Top Andhra Pradesh news developments today
The Hindu
Key news developments in Andhra Pradesh on March 17, Thursday.
Here are the key news developments from Andhra Pradesh to watch out for today:
1. Legislative Assembly to move demands for grants to roads and buildings, water resources, agriculture and cooperation, energy, civil supplies and animal husbandry departments and discuss the distribution of house sites.
2. Principal advisor to CM, Ajeya Kallam is participating as the chief guest in a meeting of Mano Bandhu, a campaign to rehabilitate the wandering mentally ill. Ramon Magsaysay awardee Dr. Bharat Vatwani will be the guest speaker.
3. Government begins administering COVID-19 vaccine to children in the 12-14 age group. Corbevax vaccine by Biological E. Ltd is being given at PHCs.
4. UCO Bank MD & CEO Soma Sankar Prasad will address the media in Visakhapatnam.
5. All parties’ trade unions are meeting against privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant ahead of the proposed Visakha Bandh
6. Greater Visakhapatnam municipal commissioner G. Lakshmisha and Water Supply department superintendent engineer K.V.N. Ravi will be addressing the media on the summer water action plan and storage levels in reservoirs.
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Rajanna accuses DCM Shivakumar of Congress's LS seat losses due to 'vote theft' in Karnataka, urging leadership accountability.
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Inscription dating back to the reign of Vijayanagara ruler Krishnadevaraya has provided the earliest known epigraphical reference to the Bonalu festival in present-day Telangana.
BJP protests Karnataka's Hate Speech Bill, claiming it violates constitutional rights and threatens democratic freedoms.
Bhanu Prakash Yeturu, Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, chaired a zonal-level review meeting on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) works, here on Tuesday. The meeting, which witnessed the participation of 10 District Collectors (District Election Officers), involved high-level oversight by national and State election authorities.
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Ridge School in Kurnool launches a debate boot camp to enhance students' critical thinking and public speaking skills.
Tourism Minister R. Rajendran distributes bicycles to students and initiates infrastructure projects in Salem, enhancing local education and development.
Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje announces free ESIC medical services for unorganised workers, enhancing social security for all labor sectors.