May 2021

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 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 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 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