V.V. Ramana

Ammonium nitrate is commonly used in fertilizers but also acts as an oxidizing agent in explosives.

Dr L Subramaniam and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan at the Times of India Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival

The sight of windows and doors violently shaking, slamming and smashing into smithereens was something that denizens of Vizag had never witnessed before.

Pulmonologists have pointed out that the city is seeing a rise in number of lung cancer cases among women and non-smokers. Experts have attributed this worrying trend to air pollution, second-hand smoking and other environmental factors. “According to our recent findings, 30 of 100 patients belong to the younger-than-30 age group, and of those 30, nearly 49% are non-smokers,” said KIMS Hospitals consultant pulmonologist, Dr V V Ramana Prasad.

Violin virtuoso Dr L Subramaniam performed at the Times of India Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival on January 8, with the renowned Liepaja Symphony Amber Sound Orchestra (active since 1881 and the oldest orchestra in the Baltic States) conducted by Atvars Lakstigala, featuring Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam, Bindu and Ambi Subramaniam.

For Covid-19 patients with moderate to severe symptoms, the fight against disease doesn’t end with a discharge from the hospital or a negative report of the virus.

Onset of winter, recurrent cough and breathing trouble in the backdrop of covid19 is propelling queries related to respiratory disorders in most cities. With people increasingly consulting doctors online to ensure that no symptom goes undiagnosed, healthcare experts said there is a 20 to 25 per cent increase in respiratory-related queries this month in Hyderabad when compared to the previous month.

It was a night when lovers of world music soaked in the sounds of strings

As Covid-19 cases continue to surge, discarded masks and gloves spotted across the city have turned into a matter of concern. A Twitter user had last week posted pictures of a road littered with used masks and gloves, which can be a potential health hazard for residents and stray animals in the area.

Even as the world is fighting to contain the spread of Covid-19, the habit of discarding used masks and gloves in the open along with other trash is a matter of growing concern in the city.

The Rolugunta police arrested two persons and seized around 30 sacks of highly explosive ammonium nitrate, 1,500 detonators and 200 gelatin sticks from a vehicle on the outskirts of Gandipuram in Kontalam panchayat of Rolugunta mandal on Wednesday.

The election campaign for the graduate MLC constituency of North Andhra came to an end on Tuesday evening. After extensive campaigning for almost 25 days, the candidates are now chalking out plans to bring the voters to the polling booths.

Single-use plastic gloves being mindlessly discarded on streets and open bins, seem to be doing more harm than good to the already existing problem of plastic pollution in the city and elsewhere.

The 43rd annual festival of music and dance will begin at the Kalabharati auditorium here on November 26.

The Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered issuance of emergent notices to the state government and the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, with regards to a PIL seeking reserving of certain per cent of seats for domicile students in the university.

With many private hospitals insisting patients posted for surgery undergo high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) screening of their lungs before going under the knife, the number of nose and throat swab samples being sent for Covid-19 testing from these hospitals to Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) has been increasing significantly.

The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the state of AP, its Visakhapatnam district collector and Greater Visakhapatnam municipal corporation and some private individuals to file their affidavits explaining how they accorded permission to raise a building in Daspalla Layout in Visakhapatnam despite there being a prohibition on the transfer of the plots in the layout.