Coronavirus Live Updates: Telangana, Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, India Today 7 January 2021

Hyderabad News: A woman from Chandrayangutta has been sold to a Sudanese national for Rs 2 lakh by an agent who initially promised her to offer job as a nurse in a hospital in Dubai. The woman who was in Dubai managed to contact her family members and said that she was cheated by the agent. Read Full Story

COVID-19 dry run in Telangana: Everything has been set by the health department for the COVID-19 dry run across 47 centres including 32 primary health centres in Nalgonda on Friday. Read Full Story

Hyderabad Live News: KCR suffering from Lung Burning, undergoed medical tests

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar is suffering from lung burning and will undergo medical tests at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad on Thursday.

A team of doctors comprising Cardiology, Pulmonology and General Physician rushed to Pragati Bhavan and conducted preliminary examinations. The CM will undergo MRI and CT scan. Based on the medical reports, doctors will prescribe medication.

Hyderabad News: In view of the prevailing coronavirus situation in the state, the kite and sweet festival which is held every year has been cancelled. The international kite and sweet festival is organized by the Tourism department of the state in which kite flyers from different countries come together Read Full Story

Telangana News: Justice Hma Kohli on Thursday took oath as the first woman Chief Justice of Telangana High Court at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. State governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered oath to Hima Kohli in the presence of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, ministers, high court judges and a limited number of advocates. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: A tense situation prevailed in the Nelimarla area as the BJP again called for Chalo Ramateertham Yatra a popular shrine in Vizianagaram district. On reaching there, BJP state president Somu Veerraju and other party leaders were blocked by the police. This led to a scuffle between the police and the protesters. In this order, Somu Veerraju fell down unconscious, which led to the tense situation ar Nelimarla junction. Read Full Story

Cold wave in Telangana: Cold wave conditions to get intensified in parts of Telangana with the sudden rain on Wednesday night. People shivered through the chilly weather conditions in the morning as most parts of the state remained in the firm grip of severe cold conditions due to the rain which continued to lash until the early hours on Thursday. Read Full Story

Telangana News: Telangana intermediate students to have more choices in the board exams for the academic year 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic which reduced the classwork of the students. Every year, the students have no choices in the 'very short' answer questions and have the least choices in the short (4 out of 5) and long (5 out of 7) answer questions. Read Full Story

Coronavirus in India: India reports 20,346 new COVID-19 cases, 19,587 discharges, and 222 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry

Total cases: 1,03,95,278

Active cases: 2,28,083

Total discharges: 1,00,16,859

Death toll: 1,50,336

Coronavirus in Telangana: A total of 379 new COVID19 cases, 305 discharges and 3 deaths were reported in Telangana yesterday, says State Health Department

Total positive cases: 2,88,789

Total recoveries: 2,82,177

Active cases: 5,053

Death toll: 1,559