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A health worker prepares to inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

CII-Serum Institute to work to expand vaccination across small towns,...

CII undertook a survey with responses from over 3,000 companies in 196 cities

30 July 2021 1:14 PM IST

Manual scavenging is banned under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. (DC File)

Centre says no death reported due to manual scavenging, activists...

The govt does not identify deaths due to manual scavenging but calls them deaths due to hazardous cleaning of septic...

30 July 2021 12:54 PM IST

A passenger reacts as a health worker collects her swab sample for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (PTI /Kunal Patil)(

COVID-19: India records 44,230 fresh cases, 555 more fatalities

An increase of 1,315 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 tally in a span of 24 hours

30 July 2021 10:59 AM IST

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 testing, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai on June 22, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

Maharashtra to relax COVIDd-19 curbs in 25 districts

Public health minister Rajesh Tope said government is in favour of allowing people taking both doses of vaccine travel...

30 July 2021 10:01 AM IST

In another incident, Maoists on Monday lynched a tribal youth, identified as Sudam Hunga of Kamapur village in Sukma district accusing him of being a police informer.

Chhattisgarh to declare 15 areas Naxal-free

We are going to conduct a fresh survey in these villages to reaffirm they are now completely free from Maoist influence,...

30 July 2021 9:54 AM IST

Minister for Education A Suresh, Education department Principal secretary B Rajasekhar(left) others release second inter results in Vijayawada on Friday. (Photo:DC/Narayana Rao)

Covid-19 vaccination to all AP school teachers before reopening of...

Suresh said that all arrangements are being made to start schools on August 16 and Jagananna Vidya Kanuka will be...

30 July 2021 9:34 AM IST

Housing sales fell 67 per cent at 21,294 units across nine major cities during April-June due to outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. (PTI Photo)

Jagan-'s housing schemes give real estate a tough competition in...

3.79 lakh people are interested in MIG houses under the Janagananna Smart Town project, a survey reveals

30 July 2021 9:00 AM IST

With huge inflow of such water into Pulichintala project, its authorities asked the government not to release such a huge quantity of water as they are already having full capacity water storage. Representational Image (Twitter)

Telangana State resumes hydel power generation from Sagar project

With huge inflow of water from upstream projects on Krishna River, Srisailam project is getting inflow of nearly 4.61...

30 July 2021 3:48 AM IST

To streamline water-sharing between the states, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT-1) was set up in 1969, in keeping with the Inter-State River Dispute Act, 1956.(PTI)

TS objects AP-'s diversion, demands 50:50 sharing

Govt writes to Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)

30 July 2021 2:31 AM IST

Official sources said that Chandrashekar Rao is considering August 15 for launching the scheme to commemorate the Independence Day. (PTI)

Telangana CM to transfer Rs.500 crore to 5,000 dalits in August

Special task forces are being set up to monitor how the beneficiaries are utilising the money, and their economic...

30 July 2021 2:29 AM IST

There is a storage of 210.9946 tmc-ft of water in the dam, against the total capacity of 215tmc. (Twitter)

Srisailam dam lifts 10 gates due to heavy inflow of floodwaters

An irrigation official said the flood water is coming from the upper reaches in excess of 40,00,00 cusecs

30 July 2021 2:14 AM IST

Fully armed assam police entering Mizoram. (Twitter)

Assam says Mizo police still at border, Aizwal seeks Centreâ€™s help

A delegation of Cabinet ministers led by Singhal visited the trouble-torn border areas on Thursday

30 July 2021 2:10 AM IST