April 2021

TELANGANA Telangana government to source testing kits from Tamil Nadu & Karnataka   Facing demand for more antigen kits and need for uninterrupted supply of oxygen, the Telangana government has now turned its eyes towards two southern neighbours and abroad. Now, antigen kits will be sourced from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, while Telangana will import all oxygen supply-related equipment from foreign countries, as local … 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 Include Covid-19 treatment in AarogyaSri in Telangana: Uttam Kumar Reddy   Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy  alleged that hundreds of people were dying due to the failure of the TRS-government in extending adequate number of ambulances to take the patients to the hospitals.   Uttam said while other states have … Read more

TELANGANA Experiment for BVLOS Drones The government has given permission to 20 organisations to perform BVLOS experimental drone flights. In addition, the Telangana government granted an exemption to perform experimental drone flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).   The Telangana government has been given conditional exemption by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and … Read more

TELANGANA Drone Delivery of Covid-19 Vaccines   The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) have granted the Telangana government conditional drone deployments for the delivery of experimental Covid-19 vaccines. The permission was given to use drones within the visual line of sight (VLOS) range. The validity period is … Read more

TELANGANA Asiatic Lions Tested Positive for COVID Around eight Asiatic lions have examined tremendous for COVID-19 at Hyderabad Nehru Zoological Park. This incident marks the first time that transmission of virus to animal has been detected in India.   Asiatic Lions are one of the 5 Pantherine cats that are native to India. The different … Read more

TELANGANA Governor for exhaustive survey on tribal habitations   Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has emphasised on the need to conduct an exhaustive survey to identify the community, family and individual based needs of primitive tribal habitations in the State. The survey would help in taking up individual needs based nutritional interventions, she said, directing officials to … Read more

TELANGANA Expedite report on school education: Cabinet panel   The Cabinet sub-committee on improving education and infrastructure in schools on par with corporate sector met and urged the officials to expedite the preparation of document for speedy implementation.   The committee was constituted as part of the government’s efforts to enhance quality education by spending … Read more

TELANGANA Annual Brahmotsavams at Telangana’s Chilkur Balaji temple begins A seven-day annual ‘Brahmotsavams’ at Chilkur Balaji temple, popularly known as ‘Visa Balaji temple’ began recently. The temple is located on the banks of the century-old Osmansagar reservoir, about 25km from the Hyderabad city. Amid the chanting of Vedic hymns, the temple’s main archakas and rithviks … Read more

TELANGANA Expedite report on school education: Cabinet panel   The Cabinet sub-committee on improving education and infrastructure in schools on par with corporate sector met and urged the officials to expedite the preparation of document for speedy implementation. The committee was constituted as part of the government’s efforts to enhance quality education by spending ₹2,000 … Read more