May 2021

TELANGANA Wearing masks reduces chances of death by 87%: Study   A study by a group of researchers associated with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the national public health agency of the United States, has found that chances of deaths have reduced by 87 per cent if people wear medical masks. It also said wearing double masks … Read more

TELANGANA Centre okays Telangana’s new zonal system   Clearing decks for recruitment and transfer of state government employees, the Centre has approved amendments for the new zonal system in Telangana. The ministry of home affairs (MHA) issued a gazette notification on Monday night incorporating two newly-formed districts Mulugu and Narayanpet and including Vikarabad district in the Charminar zone instead of Jogulamba.   The MHA said the … Read more

TELANGANA Singareni commissions one more solar plant, takes capacity to 162 MW   One more solar power plant of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) of ten megawatt capacity, this time at Bhupalapalli, was commissioned on Sunday taking the company’s total solar power generation capacity to 162. The solar plants of the company have generated about … Read more

TELANGANA Medicine from the Sky Pilot at Vikarabad Hospital The Telangana state government has selected 16 major medical centers (PHCs) located around the Vikarabad Regional Hospital to test the ambitious “air medicine”, the first involving transportation by multiple drones’ Similar items of drugs. Highlights: ♦ Due to the existence of cold chain facilities, hospitals in … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana logs 744 black fungus cases, 5th highest in India   As many as 744 patients are suffering from mucormycosis or black fungus in Telangana. According to Union health ministry data, Telangana stands fifth in the country in black fungus cases. Gujarat has the most cases with 2,859, followed by Maharashtra (2,770), while Andhra Pradesh has 768 cases.   Telangana received … Read more

TELANGANA Land auctions hit by Covid, Telangana govt’s plans to mop up Rs 10,000 crore go awry   The Telangana government’s plans to mobilise Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 15,000 crore by selling government land appears to have gone awry for the second consecutive year. Though the government has identified some land parcels in the city and … Read more

TELANGANA After 2.5 years wait, Telangana signs up for Ayushman Bharat rollout   The Telangana government decided to implement Ayushman Bharat in the state with immediate effect, almost two-and-half-years after the Centre launched the health scheme nationally. Telangana health officials signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the national health authority on Tuesday to implement the scheme in the state. … Read more

TELANGANA Digital survey of agricultural lands in Telangana   The Telangana government will launch a pilot of digital survey of agricultural lands in the State from June 11. It will be conducted in three villages of Gajwel Assembly constituency represented by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and twenty four other villages in as many districts. … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana has received lowest supply of doses among southern states   While there is a shortage of supply of Covid-19 vaccines ahead of the launch of vaccination drive for 18-44-year-olds, data on supply of vaccine doses show that Telangana has received the lowest number of doses among southern states. While the state has performed better than several states … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: DLSA makes community kitchen call a huge success in Nalgonda   In an effort aimed at helping the poor during this pandemic in general and lockdown period in particular, legal services authorities in Nalgonda district could successfully roped in NGOs, revenue, police, and jail authorities to start community kitchens to serve the poor effectively.   … Read more