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Feb- 2023 -23 February
14.9 kg gold worth Rs 7.89 cr seized from Sudan nationals at Hyderabad airport
Gold weighing 14.9 kg, valued at around Rs 7.89 crore was seized from 23 women passengers, all Sudan nationals at the Hyderabad international airport. Hyderabad: Gold weighing 14.9 kg, valued at around Rs 7.89 crore was seized from 23 women passengers, all Sudan nationals at the international airport here, Customs officials said on Thursday. In the recent past, this is one of the biggest seizures of gold by Hyderabad Customs at the RGI airport, they said. Based on passenger profiling and intelligence, Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad Customs in coordination with officers of Airport Customs, intercepted 23 passengers at RGIA who arrived from Sudan via Sharjah by a flight on Wednesday. On thorough search of passengers luggage and also the persons,…
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23 February
Life sciences firms shift base from China to Hyderabad
One of the reasons for companies opting for Genome Valley was mainly due to the Telangana government’s TS-iPASS – the single window policy for approvals to set up new units Source: Telangana Life Sciences Hyderabad: The last three years have seen a major surge in the life sciences sector in Telangana, with companies from around the globe, especially China, looking towards Hyderabad to set up shop. Several global firms, which had crucial operations in China have now established units at the Genome Valley at Shamirpet, courtesy time-bound approvals by the State government and the tailor-made infrastructure made available here. This trend saw its beginnings after the outbreak of Covid-19 and picked up over the last three years, with nearly 20 percent to 30…
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23 February
The growth story of life sciences in Telangana
Lighthouse Canton Real Estate plans to add about one million sqft commercial space suited for pharma and life sciences companies at Genome Valley Artist’s impression of B-Hub which is a first-of-its-kind growth-phase centre and biopharma scale-up manufacturing facility. Hyderabad: Lighthouse Canton Real Estate, which is into developing commercial spaces for lifesciences sector, is planning to add about one million sqft commercial space that is suited for pharma and life sciences companies in phases at Genome Valley. It already has about one million sqft and has 30 tenants. And that is just one fraction of how space is becoming premium in Genome Valley as more and more companies look towards Telangana to set up shop. Subrata KV Sharma, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer,…
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23 February
Telangana key player in pharma exports
Telangana exports vaccines and pharma products to more than 150 countries The pharmaceutical exports from India from April 2021 to March 2022 stood at $ 24.6 billion (about Rs 2,01,720 crore) at current rupee-dollar value. Hyderabad: Pharma exports from the country for the nine months ending December stand at around $21 billion (about Rs 1,72,000 crore). Of this, Telangana has been accounting for about 20-30 per cent of the total exports. Telangana is home to a vast number of companies that are into manufacturing of generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Telangana exports vaccines and pharma products to more than 150 countries. Telangana has world’s largest USFDA approved facilities in a single province at 214 which surpassed New Jersey’s 189. “Pharma exports from the…
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22 February
Kangana Ranaut participates in Green India Challenge
The Green India Challenge, which was launched in 2019 by Rajya Sabha MP Joginapally Santosh Kumar, aims to encourage citizens to plant saplings and take responsibility for the environment. Hyderabad: Actor Kangana Ranaut, known for her fierce personality and bold roles on screen, participated in the Green India Challenge. The actress planted a sapling at the Shamshabad Panchavati park in Hyderabad. The Green India Challenge, which was launched in 2019 by Rajya Sabha MP Joginapally Santosh Kumar, aims to encourage citizens to plant saplings and take responsibility for the environment. The challenge has been embraced by many celebrities, including Mahesh Babu, Prabhas, and Rana Daggubati. Kangana was more than happy to participate in the initiative. Speaking on the occasion, she said, “I am delighted…
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22 February
Bandi writes to CM, demands promotions to language pandits
Telangana state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar claimed that it was shameful that the agitating language pandits were suspended on International Mother Language Day. He demanded that the pay revision commission be implemented for language pandits and salary payments to the government employees and teachers be made on the first day of the month. (File Photo: DC) Hyderabad: On International Mother Language Day, BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao to demand that language pandits, who have not been promoted for 22 years, be promoted and their suspensions revoked immediately. The BJP MP claimed that 8,500 language pandits were working without promotions for the last two decades, and the government had compelled secondary…
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22 February
Telangana High Court issues notices to TS, DGP, SP for Khadeer death
Telangana High Court. Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday issued notice and sought the responses of the Chief Secretary, principal secretary for home, DGP and the Medak superintendent of police in a suo motu writ petition on the alleged custodial death of Khadeer Khan in Medak earlier this month. A division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji on Tuesday directed the officials to file their replies by March 14. The court had taken up the petition suo motu based on newspapers reports. J. Ramchandra Rao, additional advocate-general, representing the state government and police said that Khadeer Khan had died 14 days after he was produced before the executive magistrate. The Chief Justice made it clear that…
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22 February
16 file nominations for MLC polls on first day
K.Suryanarayana Rao (second from right) files nomination as YSRC MLC candidate for local bodies of East Godavari district in Kakinada on Tuesday. Ministers P.Viswaroop, Ch.Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna and D.Raja are seen. (Photo by arrangement) ANANTAPUR: A total of 16 nominations were received for the Rayalaseema West graduate constituency and three nominations for the teacher’s constituency MLC seats in Anantapur till Tuesday evening. Collector and election officer Kethan Garg took the nominations from candidates at the Anantapur collectorate. No nomination has been received for the MLC seats under the local bodies segment. A big fight is likely for the graduate constituency as many independents and leaders of some caste organisations are filing nominations in addition to candidates from the political parties. BJP…
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22 February
KT Rama Rao to inaugurate Welspun art textile park in Rangareddy
Sharing images of the Textile park, the Minister tweeted: “Will be inaugurating this state of the art technical textile park of the Welspun Group at Chandanvelly in Rangareddy today.” Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao will be inaugurating Welspun Group’s state of the art textile park at Chandanvelly in Rangareddy here on Wednesday. Sharing images of the Textile park, the Minister tweeted: “Will be inaugurating this state of the art technical textile park of the Welspun Group at Chandanvelly in Rangareddy today.” The Minister further tweeted: “Telangana’s Textile and Apparel policy has been a major success with textile companies such as Welspun, Kitex and YoungOne endorsing it.” Will be inaugurating this state of the art Technical textile plant of @TheWelspunGroup at Chandanvelli in Ranga…
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22 February
Telangana BC Commission chief urges PM to release BC caste census
The lack of availability of caste census was acting as a serious impediment in arriving at the actual percentage of reservations for BCs in Local Bodies, said V Krishna Mohan Rao File Photo of TSCBC Chairman Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao. Hyderabad: Chairman of Telangana State BC Commission V Krishna Mohan Rao has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the ‘Socio-Economic Caste Census – 2011’ data pertaining to Telangana. Krishna Mohan Rao wrote a letter to Prime Minister asking him to direct the department concerned to release the caste census-2011. He said the caste census would enable Telangana government to take up various welfare measures, to arrive at the accurate BC population and also to ensure their proportionate share of reservations in the fields of…
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