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Thousands of Vizag natives are returning to the city from high-risk coronavirus-hit places. This couple drove all the way from Hyderabad on their motorcycle carrying all their belongings. (DC Photo: K Narasimha Murthy)

Vizag admin told to gear up for influx of returnees

Thousands of Vizag natives employed in coronavirus-hit places are expected to return in the next two months

30 May 2020 8:33 AM IST

Timpany School in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

How Timpany was made to heed reason: Parents beat back attempts to...

Parents put up stiff resistance when school tried to carry through a sequential 11% hike in school fees this year

28 May 2020 12:24 PM IST

File photo of civic staff taking mitigating action on the premises of LG Polymers outside Vvisakhapatnam where a leak of styrene gas killed more than a dozen people and spread panic in the port city. (DC Photo: K N Murali Krishna)

Styrene gas leak suspected to be cause of another death in Vizag

Seventy-three-year-old woman took after the May 7 gas tragedy and was readmitted to hospital this week

28 May 2020 11:08 AM IST

File image of Vizag airport.

Andhra Pradesh restarts flight operations amid rising corona cases in...

Vijayawada and Vizag airports in Andhra Pradesh will handle eight flights each during the day.

26 May 2020 2:41 PM IST

Locals stage a protest against LG Polymers industry after the chemical gas leakage incident. (PTI)

LG Polymers will not be allowed to continue as before: CM

The factory said it has completed transportation of its inventory of deadly Styrene Monomer (SM) from Visakhapatnam to...

18 May 2020 3:38 PM IST

LG Polymers completes removal of Styrene Monomer gas from Vizag, ships back to Korea

LG Polymers completes removal of Styrene Monomer gas from Vizag, ships...

It has shipped the entire stock lying at its Visakhapatnam plant and styrene tanks that were at the local port there,...

18 May 2020 3:21 PM IST

LG Chem begins transportation of Styrene Monomer inventory to South Korea. (PTI Photo)

Vizag gas leak: LG Chem transport Styrene Monomer inventory to South...

The company would continue to work with government agencies to ensure all possible support for bereaved families and...

14 May 2020 3:45 PM IST

Firefighters walk with oxygen cylinders outside LG Polymers plant, the site of a chemical gas leak, in Vishakhapatnam. (AP)

South Korea sends delegation to probe Vizag gas tragedy

LG Polymers, where the gas leak occurred, is a unit of South Korea's biggest petrochemical maker, LG Chem

13 May 2020 12:46 PM IST

Some of the medical products made by AMTZ.

Vizag hospital refuses to start clinical trials of ventilator made by...

Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone is a facility promoted by the government of Andhra Pradesh to push medical device...

12 May 2020 9:46 AM IST

Residents of Krisnapuram and RR Venkatapuram localities in Visakhapatnam clean their houses after returning home on Monday. Residents from these two localities fled their houses after a gas leak from a factory in the neighbourhood killed 12 people last week. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Experts detect more gas leak risks at LG Polymer factory in Vizag

Andhra Pradesh government arranges ships to clear hazardous material from the factory

12 May 2020 8:40 AM IST

Remote monitoring of Covid-19 ICUs can minimise risk to doctors. (AFP)

Navy officials design cheaper remote monitoring system for Covid-19...

For a fraction of the market cost, doctors can monitor patient parameters from anywhere

11 May 2020 4:54 PM IST

NDRF personnel evacuate an elderly woman after a major chemical gas leakage at LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam (PTI)

Experts seek thorough study on water bodies near LG Polymers

On Monday we'll know whether styrene leak poisoned Vizag's water bodies

10 May 2020 8:12 PM IST