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An estimated 82% of the 19-year-olds are attending classes (46% of these classes are still online) in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. However, one in every five 19-year-old students enrolled in education in 2020 is not engaged in any form of learning, suggesting many students have lost a whole year of learning, revealed a report by Young Lives, an international body, on March 6. The body studied Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on education, employment, food security and mental health in the two states. As part of the study, 2,751 young people were interviewed (1,868 younger cohort respondents aged 19 and 883 older cohort respondents aged 26). READ FULL STORY

With nearly 1 lakh known cases of glaucoma in the state and an estimated10 lakh which are yet to be identified, experts stress on the need for having a mass screening programme in the state on lines of the Kanti Velugu programme taken up to identify cataract and refractive errors. While increased awareness about the disease has led to more cases being identified in recent years, glaucoma is on the rise in the state as well. READ FULL STORY

The first lady director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), Aruna Bahuguna, wants to see more women don the khaki uniform. The 1979 batch IPS officer is also the first lady IPS officer of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh cadre. “I was the only lady officer in my batch at NPA. In fact, I was the only woman on campus as there were no women staff at that time. It was a different experience as I studied only in girls and women’s education institutions prior to that,” Bahuguna recounts. READ FULL STORY

To mark International Women’s Day, TOI caught up with some senior scientists from DRDO, each of whom are playing a key role in strengthening India’s defence sector. READ HERE

Two boys, aged 9 and 14, from a village in Warangal were booked under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. On Saturday evening, family members of the victim lodged a complaint with cops alleging that she was sexually assaulted by two boys on February 24 at the village. “The two boys are relatives of the victim. On February 24, the girl and the boys went to pick jujube fruits in the village and at an isolated spot the two boys sexually assaulted her,” Mamnoor ACP A Naresh Kumar said. READ full story

Worried about fresh lockdown rumours after a recent spike in Covid-19 numbers, thousands of panic-stricken farm labourers in Telangana have left for their hometowns, despite assurances of safety from farm bodies. The trend of agriculture labourers’ flight is more visible in the tribal areas of Bhadradri district, and on both sides of Godavari, where lots of farmers sow the hybrid variety of red chilli crop, which has huge demand in the international market. READ MORE