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The risk of death due to coronavirus infection is 17 times higher in doctors and 15 times more in healthcare workers, according to the Indian Medical Association. (AFP)

What it is like to be inside a Covid-19 ICU ward as a doctor

The staff in attendance is practising a new regimen of long shifts on slim meals and controlled fluid intake

26 April 2021 1:58 AM IST

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Covid-afflicted constable blames seniors in viral video

According to the video, the constable had to attend remand duties to Gooty and Anantapur towns even during illness

26 April 2021 1:14 AM IST

The Chief Minister directed the officials to construct buildings for 390 schools, which do not have concrete structures. (Representational Photo: DC))

Schools, colleges close tomorrow for summer vacations in Telangana

Summer vacations for schools and colleges in the state will start from Tuesday, April 27, and continue till May 31

26 April 2021 12:03 AM IST

Medical and health minister Alla Kalikrishna Srinivas alias Nani appealed to people to lodge complaints by calling to 1902 if they found the collection of excess amount more than Rs 3,000 for CT scanning and assured about taking stern measures against norm violating hospitals and labs. (Representational Photo: PTI)

AP fixes CT / HRCT Scan fees, complaints can be lodged on 1902

No hospital or diagnostic center in the State shall charge more than Rs.3,000 for CT /HRCT Scan

26 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Mallikharjuna Swamy temple at Srisailam in Kurnool district. (DC Image)

60 people, including priests, test positive for COVID-19 at Srisailam...

Following the spurt in the Covid-19 cases in the temple town, the administration has imposed prohibitory orders under...

25 April 2021 11:57 PM IST

Teachers and students of Shriram Millennium school leave the campus as the school closed for two days after a students parent-tested positive with novel coronavirus, in Noida on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Teachers await government decision on preponing summer vacations in...

Government school teachers have been demanding closure of schools after SSC exams were cancelled

25 April 2021 8:54 AM IST

A policeman (R) wearing a dress themed on Covid-19 coronavirus urges a commuter to wear facemask during an awareness campaign at a traffic junction in Hyderabad on April 1, 2021. (Noah SEELAM / AFP)

GHMC takes things easy on the Covid-19 front

The labeling of micro containment zones would simply remain on paper just to report this to the court, said a senior...

25 April 2021 8:38 AM IST

A medic administers the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi, Thursday, April 1, 2021. The third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for 65 lakh people aged above 45 has begun in the national capital from today. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

Andhra Pradesh to vaccinate 1.5 crore people aged 18-45 from May 1

Though the state has big plans for administering the jabs, the coverage will be based on the quantum of vaccine...

25 April 2021 7:56 AM IST

N95 respirator masks are the gold standard of personal protective equipment that protect the wearer against airborne droplets and particles, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. (Photo | Pexels - CDC)

Hyderabad chemists unable to meet demand for surgical masks

In the past 2-3 days, people have flocked to the shop asking for bundles of masks and sanitisers

25 April 2021 7:44 AM IST

KCR is learnt to have taken this decision ostensibly not to bank on any sympathy factor, which failed to work in the Dubbak Assembly by-election last December. (Photo: Twitter @TelanganaCMO)

Vaccination on all and free of cost, promises CM KCR

This would cost the state more than Rs2,500 crore in expenses

25 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind administers the oath of office to Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, after he was appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (PTI)

Justice Ramana sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India

Ramana will hold the post for about 16 months, until August 26, 2022

24 April 2021 11:34 PM IST

The report also ranked Telangana as the 10th worst state in terms of rejection of payment in MGNREGA. Representational image/DC

Reverse migration creates demand for MGNREGA work

Workers from the state received Rs 2668.2 crore as wages, up 62 per cent over the previous year

24 April 2021 9:28 AM IST