rate

The total revenues earned for the month are 27 per cent higher than the GST collected in the same month last year, according to finance ministry data released on Thursday. (Photo: PIB)

GST mop-up hits record Rs 1.23 lakh crore in March

In a jolt to savers, the Finance Ministry on Wednesday had reduced interest rate by up to 1.1 per cent across various small savings schemes. (LSTV/PTI File Photo)

Government withdraws cut in rate on small savings schemes

Tata Group stocks gained sharply, rising between 2 to 6 per cent after a favourable Supreme Court verdict. (Photo: AFP)

TATA stocks raise after Supreme Court verdict

The central bank chief also said that the RBI is committed to using all policy tools to support the economic recovery while preserving price stability and financial stability. (PTI file photo)

Regulation should not constrain innovation in fintech space: RBI governor

As India's largest private sector port developer and operator, we will accelerate India's and AP's industrialisation, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said in a tweet. (Image credit: Twitter/@Adaniports)

Adani Ports to acquire controlling stake in Gangavaram Port for Rs 3,604 cr

Science

Their findings shows that anywhere from 33 to 59 per cent of all Covid-19 transmissions in the world were not related to people coughing or sneezing. (Photo: AFP)

Virus infections predominantly by air: Lancet

Cases of dry eyes due to digital eye strain similarly jumped from 10 to 30-50 per cent in the last quarter of 2019. — Representational image

Conjunctivitis could be a symptom for Covid

With all three variants of concern in India having come from the UK, South Africa and Brazil, doctors are not sure which variant they are dealing with. (Representational Photo: AFP)

No change in disease pattern due to Covid double mutation, say doctors

Celestial spectacle enthuses many; moon shines brighter DCGI extends shelf life of Covishield from 6 to 9 months Leaked WHO report says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through another animal

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Opinion

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his principal operative, Union home minister Amit Shah, the saffron party’s new sutra is to form a government in a state through any means. (Photo: PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | The idea behind capturing power in any kind of way: fair or foul

The Modi government likes the label of a “decisive” government, but its actions are quite to the contrary. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Second wave gives the lie to Modi’s ‘decisive’ image

For all his continued popularity, at least as shown in the opinion polls, the fact is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been at the head of an incompetent administrative response to the pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Ideology or competence: What do the voters want?

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Energy minister Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy is playing a crucial role in helping his party candidate, Nomula Bhagat, in the Nagarjunasagar byelection. (Photo: Twitter @jagadishTRS)

TRS will sweep Nagarjunasagar bypoll, we have kept most promises: Jagadish

Trains at Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus were seen packed with migrant workers as they feared an impending lockdown. (ANI)

Fearing another lockdown, Mumbai's migrant labourers leave for home

National award-winning film actor and Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi has been fielded by the BJP-NDA from the Thrissur constituency. (Image: Twitter/@TheSureshGopi)

Political parties field actors, TV stars in Kerala, adding glamour to poll arena

RMP leader K K Rema, mother of Walayar sisters and Congress leader and Mahila Congress chief Lathika Subhash. (Image: Facebook)

Kerala Assembly Polls: The three women in spotlight and the questions they raise

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Royapuram Constituency candidate D Jayakumar during an election campaign rally, in Chennai. (PTI)

TN Polls: Battle at Royapuram is a matter of prestige for DMK and AIADMK

The electoral discourse in Bengal, where poll battles are fought on ideological lines, had in the past mostly steered clear of sub-nationalism like identity politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Bengali pride, sub-nationalism emerge as rallying points in WB polls

The Congress is attacking both the state and Union governments for their alleged failure on various fronts. — Representational Image/AFP

Explainer | How dark horses may mar chances of party candidates in TS' MLC polls

Claims that MNS was 'successful' in its campaign against Karachi Bakery, soon followed with its leader Haji Saif Shaikh, who led the stir, taking credit on Twitter for the closure of the bakery in Mumbai. (Twitter/@mnshajisaif)

Its good-bye for Mumbai's iconic Karachi Bakery