May 2021

TELANGANA Labour dept directs industries to ensure safety of all workers   With the rapid increase of Covid-19 cases, Telangana labour department has turned its attention to condition of registered workers and workers of the unorganised sector in Telangana. According to official records, there are over 1.20 lakh registered workers in construction sector and another 95 lakh workers in … 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 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   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 Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone approves new expansion projects worth Rs 780 crore   Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone (VSEZ) said its unit approval committee (UAC) has cleared the decks for new IT/ITeS units as well as expansion projects entailing an investment of Rs 787 crore with a potential to create close to 6100 jobs and generate exports … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana agriculture department draws plan to increase cultivation   The state agriculture department has stated that this rainy season an additional 28 lakh acres will be brought under cultivation. According to the plan of the department, a total of 1.62 crore acres will be brought under cultivation as against 1.34 crore acres last season. The department … 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

TELANGANA Telangana: Districts with zero cases earlier now hotspots   While the state has identified 491 micro-containment zones, alarming trends are being observed in the districts which were reporting zero cases like Nirmal. They have a high number of micro-containment zones, indicating rapid spread of Covid-19 cases across the state. Nirmal district, which reported zero cases at … Read more

TELANGANA In a 1st, Telangana to deploy drones to drop vaccines in remote areas   Telangana happens to be the first state in the country to receive permission from the ministry of civil aviation to use drones for delivering coronavirus vaccines to various primary health centres, authorities said. The one-year conditional exemption for Telangana’s ‘Medicine from … Read more

TELANGANA Nitrate pollution in Krishna river a grave risk to kids: NGRI study   The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has stumbled upon the presence of high levels of nitrate in groundwater in upper Krishna river basin in Telangana, posing a grave risk to children’s health. NGRI scientists warned that infants and children are at higher risk owing to nitrate … Read more