Coronavirus Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 16 August 2021

Air India diverted Chicago-Delhi flight to avoid Afghan airspace

New Delhi: Amid the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan, Air India on Monday diverted its Chicago-Delhi flight to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Air India said that it took such a decision to avoid entering Afghanistan's airspace.According to the latest information, now the plane has landed in Sharjah.

Earlier, Kabul airport officials had said that Afghanistan's airspace was not under control.Officials said the Chicago-Delhi flight will land in Sharjah to refuel the plane.After this the flight will leave for Delhi and it will not use Afghan airspace.

Tirupati News: Lok Sabha Speaker offers prayers to Goddess Sri Padmavathi

Tirupati: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with his family on Monday offered prayers to Goddess Sri Padmavathi at Tiruchnur.

TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy, MP PV Mithun Reddy and temple officials and priests accorded him warm welcome on his arrival at the shrine.

Vizianagaram: Nadu-Nedu inaugurated

Vizianagaram: Deputy chief minister P.Pushpa Srivani has launched Mana Badi Nadu-Nedu at Raghu manda high school of Denkada mandal in Vizianagaram on Monday. Srivani said that the government of Andhrapradesh would change the entire education system by provide utmost standards and facilities in government schools. She said that in the phase one 1060 schools in the district are developed by spending Rs.278 crores. At the same time she has launched the distribution of Vidya Kanuka school kits for 2.26 lakhs of students in the district. The students would be encouraged by developing the schools in every aspect. MLAs, MLCs including collector A.Suryakumari have participated in the program.

Huzurabad: Jammikunta turns pink for CM KCR's public meeting

With the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's visit to the Huzurabad for a public meeting, Jammikunta village turned pink with the hoardings to the ruling party welcoming the party chief. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh: Father-daughter duo died in lorry car collision in Prakasam district

In a ghastly road accident that occurred in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, father and daughter were killed in the accident. The tragic incident took place on the national highway near Palle in the Markapuram mandal of Prakasam district. The truck and car collided on the highway on Monday morning. The father, daughter Sriramulu, and Mallika died on the spot in the accident. Four others were seriously injured. The injured were shifted to Guntur hospital. Read Full Story

8 injured after auto plunges into canal in Hyderabad outskirts

Eight people sustained injuries after the auto-rickshaw they were in plunged into a canal here at Mahadevpur of Kondurgu mandal in Shadnagar assembly constituency at Hyderabad outskirts on Monday morning. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy inspecting the Manabadi Nadu Nedu works at ZP High School, P. Ganna varam of East Godavari district on Monday. He interacted with the students and asked about the facilities in the school. He inspected the classrooms, toilets and inquired about the Nadu Nedu works to the officials.

Tirupati News: AP Government schools reopen and seen standing in queues for schools students as their face masks and sanitizering were provided to them as schools in Andhra Pradesh open amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Thambavani Gunta municipal high school Tirupati.

AP Home Minister Sucharitha hands over Rs 10 lakh to kin of Ramya who was murdered in Guntur

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharitha visited the family members of Ramya, a B.Tech student who was brutally murdered. She spoke to family members at the Guntur GGH. Sucharitha handed over Rs 10 lakh compensation announced by CM Jagan on behalf of the state government to the family members of the deceased. Read Full Story

Sri Lanka imposes night curfew

In an renewed effort to curb the further spread of Covid-19, Sri Lankan authorities announced that a nationwide curfew would come into effect from Monday night until further notice as the number of confirmed cases surpassed the 350,000 mark.

Army Commander and Head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of Covid-19, General Shavendra Silva said the curfew would be imposed from 10 p.m. till 4 a.m. daily to prevent people from leaving their homes, reports Xinhua news agency.