April 2019

  TELANGANA Groundwater crisis runs deep in Telangana   With an alarming dip in groundwater levels across the state, experts fear, residents might soon have to battle an acute water crisis, along with extremely high temperatures. Analysts predict that Telangana may be staring at a drought like situation, over the next few months. Primary reason: 16% deficit rainfall reported … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Costumes : Tunic (Angrakhi)   Tunic: It was called an Angrakshi till the Guptas period.   The Apbransha form of Angrakshak is called Angrakhi.   The rural people wear white tunics, it is also called bugtari in the rural language.   The tunic with Enamel creeper was very popular in Rajasthan.   There … Read more

TELANGANA Greater Hyderabad records lowest turnout in Telangana   The Greater Hyderabad region in which three Lok Sabha constituencies Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Malkajgiri and parts of Chevella fall, recorded the lowest turnout of 42.24% in the elections, indicating that many of the registered voters did not come out of their homes to vote, while many others … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana government sets up special panel to deal with sexual harassment in T’wood   Telangana became the first state in India to set up a first-of-its-kind committee to deal with complaints of sexual harassment in the Telugu film and TV industry. This 25-member high-level committee, headed by chairman of Telangana State Film Development Corporation, comprises of … Read more

TELANGANA Tokyo-based Terra Drone inks pact with IIT Hyderabad   Terra Drone Corporation, a Tokyo-based industrial drone solutions provider along with its subsidiary Terra Drone India has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IIT-Hyderabad.   The MoU has been signed to co-establish the first-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Unmanned Aerial Solutions (drones) … Read more

TELANGANA Cantonment area to get Telangana’s first mobile towers on wheels   In a first in Hyderabad, the Cantonment area will have mobile phone towers on wheels in what could be a far-reaching move to provide huge relief to lakhs of residents who often complain about towers installed on residential complexes and apartment buildings posing … Read more

INTERNATIONAL International Dance Day: 29 April 2019   International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO.   The event takes place every year on 29th April, the anniversary of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre … Read more

INTERNATIONAL International Dance Day: 29 April 2019   International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO.   The event takes place every year on 29th April, the anniversary of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre … Read more

  TELANGANA Launch single window system for admission in arts and science colleges   Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(MDMK) filed an online petition to higher education minister, requesting him to streamline the admission process in arts and science colleges through a single window system.   Upon streamlining the admission process, student would be able to identify … Read more

TELANGANA Tax net up 16.9 per cent, is short of target After doing everything possible to make industrialists, businessmen and potential tax evaders pay up, even inviting resentment from many assessees, the all-India tax collections by the income tax department on March 31, the last day of the financial year 2018-19  stood at over Rs … Read more