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‘Burra katha’ exponent Daroji Eramma passed away

August 13, 2014

The renowned and one of the last exponents of ‘Burra Katha’ Daroji Eramma (84) passed away. Ms. Eramma, belonged to the ‘Budaga Janagama’ community, a nomadic tribe (SC), had perfected the folk art form of storytelling based on mythological and ..

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RBI rejects Andhra's request for farm loan waiver

July 29, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) communicated the Andhra Pradesh government that there was no case for considering its request for restructuring of agricultural loans in the state. A refused to consider the request even before the state government could prepare ..

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Government to establish R&D centre for bulk drugs at NIPER

July 15, 2014

The Union government is establishing a National Centre for Research & Development in Bulk Drug (NCRDBD) at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, to fill the significant void in R&D in bulk drugs. The government has approved ..

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125th anniversary of Salar Jung museum

June 24, 2014

Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad, Telangana celebrated its 125th anniversary in June 2014. The art museum located at Darushifa, on the bank of the Musi River in the city of Hyderabad was established in 1951 and is one of the ..

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Andhra Pradesh govt raises retirement age to 60, Telangana staff queue up for transfer to AP

June 23, 2014

After Andhra Pradesh (AP) CM Chandrababu Naidu raised the retirement age of state government employees to 60, suddenly hundreds of Andhra-origin employees, who were earlier reluctant to move out of Telangana and who have about 2 years of service left, ..

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Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as Andhra Pradesh CM

June 9, 2014

Head of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Nara Chandrababu Naidu (64) has been sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Naidu was administered the oath of office by Governor E S L Narasimhan. Mr. Naidu ..

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Telangana now officially 29th state of India

June 2, 2014

Telangana formally became the country’s 29th state of India and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) took oath as Telangana’s first Chief Minister. Telangana consists of the 10 north-western districts of Andhra Pradesh. Backgrounder: In the history of India, it happened ..

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Malavath Purna- Girl from Andhra becomes youngest woman to climb Everest

May 28, 2014

In a historic achievement, Malavath Purna (13) became the youngest female mountaineer to scale the Mount Everest. Purna was accompanied by Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar (16), a Class IX student from the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. Anand and Purna are ..

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