Syed Akbar

Senior Editor, TOI

Syed Akbar is a senior journalist from Hyderabad. He is a specialist-journalist in science, technology, health, politics, environment, development, wildlife, religion, communities, and consumer affai ...

Syed Akbar is a senior journalist from Hyderabad. He is a specialist-journalist in science, technology, health, politics, environment, development, wildlife, religion, communities, and consumer affairs. He has been in the profession for the last 24 years. Before joining The Times of India, he worked with Deccan Chronicle and Indian Express.

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Stories by the author

• Third Covid wave in India set in on July 4, says eminent Hyderabad physicist

  
  12 Jul 2021 04:48 PM IST
• Watch out for four emerging variants of coronavirus, warn health experts

  
  28 Jun 2021 08:36 AM IST
• Drug cocktail a game changer, say Hyderabad doctors

  
  19 Jun 2021 10:41 PM IST
• Remove vitamin A from national supplement policy: Experts

  
  17 Jun 2021 10:30 AM IST
• Covid Delta variant found in India may have mutated into a more dangerous drug-resistant Delta+

  
  14 Jun 2021 10:31 AM IST
• India, UK variants equally transmissible, finds study

  
  09 May 2021 10:01 AM IST
• Hyderabad scientists: ‘Double mutant’ virus split 3-way

  
  26 Apr 2021 10:18 AM IST
• Rogue Covid-19 strain N440K can cause reinfection, shows study

  
  28 Feb 2021 03:18 PM IST
• India host to 7,569 coronavirus mutants, shows study

  
  20 Feb 2021 02:26 PM IST
• Ideal weight now 5kg more: 65kg for men, 55kg for women

  
  29 Sep 2020 10:12 AM IST
• Scientists estimate Covid may have entered India in November-December

  
  04 Jun 2020 10:53 AM IST
• To help fight lifestyle diseases, Hyderabad masjid to hold yoga classes

  
  15 Feb 2020 11:18 AM IST
• Over 120 heirs to share Hyderabad Nizam's fund worth Rs 306 crore

  
  03 Oct 2019 04:44 PM IST
• Hyderabad had tried 'NRC' 71 years ago, and failed

  
  16 Sep 2019 11:11 AM IST
• Global warming is killing fish in Arabian Sea, say Hyderabad ocean scientists

  
  02 May 2018 02:55 PM IST
• Iranian President to address people in Hyderabad mosque this Friday

  
  14 Feb 2018 11:00 AM IST
• River of migration through heart of Telangana

  
  16 Sep 2017 10:51 AM IST
• TB threat during Haj: Hygiene & surveillance can prevent spread

  
  08 Jul 2017 11:27 AM IST
• Salarjung Museum's art gallery to be world's biggest cradle of Islamic legacy & heritage

  
  03 Mar 2017 02:40 PM IST
• DRDO unveils robot for home security needs

  
  06 Jan 2017 01:09 PM IST
• Visiting a hospital? Your phone can spread dangerous infections

  
  06 Jan 2017 12:21 PM IST
• Andhra Pradesh govt to give scientists of the state Rs 100 crore for Nobel Prize

  
  05 Jan 2017 11:48 AM IST
• It’s the responsibility of PM to grant special status to AP, says Rahul Gandhi

  
  03 Feb 2016 01:14 PM IST
• After 18 centuries, Amaravati set to become a 'capital' again

  
  22 Oct 2015 11:35 AM IST
• How Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu linked rivers, delinked netas

  
  17 Sep 2015 11:36 AM IST
• Drought-hit Andhra Pradesh farmers spray crops with banned animal hormone 'oxytocin'

  
  22 Aug 2015 01:05 PM IST
• Atomic Minerals Directorate-led team discovers uranium reserves in Srisailam forests

  
  23 Jul 2015 10:24 AM IST
• Forest fires may force animals to come to human habitations

  
  23 Mar 2014 06:13 PM IST
• Global warming may lead to food shortfall

  
  22 Mar 2014 07:06 AM IST
• Icrisat identifies climate resilient germplasm to support chickpea breeding

  
  24 Jan 2014 04:22 PM IST
• Andhra Pradesh forests faced over 15k fires in last 10 years

  
  12 Jan 2014 05:37 AM IST