daily current affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH P. emerging as electronics hub as major firms step in   Buoyed by the recent inking of a pact with Holitech, a leading Chinese manufacturer of compact camera modules supplying exclusively to smart phone maker Xiaomi, for the establishing of its unit at Tirupati, and many other done deals with the likes of … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Stone laid for projects worth ₹30.80 cr.   Tirupati is all set for a major makeover as a foundation stone was laid for projects worth ₹30.80 crore under the Smart City and AMRUT schemes.   Under the Smart City mission, the focus is to develop, beautify and adds facilities at municipal parks and … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Government to construct five lakh more houses   The State government is contemplating providing 5 lakh houses more for the people not covered under both the rural and the urban housing schemes being implemented so far. The people living on the fringes of urban areas will be covered.   With this, the number … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH APITA to launch mentorship in North Andhra by month-end   Following encouraging response to mentorship programme in Rayalaseema, the AP Information Technology Academy (APITA) has decided to launch it in North Andhra by month-end in engineering colleges to improve employment quotient among the students.   Such interactive programmes were also launched at Anantapur, … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Over 3.5 lakh cusecs heading for Nagarjuna Sagar Project   A flood of over 3.5 lakh cusecs is heading for the Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) in the Krishna.   An outflow of 1.42 lakh cusecs from the Almatti reservoir and 2.2 lakh cusecs from the Tungabhadra reservoir will flow through the Srisailam reservoir, … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Amaravati master plan is being revised: CRDA chief   Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (AP-CRDA) Commissioner Cherukuri Sreedhar said the capital region master plan was being revised in view of the rapid growth in population density in the last couple of years which resulted in the mushrooming of layouts devoid of proper roads. … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH State an investor’s paradise, Japanese team told   Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) said the subsidies and the series of other facilities extended by the government had transformed the State into an investor’s paradise and firms that wanted to make their presence felt in Amaravati should make use of the opportunities.   … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Veligonda project Phase I by Sankranti    The first phase of the multi-crore Veligonda project, the lifeline of western Prakasam, will be completed at any cost by coming Sankranti.   So far 57% of the works had been completed on the second tunnel and the remaining works would be speeded up and completed … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH 35 lakh cusecs discharged from the Godavari into sea   Nearly 4.35 lakh cusecs were discharged from the Godavari into the Bay of Bengal and more than 50,000 cusecs from the Krishna which received rain in the lower reaches though 233.87 tmcft are required to fill up two major reservoirs on the river. … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Supreme Court notice to Andhra Pradesh on Polavaram project   The Supreme Court issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government from Orissa government seeking stay of all construction activities in the Indira Sagar Polavaram project and for quashing the final approval granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.   The petitioner RELA … Read more