Oct 2019

TELANGANA IIIT Hyderabad signed MoU with EBTC to establish a Living Lab   International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with theEuropean Business & Technology Centre (EBTC).The agreement aimed to establish a Living Lab on the institute’s campus. The lab will be set up by the end of 2020. The … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana govt adopts new framework to use drones for last-mile delivery In a bid to increase access to health care for communities across the state, the Telangana government has adopted a new framework to use drones for last-mile delivery.   Co-designed with the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Apollo Hospitals Group company Healthnet Global … Read more

TELANGANA Four private players keen to set up universities in Telangana Four institutions Amity University, Tech Mahindra, Woxsen and Pinakini have evinced interest in setting up a private university in the state. Following the government’s clearance of the Private Universities Act, 2018, the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) had issued guidelines for setting up of private varsities … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana, Hyderabad lead India when it comes to food adulteration Telangana tops the charts in the country in the number of civilians accidentally killed in police operations, cases of sexual harassment at workplaces, adulteration of food and drugs, human trafficking and criminal trespass cases, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2017. … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana second in stalking, third in voyeurism   Telangana stands second in stalking and third in voyeurism-related cases in the country. The state is also second in terms of number of cases booked for outraging the modesty of a woman. As per the NCRB data of 2017, Telangana police have registered 1,160 cases under section … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana stays out of liquor biz, booze gets costly   Liquor consumers will have to pay extra to buy their favourite brands with the new excise policy for 2019-21, which was unveiled on Thursday, effecting big changes in the slab and tax payment structure for traders and shop owners. The new policy has retained the … Read more

TELANGANA Harvard University to study Telangana’s residential schools model   The Harvard Graduate School of Education will soon take up a case study on ‘how Telangana Social Welfare Residential Schools are disrupting the status quo in education sector in India’ to analyse the policies of the state government in providing free education to students belonging … Read more

  Peddapalli best Swachh district in country   Peddapalli district has emerged as the “Overall Best District” in the country during the annual survey conducted in the country as part of Swachh Survekshan 2019 by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakthi.   Out of the survey conducted in 690 districts and 17,400 villages in the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana hospitals emerge top clinical trial hubs   Government-run hospitals are the biggest clinical trial labs in Telangana and Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) tops the charts with 21 clinical trials in 2019 out of 200 in the state.   Out of 571 clinical trials in Telangana region (from 2007 to 2014) and … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana govt to firm up alternative transport policy   The Telangana State government will firm up an alternative transport policy at a high level meeting.   The government is examining three alternatives while evolving a strategy: To run RTC services by way of hiring three to four thousand private buses , to invite applications … Read more