Hyderabad

Coach Arun Vishnu's positive COVID-19 test last week had forced the Pullela Gopichand Academy to shut down for two days.

In an order, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar observed that the number of COVID19 cases has been showing a rising trend since the last few weeks.

The Minister said parents raised concerns over the spurt in the COVID-19 cases and sought temporary closure of educational institutions, which had reopened on February 1 after a gap of ten months.

Susheela passed away while undergoing treatment in Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday.

The SEC also in a letter to Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan sought the removal of the state Governments Advisor S Ramakrishna Reddy from his post for allegedly criticising him sitting in the ruling YSRCP's office.

Scientists at the CSIR Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology have found prominently a different variant of SARS-CoV-2 that appears to be milder than the existing one.

The techie, working in an IT firm in Bengaluru, was currently working from home for the past several months and was found hanging by his mother in his room, they said.

Ever since the death of her husband in 2016, 33-year-old Savitri works as a toddy tapper and climbs Pheonix palm trees every day to make ends meet for her and her family.

Police produced her before a magistrate after medical examinations was conducted at the Primary Health Centre in Begumpet and Gandhi Hospital.

In some districts of the country, a night curfew has been implemented to control the spread of the coronavirus. Different protocols have been put in place by the different state governments, depending on the situation of Covid-19 in the particular city.

The move comes over a month after the Ministry of External Affairs briefed over 190 heads of diplomatic missions and representatives of leading international organisations on COVID-19 related issues.

Meanwhile, the anniversary was observed as black day in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana on an appeal by various Muslim organisations. Shops and business establishments were closed in some localities.

Kumar, who held a meeting with the newly-elected BJP corporators along with other BJP leaders, claimed that his party would have won at least 20 seats more if the TRS, election authorities, police and other officials acted impartially.

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