KV Kurmanath

Hyderabad

Associate Editor at The Hindu Business Line

Ph.D. in Journalism| Journalist IT, Cybersecurity, Startups, Agri, Literature

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Row over 400 acres: Environment Ministry asks Telangana to send a report

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

Even as the proposed auction of 400 acres at Kancha Gachibowli created a political row, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has asked the Telangana Government to provide a factual report on the issue immediately, with full details. It also wanted the State to send an action taken report at the earliest.
Warangal’s ‘Chapata’ chilli gets GI tag

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

This Ugadi, there’s some sweet news for Warangal farmerse growing hot chillis. Called Chapata chilli, or tomato chilli, this unique variety has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. As many as 20,000 farmers growing the niche variety are expected to benefit from this development through additional income. Known for its brilliant red colour and negligible pungency in taste, this chilli variety is a hot favourite of pickle makers.
Viral Ghibli trend raises red flags for digital privacy

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

Have you joined the Ghibli party yet, sharing your family photo to be converted into a comic version? Did you share it on social media and get some good likes and comments? Well, you might just have invited trouble. Cybersecurity experts caution that the widespread sharing of images for Studio Ghibli-style portraits presents cybersecurity risks, particularly in digital identity theft, deepfake manipulation, and unauthorised data exposure.
IT hub or green habitat? Hyderabad land auction plan triggers public outcry

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

A 400-acre plot in the IT hub of Gachibwoli in Hyderabad has become an epicentre of a tussle between the Telangana government, students and the Opposition parties. While the government insists that the land belongs to it and would go ahead to auction the land, the students, environmental activists and the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) strongly oppose the government’s decision.
Telangana begins exporting rice to the Philippines

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

Rice-surplus Telangana, which emerged as one of the top three rice-producing States in the country, has set its eyes on export opportunities to cash in on its huge rice reserves. To start with, it has exported its maiden consignment, comprising 12,500 tonnes of rice, to the Philippines on Monday. Telangana Civil Supplies Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy flagged off the ship carrying the rice consignment from the Kakinada Port in Andhra Pradesh.
ICRISAT turns to AI, ML, LLMs to revolutionise crop research

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

After 54 years of existence and delivering 1,200 seed varieties in pulses and millets, the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has set its sights on deploying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs) to improve the quality of the output.
Don’t be an April Fool: Back up your data today!

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | TE Raja Simhan |KV Kurmanath

You must have heard of people losing phones, computer hard disks crashing, or a network being taken over by a hacker, leading to the loss of key data and forcing people and organisations to spend huge amounts to recover the data and get things on the move again. If you think it is happening to someone else and won’t happen to you, you are mistaken. “Data isn’t just information—it’s the backbone of operations.
Telangana projects kharif cotton at 20.23 lakh ha, paddy at 27 lakh ha

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

The Telangana government has forecast an increase in the cotton area in the state during the upcoming Kharif season. The area under cotton is likely to exceed 20.23 lakh hectares, compared to 17.70 lakh hectares last year. Telangana Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said that the farmers are likely to grow paddy in 27 lakh ha as against 26.50 lakh ha last year.
Thirstier, hungrier drylands may reduce 25% of crops yield by 2050

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

Drylands are thirsty and hungry, but because of the changing climate and environmental pollution, these areas are becoming thirstier and hungrier.
India hikes retail prices for BGII cottonseed, but firms ‘disappointed’ over paltry rise

3 weeks ago | thehindubusinessline.com | KV Kurmanath

The union government has increased the price of BGII (Bollgard-II) cottonseed price by ₹37 to ₹901. For BG-I, the price has been fixed at ₹635 per packet. The seed industry, however, has expressed disappointment over the “paltry” increase, saying that it doesn’t cover the costs.