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New Indian Express
2 hours ago
- Health
- New Indian Express
35-year-old man with comorbidities dies ten days after testing positive for COVID-19
VILLUPURAM: A 35-year-old man passed away ten days after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Villupuram government medical college hospital on June 6. The deceased, identified as Thiagarajan, a native of Perapperi village near Tindivanam, had been working as a construction contractor in Hyderabad. He allegedly contracted the virus while at work in Hyderabad ten days ago. Following the onset of fever and other COVID-related symptoms, he returned to his native village in Tindivanam, a week ago. Initially admitted to the Tindivanam government hospital, Thiagarajan was later referred to the Villupuram government medical college hospital for advanced treatment after his condition worsened early on June 6. Despite intensive medical efforts, he passed away due to cardiac failure, medical sources said. The deceased was diabetic, suffered from hypertension, cardiac issues and was under medication for Tuberculosis. Further, sources stated that his health deteriorated rapidly after his return from Hyderabad, leading to his eventual demise. Speaking to TNIE, Villupuram Deputy Director Health Services Dr Senthil Kumar said, "The patient tested positive for COVID in Hyderabad. However, he tested negative on Friday morning, but he died due to comorbidities. Six members who were in contact with him were isolated. People in the village have been asked to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines."
Economic Times
5 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Commercial freezers are the hottest thing in town this summer
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The demand for commercial refrigeration products such as deep freezer and bottle coolers or visi coolers in India has touched unprecedented levels, far outstripping supplies amid the quick commerce boom and cola war, said industry refrigeration manufacturers such as Blue Star Voltas and Haier said sales have been surging 25-50% year-on-year since January, after initial hiccups in the April-September 2024 period, when India adopted the quality control order (QCO) for products like water coolers which impacted the supply QCO issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) mandates companies to source and manufacture products from BIS-certified companies, encouraging local production over exports from countries like China."The cola war by Reliance's Campa, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo has boosted demand for visi coolers, with all our capacities sold out for the next five months and demand much more than we can supply," said Haier India president Satish said overall commercial refrigeration is growing 35% year-on-year, while visi coolers are seeing more than 50% Star, too, has seen a sharp increase in demand for commercial refrigeration products from quick commerce, ice cream and frozen food companies with a strong order book. "The growth potential is very high as India is underpenetrated," said managing director B. Thiagarajan. He said the business has potential to grow at 30%.Reliance Consumer Products started the cola war in the second half of 2024-25 with aggressive pricing of '10 per 200 ml bottle and expanding distribution to kirana stores. The company said on its latest earnings call that Campa had already gained double-digit market share in some markets and had expanded distribution to more than a million retail Quincey, global CEO of The Coca-Cola Co, told analysts in May that about 350,000 outlets were added in India in the March quarter and the company increased cooler placements. The chairman of PepsiCo's top bottler in India, Varun Beverages , Ravi Jaipuria, too, said the increased competition was making the industry put in place more chilling told analysts there were around 12 million fast-moving consumer goods outlets in India, while the company reached only four million. "So there is still so much room for everyone to add new outlets through increased go-to-market and by putting in more chilling equipment," he size of the commercial refrigeration market in India is estimated at around '4,500 crore and the growth rate is faster than for any electronics products such as televisions, smartphones, air-conditioners, refrigerators and country's largest home-grown contract manufacturer, Dixon Tech , recently announced that it would start production of deep freezers and visi Voltas' chief financial officer KV Sridhar told analysts that the order book in the pipeline for commercial refrigeration products reflected huge growth potential with a ramp-up of factories.
India Today
02-05-2025
- India Today
Two of Bengaluru family travelling to Tirupati die in road accident, four injured
A road accident in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh claimed two lives on Friday, while four others sustained serious injuries. The incident occurred when a family was travelling from Karnataka's Bengaluru to Tirupati for darshan at to initial reports, the vehicle carrying the family met with the accident near Kashipentla Heritage under circumstances yet to be fully ascertained. Emergency services rushed to the spot shortly after the crash, and the injured were immediately shifted to Ruia Hospital in Tirupati for police arrived at the scene and have registered a case. An investigation is currently underway to determine the cause of the accident. In a separate incident on Monday, a road accident in Tirupati district, resulted in the deaths of five people and left two others seriously injured when their car collided with a container truck. The victims, who hailed from Bengaluru in Karnataka and Hosur in Tamil Nadu, were travelling in a Maruti Ertiga along a national highway when the crash to Chandragiri Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Prasad, the Ertiga was trailing a container truck when it suddenly rammed into the rear of the larger vehicle. The impact was so severe that the car became lodged beneath the truck, which continued moving briefly before the driver realised what had happened and came to a deceased were identified as Vijayalakshmi (50), Sahana B S (34), Rajani S R (27), and R Lekhan Gowda (11), all residents of Bengaluru, and Thiagarajan (48), the driver from Hosur. Two other passengers, Geethamma (51) from Hassan, Karnataka, and Krisvin (15), son of Thiagarajan, were seriously injured and rushed to SVR Ruia Government General Hospital in Tirupati for treatment. IN THIS STORY#Andhra Pradesh
New Indian Express
29-04-2025
- New Indian Express
Five die as car rams into truck in Tirupati
TIRUPATI: A horrific road accident on Monday afternoon in Thotapalli village, Pakala Mandal, Tirupati district, claimed the lives of five individuals and left two others injured when their car crashed into a container truck. The victims, residents of Bengaluru in Karnataka and Hosur, Tamil Nadu, were travelling in a Maruti Ertiga (TN 70 AH 2745) when the accident occurred on a national highway. According to Chandragiri DSP Prasad, the car was following a container truck (KA 51 AK 6158) when it veered underneath the larger vehicle, resulting in a catastrophic impact. The car was crushed beneath the lorry, and the lorry driver, unaware of the collision, continued driving briefly before stopping. The deceased were identified as Vijayalakshmi (50), Sahana BS (34), Rajani SR (27), R Lekhan Gowda (11), all from Bengaluru, and Thiagarajan (48), the driver from Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The injured, Geethamma (51) from Hasan, Karnataka, and Krisvin (15), son of Thiagarajan, from Hosur, were rushed to the SVR Ruia Government General Hospital in Tirupati for treatment. Tirupati SP V Harshavardhana Raju, who oversaw rescue operations at the site, attributed the accident to the car driver's negligence and rash driving.
