44 lakh students will be provided with a nutritious breakfast six days a week. 03 lakh students studying in 1,162 government schools in six districts.
Government schools across Telangana will reopen today after an extended summer vacation, with lakhs of students returning to classrooms with sumptuous breakfast and milk awaiting them.This year’s reopening was delayed by a few days due to intense heatwave conditions across the State, but adding to the excitement is the government’s ambitious breakfast programme, under which nutritious morning meals and milk will be provided.All arrangements for the breakfast scheme have been completed, with the first phase covering 1,302 educational institutions, including 1,269 schools and 33 government junior colleges.Under the scheme, a total of 1.44 lakh students will be provided with a nutritious breakfast six days a week. It will be extended to all government schools and junior colleges in a phased manner during the current academic year through a network of centralised kitchens.Two voluntary organisations, the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Trust and Manna Trust, will implement the breakfast programme in the first phase across eight districts.The Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Trust will provide breakfast to 1.03 lakh students studying in 1,162 government schools in six districts. Additionally, 10,000 students enrolled in 21 government junior colleges in four districts will also receive breakfast under the programme.The Manna Trust will serve breakfast to over 26,000 students studying in 107 government schools in Hyderabad and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. The programme will also benefit 4,000 odd students in 12 government junior colleges in these two districts.Junior colleges have been brought into meals system for the first time. It will be launched in 33 government junior colleges from Monday. Telangana has 430 government junior colleges with nearly 1.7 lakh students enrolled.The breakfast programme will ultimately benefit nearly 22 lakh students. The government has earmarked ₹720 crore annually for the scheme, including ₹540 crore for breakfast and ₹180 crore for milk distribution. An additional ₹56 crore has been allocated specifically for Intermediate students.As part of the nutrition plan, students will be served milk on three days each week and ragi java on the remaining three days. The menu will change throughout the week, consisting of dosas, millet idlis, puris, bondas and upma along with chutney or sambar. Published - June 14, 2026 09:57 pm IST
Students showcase innovative robotic systems on June 14, 2026. | The members of the Club design and build projects that combine mechanical design, embedded control, and adaptive algorithms to replicate biological behaviours, creating dog-like robots, insect-inspired hexapods, and bird-like ornithopters. The club showcased ‘Jatayu’, a bird-inspired ornithopter surveillance drone, a robot dog, and a 6-axis robotic arm adaptable for multiple industrial applications during the ‘Open Day’ held at the university’s campus in Mysuru on June 6.“Jatayu is a lightweight ornithopter inspired by bird flight, utilising flapping wings for efficient, low-noise propulsion and natural manoeuvrability. Its airframe is reinforced with carbon fibre and features flexible foam wing sections. A compact brushless actuator drives the wing flapping, while a small pusher propeller provides supplementary thrust for climb and cruise.”“Equipped with a GPS and a downward-facing camera module, Jatayu can perform waypoint navigation, automated survey passes, and visual reconnaissance. The autopilot fuses GPS fixes with inertial sensors for stable flight while the camera streams live video and records geotagged images, enabling mapping, search missions, or inspection tasks with the ornithopter’s birdlike agility,” said a statement.The other project – RoboDog – is a “nimble quadruped built for agility and interaction, combining a lightweight plain skeletal frame with compact servos at each joint for quick, precise motions. Its modular leg design uses compliant joints. Onboard power management and a low-centre-of-gravity layout keep the robot stable during rapid turns and terrain changes,” the statement said.The AISC club promotes hands-on learning through workshops, interdisciplinary teams, and competitions, while encouraging research in sensing, actuation, and system integration. Published - June 14, 2026 11:08 am IST
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