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Currently, the Phase I of the vaccination programme is reserved for medical professionals and hospital workers in the government and private sector across the country. (Representational Photo: AP)

Vaccination suspended in Telangana as vaccines yet to come

There will not be any vaccination at government Covid vaccination centres on April 18

18 April 2021 7:39 AM IST

Pavan Kumar prints tens of thousands of calendars a year with addresses of major blood banks in the two states, their phone numbers, the names of blood donors, and their phone numbers too. AFP

Blood banks run dry due to Covid

Red Cross Blood bank Nizamabad unit chairman Dr N.Ramchander said that they are facing shortage of blood for the last...

18 April 2021 7:33 AM IST

A Yemeni doctor wearing protective suit treats a covid patient at a quarantine facilitiy in the city of Taez. AFP photo

Covid-19: TS cuts down supply of industrial oxygen

In pre-Covid pandemic times, the state used to use 1.2-1.3 tonnes of medical oxygen a day. Now the demand is between...

18 April 2021 7:11 AM IST

Telangana recorded its highest ever daily tally of Covid-19 cases at 4,446 on Friday. (Photo: DC/ Narayana Rao)

Telangana's COVID-19 spike is 'just the beginning of what is in...

The infection rate in Telangana state is climbing and along with the cases, the number of people needing treatment in...

18 April 2021 1:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing thirteenth interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Modi reviews oxygen crisis as cases touch new high; 2.17 lakh

Union minister Prakash Javadekar and Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa tested positive on Friday

17 April 2021 8:04 AM IST

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)

Andhra Pradesh doctors seek home quarantine after week's Covid duty

Doctors also expressed displeasure that kin of only six of 10 doctors who died due to Covid-19 have been paid insurance...

17 April 2021 2:19 AM IST

The temple authorities said the number of devotees visiting the temple has increased and proportionately the positive cases were also going up. (DC file photo)

Temples, monuments shut down in Kurnool district

The monuments closed in Kurnool district include Abdul Wahab Khan tomb, Kondareddy buruju, yaganti Temple, Yaganti,...

17 April 2021 1:34 AM IST

Jubilant Generics gets nod to manufacture, market anti-viral drug Remdesivir. (Representational Image)

Covid emergency medicine is blocked and sold at a higher price in...

Remdesivir avaialble in the medical stores at Rs 5,400 an injection is being sold at Rs 10,000-Rs 15,000 per injection...

17 April 2021 1:05 AM IST

The total beds available for Covid-19 patients, both in the government and the private sector, according to the bulletin for Thursday, incidentally is 27,775. (DC file photo)

Telangana running out of beds for Covid patients

Gandhi, out of ICU beds, to send away all other patients, declared only Covid hospital again

17 April 2021 12:57 AM IST

Students wearing face masks attend a class at a school that was reopened after closure for months owing to coronavirus pandemic, in Amritsar, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Schools are being opened as per guidelines issued in Unlock. 5. (PTI)

ICSE, ISC exams for Class 10 and 12 postponed till June

The board said that it would take a decision on the conduct of examinations in June first week

17 April 2021 12:38 AM IST

Cyclists near India Gate on a pleasant evening, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi. PTI photo

Weekend lockdown in Delhi till April 30

The weekend curfew will be effective from 10 pm on April 16 (Friday) to 5 am on April 19 (Monday)

16 April 2021 1:20 AM IST

The decision to increase Covid-19 bed strength in government hospitals comes in the wake of increasing complaints from people on the lack of bed availability for treating Covid-19 patients. (DC file photo)

25% Covid beds to be added in Telangana

The state-run hospitals in all districts treating Covid-19 patients, have a total of 9,281 beds available for them

16 April 2021 1:17 AM IST