Dec 2018

TELANGANA GHMC is awarded the Best Capital City in the Swachh Survekshan 2018 rankings   The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)has been awarded Best Capital City in the Solid Waste Management in the Swachh Survekshan 2018 rankings. Swachh Survekshan was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban). The Swachh Survekashan … Read more

TELANGANA ·        Less than 2% VVPAT error in Telangana ð  The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines used for the first time in Telangana have registered less error percentage than in neighbouring state Karantaka, where the Assembly elections were held recently. ð  According to Election Commission officials, the error percentage in Karnataka was about 4% whereas … Read more

TELANGANA   President of India Inaugurates Centre of Excellence for Genetic Blood Disorders at Prathima Institute in Karimnagar   The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Anaemia, Thalassemia and Other Genetic Blood Disorders at the Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences in Karimnagar, Telangana. Speaking on the … Read more

TELANGANA   A UNESCO Category 2, International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography, to be inaugurated at INCOIS, Hyderabad   Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment and Forests & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the newly constructed International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean) Complex in the INCOIS campus at Hyderabad … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan pink sandstone for Abu Dhabi temple   Pink sandstone from Rajasthan will be used in the construction of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi. Work for the temple was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in February this year and is expected to be completed by 2020. Spread over 55,000 sqm land, the temple will be hand carved by … Read more

TELANGANA ·        Draft notification on two new districts likely soon ð  Notwithstanding the demand for some more new districts, State government has given go ahead only for creation of two more districts — Mulug and Narayanpet. ð  When the districts were reorganised in 2016 carving 31 districts out of erstwhile 10 districts, Jangaon was the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt working on logistics for farm loan waiver of 50 lakh farmers in Rajasthan   State government has started building the roadmap for farm loan waiver in the state.   Other departments like department of finance has also sought information from department of cooperatives regarding the farm loan waiver and the farmers who will … Read more

TELANGANA   CM seeks Rs 100 crore for forest blocks   Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao urged the Centre to sanction Rs 100 crore for developing 188 forest blocks in HMDA limits under the Centre’s share of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (Campa) funds and restore the 70:30 ration under ad hoc Campa … Read more

RAJASTHAN Plan for green zone at Mt Abu with Centre   The state government has sent a fresh proposal to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) to declare an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary.   The Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Aravalli Hill range in the … Read more

TELANGANA Ordinance caps quota at 50% in Telangana, BCs could take a hit   The TRS government promulgated an ordinance, restricting quota to a maximum of 50% for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes to enable conduct of elections to panchayat raj institutions in the state. The gazette notification capping quota at 50% assumes significance as the BCs, who … Read more