The Poisonous Styrene gas that leaked from LG Polymers in Vizag

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The styrene gas that leaked from LG Polymers which has killed at least seven people and created panic in several areas of Visakhapatnam leading to fleeing of homes in the vicinity of the plant is a poisonous, inflammable gas used in the plastic engineering industry, and could have triggered a series of explosions, according to experts.

Early morning leakage from LG Polymers, which manufactures general-purpose polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, and colored polystyrene caused panic in several areas of the city in the industrial belt Mindhi and Gajuwaka.

“Depending on the intensity of inhaling the poisonous gas, a person could face complications in the lungs and inhaling oxygen. It could lead to fatality due to damage to the central nervous system,” Dr. C.V. Rao, Director, GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences, told The Hindu.

Pawan kalyan shocking comments on YSRCP government

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There has been wide criticism on YSRCP government for opening the wine shops across the state despite there is a huge surge in the Corona positive cases. The main opposition TDP did not just criticize the Jagan sarkar for opening the liquor shops but also for the hiking the prices.

Joining chorus is Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan and he called YSRCP led AP government as Corona friendly. Pawan questioned why liquor shops were opened when religious places such as temples, churches and mosques were shutdown for the past one month or so.

“YCP led AP GOVT ‘has become ‘CORONA FRIENDLY’, this Govt came into power with an electoral promise to people that ,they will implement ‘COMPLETE LIQUOR BAN’ and of course, they later changed it as ‘PHASE WISE BAN,” tweeted Pawan Kalyan.

The Jana Sena also mentioned about the suicides of a mother and daughter as their head of the family came drunk and manhandled them. “It’s painful to see to look at the suicides,due to opening of liquor shops in AP,” added Pawan in another tweet.

However, the hike of liquor prices looks inevitable for Jagan sarkar as the financial sources of the state have hit rock bottom. And despite hiking the prices, people flocked at wine shops and so we have seen long queues. But here the AP government failed to control the massive crowd at wines unlike other states.

KCR strict warningto the wine shop owners

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KCR announced the opening of liquor shops in Telangana state, calling it inevitable at this moment. Speaking the statistics out, KCR said that the four states sharing the border of Telangana opened the liquor stores and this leads to smuggling and seconds sale in the state if not opened here.

So, also to avoid the agitation and protest from local breweries and licensed wine stores in Telangana state, KCR said the cabinet decided to open the stores but with conditions. The CM revealed that they decided to hike the price with an average 16 percent, while it is 11 percent on low priced liquor. The CM frankly says that the rich will be paying more and the poor will be paying less, but it will never be as high as 70 percent tax like in other states.

There are around 2200 wine shops in Telangana and except 15 stores in containment zones, all will be opened from 10 am tomorrow. KCR stressed once again that bars, pubs, and clubs remain closed.

KCR issued a strict warning in his live press meet to the wine shop owners and also costumers, to maintain physical distancing. Those who do not abide by the rules of COVID-19, KCR warned of dire consequences along with canceling the license of wine shops.

The Telangana CM asked the media to record and click pictures at wine shops and said he will watch it all tomorrow and if he finds any negligence in following the rules, the action will be taken instantly.

Well, finally, KCR also warned the costumers at wine shops to use masks and said, there will be no liquor sold for those not using masks. He also asked the public to use masks while visiting grocery stores.

TS government paid 4 crore to the Railways

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Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao fumed at the Centre for adopting faulty policies, which he said, worsened the economic condition in the entire nation. Further, Rao took exception to the Centre neglecting the suggestions and pleas of the state government on steps to alleviate the economic crisis, which turned to the worse due to the ongoing lockdown imposed to check the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

KCR reminded that there was economic slowdown in the nation even before the outbreak of coronavirus. The Covid-induced lockdown made the economies of both the states and the Centre more weak, he said.

“In such a condition, the state, which gets an income of 11,000 crore every month, has earned only 1,600 crore. Now, to pay the salaries of government employees and pensioners, the TS government needs 3,000 crore every month. I explained to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the tele conference about the deficit and suggested that the Centre, which is cash-strapped, decentralise the powers so as to enable the states to sail through the hardship but they are caring a hoot to the suggestions. The Centre has rights to take up the Broad Fiscal Policy which can improve the economic conditions but it is not doing exercising the rights.”

Further, Rao also expressed anguish over the Centre not bearing the expenditure of the transportation of migrants. He said that he spoke to the Railway authorities and asked them to shift the migrants at free of cost.

Rao said that the TS government paid 4 crore to the Railways towards shifting the migrants to their native places from various parts of the state. “It is a shame on the Centre to not be able to transport migrants to their home towns bearing the entire cost. Further, all the train services have been suspended due the lockdown and it would have better if the Centre would have agreed to run at least 1,000 trains in the entire country for the workers.”

Corona positive cases are increasing rapidly in Andhra Pradesh

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The positive cases of the novel coronavirus are increasing rapidly in Andhra Pradesh as the state reported 67 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours which takes the toll of the cases to 1,717.

The health bulletin released by the state Health Department confirmed the same. The good news is that no fatalities were reported in the state in the past 24 hours.

The active cases in the state stood at 1,094, while 589 patients have managed to recover from the virus and got discharged from the hospitals accordingly. To date 34 succumbed to the fatal virus in the state.

Out of the newly reported cases, 24 cases were reported from Kurnool district and Guntur reported 13 cases and Anantapur and Kadapa witnessed two each case. On the other hand, Krishna district reported 8 cases and Nellore and Vishaka witnessed one case each.

14 members who returned from other states tested positive for the virus. Kurnool, Guntur, Krishna, and Nellore are the worst-hit districts in the state which have the most number of cases. Vizianagaram continues to be the district with zero positive cases.

Jagan Mohan Reddy New Plan For Farmers

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Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a meeting with the district collectors about the problems faced by the farmers in the state and said that the will issue debit cards for the farmers by the October.

Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the government is also looking at the possibilities to provide the credit cards for the farmers to lend a helping hand for them so that they don’t face any problems.

Jagan went on to say that seeds and pesticides will be provided for the farmers through the Raithu Bharosa centers to help the farmers.

Jagan added that the list of fishermen and Raithu Barosa beneficiaries should be displayed at the nearby village secretariat and directed the officials to guide the people on how to apply for the schemes.

Latest update of lock down extension

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Following the increasing number of the positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown in the third week of March.

The lockdown eventually got extended and now entered the third phase from the 4th of May as the second phase was supposed to get lifted on the 3rd of May with some relaxations given for the green and orange zones.

Now some media reports claim that the existing lockdown might again get extended till the month end of this month. It has been reported that the existing lockdown was will come to an end on the 17th of this month is likely to be extended.

It has been widely reported that the PMO gathered information about the situations in the state through the Intelligence sources and PM Modi held a review meeting with the key officials of the PMO.

The information states that a lack of strict implementation of lockdown resulted in the rise of COVID 19 in India reportedly.

Hebah Patel about her next projects

Actors get huge craze with one good film. If they pick good films they sustain the journey, if not they are doomed. The present day actors of ‘RX 100’ are facing the same issue and they are lurking in series of flops.

Recently this was the same situation with Hebah Patel who shot to fame with Kumari 21 F and faded out with bad films that came her way and degraded to an item girl roles in Tollywood.

The actors are pitying her situation but now she is said to have grabbed two hot content series on Netflix. Now movie lovers get a chance to see the beauty in super hot roles in these two series and some how she gets work!

It is evident that the Web Series ‘Lust Stories’ has taught India the real meaning of Web Series and made popular the streaming platform Netflix across the nation. Actress Kiara Advani has become a blue eyed girl in Bollywood with her bold avatar in this series.

lathi charge against the protesting migrant workers

In a shocking incident, migrant workers in Andhra Pradesh have revolted demanding the state government to make necessary arrangements to return to their home towns. The migrant workers, who gathered in hundreds, have protested and even attacked the police who had tried to pacify them. With the situation getting out of control, cops had no other option but to initiate a lathi charge against the protesting migrant workers.

This incident took place in Kovvur of West Godavari where over 300 migrant workers belonging to Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha states came onto Kovvur main road and protested. This resulted in the blocking of the transport on the road. Police have stepped in and DCP too was present to convince the migrant workers.

DCP had tried to explain to the migrant workers that the permissions from their states – Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha – are due. But not convinced with this, the protesting labor have pelted stones and hurled bottles on police personnel. Police have finally lathi-charged the protesters to disburse them.

The other day, Hyderabad witnessed similar protest from migrant workers where they had come onto the street at Tolichowki in hundreds. With each passing day, the governments are finding it difficult to control the migrant workers. While the state governments are yet to clear permissions for the return of their migrant workers from other states, the situation looks difficult. However, officials are confident that they would resolve this soon.

Collect train fares from migrants at this hour is “disturbing” :Sonia Gandhi

Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced that the Pradesh Congress Committees (PCCs) of the respective states would pay for the rail travel of the migrant workers.She said the cost of rail travel of every needy worker and migrant labour would be paid by the PCCs, Sonia said in a statement on Monday. She found fault with the decision of the Central government and the Rail Ministry for deciding to charge fares from the migrants. She said the government’s decision to collect train fares from migrants at this hour is “disturbing”.

“Our workers and labourers form the backbone of our economy. Their hard work and sacrifice are the foundation of our nation,” Sonia said. She further said, “The Indian National Congress has, therefore, taken a decision that every Pradesh Congress Committee shall bear the cost for the rail travel of every needy worker and migrant labourer and shall take necessary steps in this regard.

This will be the Indian National Congress’ humble contribution in service of our compatriots and to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with them.” Sonia attacked Narendra Modi-led Union Government. She said, “But what is the responsibility of our Government? Even today, lakhs of workers and migrant labourers are languishing in different parts of the country and wish to return to their homes and families but there is neither adequate money nor provision for free transport. What is particularly disturbing is that the Central Government and the Rail Ministry are charging them for train tickets in this hour of crisis.”

KTR advised promoting mega industrial parks

KTR underlines the improvement of export competitiveness in priority sectors like Pharma, Aerospace, Textiles, Leather, IT, and Food procession with acting scouting of markets and offers a better deal than what competing nations offer. He further bounced the idea of soft loans to procure quality machinery, International training of staff, offer attractive incentives on exports, and also bailout for SMEs as they are worst affected.

KTR advised promoting mega industrial parks like Hyderabad Pharma City and Kakatiya Mega Textile Park as National projects to scale them up to compete for manufacturing opportunities. Constituting an Empowered Strategy Group to identify and follow up on investment opportunities, is also one of the persuasive ideas.

Needless to say that out of six pharma companies in India that are in the race to make a vaccine for COVID-19, three are headquartered at Hyderabad. There are five young entrepreneurs from Hyderabad in the recent list of most reputed Forbes 30 under 30 Asia.

While these are the ideas and proposals from the Telangana’s dynamic leader who is progressing miles ahead, the leaders in the neighboring state are stagnating the progress and development as they are busy slinging mud against each other with discrepancies in coronavirus relief programs, elections, and English medium controversies.

CM Jagan said that anyone can be infected by Coronavirus

A lot of people are being infected by Coronavirus all over the world, and in India too. While many states are witnessing a decrease in the number of new cases each day, many other states are witnessing a rapid increase.

Andhra Pradesh is one of those states that is constantly seeing a rapid increase in the number of new cases. As a result, many people are dying. Recently, when a man from Rayalaseema died, a few people had raised objections to perform the deceased man’s last rites.

Speaking about the same, CM Jagan said that anyone can be infected by Coronavirus and that it is not humane to object performing the last rites of a deceased man. Jagan also said that Coronavirus infected people should not be treated as untouchables, and should be looked at with compassion.

CM KCR held a review meeting with Health Minister

Relieved over the declining trend in coronavirus cases in Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday exuded confidence that in the next few days, the state would be totally free from positive Covid-19 cases.

He said the decline in the number of cases augurs well for the state. After attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video conference with all the Chief Ministers, Rao held a review meeting with Health Minister Eatala Rajender and other top officials.

The officials informed the CM that on Monday, 159 samples were tested and out of them only two were found positive.KCR felt that the strict enforcement of the lockdown norms is resulting in a decline in the number of cases. He said the quarantine period of most of those found infected will end on May 8.

He, however, said the government will not be complacent in the wake of the drop in the number of cases.KCR said that as announced earlier, the lockdown will continue till May 7. He appealed to people to follow the lockdown norms and the government guidelines.

He announced that by Tuesday, 21 districts in the state would not have a single active case, adding that over 97 percent of the patients were recovering.KCR said with the virus spread being contained, the number of containment zones will also come down gradually.

He said the process to identify and test all those who came in contact with the returnees from the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi was continuing.

Corona Cases have been rising constantly in Andhra Pradesh

The state of Andhra Pradesh started out with a comparatively lesser number of coronavirus cases in the beginning. However, the cases have been rising constantly in the state, with the total number of cases crossing 1000.

In the last 24 hours, 80 cases were found to be positive in Andhra, taking the total number of cases to 1,177.

Out of the 1,177 cases, 235 people have been discharged, and 31 people have died. A total of 911 cases are now active in the state and are receiving treatment.

A total of 6517 samples were tested in the last 24 hours in Andhra Pradesh, and 80 out of them tested positive.Experts say that the curve of new cases will slowly come down, and may go to zero during mid-May.

lockdown might be further extended in Telangana

Going by the latest comments made by the chief minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao, the lockdown might be further extended in the state.

“If the common public cooperates with us for a few more days and stand by the lockdown regulations, it would make the situation better,” he said .

The TRS chief further added that the prime minister of India Narendra Modi has called for a video conference with the chief ministers across the country and final decision regarding the lockdown will be taken after the same.

KCR’s comments might be an indirect indication that the lockdown will be extended indefinitely in order to bring th situation under control.

The Coronavirus graph in Telangana has been showing a downward trend and that is a positive news. But the lockdown will be extended till the curve is flattened completely.

Modi will be addressing the nation over the weekend

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi last addressed the nation, he announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3rd. The initial lockdown period was for 21 days, from March 25th to April 14th.

However, as the intensity of Coronavirus started to increase in the country, the Prime Minister was forced to extend the lockdown. Now that the even the second phase of lockdown is coming to an end, with May 3rd fast approaching, the Prime Minister is once again set to address the nation.

Sources say that Modi will be addressing the nation over the weekend, listing out the plans the government will be implementing in case the lockdown is lifted.

When Modi conducted a conference with eh Chief Ministers of various states, he asked all of them to come up with their own exit strategy keeping in mind the situation in their state.

Janasena has a large following on social media

Janasena, led by Pawan Kalyan has achieved a mighty rare feat on social media platform, Twitter and Pawan himself has commented about the same.

Pawan Kalyan stated that Janasena has garnered over 1 million followers on Twitter and this is the highest ever follower count for a regional party in South India.

“1 MILLION JANASAINIKS on Twitter @JanaSenaParty . Got to know that this is the highest for any regional party in South India. Heartfelt thanks to @jspshatagniteam & each and every JanaSainik on social platforms. Let’s build an army that Our Nation should be proud of.. Jai Hind!”, Pawan tweeted.

On the other hand, the ruling party in Andhra Pradesh, YSRC has 559K followers and Telugu Desam Party has 396K followers on Twitter.Janasena has a large following on social media and that is very much evident in this case.

video conference with the Chief Ministers of various state Ministers

The nationwide lockdown in India meant the closing of almost every other business except that of daily essentials. As a result, the economy has been suffering ever since the lockdown has been put into effect.

In the video conference with the Chief Ministers of various states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the fact that the economy has been suffering because of the lockdown, and that it needs to be given importance as well.

While the lockdown has helped save thousands and lakhs of lives in India, it has depleted the country’s economy. Even if the lockdown is lifted, life will not go back to the way it was, but the economy can be revived a little.

We have to now see what steps the government will take to make sure that both, lives and the economy is safe.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched a Good Scheme

Proving his ‘walk-the-talk’ reputation for the umpteenth time, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday formally launched the ‘YSR Zero Interest Loan’ scheme, conceptualized to benefit close to one crore women of the self-help groups in the state.

At a simple event held at his camp office cum residence, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister kick-started the scheme by formally transferring online Rs 1400 crores of money towards reimbursement of interest amount on loans. Thus, YS Jagan proved yet again that he remains committed to his promises even in the face of unprecedented crises like the current Coronavirus pandemic which dried up the state’s revenues and cash reserves.

As soon as the chief minister pressed the button online, the amounts were electronically transferred into 8,78,874 accounts of the DWCRA groups falling under the jurisdiction of SERP and MEPMA. This will benefit a total of 90,37,254 women members who are part of the self-help DWCRA groups, spread across the state.

After launching the scheme, the AP chief minister had a chit chat with DWCRA group members from across all districts through video-conference. With YS Jagan fulfilling his promise even in the midst of a severe financial crunch due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the women are obviously elated. They feel indebted to the chief minister and the AP government for helping them out with the reimbursement of the interest amount during this current critical time.

This crisis has taught us to be self-sufficient : Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conducted a video conference with all Village Sarpanchs, in order to come up with a better plan to help the farmers and all villagers during this crisis.

Speaking in the conference, Modi said that this crisis has taught us to be self-sufficient, to make sure that our villages are equipped with everything they need and are self-sustaining.

The number of coronavirus cases is increasing by the day in the country, and every measure and step is being taken by both the central and state governments, to ensure that the virus is controlled, and that there is no further spread of the virus.