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Vizag gas tragedy: LG Chem dispatches technical team for investigation

Visakhapatnam gas tragedy killed at least 11 people and forced the evacuation of thousands from the area around the accident site.

A day after, bond yield closes flat at 6.16% amid liquidity surplus

Given the plan to borrow an additional Rs 4.2 trillion from the market, yields will show a tendency to move up. But, the huge liquidity in the system kept the rise in check, bond dealers said.

Vizag gas leak: NGT takes suo motu cognisance, to hear matter today

The plea said that the State Pollution Control Board, as well as L, has failed to act in accordance with the law and the said "willful" negligence has resulted into deaths of residents

Gas fumes leak again from styrene tanker at Visakhapatnam LG polymer plant

Vishakhapatnam Police Commissioner RK Meena requested people here to not panic and said the order to evacuate the 2 km radius of the surrounding gas leakage area is just a precautionary measure

Three dead after gas leak at LG Polymers chemical plant in Vizag: Report

People were taken to hospital after they complained of burning sensation in eyes and breathing difficulties

AP to raise liquor prices by 25% with sales set to commence from Monday

When the liquor stores would open from Monday, the government would enforce the precautionary measures at stores to ensure that people coming to buy liquor follow social distancing norms

Rate of cases doubling slows to 7.5 days against 3.4 before lockdown: Govt

As per data on April 19, 18 states and UTs have shown an improvement than the national average doubling rate, Ministry of Health and Family Affairs Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said at a briefing.

Easing the Covid-19 lockdown: How states plan to implement guidelines

According to MHA guidelines, while states and union territories cannot dilute the protocols, they are at liberty to impose stricter measures according to the requirements of local areas.

AP reports 43 new Covid-19 cases in single day, all traced to Markaz event

State tally doubles to 87, as outbreak reaches most districts; 15 persons tested positive in neighbouring Telangana yesterday

Covid-19: 17 new cases in Andhra Pradesh, 13 traced to Nizamuddin meet

With the additional 17 new cases in a single day, the total number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Andhra Pradesh has jumped to 40, spread across nine out of the thirteen districts in the state

Covid-19 lockdown: Hundreds stranded at Andhra Pradesh-Telangana borders

As news came in that the student hostels and paying guest facilities were being re-opened in Hyderabad, most of the students chose to turn back

Why microfinance crisis is still not over even 10 years after the clampdown

Andhra Pradesh's Ordinance to regulate MFIs has been a double-edged sword for the poor, with some digging deeper into debt, writes Namrata Acharya

Govt approves Rs 7,660 cr green highway project in UP, 3 other states

The project comprises components like sustainable development and maintenance of National Highways, Institutional Capacity Enhancement, Road Safety and Research and Development.

Swiss firm plans steel plant in Kadapa district, to invest Rs 120 bn

IMR chief and other officials came up with the proposal during a meeting with the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy here on Thursday.

Rs 22,000 cr investments made in Andhra Pradesh since June 2019: State govt

Though oil giant Saudi Aramco was supposed to be a largest investor, particularly in the PCPIR in Visakhapatnam, it went away to Maharashtra

An exclusive capital and the bonhomie between Jagan Reddy and Modi

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has invited Modi to Andhra Pradesh on March 25 for Telugu festival Ugadi, when a housing scheme for around 25 lakh poor families in the state will be launched

TDP condemns Andhra govt's decision to downgrade security cover of Naidu

Naidu had escaped assassination attempt by Maoists in Tirupati in 2003 when he was the chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra govt plans 10,000 mw solar power project to meet energy needs

AP Green Energy Corporation will be incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned power utility AP Genco for the purpose of developing the 10,000 mw solar power project

Over Rs 1 trn investment in oil, gas projects lined up in AP: Pradhan

The projects include Rs 26,264 cr modernisation of Visakhapatnam refinery by 2022-23, and Rs 68,000 cr in the development of offshore oil and gas fields.

Sundaram Fasteners sets up new SEZ unit in Andhra, invests Rs 100 cr

The new unit will provide further impetus to the company's export thrust through addition of products to its portfolio as well as diversifying its export customer base