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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicAndhra pradesh

Topic: andhra pradesh

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Stree Shakti’ free bus travel scheme for women on I-Day

As part of ‘Stree Shakti’, all girls, women & transgender persons with Andhra Pradesh domicile status will be able to travel for free anywhere in the state.

Centre’s approval of new chip plant in Andhra has Telangana seething—’baffling display of bias’

Telangana minister says state has offered land, subsidies & investor commitment for a semiconductor unit, while no land has been allotted & groundwork remains incomplete in Andhra Pradesh.

Naidu set to roll out another ‘Super Six’ promise. How free bus rides for women scheme will work

Similar schemes are already in operation in neighbouring Telangana & Karnataka, both Congress-ruled states. ‘Stree-Shakti’ scheme is expected to cost AP govt Rs 1,942 cr each year.

Andhra Pradesh approves draft scheme offering $600 million in incentives to boost local electronics components manufacturing

Electronics components firms looking to set up factories in Andhra Pradesh will be offered land at a discount of 75%, the state said, adding that they would not have to pay taxes on electricity consumption for the first six years.

Andhra’s quantum leap, gated communities in India & the ‘north-south divide’ over Keeladi findings

Global media also reports on the success of UPI network in India and the exploding career of 'India’s hottest rapper' Hanumankind.

SC issues pan-India guidelines to protect mental health of students in colleges & coaching centres

Justices Vikram Nath & Sandeep Mehta issued the guidelines, while hearing a petition by the father of a student who died by suicide in Andhra Pradesh, seeking a CBI probe. 

Andhra Pradesh takes organic leap with 7.4 L farmers under Centre’s scheme. Punjab, Haryana lag behind

Agri ministry's 2020-2025 data on Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana shows stark contrast in implementation of scheme. Kerala, Uttarakhand, UP, Rajasthan among top beneficiaries.

Year after Tirumala ‘adulterated ghee’ row, TTD equips itself with high-tech lab to check suppliers

A lab to test the quality of food items, including the celebrated laddus, and the ingredients used, has been glaringly absent for decades at the famous shrine.

Andhra Pradesh liquor ‘scam’ charge sheet mentions ex-CM Jagan as kickbacks recipient

The 305-page chargesheet filed by AP Police however stopped short of naming him as an accused. SIT probing case had arrested YSRCP Lok Sabha member PV Midhun Reddy Saturday.

Arrest of YSRCP MP Midhun Reddy: ‘Biggest-ever liquor scam in country,’ says BJP’s AP spokesperson

BJP's Andhra Pradesh spokesperson Sadineni Yamini Sharma accused Midhun Reddy of manipulating state's liquor policy, altering automatic order placement system, collecting kickbacks.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.