Monthly Archives: February 2017

City gets its first ebus

Business & Economy, Green Initiatives / Environment, Records, All, Science & Technology, Travel
No Smoke: The first ebus received by the Telangana RTC in Hyderabad on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal

The next time you feel a juggernaut whiz past with nary a ‘whish’, you will feel a tingle of excitement running down your spine. That will be the sleek and silent, low-slung beauty, an ebus made by BYD Auto Industry of China.

On Wednesday, Goldstone Infratech, which is said to be the Indian distributor for the Chinese ebus-maker, offered the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) one of these, the BYD K series, a battery-operated bus with 324 KW of power.

When contacted, Executive Director for TSRTC’s Greater Hyderabad Zone A. Purushotham said they planned to run this environmental-friendly, pollution-free bus on the Jubilee Bus Station-Shamshabad airport route as a pilot project for a few days to check its efficacy.

The service is to be launched within a day or two, most likely by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

The 12-metre-long bus is a 31-seater and is low-slung with a ground clearance of 360 mm. It can run for slightly more than 180 km on a single charge over a seven-hour duration and has a charging time ranging between two and a half to three hours for the next shift. It can accelerate from 0 to 50 KMPH in about 20 seconds, powered silently by electric motors in the wheel hubs and can achieve top speed of over 96 km an hour. Enquiries about the details like power and the like with engineers revealed that the 324 KW of output was almost equivalent to the 295 horsepower that the luxury buses like the Volvo produce. “From what I have seen, it is almost like our Garuda (Volvo) buses,” said a senior engineer.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Suresh Krishnamoorthy / Hyderabad – February 10th, 2017

What it takes to be an entrepreneur

Business & Economy, Inspiration / Positive News and Features

T-Hub CEO Jay Krishnan gave a picture of a true life of a motivated entrepreneur, and also some self-tests that would analyse individuals’ abilities to become either a venture capitalist, a manager, or an entrepreneur.

He was sharing his views at the International Conference on Management Challenge and Trends in the Digital Era, organised by Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad. Sekar S.N.S.R., Chairman of Sekar and Associates, discussed the significance of keeping one’s mind open and being able to acknowledge what is not known, and keep learning more and more at any point in time.

Awadh Dubey, founder of R.K. Devi Eye Research Institute, shared his views on bliss and happiness being an ultimate goal in every individual’s life while Jack Reardon, professor at Hamaline University at Minnesota, USA, gave suitable examples to share his insights into the remarkable revolution in the field of technology.

Papers were also presented on finance, management and marketing and discussed in the presence of Loknath Reddy and Sita Vankara, associate professors, University of Hyderabad and Vidyasagar Reddy, director of NALSAR Business School. Prithvi Yadav, Director of NMIMS, set the theme of the conference and Radha Krishna from NMIMS briefed the conference details.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Telangana / by R. Ravikanth Reddy / February 05th, 2017

With announcements of investments worth Rs 3 Cr, BioAsia begins on promising note

Business & Economy, Science & Technology, World Opinion

Hyderabad :

Announcing an investment of `3,382 crore, and MoUs in government and private sectors with an aim to strengthen city’s positioning as a hub for biotech and life sciences, the 14th edition of the Telangana government’s yearly flagship event, BioAsia 2017, kick-started at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) on Monday. The event was inaugurated by Governor ESL Narasimhan, in the presence of IT minister KT Rama Rao and Health minister C Laxma Reddy.

“A number of new initiatives have been launched today with an investment of about `1,700 crore including the new SEZ facility of Biological E for their manufacturing and research facility, and the 3D model of the country’s largest animal resource facility developed in partnership with the state government was unveiled.

KT Rama Rao, IT Minister

With a cumulative investment of about `3,000 crore, these initiatives mark the beginning of the next wave of development, which I will term as Genome Valley 2.0. As one of the many steps forward, I am delighted to announce IALA for Genome Valley today which would be implemented in the cluster very soon,” said Rao.

Lauding the IT minister’s efforts towards a TB-free Telangana, the Governor said: “At this stage, when healthcare is about criticality, BioAsia becomes a very useful forum for exchange of thoughts and experiences. Not being able to afford proper healthcare, lack of funds in health sector, fighting infection are major challenges for us.

I thank KT Rama Rao for the initiative of aiming to make Telangana a TB-free state. It is high time we move pilot projects to battle diseases and I request corporate hospitals to support the initiative. There is a request to someone like Soumya Swaminathan to ensure that the labelling on medicine is readable. One last request is that drug controlling authorities take care of preventing side effects while examining medicines.”

At the programme, Genome Valley Excellence Award 2017 was awarded to Nobel Laureate Professor Kurt Wuthrichand and Worldwide Chairman Pharmaceuticals and CSO of Johnson & Johnson Dr Paul Stoffels.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / February 07th, 2017

Nagoba jatara concludes amid spiritual fervour

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Travel
A Raj Gond displaying his combat skills at the Betal puja ritual at the jatara in Adilabad district on Tuesday. -Photo: S. Harpal Singh | Photo Credit: S. HARPAL SINGH;S. HARPAL SINGH – S_ HARPAL SINGH

The Nagoba jatara concluded on Tuesday with the Mesram clan Raj Gonds and Pardhans leaving their holy place in the evening for camping at Harkapur in Indervelli mandal before reaching Pulimadugu in Utnoor mandal and later performing puja at Budumdev temple at Shampur in Utnoor mandal on January 3.

The Adivasis performed Mandal Gajiling, part of Betal puja which entailed show of combat skill.

Earlier in the day, the 22 kithe or categories of Raj Gonds and the Pardhans divided the prasad and the sacred pots collected during the five-day pilgrimage of the Nagoba temple among themselves.

The women of the Patel households washed the feet of the representatives of the 22 kithe as a mark of thanksgiving for their role in making the jatara a success.

The Bheti Korial, the new women members added to the clan by way of marriage also greeted the representatives by saying ‘ram-ram’ and hoped to meet next year at Keslapur.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Adilabad – February 01st, 2017