Kavvaguda is a village that is untouched by realty sharks and is situated on the outskirts of the city. This is the ‘green hub,’ from where greens and veggies are sent to the Shamshabad vegetable market on a daily basis.Spread across 602.34 sq km, Kavvaguda falls under the local gram panchayat, and it is where Shamshabad municipality ends. Represented by sarpanch Deverakonda Ramesh Yadav, the village is divided into 10 wards with members serving the people.Thanks to the GO 111 rule on catchment areas of Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar, it is untouched by realtors. But the village is a major source of leafy vegetables like mint, coriander, spinach, etc., and vegetables such as okra and others. The farmers here practice mixed farming and rear cattle and fish for additional sources of income.The village has a population of approximately 2010 people, and 488 families predominantly practice agriculture. The panchayat gets a fund of Rs 2 lakh every month, and they are able to provide facilities such as the door-to-door collection of garbage, sanitation, and water supply through Mission Bhagiratha. The village also has a school and a nursery where one can get a variety of fruit, flower, and ornamental seedlings under the Palle Prakruti Vanam, two aanganwadi centers, a DWCRA building, and a dump yard with a compost-making facility. It also has its own graveyard. The village also encourages institutional deliveries to avoid post-delivery complications in women. On the whole, the village promotes the MGNREGA program.

Kavvaguda, the ‘Untouched’ Place Where Veggies Come to City

On Monday, a leading brand in South India in TMT bars, Radha Smelters, launched the first of its kind 550 D Ladle Refining Furnace( LRF) Thermo Mechanically Treated (TMT) Bars produced through the LRF route.The product was launched by popular Telugu actor and the company's brand ambassador Rana Daggubati, along with the company's leadership at an event held at HICC.According to Sunil Saraf, company chairman, the new range bars are considered ideal for critical high-rise buildings and infrastructure projects. There are several grades in steel bars. 550 D is one of the most superior grade steel bars with high elasticity and has been introduced for the first time in Telangana.Saraf said that it is a special grade bar that only a few companies in the country are able to manufacture. This grade is used in high rises and for dams, bridges, ports, flyovers, wind turbine foundations, and other structures that need a high load-bearing capacity.Radha Smelters also has plans of expansion of its capacity at its Chinna Shankarmpet unit in Telangana's Medak district. In the financial year 2022-23, the company aims to achieve Rs 1500 crores.

First-of-its-Kind TMT Bars Launched in Hyderabad

Situated in Mallepally, bang opposite the Jama Masjid, Milan Juice Centre is the favorite hang-out place for youngsters in the area and from across Hyderabad. Thanks to word-of-mouth publicity, young IT professionals from as far as Hi-Tec city come here to unwind after a long day’s work.The owner now has four outlets in the city. The first Milan Juice Centre was established opposite the Makkah Masjid near Charminar. Then came the one at Mallepally. This was followed by two other centers, one each at Mehdipatnam and Madhapur. But it is the Mallepally Centre that attracts the maximum number of customers.It could probably be due to the large number of worshippers who come to the Tablighi Jamat Centre at Mallepally. Apart from the devout, there are others who come searching for religious texts around the place as there are many bookstores out here. They simply go across to the juice center to quench their thirst.The juice center serves a good number of cool drinks, sherbets, and salads to meet the ever-increasing demand. Of late, they have added a family section so women can enjoy drinks in private. The place also offers shawarma so that the youth get their fill once here. Some also go for more than one drink as it cools their system and is refreshing.Their highest seller, incidentally, is the Mosambi or sweet lime. Then, there is grape, pineapple, orange, pomegranate, watermelon, a carrot that many opt for. Their best-sellers also include mulberry with cream and custard apple with cream. And the best part is that having juice here means shelling out around Rs 40 to Rs 100.There is a surge in fitness-conscious youngsters and juice centers such as Milan Juice Centre, quench their thirst and help them keep fit.

Hyderabad’s ‘Milan’ is a Must-visit for Juice Lovers

Yet another Hyderabad start-up, <a href="https://www.oychef.com/">OYCHEF</a>, announced that it has secured a seed fund f Rs 2.5 crore from GrowthStories and others. Telangana principal secretary (i&amp;C &amp; IT) Jayesh Ranjan formally launched OYCHEF, a private chef-on-demand app in Hyderabad. The app can be downloaded from Google Play Store and App Store.At present, the app has 45 chefs on board, and their target is to add 350 chefs and 1000 freelancer chefs soon. It is also aiming to expand its operations to Bangalore and Goa by the year 2022. This expansion will be followed by entry into markets like Mumbai, Pune, and Delhi by the year 2023.The mobile app delivers chefs for private service with a fine dining and quality restaurant experience. GrowthStories, founded by serial entrepreneurs Sainath Goud Malkapuram and Vinay Kotra, is focused on promoting new seed-stage ideas and providing them with a promising and sustainable business future.OYCHEF is the brainchild of Shruti Reddy, who happens to be the early-stage founder and ideator of the OYCHEF app service. The app happens to be the largest personal chef marketplace on the web that aims to decentralize the culinary industry, make it accessible to all and help professional chefs grow and reduce their financial dependence on restaurants.GrowthStories founders will be on board to guide thanks to their enormous experience.

Chef-on-demand App OYCHEF Secures Crores of Funding

The Jazz lovers had a lovely time hearing some of the best bands from across India performing against the backdrop of Quli Qutb Shahi Tombs on December 5, 2021. The newly developed garden amphitheater at Deccan Park saw scores of Hyderabadis coming in to see some of the best artists perform at the fourth edition of the Hyderabad International Jazz Festival.However, one person who stood out was German ambassador Walter J Lindner, who played the flute along with New Delhi-based The Revisit Project. Walter also happens to be a great fan of the city. He says he has been to other cities in India, but he found Hyderabad to have a special vibe. He says the people are also very tolerant. He says though he hasn’t got one word to describe the city, he finds it beautiful and diverse. Walter has more words of praise for the city. He says it’s well built, has cleaner air and has a good combination of modern and ancient living.One memory that he will take back this time is the picture he took from the rooftop of Mecca Masjid. That’s a good one, he says as an afterthought. As for Jazz, Walter shares that there are many forms of jazz – free jazz, funk jazz, jazz-rock, rhythm and blues, salsa and reggae, and more. He further shares that jazz has different meanings for different people. Jazz, to him, means freedom, he says. He says there is always scope for improvisation, unlike other forms of classical music.Personally, Walter loves listening to pianist and composer Keith Jarrett, saxophone player David Sanborn and pianist George Duke. He also loves rock music, followed by his love for funk and smooth jazz.Walter is also happy that quite a lot of people turned to watch the festival despite the COVID scare and says he is honored to have played at such a sacred place, pointing towards the lit-up tombs.

A Memorable Evening for Jazz Lovers in the Lap of History

Hyderabad International Airport is on high alert in the wake of the Omicron outbreak. With the Central Government declaring Britain, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Israel as high-risk countries, the airport staff has made special arrangements for travellers from those countries.&nbsp;A separate arrival room has been made available for passengers to wait. Special COVID testing booths have been set up for pre-immigration screening. So far, thirteen passengers of these countries have been tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genome testing. All their reports have turned negative for Omicron.They are being treated in TIMS, Gachibowli. Around 550 passengers have come from these countries to Hyderabad and all of them have been tested negative. They are advised to isolate at home for one week and will have to retest after that if they were to venture out. Meanwhile, the rates of COVID tests have also come down at the airport after citizens complaint to the Health Department.

Hyderabad Airport On High Alert For 11 Countries

There are people who get panicked even a single challan is levied on their vehicle. And there are people who just do not care even if there are tens of challans. They just continue using the vehicle without paying them. Of late, Traffic police focused on vehicles plying without paying the pending challans.&nbsp;On Monday evening, Kachiguda traffic police conducted a check at Amberpet Ali Cafe Chowrasta. A Honda Passion bike bearing the number - AP23M 9895 was stopped. The Police were shocked while checking the challans list on the vehicle. A total of 179 challans were found to be pending on that bike. The total value of challans is Rs. 42,475.&nbsp;The oldest challan dates back to 2015. While the majority are for not wearing a helmet, the biker also indulged in triple riding, wrong side driving, etc. The owner, who was driving without paying challans, left the vehicle and fled. The bike was seized by the traffic police. According to the records, the bike has been registered in the name of P. Rathnaiah, a resident of Medak district.

42,000 Worth Challans, Owner Absconds Leaving Bike!

A major accident was missed by a whisker at the Kondapur flyover that is under construction. Negligence in flyover construction has become public. On Tuesday morning, a car traveling from Kondapur to Miyapur was hit by an iron rod used in the flyover construction. The car was partially wrecked in the incident but the occupants escaped safely.&nbsp;Commuters are outraged at the negligence in the construction of the flyover which may have caused the loss of life. The owner of the car told the media that while he was coming from Kondapur, a large rod fell on his car from the flyover and caused a lot of damage to the car. He said a major accident would have occurred if the same rod had fallen on a two-wheeler.&nbsp;Car owner Satya Praveen demanded that strict action be taken against those who acted negligently in the construction of the flyover. Police have reached the spot and have taken note of the incident. The police are yet to book a case on the construction company. Similar incidents of negligence are happening repeatedly in various locations of Hyderabad in recent times. 
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Moving Car Damaged As Iron Rod Falls From Kondapur Flyover

On Saturday, Srinivasulu stitched a blouse for his wife on her request. However, she did not like the blouse fittings, and this led to an argument between wife and husband. In the heat of the moment, Srinivasulu asked his wife to remove the stitches and stitch the blouse herself. Hurt by this, Vijayalakshmi committed suicide by hanging herself to the fan in the bedroom.&nbsp;When their children came back from school, they could not get the bedroom door open. Later, Srinivasulu came home and forced the door open to find Vijayalakshmi hanging and dead.The locals intimated Amberpet police, and the police are conducting an inquiry.Vijayalakshmi (35) was a housewife from Golnaka Tirumala Nagar in Hyderabad. She and her husband Srinivasulu have two children, and Srinivasulu would sell sarees and material by going house to house on his bike. He would also take up stitching work at home.Of late, suicides have become a huge issue. While farmers’ suicides are reported almost daily, the number of students and educated people taking their lives over small issues and lacking the necessary life skills to tackle an issue head-on has led to suicides in most cases. The reason could be big or trivial, but more and more people are resorting to suicide these days.

Unhappy With the Blouse Stitched by Husband, Wife Commits Suicide 

Well, space surely seems to be the new destination for people the world over. We had Richard Branson, and Jeff Bezos go up into space and return back before one could blink their eyes. Now, Hyderabad seems to be making a place for itself in this 'space.&nbsp;'Co-founders of <a href="https://skyroot.in/">Skyroot</a> Aerospace and ex-IIT alumni Pawan Kumar of Kharagpur IIT and Naga Bharath of Chennai IIT successfully tested Dhawan-1.&nbsp;It became the country's first privately developed fully cryogenic rocket engine running on two high-performance rocket propellants – liquid natural gas (LNG) and liquid oxygen (LoX) last month. The indigenous engine was developed by using a 3D printing concept with a superalloy.Now, the firm is on an upward growth trajectory to aim at launching India's first private space launch vehicle using cryogenic engine 'Vikram 2' into orbit in two years' time. Prior to that, the duo intended to launch their first 20 meters tall 'Vikram 1' vehicle based on a solid propulsion engine into space. This will be done once they successfully design and develop the solid propulsion rocket engine, the first private firm in India to do so.The duo is mighty excited at the prospect of turning entrepreneurs from being space enthusiasts. They say, the world over, the private sector is driving innovations at a low cost. They further add that there was no regulatory framework when they started out three years ago and reveal that they are now on the brink of testing multiple engines.They were lucky to have financial banking from Mukesh Bansal (Myntra founder), who himself happens to be a space enthusiast. Skyroot is now working simultaneously on solid propulsion and liquid propulsion engines named after Kalam and Satish Dhawan, while the launch vehicle is named after Vikram Sarabhai.The firm has already won a national award for start-ups in space research and has had an online interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apart from accolades from various quarters.

Hyderabad’s very own rocket men creating a ‘space’

Yes, it’s party time. But since it’s the new normal, Hyderabadis are allowed to party, but by following strict COVID protocols. After staying home for about two years, the party animals are more than eager to go out and party. And the nightclubs and pubs in the city are more than happy to welcome them, though cautiously.A growing number of people are now tired of house parties and want to come out, and party says pub owners in the city. They feel that in the new normal, many are vaccinated and do use sanitizers and masks to avoid risk factors both for themselves and fellow party animals.The clubs and pubs on their part are ensuring that the seating is spread out. Their staff is all vaccinated, and one can see sanitizers all over the place. Big club and pub owners say they had little to do as their places are already quite spacious. It’s the smaller pubs and clubs that are doing that extra bit to make sure that things don’t go out of hand.In fact, one owner of a popular brewery says the party pictures this year will be unique thanks to the masks. While the nightlife is surely happening, the owners confess that they have made all the necessary changes. For example, one famous club changed its dance floor and made sure that people don’t sit or mingle in close proximity.However, all of them are clear of one thing. They want the government to ensure that all people are vaccinated at least with one dose, to begin with. As for New Year parties, the owners are still trying to figure out how best to accommodate the enthusiastic crowds.