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Hyderabad's green buildings beat back rising heat
The city is sizzling above 43°C - as it does every summer season - but residents in the 246 green residential building projects dotting Hyderabad's landscape, are not facing the heat, literally, while also saving 700-1,000 on monthly power bills.
Three water plants to come up at Osman Sagar
The twin reservoirs — Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar — have once again turned lifelines for the city. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is drawing water from the reservoirs to meet consumers’ demand due to soaring temperatures.
Hyderabad archbishop appointed cardinal, 1st from Dalit caste
Archbishop of Hyderabad Diocese, Dr Poola Anthony, officially became the first Dalit to be appointed a cardinal on Saturday evening.
Post-pandemic, Hyderabad marathon is back with a bang with over 14,000 runners
After a year-long muted response owing to the pandemic, the city has made a comeback, donning its marathon shoes with over 14,640 people participating in the 11th edition of the Hyderabad marathon.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s novel initiative to turn dumping sites into vending zones
To put an end to dumping of garbage on roadsides, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is converting the dump sites into food or vegetable vending zones across the city.
5 cops from Telangana named for ‘Medal for Excellence’
This year, five police officers from Telangana were selected for the Union home minister’s medal for excellence in the investigation. As many as 151 police personnel from across the country were selected for this award.
Farm land digital survey in state to begin from June 11
The Telangana government will take up digital survey of agriculture land on a pilot basis from June 11. The survey will be taken up in 27 villages, including three from Gajwel assembly constituency, represented by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Over 50% of Hyderabad’s home-buyers are below 35 years
The city’s post-Covid-19 market has found a new set of home-buyers — millennials.
Largest Sputnik V consignment of 3 million doses lands in Hyderabad
The third and largest consignment of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V landed in Hyderabad from Russia in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Heavenly touch to Hyderabad’s iconic monuments, stars were guides
What do constellations Orion, Ursa Minor and Scorpius have in common with monuments such as Mecca Masjid, Jama Masjid, Charminar, Qutb Shahi tombs and Falaknuma?
New four-lane RuB to solve traffic congestion at Hitec City
For thousands of commuters who struggle to navigate their way out of the narrow road under bridge near Hitec City MMTS station in the busy IT corridor, there is finally hope at the end of the tunnel.
Hyderabad: HMDA to host first dance festival from April 3 to 11
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) will soon hold a first-of-its-kind Hyderabad dance festival from April 3 to 11 in the city.
Academic deploys 3D printing tech for space projects
A professor from the city is 3D printing circuits, sensors, antennas, and other components of satellites and rockets that can work in extreme conditions.
SYKES opens 4th centre in Hyd, to hire 800
Global digital marketing and customer services outsourcing player SYKES on Monday announced the opening of its fourth centre in Hyderabad and sixth in India.
Telangana government declares holiday for women employees on Women's Day
The state government has declared a holiday in the form of special casual leave to all women employees in government sector in the state on Monday on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Nabard sanctions Rs 9cr for agri varsity’s hub
Telangana’s first of its kind incubator, in a hub and spoke format, at Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agriculture University (PJTSAU) has received sanction letter from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Wednesday.
Residents rue power cuts, officials deny outages
With the onset of summer, several residents in the city have started facing the heat of power cuts for varied durations.
In 6yrs, Hyd luxe hsg segment saw 26% jump in rentals: Report
The growing demand for bigger houses, especially with work-from-home becoming the new normal, has led to Hyderabad’s rental market booming, show market reports. And leading this trend is the city’s primary IT hub: Hi-Tec City.
Hyderabad’s peripheries see sharp rise in land rates in 12 months
Home to rows of sprawling bungalows, while Jubilee Hills continues to be Hyderabad’s most expensive realty pocket, it’s the city’s periphery that’s witnessing a faster escalation in land values, of late.
IOC to set up mega biorefineries in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
As part of its transition from fossil-fuels to a multi-source, clean energy play, public sector oil & gas giant, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC), plans to set up two mega bio-refineries in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, a top IOC official has said.
340-km RRR around Hyderabad to be longest bypass in India
The road transport and highways ministry on Monday gave ‘in principle’ nod for the 340 km ‘Regional Ring Road’ (RRR) around Hyderabad, which will connect all districts of Telangana with the state capital. The RRR, a four-lane access-controlled highway will cost Rs 16,000 crore.
This sensor & smartphone app detects sleep apnea
Diagnosis of sleep apnea is set to get easier with researchers at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, innovating a small, light-weight sensor that can accurately analyse breathing patterns and raise an alarm when a person stops breathing for over 15 seconds.
T conducts consultation to formulate space tech policy
In a bid to attract investments in the space sector that has been recently opened up to the private sector, the Telangana government is set to roll out a space tech policy for which it conducted an extensive stakeholder consultation.
Patient, whose heart took a Metro, walks home
A patient, who underwent a heart transplant recently, said he had all but given up hope of survival and was counting his last days when a miracle changed his life.
Protection of wetland answer to urban flooding
Millions of liters of sewerage mixed rainwater coursed through Hyderabad’s neighborhoods in October 2020. This event revealed fault lines in the city’s infrastructure that have been neglected for decades.
T spins dream of a vibrant textile sector
After having excelled in the fields of IT and pharma, Telangana is now weaving dreams of making it big in the textiles sector.
First in Telangana: Hyderabad mosque opens gym for women
A mosque at Rajendranagar has set up a wellness centre with a gymnasium for women residing in the nearby slums. This is the first time in the state that a mosque has facilitated a gym for women with an expert trainer.
Joe Biden’s speechwriting director has roots in Telangana
With Joe Biden’s inauguration as the next US President on January 20, far away from Washington, in a tiny village in Telangana, there is a celebratory atmosphere.
Paramotor event begins in Mahbubnagar
A five-day air show and paramotor championship in connection with Sankranti festivities began at the stadium in Mahbubnagar on Wednesday.
Hyderabad to see 8mn sft of office space come up in 2021, experts predict spike next year
The new year seems to have begun on a high note for Hyderabad’s commercial realty market. According to rough estimates, the city already has transactions of about eight million square feet (mn sft) in its kitty, with more likely to come through 2021.