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ANDHRA PRADESH Martial arts to be part of govt. school curriculum The State and the Central governments have decided to impart self-defence courses for girls in all government-run schools in the State. About 3.88 lakh students would be provided training during 2017-18, in 5,605 schools in the State. Commissioner of School Education Department and … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH State to go for e-prescriptions to combat antibiotic resistance Sale of medicines without proper prescriptions by both online and brick and mortar pharmacies, the main cause of anti-microbial resistance, will be a thing of the past in Andhra Pradesh soon with the Drug Control Administration (DCA) taking up a first-of-its initiative … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh hosting its first ever hot-air balloon festival The Araku Valley of Andhra Pradeshis hosting the first edition of its Hot Air Balloon Festival. The Hot Air Balloon Festival is organized by SkyWaltz and supported by Andhra Pradesh tourism. The festival will feature unique balloons from 13 countries. The participating countries are … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Krishna stands 3rd in basic vaccination Seventy-four per cent of children in the age group of 12-23 months in Krishna district have received vaccination against major childhood illnesses. Most children are at least partially vaccinated, according to the latest National Family Health Survey – 4 (NFHS) conducted in 2015-16. The first NFHS after bifurcation says … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH 20% increase in bigamy cases in state Bigamy cases in the state have witnessed a 20.3 per cent increase in 2017. Bigamy is a cognizable and non-bailable offence which involves a person marrying someone else with divorcing the spouse. According to the police, 90 per cent of Section 494 of IPC (bigamy) offences were … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Krishna emerges top in brackish water aquaculture Registering above 1.25 lakh metric tonnes of brackish water shrimp production in 2017 (January-November), Krishna district became the largest shrimp producing district in the country. In the financial year 2016-17, the turnover of the shrimp exceeded ₹3,300 crore by producing 1.02 lakh metric … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra CM declares 2018 as Telugu promotion year Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has declared 2018 as Telugu promotion year. He made this announcement at 29th edition of Annual Book Exhibition of Vijayawada. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and the Chief Minister inaugurated the fest, which will … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH 25% of pregnant Andhra Pradesh women are minors In a stunning revelation, about 25 per cent of pregnant women visiting government hospitals in Andhra Pradesh are minors. More number of such cases are being reported in the developed districts of Visakhapatnam, Krishna, Guntur and East Godavari. This clearly shows that child marriages are … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Drones to be used for spraying pesticides The State government is ready to bear the entire expenditure for using drones to spray pesticides to prevent the spread of plant diseases. small-scale spraying of pesticides using drones taking all the environmental safety precautions was being planned. This would be done under … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH India’s Andhra Pradesh investigates planting of Monsanto’s unapproved GM cotton One of India’s biggest cotton-growing states has formed a panel to investigate how 15 percent of the state’s cotton acreage has been planted with a non-approved genetically modified strain developed by Monsanto and may bring criminal charges. Monsanto last year withdrew … Read more