Ch Sushil Rao

The Cyber Crime Police, Cyberabad busted a fake call center in Mohali, Punjab and arrested the gang members, including four who are residents of Hyderabad for cheating foreign customers under the pretext of providing technical services.

If the increase was as much as 147 per cent, from 33.15 sq km to 81.81 sq km as per the ISPR-21 report, it was because of the many measures that were taken.  Plantations along the 158 km outer ring road, at road intersections, along the highways, development of parks and turning graveyards green, were what contributed to the city emerging in the top position in all the Mega Cities.

The India State of Forest Report 2021 released by Union minister for environment, forest and climate change,  Bhupender Yadav on January 13.

The forest Survey report 2021 shows an increase of 2,261 sq km in the total forest and tree cover of the country in last two years. Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country. The maximum increase in forest cover was seen in  Andhra Pradesh  of 647 sq km followed by Telangana with 632 sq km and Odisha with 537 sq km.

Purna Nagula, a software engineer working in Hyderabad is headed home this Sankranti with a huge load of books. Purna Nagula will stack the books in a library that he started in Sircilla town where students and job aspirants prepare for competitive examinations.  Not just those who live in the town but those from surrounding villages, make use of the library that is open round-the-clock.

Here is a conversation from  25-year-old Swapnika who saves money from what she earns by selling her paintings to help, especially the physically challenged. Swapnika goes out of her way  to respond to those who are less fortunate than her.  The talented artist that she is, Swapnika wields the pencil with her mouth to create portraits as both her hands had to be surgically severed to an extent following an accident in which she touched a live electric wire in 2007 in Hyderabad.

In this village in Telangana, the birth of a girl child is celebrated with much enthusiasm. It was time for another big celebrations on January 4 in Haridaspur village in Kondapur mandal in Sangareddy district. The village is about 80 km from the state capital. Here is a conversation with software engineer-turned-government employee Rohit Kulkarni, the panchayat secretary of the village who explains how the village comes together to welcome a female baby.

A DRDO developed supersonic missile assisted torpedo system was successfully launched from Wheeler Island in Odisha on December 13, 2021. The system is a next generation missile-based standoff torpedo delivery system. During the mission, full range capability of the missile was successfully demonstrated. The system has been designed to enhance anti-submarine warfare capability far beyond the conventional range of the torpedo.