Archive for May, 2012

Good news for Hyderabadis who are planning to apply for UK visa. With the United Kingdom opening its consulate in Hyderabad, getting UK visa is now pretty much easy. Britain has opened its deputy High Commission office in Hyderabad. This is the third consulate in the city followed by Iran consulate, the first in... »

Hyderabad-based National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) suggested for linking Osmansagar and Himayatsagar with the yet to come up Godavari drinking water supply project (Maulana Abul Kalam Hyderabad Srujala Sravanthi Scheme) and the Pranahita-Chevella project for long term benefits. Based on NEERI studies, the follow-up study by expert committee submitted a report for improving... »

The UGC has assigned Osmania University (OU) to conduct the first Andhra Pradesh State Eligibility Test (APSET) in 24 subjects after a gap of 13 years. As per the new UGC rules, passing NET or SET is mandatory for appointment of teaching faculty at universities and degree colleges. The last year it was conducted... »

In view of less number of students, the government has decided to remove 462 sections in 820 colleges from academic session 2012-13. In Hyderabad district, 10 such sections are to face closure. The numbers for other districts are as follows: The district-wise list prepared by authorities shows that many colleges do not have enough... »

The state government has decided not to conduct the National Common Entrance Test and instead to go for Eamcet in 2013. This is because of the difficulties faced by the Telugu medium applicants, which might lead to poor results. Sources say that the state may agree to take part in ISEET at a later... »

Officials of revenue intelligence captured 70 kg of ephedrine valued at Rs 80,000 or more in the open market from two persons at the Secunderabad railway station. Controlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985, ephedrine is used in the manufacture of the party drug-Amphet-mine Tye Stimulant (ATS). The drug is... »

Hyderabad students did very well going by the results declared by the CBSE. Girls fared better than boys. The overall performance of the State is estimated at 87.53. Of the 35 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in Hyderabad, 17 schools got the distinction of securing cent per cent results and the overall percentage for KVs in... »

The BIE, AP has published new books on physics, chemistry, botany and zoology revised by including 20 per cent of the syllabus of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to previous physics and chemistry texts and 40 per cent to botany and zoology texts. Significantly, for mathematics no revision was made as the state... »

Companies in Hyderabad would have a competitive edge over those in other cities in India. Google has started operating its “business photos” for the city. As per sources, Hyderabad is the first Indian city to get the facility and other cities would be offered over short time. Google is running trial of business photos... »

As per the new government rules, the SSC Board has adopted a nine-point relative grading system, ‘Grade Point Average (GPA)’ for evaluating the performance of the students in SSC Public examination, 2012. There would be nine grades for assigning namely, A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2, E/Fail and the corresponding grade points... »