AP Magazine May 2017 Key Points
1. AP Government entered into a
partnership with the British council to lauch pilot programme to improve the
soft skills & employability of 1 lakh university & college students in
the state.
2.
AP Government announced NTR National Film award to
SP
Balasubramanyam for the year 2012
HemaMalini
for the year 2013
3. Indian Railways introduced a
see-through Vistadome coach on its Visakhapatnam – Kirandul passenger train.
4. Kia Motors to set up a car
manufacturing facility in Ananthapuram district.
5. AP Tourism department has signed a
MOU with a Spanish consultant to design and develop an oceanarium at
Visakhapatnam.
6. The world‟s largest
single location solar park of 1000 megawatts is nearing completion in Kurnool
district.
7. AP Government launched the Mukhya
mantra ArogyaKendras (MAK), e urban primary health centres for providing tele
medicine.
8. AP CM lauched a mobile APP “CM
Connect” through which people could connect directly with head of the state.
The app runs on Microsoft‟s Kaizala
platform.
9. The State investment promotion
Board (SIPB) granted approval for setting up of 2 mega projects in AP.
i) Tremag Alloys private limited
ii) Tata chemicals Limited
10. E-commerce firm Snapdeal announced
a partnership with University of California, Berkeley & AP government to
enable digital access for small artisans in the State‟s „Smart
Village‟ project.
11. Vizag girl M.SahitiVarshini has
won 2 gold medals (under 10 year girls) in classical and Blitz categories in
Asian youth chess Championship held in Tashkent.
12.
K.Vishwanath was honoured with DadasahebPhalke Award for the year 2016.