May 2021

TELANGANA Now, Telangana government plans to promote IT in tier-III towns   After creating information technology (IT) hubs in tier-II towns in the state, the government is now contemplating to develop similar infrastructure in tier-III towns. If the government’s plans work out, new IT towers would come up in tier-III towns like Ramagundam in Peddapalli district and … Read more

TELANGANA Dunzo to pilot drone delivery of medicines in Telangana   Tech startup Dunzo Digital is leading a consortium along with industry experts to pilot drone delivery of medicines in the state of Telangana. The consortium will conduct experimental BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight ) drone delivery flights for the ‘Medicine from the Sky Project.’ It aims at serving different districts … 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 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 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 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

TELANGANA   Chiranjeevi Konidela sets up oxygen banks in Telugu states to help with Covid-19 crisis   Oxygen shortage is an issue that the country faces during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and Tollywood star Chiranjeevi set up oxygen plants in the Telugu states to help with the crisis. After setting up the Corona Crisis Charity last year … Read more

TELANGANA Qualcomm strikes biggest SEZ lease deal in Telangana   US-based semiconductors and wireless technology giant Qualcomm is setting up a mega facility spread over nearly 1.6 million sq ft at a SEZ in Hyderabad. This will be the largest SEZ leasing deal in Telangana. It will also be Qualcomm’s largest facility in India. The Qualcomm facility, to … 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 Telangana government declares mucormycosis as notifiable disease   Telangana government notified ‘mucormycosis’ infection commonly known as black fungus infection as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, a day after Rajasthan declared it a notified disease. Infact the decision comes close on the heels of the state government designating two hospitals as nodal centres for treatment of the infection and … Read more