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‘International Conference on Banana’ held in Tamil Nadu
A four-day ‘International Conference on Banana’ was recently organised by the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), an institution under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), in association with Bioversity International, during 22-25 February, 2020. The Conference is organised ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Telangana launches Project Tej
The Government of Telangana have launched Project Tej, in association with a platform MedTechConnect, during the BioAsia 2020-Biotech and Life Sciences forum of the state. The Project aims at creating a platform to help entrepreneurs test their ideas in medical ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Andhra Pradesh CM launches ‘Nadu-Nedu’ scheme for modernizing hospitals
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy recently launched a scheme named ‘Nadu-Nedu’, for modernising hospitals. Under the scheme, all the government hospitals of the state are to be modernised in three years, with the government assistance ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Telangana Cabinet decides to organise ‘Pattana Pragathi’ programme
The State cabinet of Telangana has recently decided to organise a town development program called ‘Pattana Pragathi’ for 10 days from February 24. The program is scheduled to be held in all towns and cities of the state. This programme ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
77th Senior National squash championships held in Tamil Nadu
The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI)-77th Senior National squash championships was recently held at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Ace Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa clinched the women’s title by beating Tanvi Khanna, while another top-rated player Saurav Ghosal bagged the men’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Andhra Pradesh attracted the highest project investments in 2018-19
According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Andhra Pradesh topped the list of states which attracted the highest project investments in 2018-19. Maharashtra, which was the topper of last year, missed its top spot in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Tamil Nadu and French Province to make fusion music
The Tamil Nadu Minister for Culture, Pandiarajan and the Minister from the French province Center-Val de Loire, Olivier Frezot had a meeting in the state capital Chennai. During the meeting, they announced that Tamil Nadu and the French Province of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Andhra Pradesh sign MoUs with premier agricultural institutions
The Department of Agriculture of Andhra Pradesh recently signed Memoranda of understanding with 11 premier agricultural institutions of the country, in the presence of its Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Under the agreement, the institutions will provide technical ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board wins national award for e-Governance 2019-20
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) bagged the national award for e-Governance 2019-20 for its Real-Time Pollution-Monitoring System (RTPMS) project, during the 23rd National Conference on e-Governance held in Mumbai. Under the RPTMS project, an alert is sent to the concerned ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
‘Antahpragnya 2020’ organized in Telangana
A National Level Rural Technical Festival titled ‘Antahpragnya 2020’ was recently organised in the state of Telangana at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies-Basar (RGUKT-Basar). This is the country’s biggest technical festival. The three-day technical fest was conducted with the ..