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Hyderabad: Telangana topped the country in creating the best business environment, according to the NITI Aayog’s second edition of Export Preparedness Index (EPI)-2021. A robust business environment attracts investment in any region. In this category, Telangana has shown the best performance with a score of 100, while neighbouring Andhra Pradesh scored 99.61 and Gujarat 99.5. […]
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Hyderabad: The relentless rise of daily infections during the Delta-variant driven Covid second wave forced several State governments in the country to launch containment strategies that were focused on early detection and isolation of Covid infections. Among many such containment strategies that were implemented across the country, the unique initiative by the Telangana government to […]
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Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has increased its budget by Rs 550 crore compared to the previous year. While the 2021-22 budget allocation was Rs 5,600 crore, the annual budget for 2022-23 has been increased to Rs 6,150 crore. The corporation will place this draft annual budget estimate of Rs 6,150 crore before […]
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Hyderabad: AIMIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi said the party would strongly oppose any move to privatize the profit-making Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) by Central Government. While supporting the Appropriation Bill tabled by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in the Assembly here on Tuesday, he wanted the State Government to acquire the Central Government’s shares […]
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The first prize was awarded to a hack called BizFiz, a solution for MSMEs to make loan application processes easier and make the process of loan underwriting easier for banks.
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Hyderabad: Government has been handholding the life sciences sector in boosting R&D, which is critical to the future. It is important to boost the pharma and medtech sectors. India has been a major importer of bulk drugs, but the nation needs to push the indigenous drug development. The government is pushing production-linked incentive scheme and […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana government continued to make major strides in ensuring quality healthcare services were available for the poor in government hospitals in 2021. The Telangana State Statistical Abstract-2021, released by Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS) here on Wednesday, indicated that the State made significant improvement in vital health care indices, which usually were employed […]
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Hyderabad: Condemning the statement of union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy that the establishment of a steel plant at Bayyaram was not feasible though it was assured in the AP Reorganisation Act, TRS leaders said on Tuesday that they will stage a day-long demonstration at Khammam on Wednesday. They demanded Kishan Reddy to explain whether […]
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Rajanna Sircilla: Launching a scathing attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP State leadership, IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao said Modi had committed the cardinal sin of questioning the formation of Telangana State. “Eight years ago, on this day (February 18), Parliament unanimously passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill that […]
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New Delhi: Leading digital payments platform PhonePe on Thursday announced that NITI Aayog, in association with the platform, will be hosting the first-ever open-to-all hackathon that aims to showcase path-breaking solutions for the fintech ecosystem. The Hackathon will provide an opportunity for innovators, digital creators and developers from all over India to think, ideate and […]
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Hyderabad: Tandur district hospital has been identified as one of the three top performing hospitals among small hospitals (those having up to 200 beds) for key performance indicators (KPI) availability of diagnostic testing facilities. The report published by NITI Aayog titled “Best Practices in the Performance of District Hospitals” identified the top-performing district hospitals in […]
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Warangal: The Health Profile pilot project will be launched in Mulugu and Sircilla districts once the Sammakka-Sarakka jatara is over, Medical and Health Minister T Harish Rao said on Thursday. “With this project, Telangana will emerge as a role model for the nation,” he said. “Telangana State secured the third position in NITI Aayog’s 2019-20 […]
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By Moitrayee Das The current times have witnessed an increase in mental health policies and programmes as well as mental health being as an integral part of the sustainable development goals. But is India doing enough to deal with the mental health crisis of its people? There is no doubt that the pandemic has taken […]
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Hyderabad: Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said the unifying theme for 2022-23 financial year budget was to lay solid foundation for achieving the vision of digitally empowered India with world class infrastructure with focus on globally comparable education and health sectors in the next 25 years. “The union Budget 2022-23 is not an ‘election’ […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana along with Haryana are the only major States to have found a spot among the six States/Union Territories which have achieved the coveted status of cent per cent households with tap water supply. The others are Goa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Haryana. As per […]
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Suryapet: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Saturday asked the people to utilise the services in Government Hospitals to get treatments to their illnesses, which would avoid financial burden on them. Inaugurating 20 bed SNCU in Mother and Child Centre on the premises of Government general Hospital at Suryapet, Harish Rao said that the state […]
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By Krishank Manne The union Budget 2022 is yet another moment of expectations for the corporates, salaried classes, and huge statements of targets such as doubling the income of farmers, $5 trillion economy, tax rebates, price decrease, etc. There are also requisites from the State, be it long-pending demands or contributory permissions in infrastructure building. […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana is the only major State in the country to have achieved cent per cent tap water connection to every household particularly rural households. Further, the Centre even replicated the scheme, renaming it as ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’. But the Modi government also conveniently ignored the recommendations by the Central planning body – NITI Aayog […]
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New Delhi: As many as 300 districts in India are reporting weekly Covid case positivity of more than 5 per cent, the union government said on Wednesday as it urged people not to treat infection due to Omicron variant as common cold and get vaccinated. It said Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar […]
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Hyderabad: According to the announcement made by the Central government, appointments for the precautionary dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in India will begin from Saturday evening. te. The eligible population – healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above 60 years of age with comorbidities – who have already taken two doses of the vaccine, can […]
