A car caused a ruckus in Shamshabad. A young woman driving under the influence of alcohol collided with a passerby on the road. Three people were seriously injured in the incident. The car was stopped by locals when the occupants tried to flee away from the spot.The young woman and another person in the vehicle got into an argument with them. Upon receiving information about the accident, police immediately rushed to the scene. The young woman, who was intoxicated, and the man with her were taken into custody.&nbsp;The car was also seized.&nbsp;Later in a statement, the department revealed a breath analyzer test showed that the occupants of the car had been drinking alcohol. The injured were rushed to a local hospital. The police also found liquor bottles in the car. A case has been registered and the investigation is on.

Drunk Women Rams Car Into Passerby In Shamshabad

If the numbers of the Government are to be believed, Corona seems to be coming under control in Greater Hyderabad. In the Greater Hyderabad, Rangareddy, and Medchal districts, the test positivity rate has been declining for four and a half days. Hyderabad district recorded the highest positivity rate of 20.16 percent on the 18th of this month.It has been declining since the next day. DMH Dr. Venkati said the district has been registering a positivity rate of less than ten percent for the past three days. Rangareddy district recorded a positivity of up to 22 percent at the peak stage. Now it is between ten and twelve percent, said Dr. Swarajya Lakshmi, DMHO of the district.&nbsp;Medchal district recorded the highest positivity of 31.81 percent on the 17th of this month. It has been steadily declining since then. A district official said 12 percent positivity was recorded here on Wednesday. In Greater Hyderabad, experts predicted that the third wave will reach its peak stage in the last week of this month. But doctors say that this is due to the fact that the Omicron variant is spread very fast, the peak is reached early and the decline phase has started.Note: This report is based on the stats available until Wednesday night. The Thursday bulletin is not released at the time of writing this article.

GHMC Area Reaches Corona Peak Early?

The police investigation into the drugs case is ongoing. Information that a list of thirty celebrities is in the hands of the police. Twelve accused have already been arrested in the case. Police also arrested seven businessmen. The remand report mentions that businessmen were purchasing drugs from the master-mind of this case, Tony.&nbsp;Police are collecting data on those who go to pubs and events and consume drugs there regularly. These developments have happened after the department announced that it would no longer tolerate the consumers as well. For so long, the department is considering drug consumers as victims.According to the remand report, the drugs were bought by A1 Tony, A2 Imran Babu Sheik, and A3 Noor Ahmed Khan. A10 Niranjan Kumar Jain, A11 Seshawat Jain, A12 Yagnanand Agarwal, and A13 Suryasumant Reddy were arrested. The police have asked for the custody of Tony and the gang. Meanwhile, Chief Minister KCR is likely to give key directions on drugs on Friday.

Drugs Case: List Of Thirty VIPs With Police

SunRisers Hyderabad has released David Warner last year due to internal conflicts. He was shunted out of the team in an unceremonious manner. Warner, the fifth-highest runscorer in the IPL will go under the hammer at the Mega Auction in February. He is among 49 players who have listed his base price at ₹2 crores. Buzz is that SRH may bid for him once again.It is reported that Sunrisers Management led by Tom Moody, intends to take back Warner. It is understood that Kane Williams will continue as captain. Warner‌ will be in the team only as a player. Many franchises have their eye on David Warner. The minimum price is Rs 2 crore and the maximum is Rs 15 crore.However, it is learned that Sunrisers Hyderabad is ready to bid up to Rs 10 crore for him. Hyderabad fans would love to see Warner coming back to the team. But then, the team management and the star batsman should iron out the differences between them so that his individual performance and the team performance will not be impacted.

SunRisers Hyderabad To Bring Back David Warner?

Hyderabad Police are cracking cases in a matter of hours using the latest technology. The perpetrators are being imprisoned with solid evidence. A robbery took place at a house in the Meerpet area on the outskirts of the city yesterday. Ratnakar, a retired employee, resides in Sivanarayanapuram under Meerpet.An unidentified man broke into the house on Wednesday night and stole 31 tulas of gold and 40 tulas of silver. Ratnakar after realizing the robbery has lodged a complaint with the police at 5 PM on Wednesday. The accused was arrested within hours (at 9 PM) after examining the CCTV footage. But then, by that time, he already sold the items and bought himself a costly mobile phone and clothes for himself. A case has been registered against him.The arrested person is K.Sudhakar alias Subhakar (27), a mason from Meerpet and a native of Nagarkurnool district. Sudhakar's modus-operandi is identifying potential targets during the day and breaking into those houses at night. He was earlier arrested in cases including murder, burglary, and automobile theft. He recently was released from prison and continued committing burglaries.

Hyderabad Police Solves A Burglary Case In Just Four Hours

Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has come up with an analysis of pollution levels in ten major cities in South India. According to the report, Vishakapatnam and Hyderabad are the most polluted cities and the citizens here are breathing toxic air.&nbsp;The report says all the ten major cities suffer due to pollution and the PM2.5 and PM10 levels of all the cities are well above the recommended World Health Organisation (WHO) limits in all the cities. The pollution levels are still over the WHO's limits even with relatively lower economic activity and vehicular emissions due to the Lockdowns in 2021.Both the cities are the worst affected cities with their PM2.5 levels increasing by 7 to 8 times the WHO guidelines. Hyderabad is the second-worst while Vishakapatnam is ranked one. The report has been prepared to analyze the CPCB data from Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam, Mysuru, Mangalore, Coimbatore, Kochi, Puducherry, and Amaravati have been analyzed over a period of one year, from November 2020 to November 2021.

Hyderabad And Vishakapatnam Air Most Polluted In The South

Hyderabad is taking baby steps in becoming a venue for chip development. Ceremorphic, an American company that is focused on designing supercomputing chips has set up its first development center in Bhagwannagar. Built on over 35,000 square feet, the center will cater to chip development in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad.&nbsp;A section of the company's 150 employees are based at a 35,000 sq ft facility and the idea is to upscale the headcount to 400 by 2024 in Hyderabad.&nbsp;The company's management has revealed that Ceremorphic is moving towards the manufacture of a supercomputing chip. The company said it would build the TSMC5nm Node with the utmost reliability and power capability.&nbsp;The customer samples of the process node are expected to be ready by 2023. Commercial production is set to begin in 2024. The company, founded in April 2020 is planning to invest $10 million on the facility annually for the next few years.&nbsp;Ceremorphic has 100 patents and is expected to have 250 patents by end of this year. The company's founder and CEO Venkat Mattela say the US firm will heavily depend on the engineering contribution from the Hyderabad design center as all the engineering and R&amp;D happens here.

US Chip Design Firm Opens First Development Center In Hyderabad

Corona's third wave seems to have led to a decrease in traffic on city roads. Traffic police based on the Intelligence Traffic Management System (ITMS) said that traffic was down by 30 percent in the current situation as compared to normal time. Announcing holidays to educational institutions and the continuation of work from home by many private companies are the reasons for the reduction in traffic.Traffic is assessed by ITMS at the busiest intersections in the city. TIMS will calculate how many vehicles are passing through that intersection each day and identify the average number of vehicles that went that day. Vehicles arriving at junctions like Nalgonda Cross Roads, Abids, Rabindra Bharathi, Telugu Thalli Chowrasta, Patni, CTO, Rasoolpura, Jubilee Hills Checkpost, KBR Park, Sagar Society, etc. are counted. Four Lakh to Seven Lakh vehicles uses these roads normally.At Khairatabad Chowrasta on December 20 last year, the traffic was around 6.5 lakh to 6 lakh per day. As of January 20th, the traffic was between 4-4.55 lakh. The Jubilee Hills check post handles between 5-5.5 lakh vehicles on normal days. The vehicles count is around 3.5-3.85 lakh as of January 20. With the decrease in the vehicles on road, the average speed of vehicles on the roads also improved, according to ITMS.

Third Wave Effect: Traffic Down By Thirty Percent

It took four decades for the GHMC to finally focus on Old City roads. The Corporation is expanding 15 roads with high traffic. The widening works in these rounds have started at once. In the past, officials planned to widen the roads but all those plans were limited to proposals due to difficulties in acquiring assets.But with the growing population and increasing number of vehicles day by day, the traffic hassles are becoming more on the narrow roads. Some roads were widened 40 years ago as part of the Charminar development. Since then, not a single road in the Old City has been widened. Roads currently 20 to 40 feet will be increased from 60 to 80 feet.A total of 30 km of road widening is being carried out, officials said. Most of the traffic problems will be mostly solved once the works are completed. Old City will sport a new look once the widening works are completed. Officials plan to complete all the works within a year. A total of 600 properties are to be acquired in the designated areas. Officials estimate that the expansion of roads, along with the acquisition of assets, will cost a total of Rs 200 crore. They are trying to convince reluctant property owners using local leaders.

After Four Decades Of Neglect, GHMC Focuses On Old City Roads

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech Chairman Krishna Ella and co-founder Suchitra Ella were conferred with Padma Bhushan on the 73rd Republic Day. Bharat Biotech is the manufacturer of Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine against COVID-19. It has got WHO approval and by many countries across the globe. It is the only Made in India vaccine against COVID-19 so far.&nbsp;Dr. Krishna Ella:He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. He later served as a Faculty of Research at the University of South Carolina Medical. He strongly believes that the solution to the health problems facing humanity is to develop vaccines. With his qualifications, knowledge, and experience, he has the potential to rise to great heights in America. But came back to India with the family with a passion for the homeland. Together with his wife Suchitra Ella, he founded Bharat Biotech in 1996 in the Genome Valley, Hyderabad. Vaccines have been developed for many diseases, starting with the hepatitis-B vaccine. Above all, his initiative in developing the COVAXIN against the COVID-19, the way he worked with the government (especially with the ICMR and the National Institute of Virology) ensured the early rollout of India's first COVID-19 vaccine. Krishna Ella also founded a company that produces livestock vaccines.Dr. Suchitra Ella:Although Dr. Krishna Ella is a perpetual researcher, his wife, Bharat Biotech Joint MD Suchitra Ella, is credited with playing an active role in the idea of returning home and starting his own company. A graduate in economics, she managed the company and oversees all aspects from production to administrative activities, marketing, and sales. Suchitra Ella's role is crucial in implementing the idea and research of Dr. Krishna Ella. With the support of the government and the cooperation of scientists from government research institutes, COVAXIN has become a reality because of both of them. That vaccine has put our country ahead of the rest of the world in the fight against the Pandemic.

Know Ellas - The Latest Padma Bhushans From Hyderabad

Once upon a time, one could see Birla Mandir or Charminar from various parts of the city. The city had some interesting architectural buildings, and in all, one could say Hyderabad was a quaint city. But no longer is this the case. While the government has approved 67 hi-rise buildings in GHMC, many have mushroomed under the <a href="https://www.hmda.gov.in/it.php">HMDA</a> limits in the period between April 2020 and March 2021. Kokapet, Narsingi, Puppalaguda, and parts of the Financial District are some areas in HMDA where skyscrapers have come up.The city is now sprinkled with pockets of skyscrapers, especially on the western side.&nbsp;But it’s not just about buildings or high-rise buildings, for that matter. The state government is also seriously involved in developing the required infrastructure to ensure that people in such pockets have access to civic amenities.&nbsp; Presently, construction of roads, drainage systems, water supply distribution networks, electrification, and illumination works are underway. Also, new flyovers, the road over bridges, road under bridges, foot-over-bridges are being constructed to provide good facilities for the people in these areas. For example, in Kokapet, 533 acres of drainage layout is being worked upon with an estimated cost of Rs 265 crore.Extensive works are also on in Gachibowli, upcoming US Consulate, Myscape in Nanakramguda, TNGOs colony in Gachibowli, and Secretariat Colony in Manikonda. New waterlines will be laid this year in all these places.Also, to address traffic needs, GHMC has set aside April 2022 as a deadline to complete ten projects being built under the strategic road development plan (SRDP) at an estimated cost of Rs 1158 crore.