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DC IMPACT | TIMS changes its diet contractor

DC IMPACT | TIMS changes its diet contractor

On Thursday, Tims Director Dr Vimala Thomas announced that a new diet contractor will take over from May 1

30 April 2021 12:16 AM IST

A member of medical staff walks inside a ward, which is being prepared for the COVID-19 coronavirus patients, at The Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (TIMS) at Gachibowli in Hyderabad. (AFP File Image)

Despite denial of wrong-doings, police say TIMS itself made such...

The management reportedly approached Gachibowli police with a complaint on April 27, provided the names of three helpers...

30 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

A Black Facebook employee, joined by two others who were denied jobs at the social network, has filed a complaint against the company, saying it discriminates against Black workers and applicants in hiring, evaluations, promotions and pay. Facebook did not immediately respond to a message for comment Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo)

Facebook blocks hashtag calling for PM Modi's resignation, says it was...

The development comes amid reports that social media firms are being asked to remove posts criticising the government's...

29 April 2021 1:01 PM IST

After outside food ban, Covid-19 patients now starved at Telanganas TIMS Hospital

After outside food ban, Covid-19 patients now starved at Telangana's...

A patient in the hospital, who reached out to us was in tears reporting that another patient in a ward he was in, died...

29 April 2021 11:49 AM IST

A medical staff administers COVID Vaccine to a person at Government ENT Hospital in Visakhapatnam. (Photo: DC/Narasimha Murthy)

Telangana struggles to meet COVID-19 jab demand

Several vaccination centres are running short of supplies and were asking people to come again

29 April 2021 6:31 AM IST

CoWin system collapsed several times on the day it opened for public registration.

Covid-19 vaccine website crashes

The CoWIN site is getting almost 27 lakh hits a minute. More Appointment slots will soon be offered, said government...

29 April 2021 4:53 AM IST

Vials of the drug remdesivir during a press conference concerning the start of a study with the Ebola drug to treat severely ill patients afflicted with coronavirus COVID-19, at The University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, northern Germany, amidst the global pandemic. (AFP)

Overenthusiasm of Covid-19 patients leading to shortage of medicines...

Many Covid-19 patients from the state are becoming increasingly choosy with regard to hospital bed, remdesivir injection...

29 April 2021 4:18 AM IST

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Serum Institute cuts vaccine price for states to Rs 300/dose

Bharat Biotech which priced its Covaxin shots at â‚¹600 for states and â‚¹1,200 for private hospitals is yet to announce...

29 April 2021 1:00 AM IST

The family members kept her in the autorickshaw and went looking for nearest ATMs to draw cash. (Representational Image/AFP)

Woman patient dies in Srikakulam while family looks for cash in ATMs

The management of a hospital had refused to accept advance through online and suggested cash

29 April 2021 12:53 AM IST

KCR ordered a massive land records purification drive in 2017, across Telangana, saying that existing records were rectified last in 1936, during the Nizams period and non-rectification in later years led to land disputes. (Photo: Twitter @TelanganaCMO)

KCR undergoes further tests, likely to return to Pragati Bhavan today

CM's rapid test result came negative while the RTPCR test result will be known on Thursday

28 April 2021 11:55 PM IST

A woman collects water from a tap near a collapsed wall at an apartment building in Guwahati on April 28, 2021, after a strong earthquake hit Assam in northeastern India, damaging buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. (AFP)

Series of earthquakes jolt Assam and most of the Northeast

The impact was felt in almost the entire Northeastern region, parts of West Bengal, Bhutan and Bangladesh

28 April 2021 3:01 PM IST

Siddique Kappan. (via Twitter)

SC directs UP govt to shift Siddique Kappan to Delhi hospital for...

Kappan was arrested on way to Hathras following the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped on...

28 April 2021 2:50 PM IST