Ajay Tomar

Hyderabad: Over the past several months, students across multiple govt medical colleges in Telangana have had frequent sightings of venomous snakes, scorpions and other reptiles inside hostel campuses and, in some cases, even inside rooms. If that’s not all, two students were recently stung by scorpions while preparing for their university examinations at Govt Medical College (GMC), Medak.

Hyderabad: As evening traffic crawled past Hyderabad’s Necklace Road and Lower Tank Bund, the sound of slogans gradually gave way to songs. At the Ambedkar statue near Lower Tank Bund on Saturday evening, around 100-150 people gathered for ‘Voices of Dissent’, a cultural protest organised by the Arunodaya Cultural Federation (ACF) and the Babasaheb Ambedkar Reading Circle (BARC) as part of the continuing agitation over the alleged NEET paper leak.

Hyderabad: Hundreds of commuters were caught off-guard on Saturday evening, after heavy traffic congestion brought several key roads at Tank Bund and the surrounding areas to a near standstill amid a series of events including visits of weekend crowds, a fireworks show and a scheduled candle-light rally on the stretch.

Study finds Hyderabad’s Osmania Medical College publishes 402 papers yearly, over 3x Telangana’s top private hospitals combined, urging stronger private-sector research.

Hyderabad: What began as a week of protests over the alleged NEET paper leak turned into celebrations on Sunday after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union education minister, with students taking to the streets with their belief reinforced that sustained public pressure could force accountability.

HYDERABAD: A growing number of patients are reporting skin damage linked to fairness creams purchased online and over-the-counter (OTC), raising concerns over the presence of harmful ingredients such as mercury, lead and undeclared steroids.

CJP Telangana to focus on education reforms after 36-day youth movement, seeking 15% budget, better govt schools, fee reimbursement, and action on paper leaks.

Hyderabad: Amid 49 Covid-19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh, govt hospitals in Hyderabad are seeing a rise in enquiries for RT-PCR tests, though Telangana has reported no Covid-19 cases so far.

Pilot study in Hyderabad/Warangal finds fear, stigma and low awareness hinder India’s breast cancer screening; urges better education and trusted CBE services.

Hyderabad: Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern – it’s an unfolding public health crisis. Doctors say rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and shifting weather patterns are extending the breeding season for mosquitoes, causing diseases such as dengue and chikungunya to spread well beyond the monsoon.