TELANGANA

T-Hub, which was set up to draw the best talent from across the country to nurture avibrant startupecosystem, has now become a national role model and the next big breakthrough in start-up innovation will come from Hyderabad, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Tuesday.

Unveiling T-HUB 2.0, which is housed in what is touted as the world’s largest innovation campus in the heart of Hyderabad’s IT hub, KCR said, his government wantsTelanganato be known as the startup state of India and Hyderabad to be India’s startup capital.

Pointing out that T-HUB has impacted over 2,000 entrepreneurs and raised nearly $1.2 billion in funding by its startups since it was set up seven years ago, the CM said, his government created a world-class entity at T-HUB to promote and innovation and Telangana truly embodies the “whole of the state approach” where all stakeholders synergise their activities to support innovation and entrepreneurship.

Bonalu is a traditional folk festival celebrated each and every year in the month of Ashadham (falling in June/July).

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Bonalu is celebrated every year in the twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad and Secunderabad, and some other parts of Telangana state. The Bonalu festival was declared a state festival by the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led government after the states formation back in the year 2014.

The Bonalu festival involves scores of devotees offering the traditional bonam (derived from Bhojanam, meaning meals) to the goddess Mahankali at 25 temples across the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Telanganais all set to house what is being claimed as the worlds first 3D printed place of worship with Hyderabad-based construction playerApsuja Infratechjoining hands with Mumbai-based additive manufacturing solutions providerSimpliforge Creations.

The3D printed temple, which is coming up at Apsuja Infratechs upcoming project at Siddipet, is a three-part structure spread over 3,800 sq ft and 30 feet in height and is slated to be completed by July. The 3D structure is expected to take 2-3 months from start to finish vis a vis a conventional construction which would have taken more than double the time.
The structure is being 3D printed by Simpliforge, which claims to have Indias first and South Asias largest Robotics construction 3D printing facility, with the help of their in-house developed system and indigenously developed material and Software.

The 3D printed temple will have three sanctums a modak dedicated tolord Ganesha, a square Shivalay devoted to Lord Shankar and a lotus-shaped one for Goddess Parvati. While the Shivalay and Modak have been completed, the construction of the lotus and tall spires (Gopurams) are already underway.

Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone (VSEZ) said its unit approval committee (UAC) has cleared the decks for new IT/ITeS units as well as expansion projects entailing an of Rs 787 crore with a potential to create close to 6100jobsand generate exports to the tune of Rs 4974 crore over the next five years.

This includes two new IT/ITeS units Cognizant Mortgage Services Corp as well as Charnham India Pvt Ltd at theSundew Properties SEZinRangareddy districtas well as expansion projects of Wipro,HCL TechnologiesandSalesforcein Sundew Properties, Phoenix and Divyasree NSL SEZs located in Rangareddy district.

According to VSEZ, exports from VSEZ units stood at Rs 1,13,975 crore for financial year 2020-21, of which Telangana units accounted for Rs 83,525 crore exports.

VSEZ provided EMPLOYMENT to 4,32,924 people during 2020-21, a 10% in employment and attracted investments to the tune of Rs 76,681cr, a 36% rise in investments over last fiscal despite pandemic situation in the country.

Telanganahas ranked sixth in terms of filing of patent applications in the country after Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab for the year 2021-22. In terms of design, the state stood 13th and ninth in terms of trademark filings in the country, as per the latest annual IP report.

The report has been released by the office of the controller general of patents, designs, trademarks and Geographical Indications, which falls under the department for promotion of Industry & internal trade (DPIIT) of the Union ministry of commerce & industry.

While Tamil Nadu filed 5,206 patent applications in 2021-22, Maharashtra has filed 4,508 applications, Uttar Pradesh 3,613 applications, Karnataka 3,171 applications, Punjab 2,197 applications andTelanganafiled 1,724 applications.

Pointing out that Telangana has slipped from the list of top five states, Subhojit Saha, head oflegal& IPR, Resolute group of companies, said though the state has been doing phenomenally well in investments and innovations, there is a need to see how these can generate from IP from the state.

With the rise in temperatures in , the power demand has reached record peak recently. TheTelangana power utilitiesreached 13,688 mega watts demand which is a record in the state.

According to officials, the power highest demand recorded was 13,168 MW in February, 2020. In the Greater Hyderabad limits, the power demand has touched 2,760 MW from 1,700 MW earlier. Interestingly, the discoms have been supplying 30 MW each to three data centres of Amazon without any interruption.

The Transco officials said apart from Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture season demand, power demand has gone up as the pumps of Kaleshwaram project lifting water. The officials said with more industries coming up in the state, the industrial power consumption is likely to go up in the coming up.

Thegovernment has allocated 100 crore each for establishment of exclusive varsity for Women and forest in the state.
As proposed, the Koti Womens College will be upgraded into a womens university and the forest college at Mulugu will be turned into a university.

The womens university would enable women to venture into new fields such asSTEMand humanities. It would research in some key areas and give greater opportunities to women. With forest university, the government is creating a Niche in this field.

To effectively control organised crimes such as snatching, land grabbing, online and gaming offences and white-collar financial frauds, lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has proposed to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to extend Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986 to the national capital.

Delhi Police, which reports to the ministry via the LG, sought the extension this June, citing a need for stringent legislation for prevention and effective control of criminal activities such as bootlegging, land grabbing, snatching, robbery, arms running, sale of drugs, gambling and sexual offences, particularly by repeat offenders.

The Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Jitendra Singh, inaugurated first Open Rock Museum in Hyderabad.

The museum displays about 35 different varieties of rocks from different parts of India.

Age of these rocks are ranging from 3.3 billion years to around 55 million years.

These rocks also represent deepest part of the Earth, that is up to 175 km of distance from Earths surface.

The Museum was inaugurated at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI).

Big Earth data have a strategic high ground in the era of knowledge economies. India has been fully exploiting this new frontier, by contributing to advancement of earth science.

Geosciences contribute significantly towards national priority and self-reliance in New India.