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The risks of storing health records of 1.3 billion Indians on the National Health Stack
The National Health Stack, on which the National Digital Health Mission will function, is designed to generate vast amounts of data, thus making it one of the largest health databases in the world. → Read More
How the Health ID may impact insurance for patients with pre-existing conditions
There are concerns over digital health data being used by insurance companies to reject insurance applications and push up premium rates for those with pre-existing medical conditions. → Read More
How colour prediction apps are scamming users across India
A colour prediction app is a type of gambling application used to place bets. However, investigators have found that these are often used by scammers to target unsuspecting victims. → Read More
Were two killed in Disha encounter case minors? Experts weigh in
The families of Jollu Shiva and Jollu Naveen, both accused in the 2019 gangrape and murder case, insist that they were minors at the time of their death by encounter killing in Hyderabad. → Read More
The ban on PoP Ganesh idol immersion in Hussain Sagar was never enforced
The Hyderabad police and municipal administration appeared to have ignored the earlier High Court order banning the immersion of plaster of paris Ganesh idols. → Read More
Crores in compensation for MGNREGS workers remains unpaid in Andhra Pradesh
Under the MGNREGS, workers are entitled to payment of compensation for delays in payments beyond 15 days, but it has not been paid out so far. → Read More
Lack of funds, poor planning: Residents of Hyderabad’s old city cut off from the metro
The AIMIM wants the Telangana government to follow up on the promised metro stretch from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) to Faluknuma. → Read More
Alleged sexual assault in Hyderabad: Activists allege lapses by Gandhi hospital admin
On August 7, two sisters from Mahabubnagar of Telangana went missing from the Gandhi hospital premises in Hyderabad. While one sister was found a week later, the other sister is still missing. → Read More
Woman alleges she and sister were drugged at Hyd hospital, later sexually assaulted
The woman told the police that she was taken to a room within the Gandhi hospital by a group of men and forcibly drugged. → Read More
‘Can’t talk to family’: Afghan students in India helpless as chaos erupts back home
TNM speaks to Afghans living in India who are living in fear every minute for the safety of their families back home as well as for their own futures in India. → Read More
For families resettled for Cooum river project, it’s a mixed bag of relief and losses
A week into their resettlement, residents who were relocated to KP Park in Pulianthope from Arumbakkam find themselves spending more on their commute and at risk of losing work. → Read More
No mobile reception: Students seek cell tower in resettlement quarters in Chennai
Families resettled as part of the Cooum river restoration project say poor mobile reception within their new apartment building at Pulianthope is impacting their children’s education. → Read More
Food delivery workers tell their story on Twitter, say it's a losing game
The Swiggy executives behind the anonymous Twitter handle tell TNM that they deliver more food, travel more but earn less than ever before. → Read More
Finance Ministry pulls up Andhra govt over Rs 18,500 cr in loans
The Andhra Pradesh government pledging future tax revenues of the state to avail loans from public sector banks is “not in consonance” with the Constitution, the Union Ministry of Finance said. → Read More
Chartered Accountants and their dubious role in the Chinese loan app cases
Chartered Accountants say their role is only to incorporate companies and can't be held liable for the frauds committed by the Chinese loan apps they helped register in India. → Read More
Ten months on, this Hyderabad locality is yet to recover from a flash flood
Amid a spate of rain in Hyderabad in October 2020, the Gurram Chevuru Lake bund broke, causing floods in the nearby Hafiz Baba Nagar. → Read More
With desilting works delayed this year, will Hyderabad experience floods again?
Desilting of drains and the Musi riverbed, which normally takes place before monsoon, was delayed after the 2020 floods in Hyderabad. → Read More
Land in Hyderabad's Osman Sagar catchment area being auctioned? Activist cries foul
In a petition to the Telangana HC, Lubna Sarwath said that parts of the land being auctioned fall within the Full Tank Level of the Osman Sagar lake. → Read More
Three of four Chinese nationals arrested in loan app case by Telangana police get bail
Only one of the three police commissionerates in Hyderabad filed a preliminary chargesheet within 90 days of arrest, to prevent bail for one of the key accused. → Read More
GHMC starts mosquito control drive to fight dengue, corporators say more needed
Hyderabad city has recorded 56 cases of dengue in 2021, reports GHMC. However, some corporators question the data. → Read More