Live Updates: Telangana, Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, India Coronavirus, Today 20 October 2020

PM Modi to address nation at 6 PM on Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he will be sharing a message with the country at 6 p.m. on Tuesday where he is expected to make an important announcement. There is a possibility that he might inform the people about the ongoing war against the corona pandemic.

Modi tweeted, "I will address the nation with a message at 6 pm today. I will share a message with my countrymen and urge the people to join me." The PM might speak to the people on issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

During his address, the Prime Minister might appeal to the people to remain cautious about the coronavirus ahead of the upcoming festivals.

Telangana News: All exams in Telangana postponed in view of heavy rains. The new schedule will be announced after Dasara by when the situation is likely to improve.

AP revenue employees briefs minister Dharmana Krishna Das over their problems

Andhra Pradesh revenue employees met Deputy CM and Revenue Minister Dharmana Krishna Das on Tuesday to brief the problems of the employees. Boparaju Venkateshwarlu, president of the Revenue Employees Union, explained the issues to the media. "We have brought to the attention of the Minister the field level issues of Revenue employees. The state government is ambitiously conducting a land re-survey. The quorum was that Revenue employees should not be assigned different duties until it is over," he said.

They said that the departmental inquiry is being dalyed over the employees who have been subjected to disciplinary action."There is a situation where the employee does not even receive a pension after completing the service," employees asserted.

He said that they have urged the minister to take steps to complete the investigations as soon as possible and take the employees into duties. Boparaju Venkateshwar further revealed that the funds have not reached the tahsildars.

Telangana News: The cotton crop from Telangana is yet to be harvested, farmers arriving huge loads of cotton bordering from the erstwhile Warangal district in Enumamula agriculture market at Warangal on Tuesday.

Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh: Despite the coronavirus cases are declining in Andhra Pradesh, it is still posing a threat to the people with new people affecting with dreadful virus. In this backdrop, as many as 29 students of a school in Srisailam Sunnipenta in Kurnool district were infected with Coronavirus who were undergone tests. With this, DEO Sairam issued key directives of conducting tests to the students in all schools across the district. Schools were instructed to strictly adhere to coronavirus rules. Read Full Story

Coronavirus in India: India reports 46,791 new COVID19 cases & 587deaths in last 24 hours.

Total cases - 75,97,064

Active cases - 7,48,538 (dip by 23,517 since y'day)

Cured/discharged/migrated - 67,33,329 (rise by 69,721 since y'day)

Deaths - 1,15,197 (rise by 587 since y'day)

Coronavirus in Telangana: Telangana recorded 1,486 COVID19 cases, 1,891 recoveries and 7 deaths yesterday, taking total cases to 2,24,545 including 2,02,577 recoveries, 1,282 deaths and 20,686 active cases: State Health Department

Telangana News: Congress spokesperson Dasoju Sravan urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to treat the disaster caused in Telangana following heavy rains as national calamity.