Oct 2018

TELANGANA ·        Hyderabad HC instructed EC for release of revised voters list ð  The Hyderabad High Court directed the Election Commission (EC) of India to come out with an action plan to rectify the discrepancies in voters’ list of Telangana. The High Court approved its decision for publication of the revised electoral rolls. The decision was made by a division bench … Read more

TELANGANA Election Commission to speed up SVEEP   SVEEP (Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation) provided by the Election Commission would be intensified to create voter awareness.   As seen from yesteryears, the percentage of voting in Hyderabad is around 52.46. The main aim of SVEEP is to motivate all citizens to cast their vote. … Read more

TELANGANA Largest cardiovascular stent plant to be set up in Telangana   Sahajanand Medical Technologies (SMT) Private Limited will be setting up Asia’s largest cardiovascular stent manufacturing plant at Sultanpur Medical Devices park, of Sangareddy district in Telangana, at an estimated cost of Rs 250 crores.   This manufacturing unit will be a mega-project in … Read more

RAJASTHAN The plastic bags to be replaced with Biodegradable.   Biodegradable bags, made of starch from maize, are likely to replace regular polythene bags in the state.   After imposing effective ban on usage of plastic bags, government has been looking for a substitute.     The bags have been certified by third-party testing agencies … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Centre withdraws Rs 37 crore grant for research from Rajasthan University  Rajasthan University (RU) is facing a setback after the Centre’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has withdrawn the grant of Rs 37 crore to the university reportedly due to RU’s inability to spend the amount wisely. In 2014, Promotion of University … Read more

RAJASTHAN   10% budget for keeping schools clean in Rajasthan   The Rajasthan government has made 10 per cent budget mandatory for Composite School Grant (CSG) for cleaning schools premises under Swachh Action Plan which falls under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). The education department has issued directives in this regard asking schools to utilise the … Read more

TELANGANA Centre to now take up Telangana’s delivery plan   The union ministry of health will soon replicate the Labour Delivery and Recovery Room (LDR) concept introduced by the Telangana government, to make the labour process more ‘mother centric’. Telangana government introduced the concept two years back on a pilot basis and now the innovation has resulted … Read more

TELANGANA Khairatabad Masjid under conservative works   The Khairatabad Masjid, one of the iconic buildings of the Qutb Shahi era in Hyderabad, is undergoing conservation. There where water stagnation and seepage from the roof of the masjid. The Department of Archaeology and Museumstook charge and started the conservative works. The Khairatabad Masjid named after Khairatunnisa Begum, the daughter … Read more

TELANGANA Centre granted Rs.450 crore for backward districts of Telangana   Centre has released 450 croreas special grant to Telangana government as it took up the developmental work in the former nine backward districts of the State. The fund has been granted upon the recommendations of the NITI Ayog. The release comes after the representation submitted by Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Raoto Prime … Read more

TELANGANA Uber to ramp up resource and development centres in Bengaluru and Hyderabad   Uber is planning to ramp up the human resources at its R&D centres in Bengaluru and Hyderabadin order for the growth of its service in India. Because of this India would have the largest tech presence for the company outside of the U.S., its … Read more