The fever rush in the city has reached a concerning phase as there was a noticeable jump of 55-60% in the fever cases, increasing the number of patients at children's hospitals.&nbsp;The dengue and fever cases show no signs of stopping as Niloufer Hospital, the state's biggest pediatric facility, has reached its total capacity of 800 children while other hospitals are not far behind.&nbsp;The fever cases in the state are a mixture of 40% of dengue cases, with the remaining showing signs of respiratory issues.&nbsp;Health experts and doctors at Niloufer hospital who are seeing a wave of dengue patients have expressed how cautious families need to be and understand that delay in dengue might land children in critical conditions. Out-patient visits have also been quite high at many hospitals as parents treat their kids with low to mild fevers.The doctors have also noticed the number of dengue cases to be much higher than in 2019 and 2020. While a possible covid scare is off the table for kids, dengue is quite capable of causing enough and more trouble to kids and youngsters. Health experts are urging parents to be mindful of the signs and ensure the highest level of hygiene post dengue and to those who haven't had dengue never to get the disease.&nbsp;

Fever And Dengue Threat Still On For City Kids 

This month has undoubtedly been an indecisive month for parents as the Government decided to reopen physical schools for all ages. However, the HC overturned this decision 48 hours before the schools reopened and gave out additional orders for school management to adhere to.&nbsp;A new survey recently done by <a href="https://leadschool.in/about-us/know-the-company/">LEAD</a>, an edtech company, showed a completely different picture about the parent's views on school reopening. This survey clearly showed that 70% of parents are willing to send their child to the school, out of which 59% of parents admitted the reducing quality of education through online mode as a reason to send their children to school.This survey was done among 10,500 parents in metros and non-metros whose children study from classes 1-10.&nbsp;Many parents have realized that their child is missing out on a complete school experience. In the same survey, 22 percent of parents were keen on teachers and staff is completely vaccinated. In comparison, 55 percent of parents wanted social distancing to be a top priority at the school, and 54 percent of parents emphasized the need for physical activity and sports.&nbsp;More than 40% of parents in both metros and non-metros described the need to eliminate the challenges they have to face daily for 3-4 online classes and, at times, are not happy with the quality of education through online learning. Also, a good 63% of parents feel that their child's engagement hasn't been effective on a virtual platform and that a school environment would improve their social skills.

Parents Change Their Minds And Looking To Send Kids Back To School 

Samhitha Pungavanam is undoubtedly a possible definition of a child prodigy as the 8-year-old is playing chess like a pro. She has already been on top of her game as she recently came second and won the silver medal at the National Under-8 Open &amp; Girls Online Chess Championship.&nbsp;The performance at the above tournaments has helped the wiz kid book a place at the Asian Youth Under-8 Chess Championship from October 21-24, making her one of the favorites to win the championship.&nbsp;The kid who started playing chess at age four is blowing minds with a level of focus that is quite rare to find. Victories have dominated her overall performances in her national event, with two losses to a sixth and eighth-round opponent.&nbsp;Samhita's performance has been regarded as quite prolific considering 145 competitors, with many players older than her.&nbsp;The 8-year-old girl is the gold medalist in the Under-7 Asian Championship and a silver medalist at the Under-7 nationals. The kid is looking to repeat her performance and clinch another gold and grow into a chess marvel as she grows older.&nbsp;

Samhita, Telangana's Youngest Chess Mastermind

Indian Cricket Team are set to play some exciting series on the home turf as they are wrapping up their foreign games with the second leg of IPL. The 2021-2022 schedule for the men in blue is exciting as it might see the return of fans ever since gathering at sporting events was disallowed because of the pandemic.While fans across the country are gearing up to cheer for the men in blue, The Hyderabadi fans will have to watch these exciting games at home or a live screening venue as the BCCI has decided not to schedule any matches at&nbsp; Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.&nbsp;This decision has come off after the BCCI has noticed the current chaos between its apex members and Mohammed Azharuddin, President of HCA.&nbsp;While the home games will feature New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Sri Lanka with a total of 20 international games, including 14 T20s, 4 Tests, and 3 ODIs, the city stadium will be left out of all these matches as the HCA is currently battling internal issues and facing allegations over bias in the Hyderabad U19.&nbsp;BCCI announced this decision along with the tour dates. This year, smaller venues like Rajkot, Jaipur, Dharamshala, and Ranchi host games but not Hyderabad. While the board members in HCA have been taken aback by this decision, they are also hoping for a straightforward solution to the ongoing situation so that the BCCI can review this decision.

Hyderabad Excluded From BCCI Calendar

With the Ganesh festivities done and dusted for this year, the <a href="https://www.ghmc.gov.in/">GHMC</a> is back to its work and is beginning by conducting a demolition drive to demolish those buildings that have constructed buildings without obtaining building permits.&nbsp;In addition, the municipal body will also destroy those who have carried out construction work in violation of their building permits. The builders in the city are shocked by this decision by the GHMC. With the demolition drive currently going on in the city center, the old city builders have already started trying their best to please the GHMC Town Planning Official's to exclude their property from demolition.&nbsp;The current scenario has created enough caution among everyday citizens to inquire about building permits before purchasing or renting a place. The town planning officials have exclaimed that many builders have been served several notices during their construction phases, to which they turned a blind eye, and now those buildings will be the first to be razed without notice or warning.&nbsp;Builders of certain areas are raising questions about other builders not being questioned about their buildings due to a political influence behind it to which municipal officials have disagreed. However, the new and ongoing construction projects are being reviewed and checked for building permits and verifying that construction is happening according to the building plan. Some people have also raised non-payment of bribe money to the officials, being the reason to raze those buildings.&nbsp;

Demolition Drive By The GHMC Officials Catch Builders Off Guard 

Deepti Reddy, who is two months pregnant from Hyderabad has got stuck in Canada. Her husband Chandrasekhar Reddy abandoned her in Montreal, Canada, and came to Hyderabad without informing her. He works as a postdoc in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. He left his wife there on August 9th and returned to India. He has been out of touch with his wife ever since.Deepti has complained to the local embassy and also tweeted to External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jao Shankar. The ministry has responded to Deepti's letter. The Hyderabad Rachakonda police have been informed about Chandrasekhar Reddy. The Rachakonda police commissioner has issued directions to trace Chandrasekhar.Chandrasekhar's brother Srinivas Reddy is a constable in Chaitanyapuri Police Station, Hyderabad. Deepti alleges that Srinivas Reddy has hidden her husband. Deepti's parents also lodged a complaint at the Bhuvanagiri Women's Police Station. Bhuvanagiri Women's Police Station officials registered a case on the complaint are investigating. Deepti hails from Brahmanapalli village of Bibinagar Mandal, Yadadri, Bhuvanagiri district. Deepti's parents live in Bibinagar.
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Man Abandons Pregnant Wife In Canada And Comes Back To City

A Nepali couple, who had joined as servants in a house in Gachibowli committed a massive robbery and fled. The owners of the house went to visit Srisailam Mallanna and demolished the house. Fifteen lakhs and 1.2 kg of gold jewelry were stolen.&nbsp; According to Rayadurg Inspector Rajagopal Reddy, Biram Govinda Rao, a prominent businessman, lives in Gachibowli's Telecom Nagar.&nbsp;He rented the third floor of his three-story building and stays with the family on two floors. Pavitra (30) and Laxman (34), a couple from Nepal, joined the work at his house four months ago. The Govinda Rao family trusted the couple completely as they were working faithfully. The Govinda Rao family along with their rented family went to Srisailam Mallanna Darshan at 11 am on Saturday. The servants were told to take care of the house.&nbsp;The Nepali couple, who were waiting for it, executed a midnight burglary plan on the day the owner's family left. The main power switch in the house was switched off and the CCTV cameras were not working. They removed window grills‌ and entered the house. Opening the locker in the bedroom, they looted 1.2 kg of gold jewelry and 15 lakh Rupees and fled from there.Govinda Rao phoned the watchman from Srisailam at 10 am on Sunday and the mobile is switched off. He phoned a friend next door only to find the watchman couple missing. Govinda Rao's family reached home at 7 PM on Sunday only to find the window grills and bedroom locker left open. The case is being investigated.

Watchman Loots Owner In Gachibowli And Escapes With Huge Bounty!

The immersion of Ganesh idols ended peacefully throughout the metropolis as well as the Medchal district. Immersions continued until dawn on Monday in Medchal. However, the immersion in the city ended peacefully, without any incident. Along with the prestigious Khairatabad and Balapur Ganeshas, 1000s of Ganeshas were immersed on Sunday and the immersion continued till Monday evening.During these two days, millions of devotees performed bhajans and dances to bid a solemn farewell to Lord. The statues of the POPs were immersed in the baby ponds and Hussain Sagar with the help of special cranes on the NTR Marg and PVNR Marg. CP Anjani Kumar said that 85,000 idols were immersed all over the GHMC and more than 27,000 idols were immersed in the Hussain Sagar.&nbsp;GHMC officials said that up to 5,700 statues above ten feet were immersed in two days. GHMC has cleared thousands of statues and tons of waste in the shortest possible time. GHMC and HMDA department officials said tens of thousands (10,091) metric tons of waste had been moved from Hussain Sagar. 83,186 statues were removed from the city's ponds and baby ponds.&nbsp;However, 60,097 statues were removed from Baby Ponds and 23,094 statues from ponds. A total of 215 action teams and 8,116 sanitation workers are working to remove the debris. 1600 entomology department staff have also participated. GHMC and HMDA have stepped up efforts to extract immersion waste and turn it into a 'clean Hussain Sagar'. Officials said 10,000 metric tons of waste had been removed by Monday evening. According to the Supreme Court, this is the last time Hussain Sagar will be allowed for immersion. The officials will have to plan well in advance from the next year.

Ganesh Immersion Complete, Focus On Clean Hussain Sagar

Kids, teenagers, and even adults have quickly adapted to the social isolation lifestyle created by this pandemic. Still, somehow the older men and women have been battling a hard time in the four walls of their house.&nbsp; Their limited fellowship during morning and evening walks, sudden pilgrimages, or any social event hasn't been happening lately, instilling them with unhealthy fear, depression, anxiousness, and suicidal thoughts in extreme cases.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.achalasolutions.com/">Achala IT Solutions</a>, a city-based startup, has created a unique companion robot that will spend time with the older folks, interact with them, and relay information during an emergency. This robot that <a href="https://www.elro.eu/en/">Elro</a> will produce is not just an interactive talking robot but will also keep the elders engrossed with games and interaction facilities with their family and friends and check on their health by checking their BP, Sugar, Saturation, and temperature.&nbsp;In addition, this robot has a rare feature of connecting to a doctor through video and home delivering medicines to them.&nbsp;The company CEO and Founder Rajesh Raju explained how the robot would eliminate older people's suicidal or depressive tendencies.&nbsp;The robot is currently tuned to the English language. However, it will soon be functioning in the required language as back-end work is still in progress to include Google Assistant and Alexa Technologies. Testing and all modifications will go on till the end of November, and it will be ready for sale in December and will be priced at Rs.25,000.&nbsp; The startup has come up with this idea and many others as they are startups under the State Government's <a href="https://ai.telangana.gov.in/">T-aim</a> (emerging technologies wing).&nbsp;

City Startup Create Unique Robot To Keep The Older Folks Engaged 

A motorcyclist speeding with his bike hit a traffic policeman and fled from the spot. As per the report of SR Nagar Inspector Saeed, Constables Suresh Kulkarni (57), Balaraju and home guard Suresh Kumar were on duty at SR Nagar Traffic Police Station mobile van at Ameerpet Maitrivanam Junction on Saturday night.Traffic Constable Suresh Kulkarni crossed the road from Saradhi Studio towards the petrol bunk. An Activa vehicle heading towards Yusufguda from Ameerpet side veered off the road and collided with Traffic Constable Kulkarni. Constable Suresh Kulkarni was hit in the head and seriously injured in the accident. The driver of the accident, including his bike, fled the scene. The police personnel says the motorist, escaped in the dark as it was pitch dark.Traffic Inspector Shreya, who was on duty there, rushed the injured constable Suresh Kulkarni to a hospital in Ameerpet. The policeman's condition is serious and the doctors are non-committed about his condition until 48 hours. Police were engaged in collecting CCTV footage of the surrounding area for the motorist who caused the accident. A case has been registered and investigated as per the victim's complaint.

Hit And Run In Ameerpet: Traffic Police Condition Serious!

GHMC has taken the 100% Vaccination Drive seriously to inoculate the entire population at least with one dose of COVID-19 vaccine before the onset of the third wave. Accordingly, door to door vaccination drive is being conducted. If an entire household is vaccinated at least with one dose, a sticker is being pasted on their door about the same.But then, the response has been disappointing in the Old City. People are not interested in getting vaccinated. The Old City people are answering 'Not Willing' when the staff visits for the home survey. Vaccination drive continues to go on at a snail pace in Mughalpura, Chandrayangutta, Karwan, Yakutpura, and Malakpet.The vaccine hesitancy seems to be high in the area. Officials are trying to educate the people about the benefits of vaccination but in vain. Meanwhile, 1,333 colonies across GHMC were completely vaccinated, as of Thursday night. 12,72,36 persons were vaccinated during this special drive.