G GAZETTE Sep. 2016 | Page 5

NATIONAL AND LOCAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS 1. Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao thinks of introducing online voting to ensure maximum participation in the electoral process. 2. Hyderabad Hunters organized Farewell Celebration, which was conducted for wishing Hyderabad team, who were participating in Rio Olympics 2016. 3. Industries and Municipal Administration Minister K. Taraka Rama Rao said that all industries should enhance greenery on their premises by allocating one-third of the space for this purpose. 4. Four cases of cholera have been reported to Fever Hospital raising public concern over water contamination in the city. Doctors stressed it was not an epidemic. 5. Apple's Team led by CEO Tim Cook visited the G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science ( for Women). The company chose GNITS as a Centre for Excellence, one of its kind in India and the third in the world where students would be trained in Apple Maps. 6. Telangana government said it was planning to start work on second phase of the Hyderabad start-up incubation facility, T-Hub, at an investment of Rs 175 crore soon. 7. The average fee for engineering courses this year is likely to be Rs. 49,760 — an increase of over Rs. 8,000 or 19 per cent compared to the last revision. NATIONAL NEWS 1. India has successfully launched a rocket carrying a record 20 satellites, as its space agency looks to grab a larger slice of the lucrative commercial space market. 2. Ace tennis star Sania Mirza has documented her journey to become the World No. 1 in the women’s doubles rankings in an autobiography released this July. 3. Rajinikanth’s Kabali has shown that it is critic-proof with its massive box office collections. 4. Heavy downpour triggered flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand, flattening many villages and washing away houses, killing nearly 40 people and causing substantial loss to property and lives. 5. On 21st June international day of yoga was celebrated all over the world. People of India celebrated it with lot of enthusiasm. 6. President Pranab Mukherjee approved conferment of Padma Awards to 112 people this year. 7. India was denied entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).China remained the last major obstacle in the way of India's membership bid in the Nuclear Suppliers Group. -PRIYA RAJAN( CSE 2/4)