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It is said that any drug should be used as needed, rather than being used indiscriminately leads to danger. (Representational image: PTI)

Social media medication is very dangerous, say medical experts

It has been widely reported in WhatsApp groups that aspirin is sufficient to prevent blockages in blood vessels

25 May 2021 9:37 AM IST

Minister Gangula Kamalakar and others holding a press meet without maintaining physical distance on Monday. DC Image

Leaders flout rules, public cry foul

Several incidences of Covid rules violations by people's representatives raise many an eyebrow in undivided Karimnagar...

25 May 2021 9:31 AM IST

Bharat said a super sixty team had been formed to render services to Covid-19 victims and was carrying out various programmes on Covid awareness and care. Twitter

Andhra Pradesh gets set to face third wave; 1,000-bed hospital for...

MP Margani Bharat Ram said children who contract the virus would be treated in Oxygen on Wheels' buses

25 May 2021 9:25 AM IST

The medicos handed over O2 concentrators to IMA treasurer at the IMA Hall. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Stories of Hope | Anantapur medicos donate oxygen concentrators

Students of 2017, 18, 19 and 20 batches came forward after a call by their principal Dr. M. Neeraja to become part of...

25 May 2021 9:22 AM IST

A total of 375,070 deaths have been registered across the globe from 6,258,474 cases. (AP Photo)

Confusion reigns over how to categorize and record black fungus deaths

The forms for notified disease' are clear on the type, stage and treatment. When it comes to recording the death, there...

25 May 2021 9:16 AM IST

Anandaiah said he is not expecting any trouble from authorities since he is using natural ingredients. He has distributed his wonder medicine to nearly 50,000 persons.

AP's Ayurvedic concoction ups demand for alternative medicines for...

The development has come in the wake of corporate hospitals charging hefty sums for treatment, in some cases even after...

25 May 2021 8:38 AM IST

A road leading to landmark Charminar monument is closed during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Hyderabad. (AP file photo/Mahesh Kumar A)

Lockdown in Telangana likely to be extended till June 7

The government imposed night curfew from April 20 from 8 pm to 7 am after Corona second wave leading to a surge in...

25 May 2021 2:27 AM IST

Storm like weather conditions near Howrah Bridge due to formation of Cyclone Yaas in the Bay of Bengal, in Howrah, Monday, May 24, 2021. (PTI Photo)

West Bengal, Odisha border to bear brunt

Mamata accused the Center of allocating a lesser amount of money to West Bengal than the other states facing the threat...

25 May 2021 2:19 AM IST

Deccan Chronicle during field inspections found out that crematorium staff at Amberpet in Secunderabad zone completely shut down the electric crematorium. Representational image/DC Imag

Graveyard staff ignore government rates, collect hefty toll

KCR fixed a tariff of Rs 8,000 for performing last rites on a funeral pyre using wood and Rs 4,000 for electric...

25 May 2021 1:50 AM IST

COVID-19 patients undergo treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (PTI)

Telangana government accused of giving false COVID-19 details to cover...

Why is government showing vacant beds and availability of oxygen cylinders when people are failing to get a bed and...

25 May 2021 1:24 AM IST

Police personnel in Vizag are cracking down hard on youngsters roaming outside. Several youngsters were detained and their bikes were seized near the Jodugudulapalem junction in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. (DC Photo)

First-time lockdown offenders under cops' radar

Hyderabad city police officials said they were often giving the vehicles back in a few hours

25 May 2021 1:10 AM IST

Family members perform the last rites of a COVID-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground in New Delhi, May 22, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Black fungus claims two more lives in Telangana

Tahsildar of Medipally mandal, Rajeshwar, had just about recovered from coronavirus and began showing symptoms of black...

25 May 2021 12:59 AM IST