On 28 September, the Telangana government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to improve the services of its educational channel, Mana TV.

Praising Telangana for embarking on a noble programme to use space technology, Director of ISRO's Development & Educational Communication Unit (DECU), Virender Kumar, said this would greatly contribute to the overall development of the state.

IT Minister K T Rama Rao said this arrangement would help the channel start coaching classes from 1 October for those appearing for Group II services examination of the Telangana Public Service Commission (TPSC).

The minister further added that Mana TV will also launch similar coaching programmes for the students preparing for EAMCET, the common entrance test for admissions to engineering and medical courses, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and other competitive examinations. He said: