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GUNTUR: With the Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) constructing thousands of  individual and community toilets in the various localities of the city under the Swachh Bharat and Swachh Andhra Pradesh Missions, the problem of open defecation will soon become a thing of the past. So far, the GMC officials have constructed about 7,000 individual toilets along with providing water facility in most of the localities. Observing that the open defection had become a cause of concern in maintaining better sanitation as well as in controlling the spread of communicable diseases particularly in the slum areas and the panchayats on the outskirts of the city, which would soon come under the purview of corporation, the GMC officials gave special emphasis to such area and took up the process on construction of individual toilets with the funds sanctioned under the Swachh Bharat Mission and Swatch Andhra Pradesh Mission taken up by the the Centre and State Government respectively. After han...

The Andhra Pradesh Government is according the highest priority to the agricultural sector and all efforts will be made to make farming remunerative, according to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. He was speaking at Lam Farm near here on Monday after the foundation stone for the Acharya N.G Ranga Agricultural University was laid by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. He said the university was coming up on 500 acres in Lam Farm, which is at present an agricultural research station, and Rs. 1500 crore would be spent on it over the next five years. He urged the Agriculture Minister to accord it the status of a central university and make available the requisite funds and facilities. He said the State Government had released Rs. 23,000 crore under a loan waiver scheme in the State and it had come as a great relief to the farmers. Radha Mohan Singh said agricultural universities would have to play a great role in undertaking research and extension to the fields as technolog...

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Oct.22 (ANI): The administrators of a 130-year-old temple in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam District has decorated a deity of the Goddess Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari with both Indian and foreign currency notes and gold ornaments worth Rs.2.5 crores on the occasion of the nine-day festival of Navratri. The decoration at the Sri Kanyakaparameswari Devasthanam Temple in Visakhapatnam City was done to mark the 'Sri Mahalakshmi Avatram' of the goddess during the Navratri celebrations. On Ashtami, the eighth day of Navratri, the goddess is worshipped as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. During the nine-day-long Navratri festival, devote Hindus worship the Goddess Durga in all of her nine manifestations. Navratri began on October 13 and concludes today. It is marked by celebrations involving prayer, music and dance by both men and women. Goddess Durga represents the feminine force which guides and destroys all evil from earth. The festival is also...

Banana peel may not be the tastiest thing - but it’s reportedly really good for us. [Photo: Rex] We all know that bananas are bursting with goodness. They’re filled to the brim with potassium and low in salt, making them great for anyone at risk of high blood pressure or a stroke and they boost digestion. Plus, they contain plenty of iron, protect against muscle cramps during workouts, reduce swelling and even can help overcome depression due to high levels of tryptophan, which is converted into serotonin – the happy-mood brain neurotransmitter. But it’s not just the banana itself that’s good for you. According to health nuts, the skin could be the latest “superfood”. If you can call it a food. Although it’s usually chucked in the bin rather than eaten, scientists reckon the peel could aid weight loss and boost your immune system AND your mood. “It contains high amounts of vitamin B6 and B12, as well as magnesium and potassium, and some fibre and protein,” Laura Flores, a San D...

With soil from the holy sites of Jerusalem and Mecca, and water from the Ganga and Godavari, the proposed site for the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region got a sprinkling of good vibes on Wednesday as wide-eyed villagers of Uddandarayunipalem witnessed the state machinery work overtime to get things in order for Thursday’s big event.At 12:45 pm on Thursday, the foundation stone for the state’s new capital, Amaravati, will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amaravati, being built on the banks of the Krishna River is India’s first greenfield smart city and could well be the precursor for more such cities. The Amaravati seed c apital area (SCA)—as designed by Singapore’s Surbana Jurong—spread over 16.9 sq km with an 8-kilometre frontage on the Krishna, will be the core of the city, housing government offices, business districts and a population of about 3 lakh people.

Telecom network operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G services in five towns — Vizag, Vijayawada, Guntur, Tirupati and Nellore — in Andhra Pradesh. Airtel is offering LTE 4G services on smart devices including mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles. Bharti Airtel launched India’s first 4G network in Kolkata in April 2012. In August 2015, Airtel 4G reached 296 towns across India. Airtel is offering 4G services at 3G data prices. The cost of Airtel 4G data pack is Rs 25. 4G SIM comes with six months of unlimited music streaming and downloads on Wynk Music and five free movies per month for six months on the Eros Now channel of Wynk Movies. The price of Airtel 4G Infinity Plans is Rs 999. Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, Lenovo, Asus and Huawei are selling their latest 4G smartphones in India. 4G smartphone boom Flipkart, an online platform, has sold half a million mobile handsets on 14 October. 75 percent of the phones sold during the ten hours period were 4G ph...

The Agricultural College at Bapatla simmered with tension after Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University issued an indefinite closure notice on Friday morning, sparking protests by students. Associate Dean P.R.K. Prasad said the decision to close the campus was taken in view of the prevailing situation and students preventing committee members probing a PG student’s suicide from leaving the campus. M.Sc student M. Surya Rao’s death on September 26 had evoked outrage among students who had alleged foul play. Alleging that Rao was forced to take the extreme step owing to harassment by a professor, students had been boycotting classes since September 28. “Rao was an intelligent student who topped his class. “But, he was unable to take the abuse and humiliation by his professor. Some seed he had planted did not germinate, and the professor singled him out and abused him, forcing him to take his own life,” said a student who did not want to be named. Meanwhile, the university’...