Medical students’ suicides raise academic stress concerns

Two postgraduate medical students at Andhra Medical College (AMC) died by suicide within a week of each other, sending shockwaves through the campus and reigniting debate about academic stress in … Read More

APPCB to seek alternative routes for heavy vehicles through Gajuwaka

The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) will approach the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) and the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) to explore alternative routes for heavy vehicles from Gangavaram … Read More

High-beam LED lights raise road safety concerns in Visakhapatnam

The growing use of auxiliary high-intensity LED headlights on vehicles has emerged as a road safety concern in the city. Motorists complain that the excessive glare makes it difficult to … Read More

From Visakhapatnam to the Arctic: GITAM scientist on a mission to track emerging pollutants

Snowstorms, sub-zero winds and turbulent fjord waters became part of Dr Manoj P. Rayaroth’s daily routine in the Arctic. But beyond the physical extremes lay a larger scientific challenge: to … Read More

CPR training puts 250 cops on the frontline of cardiac emergencies

Apollo Hospitals organised a hands-on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training programme for 250 police personnel at the Police Barracks here on Tuesday to mark World Heart Day. The initiative aimed to … Read More

Ganta Srinivasa Rao backs permanent home for Film Nagar Cultural Centre in Visakhapatnam

Bheemunipatnam MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao on Monday assured his support for setting up a permanent Film Nagar Cultural Centre on its own premises in the city. Speaking at a meeting … Read More

₹725-crore project to begin in October; 2.5 lakh people to benefit in first phase

For residents of Madhurawada, where several apartment complexes receive municipal water only once every two or three days and increasingly depend on tankers, relief could be in sight. Work on … Read More