Cyberabad and Rachakonda police have appealed to migrant workers to remain patient and wait for their turn to go home. They even asked them to consider taking up available work in the city. Cyberabad commissioner V C Sajjanar conveyed that the government has made arrangements for safe travel of the migrant workers to different states. “But, as train services are very limited and the receiving state governments have to consent the movement, it will take time,” Sajjanar said.

With no definite treatment protocol in place and a vaccine yet to be introduced, a coronavirus screening survey in the state looks likely. Asha workers are likely to get the responsibility to conduct this survey. “They (Asha workers) are already burdened and any additional work will need additional payment. This needs to be worked out” said an official adding that each worker can be allotted about 1,000 people and a decision may be taken soon.

Telangana industries minister KT Rama Rao has asked European diplomats and representatives of European Business Group (EBG) to consider investment opportunities in pharma and life sciences, IT, defence and aerospace, and textile sectors in the state. Assuring them of all possible assistance from the state, KTR appealed to the diplomats during a video conference on Thursday to support the government in attracting investments. “I will be interacting with the heads of industries from various countries soon,” he said.

Two persons died and four of their friends were injured in a road accident on Wednesday evening at Shankarpalli. The person driving the car, Satish, was allegedly in a drunken state and lost control over the car, following which it landed in an agricultural field.

A 10-month-old boy, Yuvraj, died and seven of his kin sustained injuries after a DCM truck rammed into their car at Chivvemula in Suryapet.

Authorities in Telangana have identified 36 units dealing with industrial gases and will carry out an audit of these industries considering the gas leak at LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam.

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Rachakonda police booked two persons for travelling in a vehicle with fake number plate and Police sticker. They are using the vehicle to travel through the toll gates and police check posts during the lockdown.

In what could be a first-of-its-kind experiment, Telangana police are using artificial intelligence (AI) to track those stepping out without wearing face mask, which has been made mandatory by the government. The new system alerts police after analysing live CCTV footage.

ESI Hospital at Sanathnagar have received permission to carry out plasma therapy trials for Covid- 19 patients along with the state-run Gandhi Hospital. ICMR officially accorded permission to both hospitals for six months.

The Telangana government on Friday began imposing a fine of Rs 1,000 on people roaming in public places without wearing a mask as the state battles to contain new Covid-19 cases.

Taking a serious view of the government’s decision to conduct fewer Covid-19 tests, the Telangana high court on Friday wondered how it would get a true picture of the spread of the virus in the state. The court was also upset with the government for directing doctors not to collect blood samples from dead persons and not conduct Covid-19 tests on them.

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The Aadhaar-based biometric system to authenticate the Aadhaar number at banks is proving to be an obstacle for the tribal families of Lingala and Amrabad mandals in Nagarkurnool district, as their fingerprints have faded due to years of toiling in the fields.

Wary about a sharp spike in kidney patients testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the state government has asked the private hospitals to keep the health officials in the loop on those undergoing dialysis.

The wait to return home might finally come to an end for the thousands of migrant workers from West Bengal, stranded across Telangana. On Friday, the Mamata Banerjee-government announced that special trains will be arranged to ferry home migrant labourers, patients, students and stranded tourists.

Close to 900 students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are stranded in Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab and many of them are now wanting to return back home.