TELANGANA

Hyderabad, which is emerging as the knowledge capital of the worlds life sciences , has grabbed another big-ticket Investment in the sector. US-based StemCures is slated to establish a manufacturing lab in Telangana that will focus on stem cell therapy with the vision to create the largest stem cell manufacturing plant in India. The facility will be set up with the investment potential of around USD 54 million and EMPLOYMENT potential for around 150 people in a couple of phases.

Currently, StemCures is culminating R&D of the stem cell line at Aspire Bionest in University of Hyderabad and is ready to embark on a phase 1 manufacturing lab.

Hyderabad already serves more than 1000 life sciences companies, including the top 10 pharma companies. Four of the top 10 global innovator companies now have a direct presence in Hyderabad through their dedicated centers. These centers drive core R&D, digital and engineering activities, thereby contributing to bringing lifesaving cost-effective therapies and devices to patients world-wide.

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has emphasised on the need to conduct an exhaustive survey to identify the community, family and individual based needs of primitive tribal habitations in the State.

The survey would help in taking up individual needs based nutritional interventions, she said, directing officials to come up with other and development initiatives necessary in these habitations.

Dr. Soundararajan inquired about the welfare schemes and other programmes being availed of by the tribal people in their habitations.

TheTelanganagovernment has spent over 1.61 lakh crore on construction of major and medium Irrigation projects in the past eight years between 2014 and 2022. Of this, over 1 lakh crore has been spent on two major irrigation projects,KaleshwaramandPalamuru-Rangareddylift irrigation schemes (LIS). According to officials, the state would have to pump in another 1 lakh crore to complete pending projects in the state.

The has earmarked 26,000 crore in the 2023-24 budget and announced that it would provide irrigation facilities to another 50 lakh acres in the next two to three years to achieve one crore irrigated Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture land.

Of the 1.61 lakh crore spent so far on irrigation projects, over 50% (84,500 crore) was spent on the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme (KLIS) alone and another 22,800 crore on the Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation project till December, 2022. Some projects such as Kaleshwaram redesigning happened after BRS (then TRS) came to power, while some projects, which were taken up byCongressand TDP governments in the united AP, were completed by the BRS government.

In a major validation of Hyderabad’s growing clout as a global vaccine hub, World Health Organisation (WHO) is setting up an mRNA vaccine hub in Hyderabad as part of its plans to set up such hubs in select locations globally, industries minister KT Rama Rao disclosed.

The mRNA vaccine hub is coming up atBiological Eby way of a technology transfer by WHO to create capacities not just for global emergencies such as the Covid-19 pandemic but also to tackle future pandemics as well as develop capacities for ailments such as malaria, HIV, and cancer.

KTR said that as Hyderabad is also Home to one of the largest number of US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) approved manufacturing Plants at 214, the was trying to get the US drug regulator to set up its offices in the city.

The city accounts for about 40% of India’s pharma output, KTR said at an interaction in the run-up to the 20th edition of Asia’s largest life sciences conclave – BioAsia 2023 -that kicks off on February 24.

OnTelanganagovernment’s target to double the state’s life sciences ecosystem from $50 billion in value (turnover of $13 billion) in 2021 to $100 billion by 2028, he said the plan is to also double the EMPLOYMENT generated by the sector to 8 lakh over the next five years.

is hoping to hit record sales of liquor worth 30,000 crore for the current fiscal year, if the liquor sales registered thus far across the state are any indication
This is the first time, the state may see the highest figure after its formation. The state has already sold liquor worth 25,000 crore in less than ten months against the 22,000-crore sales during the same period last year.

The reason for it being the increase in daily sales of liquor, which touched 83 crore. With this, the state has gained an additional income of 30 crore per month this year.

In Telangana, there are 2,630 wine shops and 1,000 other establishments that supply alcohol including bars, clubs and tourist hotels. These establishments get their liquor from depots.

After keeping its cards close to the chest, the government appointed 1990 batch Ips officer Anjani Kumar the director general of Police (DGP).

Till a year ago, Anjani Kumar had a long stint as Hyderabad police commissioner and handled several key events successfully.

In view of the increasing number ofOmicroncases, the state is set to break away from current central guidelines of 15 days of compulsory quarantine for all patients and come up with its own policy.

State Health authorities are in favour of allowing asymptomatic patients to remain at Home while field surveys will be taken up to trace symptomatic cases. Terming the Centres policy unfeasible, the health department stated that since 95 to 97 per cent cases of Omicron are expected to be asymptomatic, putting everyone in quarantine centres will be a waste of Resources.

Substantiating the decision, the director of public health said that all 20 patients detected with the Omicron variant and admitted at the Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) are asymptomatic.