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People wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine at Urban Primary Health Centre in Visakhapatnam. (DC image)

Good turnout of high-risk group for COVID vaccine in Hyderabad

With 32,150 persons getting vaccinated on Monday, the total number of people taking the jab stood at 5,46,071

15 Jun 2021 1:55 AM IST

The HMDA sold 31,311.5 square yards for Rs 155 crore on the first day of the e-auction, 28,909.8 sq. yds for Rs 135 crore on the second day and 78,000 square yards for Rs 74 crore on day 3.

ICBT Miyapur plan gets new lease of life

Even though tenders were finalised in May 2015, the private agency that took up the project did not submit bank...

15 Jun 2021 1:49 AM IST

A health worker administers Covishield, Serum Institute of Indias version of the AstraZeneca vaccine, during a drive-in vaccination program in Kolkata. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Telangana to vaccinate 1 crore people by June end; 2 lakh vaccinations...

The state has a stock of nine lakh vaccines and arrangements are being made to procure more

15 Jun 2021 1:38 AM IST

The outbreak of Japanese encephalitis coincides with the June-October monsoon season and the post-monsoon period when the density of mosquitoes increases. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Anti-mosquito drive in full swing

Friday will be 'dry day' where all the water containers, bins, pot trays and others around homes must be dried

15 Jun 2021 1:25 AM IST

A girl wearing a mask walks near India Gate in New Delhi. A high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus in the second wave (Photo: PTI)

Health department urged to issue protocols to prevent Covid infection...

Protection of Child Rights panel said it will be appropriate if health wing issued protocols for prevention of infection...

15 Jun 2021 1:16 AM IST

A division bench of justice K Vijaya Lakshmi and D Ramesh held a hearing on Friday and expressed displeasure at the Centre for failing to ensure adequate supply of Amphotericin b injections to patients. (DC file photo)

RIMS in trouble for giving antibiotic injections beyond expiry date

It is suspected that these expired injections might have failed to cure Covid patients even as there is fear that some...

15 Jun 2021 1:00 AM IST

A medic administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a man, at Nair hospital in Mumbai, Monday, June 14, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Covid recovered people need only one dose of vaccine: AIG Study

The study concluded that the single dose of vaccine does offer protection and creates the immune memory required to...

15 Jun 2021 12:40 AM IST

In many cases, even when a person died from Covid, the families are not revealing this and claim it was a natural death. Representational Image/PTI

Ex gratia to AP's medical staff dying while on Covid duty

Kin of doctors will be paid Rs. 25 lakh, nurses Rs 20 lakh, MNOs / FMOs Rs. 15 lakh and other staff Rs 10 lakh

15 Jun 2021 12:33 AM IST

The price of a litre of petrol crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark for the first time in the Hyderabad. (Photo:DC)

Petrol price crosses Rs 100 a litre in Hyderabad

On Monday, the price of a litre of petrol was Rs 100.20, while diesel was priced at 95.14

15 Jun 2021 12:13 AM IST

On a normal day, the open cast mine produces around 20,000 tonnes of coal per day. Representational image

Coal production hit at Sattupalli mine

Mainly, works related to unearthing of overburden on the open ground of the mine have been hit with the rains

14 Jun 2021 11:58 PM IST

The monument of love built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal reopened in September with restrictions on the number of visitors before shutting again in mid-April. (Photo: Reuters)

Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases Covid-19 restrictions

The Taj Mahal was shut down in March last year as India imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns at the start of...

14 Jun 2021 7:31 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister P K Sekar Babu. (Photo: pksekarbabu.com)

Women can become priests: TN Minister's announcement finds both...

On Saturday, PK Sekar Babu had said that many women had expressed their willingness to serve as priests in temples

14 Jun 2021 7:08 PM IST