January 2019

ANDHRA PRADESH World’s lightest satellite built by 15 students launched   Kalamsat is an experimental telecommunications satellite developed by a team of 15 students.   Kalamsat V2 is a communication satellite. They are trying to explore the possibilities of communication through these nano satellites, which can be placed in lower orbits and act as a … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Telangana and Andhra yet to exchange 60,000 antiquities   Apart from Telugu, the now separate states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana share common history and heritage. However, the states, post the bifurcation in 2014, are yet to exchange antiques numbering close to 60,000 pieces, including treasure-troves and ancient inscriptions, some of which date back to 200-300 BCE. … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Collector B.Lakshmikantham has been selected for the Best Electoral Practices Award   Vijayawada’s Krishna District Collector B. Lakshmikanthamhas been selected for the ‘Best Electoral Practices Award’ to be presented by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan during national voters’day celebrations in the city. The district registered 2,54, 576, a record number of new voters in September and October last year following various … Read more

RAJASTHAN Act meant to regulate clinics, hospitals is slow in Rajasthan   The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, which was introduced to regulate clinicsand hospitals, is still in infancy in the state. The Act was adopted by the state assembly in 2013. Rajasthan is one of the 11 states, which has adopted Clinical Establishment Act in the country. … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH CM Chandrababu Naidu approved Rs.3,000 crore on the BCs   Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu approved 3,000 crore on the Backward Classes. The fund is for the upgradation of federations to corporations and setting up new corporations for castes that come under the BC. category. Besides upgrading the 11 BC federations, new corporations … Read more

RAJASTHAN State seeks Centre’s help to get Yamuna water share   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has requested the Centre to intervene in the inter-state agreements for distribution of Yamuna waters and ensure that Haryana releases the allocated share of water to Rajasthan from Tajewala headworks.   The chief minister apprised the Union Minister Gadkari of … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Adani Group to invest ₹70,000 crore on Data Centre in Vizag   The State government entered into a MoU with the Adani Group to set up a renewable powered 5GW Data Centre in Visakhapatnam.   The Adani Group proposes to invest ₹40,000 crore on Data Centre Park and ₹30,000 crore on renewable power … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan: Menstrual awareness to reach 1,00,000 school kids this year   In a unique initiative to spread menstrual hygiene awareness, a movement has been launched in Rajasthan, with a plan to reach 1,00,000 school children across the state during this year. Figures show that a lack of menstrual hygiene awareness prevails in Rajasthan, where … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH AP Cabinet approved 5% quota for Kapus and EBCs   The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet has decided to give 5% quota for Kapu communityand another 5% to the Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) among the forward castes. The Cabinet resolved to pay out 250 crore as advance towards compensation to victims of AgriGold scam and to file a memo to that … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan, Bihar join hands to eradicate child labour   The governments of Rajasthan and Bihar will take joint action to stop trafficking of children from various towns of Bihar to the workshops and home-based production units in Jaipur.   A multi-stakeholder initiative, launched for eradicating child labour, has taken a resolve to rehabilitate the … Read more