08.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh government to denotify reserve forest in Seetakonda to make way for IT hub.   The city is set to lose precious forest land to make way for IT projects, residential townships and other concrete structures. Forest land, including the reserve forests of Seetakonda close to the Indira Gandhi Zoo, and casuarina plantations near Sagarnagaron … Read more

07.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   India’s first hyperloop to connect twin Amaravati and Vijayawada.   Come 2020-21, this flight of fancy is all set to become a reality, with US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc (HTT) gearing up to roll out India’s first hyperloop project connecting Vijayawada and Andhra Pradesh’s capital Amaravati. The project is expected to catapult India’s startup state … Read more

26.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra CM Naidu declares 2017 as e-pragati year   Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has declared the year of 2017 as e-pragati year.   Naidu said that all districts must come under the purview of the flagship programme that will help the government make real-time governance.   The Chief Minister … Read more

28.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Top priority to energy, water security: Naidu   Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed his wish to witness an integral development of the State in the next five years especially on the energy and water security fronts and focus on the construction of the capital city Amaravati.   Power cuts have become … Read more

15 & 16.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   AP government launches ‘People First’, a mobile app for citizens   Andhra Pradesh government today launched ‘People First’, a mobile application that will “empower citizens with real-time governance”. People First, currently available only on Android-based mobile phones, enables citizens to access their profile, the various benefits accrued to them from the government … Read more

29.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   No helmet, no petrol’ rule comes into force in Andhra Pradesh   ‘No helmet, no petrol’ rule for two-wheeler riders to reduce road accident deaths has come into force in Andhra Pradesh.   Chandrababu has sanctioned Rs 10 crore for equipment to implement this rule. He also ordered the officials to conduct a weekly check … Read more

11 & 12.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh to give 2 tmc water to thirsty Telangana   The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) directed the AP government to release two tmc of water from Srisailam to Nagarjunsagar to meet the drinking water requirements of Hyderabad and Nalgonda.   The release of two tmc from Srisailam to Nagarjunsagar shall be made from … Read more

06.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Heli Tourism’ to become a reality in Tirupati.   The much awaited ‘Heli Tourism’ initiative by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) is all set to become a reality in the temple city, as the officials announced that a permanent facility would be constructed at Shilparamam’s Urban Haat by the end … Read more

01.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Almatti swells, raises hopes of dry AP districts.   Heavy inflows into the Almatti dam in Karnataka have come as a glimmer of hope to hundreds of villages in Andhra Pradesh, who are waiting for water from Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar.   Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar, that cater to the needs of AP and Telangana had turned dry. The water level in … Read more

21 &22.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Tribunal allows Andhra to build Neradi barrage on Vamsadhara   The Andhra Pradesh government has hailed the order of the Vamsadhara Water Disputes Tribunal which favoured Andhra Pradesh to draw 50 per cent of the available water from the river and go ahead with the Neradi Barrage across the river in the downstream of Gotta Barrage. … Read more