August 2018

TELANGANA KCR convinces PM of new zonal system   The three-month wait of the Telangana government to get the approval of the Centre for the new zonal system in the State in public employment and education almost came to an end with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao convincing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the need … Read more

RAJASTHAN Afforestation in state will help reduce pollution in Delhi   Afforestation of agriculturally marginal lands in Rajasthan and Gujarat would help in effectively reducing dust pollution in Delhi, which recently witnessed severe deterioration in air quality due to dust storm in neighbouring states.   The drop in air quality brought into light the new … Read more

RAJASTHAN CM opens country’s biggest techno-hub in Jaipur   Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has inaugurated the Bhamashah Techno Hub in Jhalana Industrial Area of Jaipur.   Raje said the country’s biggest centre equipped with the ultra-modern technology will help around 700 entrepreneurs to work under one roof and realise their dreams.   The centre … Read more

TELANGANA IIT-H to incubate 50 ‘Make in India’ startups     The Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) has launched Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI) with the aim to boost the Indian chip design sector. Three startups are already being incubated, and FabCI has called for fledgling startups to apply.   FabCI provides a bouquet of … Read more

TELANGANA   Lessons from ‘sheep’ improve buffalo scheme   Lopsided stipulations in the State’s Sheep Distribution Scheme (SDS) has taught the designers of the scheme some lessons. The key lacuna used to be beneficiaries not being allowed to choose their animals and composite sheep priced as a unit, which affected the efficacy of the scheme … Read more

RAJASTHAN 10 years saw more than 48k suicide cases in state: Study   There is need for the Rajasthan government to set up a crisis intervention centre to prevent suicides, which were more than 48,000 in the state from 2007 to 2017.   The need is to implement the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the … Read more

TELANGANA One lakh acres of standing crop under water in State   About one lakh acres of standing crop is under a sheet of water, by initial estimates, due to the current spell of heavy rain that lashed several parts of Telangana.   The problem of streams overflowing and submerging the crop partially was also … Read more

RAJASTHAN Gavial count goes up in Chambal sanctuary   The Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary of Kota is witnessing growth in the number of gavials, which were on the verge of extinction some years ago.     There has been a gradual rise in the nesting and population of gavials at Gudla over the last five years. … Read more

TELANGANA Proposal to make govt. schools semi-residential   The State government is contemplating to make all the existing government and Zilla Parishad schools semi-residential, to ensure they were on par with the existing government residential schools in the State.   The government schools and Zilla Parishad schools were lagging behind. Hence, the government was contemplating … Read more

TELANGANA Fall Armyworm infestation reaches Telangana   The worm that was first noticed in the neighbouring Karnataka State later spread to Tamil Nadu, which has now entered the Telangana State. The first incidence of Fall Armyworm infestation was noticed in Siddipet district here where it attacked maize and paddy crops to an extent, which has … Read more