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As families abandon bodies, NGOs step in for last rites
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Kin not touching bodies of COVID patients due to stigma, fear
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Kin not touching bodies of COVID patients due to stigma, fear
Bodies of COVID patients are being abandoned by families due to stigma and fear. In this scenario, NGOs and youth groups are stepping in to conduct the last rites of the patients, irrespective of religion.
On Thursday, when a woman passed away due to the disease at her home in Madhapur in Jagtial district, it was a bunch of young men who stepped in to conduct the funeral rites of the woman. “The Sarpanch of the village contacted as the family refused to touch the body. We wore the PPE kits, moved the body to the village and conducted the funeral rites as per the woman’s religion,” said Wajid Khan of Korutla who teamed up with his Immadutal Muslim Youth Association to carry out the last rites. “Over the last 15 days, we have conducted 45 such funerals in differ
Stolen lorry with 580 bags of rice recovered, four arrested
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The Samisragudem police arrested four persons who allegedly drove away a rice-laden lorry parked at the Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown, located at Kata Koteswaram village in the West Godavari district on March 17.
Disclosing this to the newsmen here on Saturday, Kovvur Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) B. Srinath said special teams had been formed with Nidadavole, Chagallu and Samisragudem police to detect the case.
On a tip-off, a team arrested M. Satyanarayana, M. Raju, K. Anand Babu and Ch. Madhu Babu, natives of West Godavari district, at a rice mill on the outskirts of Samisragudem village on Saturday.
BJD-BJP ‘understanding’ ends
Bhubaneswar: Seven months after the 2019 general elections, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and senior leaders Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seem to have decided raise their voice against the Modi government at the Centre for the first time.
This was apparent when all BJD leaders openly criticised the Centre at the party’s executive body meeting here Sunday.
Earlier, the BJD had been cribbing about the financial neglect of the Centre towards the state, but since the last elections, the party had completely fallen silent against the Modi government. People perceived such cryptic silence of the BJD against the Centre was fallout of a secret understanding between the two parties.
Accenture s strong performance gives hope for Indian IT: Analysts
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The company reported a 4 per cent growth in revenue to $11.76 billion during the first quarter ended on November 30, 2020 in US dollar terms. Revenues were more than $200 million above the company’s guided range of $11.15 billion to $11.55 billion.
The company previously estimated a full-year growth between 2 per cent and 5 per cent.
Bengaluru: Accenture’s positive outlook for fiscal 2021 and strong first quarter performance provide positive signs for the Indian IT services companies, said analysts. Technology and consulting services major Accenture reported revised its full-year growth outlook upward to 4 per cent to 6 per cent for fiscal year 2021 on the back of strong first quarter performance.