This story is from January 20, 2022

Union minister G Kishan Reddy tests positive for Covid-19

Union minister for culture, tourism and development, north eastern region, and Secunderabad MP, G Kishan Reddy has tested positive for Covid-19.
Union minister G Kishan Reddy tests positive for Covid-19
Union minister G Kishan Reddy (File photo)
HYDERABAD: Union minister for culture, tourism and development, north eastern region, and Secunderabad MP, G Kishan Reddy has tested positive for Covid-19.
Kishan Reddy said that he had tested positive on Thursday and had mild symptoms. He said he was following all necessary protocols and had isolated himself and is in home quarantine. “I request all those who recently came in contact with me to isolate themselves and get tested,” Kishan Reddy said.
On January 18, Kishan Reddy visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi where he paid respects to the memory of martyrs and witnessed the retreat drill ceremony by armed forces personnel.

Earlier, in Hyderabad on January 16, Kishan Reddy visited the rangoli making competition held at Lakshmi Narasimha Nagar, at Jubilee Hills as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav programme.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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