May 2021

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 govt appoints VCs for 10 universities   Almost two years after vice-chancellors (VCs) of various universities demitted office, the Telangana government has appointed vice chancellors for ten state universities. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan cleared the names of new VCs following the recommendations of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. The second biggest and oldest university … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana’s Covid curve to flatten from June 21: IIT model   The Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed (Sutra) mathematical model for tracking the trajectory of Covid-19 infection has predicted that Telangana will peak around May 12, reaching a daily case mark of around 9,000 to 9,500 cases. As per the model, the state will start seeing a flattening … Read more

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 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 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 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 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 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 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