Coronavirus Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh News Today 9 June 2021

Hyderabad: Traffic jam Just before relaxation time at Narayana Flyover on Wednesday.

YS Jagan reviews over YSR Bhima scheme, directs to implement with new rules from July 1

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the authorities to implement the YSR Bhima scheme with new changes from July 1. CM YS Jagan conducted a review on 'YSR Bheema scheme in Tadepalli on Wednesday. During the review, YS Jagan took several key decisions. Read Full Story

Union Jal Shakti Secretary to review on progress of Polavaram project works today

Union Jal Shakti Secretary Pankaj Kumar will hold a high-level review on the progress of the Polavaram project on Wednesday. Read Full Story

Weather update in Andhra Pradesh: The Meteorological Department has forecasted rains across the country from the 10th of this month as the southwest monsoon strengthens in the Arabian Sea. It is against this backdrop that Odisha has revealed that low pressure will form in the north Bay of Bengal adjoining West Bengal. Read Full Story

DRDO Scientist Anant Narayan Says 2-DG Drug Is Effectively Working On The Coronavirus Variants

Dr. Anant Narayan Bhatt, a scientist at the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences at DRDO, said that the 2 – DOX – D glucose (2-DG) they had developed is also showing effective results against coronavirus mutations too. He stated that 2-DG will be a critical step in the covid-19 fight at a webinar hosted by the Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday. Read Full Story

Weather report in Telangana: The IMD warned of very heavy to heavy rain likely to occur on June 12 in districts of Nizamabad, Jagtial, Rajanna-Sircilla, Karimnagar, Peddapally, Jayashankar-Bhupalpally, Mulug, Bhadradri- Kothagudem, Mahbubabad, Warangal Urban & Rural and Jangaon districts, under the influence of a low pressure area likely to form over the north Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood around June 11. Read Full Story

Telangana logs 1,897 new cases, 15 deaths

Telangana on Tuesday recorded 1,897 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 5,95,000, while the toll rose to 3,409 with 15 more deaths, as 2,982 people recovered from the disease.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 182 followed by Khammam (163) and Nalgonda (151) districts, a state government bulletin said.

The number of recovered cases continued to outnumber fresh infections with 2,982 people recovering from the infectious disease on Tuesday, taking the cumulative number of recoveries to 5,67,285. The number of active cases now stood at 24,306, the bulletin said. It said 1,33,134 samples were tested Tuesday and the total number of samples tested till date was 1,61,27,372. The samples tested per million population were 4,33,298.

The case fatality and recovery rates in the state were 0.57 per cent and 95.34 per cent, respectively. (PTI)

Gold rate today on 9 June 2021: The gold rate have surged at all major cities across the country on Wednesday. On MCX, the gold rate is at Rs. 50,070 with a hike of Rs. 100. The gold rates have been choppy and remained all time high in the last four month and going further highs since last four days. Let's have a look at today's gold rate at respective areas. Read Full Story