TELANGANA Telangana logs 744 black fungus cases, 5th highest in India   As many as 744 patients are suffering from mucormycosis or black fungus in Telangana. According to Union health ministry data, Telangana stands fifth in the country in black fungus cases. Gujarat has the most cases with 2,859, followed by Maharashtra (2,770), while Andhra Pradesh has 768 cases.   Telangana received … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: DLSA makes community kitchen call a huge success in Nalgonda   In an effort aimed at helping the poor during this pandemic in general and lockdown period in particular, legal services authorities in Nalgonda district could successfully roped in NGOs, revenue, police, and jail authorities to start community kitchens to serve the poor effectively.   … Read more

TELANGANA   Chiranjeevi Konidela sets up oxygen banks in Telugu states to help with Covid-19 crisis   Oxygen shortage is an issue that the country faces during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and Tollywood star Chiranjeevi set up oxygen plants in the Telugu states to help with the crisis. After setting up the Corona Crisis Charity last year … Read more

TELANGANA Qualcomm strikes biggest SEZ lease deal in Telangana   US-based semiconductors and wireless technology giant Qualcomm is setting up a mega facility spread over nearly 1.6 million sq ft at a SEZ in Hyderabad. This will be the largest SEZ leasing deal in Telangana. It will also be Qualcomm’s largest facility in India. The Qualcomm facility, to … Read more

TELANGANA Land auctions hit by Covid, Telangana govt’s plans to mop up Rs 10,000 crore go awry   The Telangana government’s plans to mobilise Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 15,000 crore by selling government land appears to have gone awry for the second consecutive year. Though the government has identified some land parcels in the city and … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana government declares mucormycosis as notifiable disease   Telangana government notified ‘mucormycosis’ infection commonly known as black fungus infection as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, a day after Rajasthan declared it a notified disease. Infact the decision comes close on the heels of the state government designating two hospitals as nodal centres for treatment of the infection and … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana agriculture department draws plan to increase cultivation   The state agriculture department has stated that this rainy season an additional 28 lakh acres will be brought under cultivation. According to the plan of the department, a total of 1.62 crore acres will be brought under cultivation as against 1.34 crore acres last season. The department … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana govt appoints VCs for 10 universities   Almost two years after vice-chancellors (VCs) of various universities demitted office, the Telangana government has appointed vice chancellors for ten state universities. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan cleared the names of new VCs following the recommendations of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. The second biggest and oldest university … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana’s Covid curve to flatten from June 21: IIT model   The Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed (Sutra) mathematical model for tracking the trajectory of Covid-19 infection has predicted that Telangana will peak around May 12, reaching a daily case mark of around 9,000 to 9,500 cases. As per the model, the state will start seeing a flattening … Read more

TELANGANA Wearing masks reduces chances of death by 87%: Study   A study by a group of researchers associated with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the national public health agency of the United States, has found that chances of deaths have reduced by 87 per cent if people wear medical masks. It also said wearing double masks … Read more