March2021

TELANGANA Telangana: Unemployment rate doubled since 2014, says Uttam Kumar Reddy The unemployment rate has doubled since 2014. As per the latest figures, 19,43,783 qualified youth had registered themselves with the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) alone. This does not include lakhs of people who lost their jobs during the lockdown, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam … Read more

TELANGANA Hyderabad company launches world’s 1st hybrid freezer for vaccines   With cold storage of Covid-19 vaccines posing challenges globally, Hyderabad-based cold chain appliances manufacturer Rockwell Industries has developed a freezer-cum-chiller powered by hybrid renewable energy. Called Chillermill, the device is the world’s first cold storage unit to harness both solar and wind energy, the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana’s budget proposed at Rs. 2.30 lakh crore   Despite Covid- 19 induced economic slowdown, Telangana government proposed Rs 2,30,825 crore expenditure for the budget for the year 2021-22. This is Rs 48,000 crore more than what was proposed for expenditure for the budget for the year 2019- 20 at Rs 1. 88 lakh crore. This is also for the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana counters Centre, vax wastage 0.76%   Telangana health authorities said the vaccine wastage in the state was just 0.76 % and said the Centre got it wrong in their calculations. Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out wastage of vaccines and later Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan clarified that Telangana’s Covid vaccine wastage was the highest in … Read more

TELANGANA Our Food, Telangana govt to setup 20,000 micro food processing units   Our Food, a Hyderabad-based agri-tech startup, on Friday announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Telangana government to setup over 20,000 micro food processing units at farm level across the state. As part of this agreement, Our Food will collaborate with the … Read more

TELANGANA GI Tag for Pochampally Ikkat Pochampally Ikkat has been granted Geographical Indiaction (GI) Status. Pochampally Ikkat: Pochampally Ikat or resist dyeing involves a sequence of tying and dyeing the bundled yarn parts into a predetermined color scheme before weaving. During the Nizam era, they were exported to Myanmar (Burma), West Asia and East Africa, … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana urges Centre to moot ITIR-like project for Hyderabad   With the Centre giving Telangana a cold shoulder on the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) project, the state government has now requested it to consider an alternative scheme that would accelerate the pace of the state’s IT sector’s growth.   Telangana’s IT exports in 2020-21 are expected to … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana CM forms nodal agency to put devpt work on fast track   To find solutions for problems and also for the integrated development of surrounding areas of Hyderabad, including Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy districts, which are rapidly developing, Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided to constitute a nodal agency headed by chief secretary Somesh Kumar.   The agency … Read more

TELANGANA Centre spends only Rs 210 crore on Aasara pensions: Telangana   Setting the record straight against the brouhaha created by over central aid to the welfare schemes in Telangana, the state government on Monday informed the state assembly that only Rs 210 crore is being extended by the Centre for Aasara pensions.     The state government is spending Rs … Read more

TELANGANA Eight Telangana colleges accredited by NAAC   Total eight colleges from Telangana were accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) this year, results of which were declared by the standing committee recently. As per the NAAC data, Vasavi College of Engineering and Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology (GRIET) secured A++ … Read more