With many COVID-19 cases reported even from remote villages in Vizianagaram district, the administration has focused on controlling the spread of the virus in rural areas with a multi-faceted approach. For this purpose, special teams were formed in all 34 mandals, including the tribal areas. With fever a major symptom of COVID-19, officials have conducted … Read more
Another COVID Care Center is to be built on the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT-T) in the Yerpedu Mandal of the Chittoor district. The district administration is considering using the facility to take into account the increasing number of cases and the need to admit lightly affected patients from the Srikalahasti … Read more
Members of the Andhra Pradesh Private Engineering College Managements’ Association have appealed to the authorities concerned to conduct exams in online mode during the current academic year and to make this a one-off issue for all students (UG and PG). In a letter addressed to the vice-chancellors of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universities (JNTU) in Kakinada … Read more
Shyam Sundar, a GenX weaver, decided to stick to the work of his ancestors at a time when many of his peers were looking for greener pastures that were leaving their traditional occupation. He adapted to the changed circumstances, developed new computer-aided designs and even produced products made from organic cotton and natural dyes to … Read more
The Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Devasthanam in Srisailam started a 40-day Mahamrityunjaya Pashapatha Homam for global peace and well-being on Sunday. On Sunday morning, special pujas were performed for the deity in the temple grounds. As the number of devotees visiting the temple has drastically decreased due to the curfew in AP, Telangana, and other neighboring … Read more
The state has once again hit a new high in COVID infections: 24,171 new cases were reported within 24 hours by Sunday morning. The daily death toll passed 100 for the second time when 101 people succumbed to the virus the previous day. The toll rose to 9,372 and the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases … Read more
Until the first week of May, cases focused on municipal businesses in Tirupati and Chittoor While the COVID situation appeared to have turned a corner in some parts of the country, the daily count in the Chittoor district remained alarming, forcing police personnel to tighten lockdown restrictions. On Sunday the number of new cases was … Read more
Given the high positivity rate and lack of oxygen-assisted beds in state and private hospitals, Tadipatri authorities have built a makeshift hospital with 500 beds, all of which are oxygenated. The positivity rate of coronavirus infection in the Anantapur district rose from 37% on Thursday to 41% on Friday and has fluctuated between 34% and … Read more
Donations to be accepted during the next three rounds of the Chandanam offering to the deity this year Notwithstanding the celebration of Chandanotsavam in virtual mode in light of the pandemic situation, the hundreds of collections in the temple of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Naraismha Swamy in Simhachalam totaled £ 15.45 that day. The temple’s largest … Read more
Telangana should provide humanitarian access to medical care for COVID-19 patients: Sajjala Telangana’s government should allow ambulances to transport COVID-19 patients from Andhra Pradesh to Hyderabad on humanitarian grounds, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, advisor (Public Affais), said on Friday. Prime Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had spoken to his Telangana counterpart K. Chandrasekhar Rao to resolve … Read more