20.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhraites contribute 50% tax revenue to Telangana: Niti Aayog   Making a startling revelation, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said people of Andhra Pradeshcontribute 50 per cent tax revenue to Telangana. AP chief minister Chandrababu Naidu was often quoted as saying that Andhra people had played a big part in the development of Hyderabad and Telangana. The Niti … Read more

21.12.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh Government Signs Agreements With Alphabet X   The government of Andhra Pradesh entered into an agreement with the moonshot factory of Alphabet (earlier Google) X to bring the breakthroughFree Space Optical. Communication (FSOC) technology in order to provide internet through the government Fibergrid project. This association with X labs to implement FSOC in … Read more

15.12.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Tower design for Assembly building approved   Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave his approval to the design of the Legislative Assembly building from two options at a meeting with the officials of the A.P.-Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and representatives of the Foster+Partners (F+P), in which film director S.S. Rajamouli had … Read more

12.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Now, Hyd gears up to play host to Olympics of ICT industry   After having successfully wrapped up the prestigious Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in November end, the IT city of Hyderabad is gearing up to host yet another high profile global summit — the World Congress on InformationTechnology (WCIT) 2018 from … Read more

17.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Toyota Kirloskar signs MoU with AP govt   Andhra Pradesh government and Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake a feasibility study on the introduction of electric vehicles and the necessary systems and infrastructure required for the move.   Toyota Kirloskar managing director Akito Tachibana said … Read more

06.02.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   ECI initiates measures to make elections more transparent   The Election Commission of India (ECI) is making arrangements for introducing Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) during the 2019 elections to provide instant feedback to the electors thereby buttress its claim that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are tamper-proof.   The EVMs are … Read more

10.11.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra to tie up with UK in education sector   Minister for HRD Ganta Srinivasa Rao has felt that the education sector in the state will develop only through mutual cooperation.   The minister met Britain’s foreign affairs committee chairperson Baroness Vermahere. The two discussed faculty exchange, technology development and establishment of partnerships with universities in … Read more

17.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Book Hundis’ to promote love of reading in government schools   To cultivate a love of reading among students, State-run schools will create ‘Book Hundis’. Many school libraries have a good collection of books gathering dust. One reason why the library is a deserted zone is because students are denied permission to … Read more

12-13.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   First fauna survey begins in Krishna sanctuary   ð The first status survey of the ‘fauna’ in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWL), one of the rarest eco-regions in the world, has been commenced. ð The area in an extent of 194.8 sq. km was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1998 and since then no … Read more

11.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Bill Gates to N Chandrababu Naidu: Monitor agri-tech   Weeks after he attended the AP AgTech Summit-2017 in Visakhapatnam, cofounder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, sent a letter to AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, requesting him to ensure that the progress in agri-inventions is followed up on the Core Dashboard, which is monitored by the CMO … Read more