Forests in Telangana have recorded a drastic fall in forest fire incidences in the first two months of this year thanks to better planning and management. While this is so, the Forest Department does not want to claim that rampant forest fires are a thing of the past. The reduction in the number, compared to … Read more
Telangana Congress working president and Malkajgiri MP A. Revanth Reddy has urged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to ensure that the entire redg ram crop be purchased by the officials and not restrict the number of quintals for each farmer. In an open letter to the Chief Minister, Mr. Reddy said officials are coming up … Read more
An MoU signed between the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is set to give a fillip to the conservation of migratory birds which are found in large numbers along the coastal wetlands of the State. BNHS is the country’s premier bird conservation society with an overreaching mission to conserve … Read more
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak which has created panic in over 30 countries with more than 2,500 casualties till date, has also impacted the tourism sector in Andhra Pradesh. Many international and national trade fairs have been cancelled, tourists have dropped their overseas’ visits plans, particularly to China. Even as officials said A.P. has not been affected … Read more
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) expert and State resource person K. Gangadharam on Wednesday said the concept was fast catching up in view of its health benefits and efforts would be made to promote it across the State. Dr. Gangadharam was speaking at the one-day training session organised by the Rural Organization for Poverty Eradication … Read more
It was fun and frolic at the 27th annual day of Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), the TTD-run super-speciality hospital, observed here on Wednesday. Speakers at the meet brought key facts pertaining to the brighter side of the hospital to light. SVIMS Director and Vice-Chancellor Bhuma Vengamma presented the annual report for 2019 … Read more
Showering praise on Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his government, the visiting World Bank team on Tuesday said that it was impressed with the e-governance through village and ward secretariats, welfare schemes and initiatives in health and education sectors. In an hour-long interaction with the Chief Minister, the WB team led by Director … Read more
Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has predicted a bright future for seafood exports from Andhra Pradesh due to a steady rise in transportation of consignments from Visakhapatnam. MPEDA Chairman K.S. Srinivas told The Hindu that during 2018-19, India exported seafood worth USD 6.72 billion with a quantity of 13.92 lakh tonne. During the same … Read more
Tamil actor Ajith is well known as a race car driver, who has competed in India and overseas. He is among the few Indians to have raced in the international arena and in Formula 1 championships. But not many know that Thala Ajith is also a professional shooter. The actor recently participated in the … Read more
The government will tap solar power in a big way to make the State power surplus, Energy Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy said on Sunday. He said the YSR Congress Party government had prepared an action plan to generate 10,000 MW of power from the renewable source of energy. This includes an installed solar power capacity … Read more
When the deadline for enforcing the new emission norms is nearing, the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Authority has detected that 154 trailer-lorries of Bharat Stage III are operating in the State. These lorries have allegedly been registered illegally at Kohima (Nagaland) and later transferred to A.P. and sold here as BS IV vehicles. Fake documents … Read more
Telangana government has decided to focus on oil palm cultivation and got approval form the Centre to raise oil palms on an extent of 18,100 hectares in the next two years, said Agriculture Minister S. Niranjan Reddy here on Saturday. Addressing a media conference, Mr. Reddy said that attention was not paid to oil palm … Read more
Principal Secretary, IT, Electronics and Communication Kona Sasidhar has said the State government would develop IT concept cities in Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and Anantapur to bring investments and create job opportunities. He said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was keen on developing IT in a big way after inaugurating two-day annual conference of Computer Society … Read more
Telangana government is keen on engaging with the medtech sector and as part of this approach has decided to set up a common testing laboratory, in partnership with the industry, at the Medical Devices Park in Sultanpur, Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao said on Wednesday. Spread on nearly 280 acres, the park, developed … Read more