March2021

TELANGANA Telangana will raise Rs 16,000 crore by land sale: T Harish Rao   Finance minister T Harish Rao  announced that the state is planning to raise Rs 16,000 crore from sale of land parcels. Replying to a discussion on the budget in the assembly, he said there were unused land parcels and they plan to sell them. The … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana eyes Rs 75 crore investment, 4 lakh jobs in electronics   Industries minister KT Rama Rao said the government is targeting to provide jobs to four lakh unemployed youth in electronic and electric vehicle sectors by attracting about Rs 75,000 crore investment in next four years. He said already 1.60 lakh people were employed in about 250 … Read more

TELANGANA 13th century Trimurthi sculpture found in Telangana’s Nalgonda   Archaeologists have found a rare sculpture of Trimurthi in Nalgonda district when the villagers were clearing the debris in Yogananda Narasimha Swamy temple at Nomula village in Nakrekal mandal.   The Trimurthi sculpture carved out in black granite stone is one of its kind in Telangana, he said. The sculpture is unique … 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 Inter board launches career guidance portal The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) on Monday launched a career portal to provide career guidance to students of second-year intermediate. The portal will have comprehensive information about 350+ career choices, 1,500 entrance examinations for different universities, 30,000 colleges and vocational institutes across the country. … Read more

TELANGANA Uranium mining is safe, opposition only in Telangana: Experts Uranium mining is safe, speakers comprising scientists, academics and medical professionals reiterated at a seminar ‘Radiation and Environment’ organised by Indian Nuclear Society at the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) at Begumpet.   While in the rest of the country, there has … Read more

TELANGANA AGI glaspac invests Rs 55 crore in specialty glass division   Manufacturer of integrated container glass, AGI glaspac, on Monday announced its partnership with a Germany tech giant Horn Glass Industries AG to build a new furnace for the company’s Bhongir plant in Telangana. The technology will cost Rs 55 crores and it is a part of the recent Rs 220 crore … Read more

TELANGANA Forest cover in Telangana has increased by 3.67 per cent: Minister Indrakaran Reddy   The forest cover in Telangana has gone up by 3.67 per cent due to implementation of Haritha Haram programme as part of which 179 crore saplings have been planted and another 38 crore seedlings have been rejuvenated. He said as against the … 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 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