Oct 2018

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan textiles industry goes to downturn   For the last two years there has been no growth in the textile industry, the mainstay of Bhilwara’s economy. The city is home to 850 textile units that create direct employment for 85,000 people and indirect employment for 60,000. Unlike in other industrial towns, here migrants make … Read more

TELANGANA Centre to now take up Telangana’s delivery plan   The union ministry of health will soon replicate the Labour Delivery and Recovery Room (LDR) concept introduced by the Telangana government, to make the labour process more ‘mother centric’. Telangana government introduced the concept two years back on a pilot basis and now the innovation has resulted … Read more

TELANGANA ·        Over 3,200 paddy procurement centres planned in Telangana ð  Telangana civil supplies department plans to buy 34 lakh metric tonnes of paddy this kharif season and is making arrangements to set up 3,233 paddy procurement centres. ð  5.74 lakh metric tonnes of the foodgrain have so far been bought at a minimum support price of Rs 465.55 … Read more

RAJASTHAN Statue of Unity waste to carve Gate of Unity   The waste material from the construction of the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, will be used to construct a Gate of Unity in the outskirts of Sikar in Rajasthan.   The gate will be about 46 feet high, on top of which, there will be a six-feet-tall statue of Sardar … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: 40% Class 10 students can’t read simple words   A social audit conducted in 10 districts of Telangana revealed that despite attending classes, 40 per cent school students are unable to read and write a simple paragraph in Telugu or English (medium of instruction). The survey, which was conducted by the Campaign for Learning Outcomes … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan Heritage :Kalibangan – Indus Valley Civilization   Kalibangan is a town on the banks of the Ghaggar river, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, 205 kms. north of Bikaner. The existence of Indus Valley civilization in desert of Thar and the remnants of the pre-Harappan and Harappan settlements that have been unearthed here have played … Read more

TELANGANA Hyderabad, Secunderabad among NO2 emission hotspots   Parts of Secunderabad and Hyderabad, Ramagundam, Vijayawada and Vishakapatnam in two Telugu states are among the global hotspots for NO2 emissions, environmental watchdog ‘Greenpeace’ said after analysing new satellite data.   While the toxic clouds over the twin cities is due to vehicular pollution, in Vijayawada and Vizag it is … Read more

RAJASTHAN Digitalisation of Textbooks in Rajasthan The introduction of ‘energised’ (QR code imposed) Science and Mathematics textbooks for students of Classes IX and X from this academic year (2018-19) will provide additional content for topics in the syllabus which are difficult to comprehend for an average student. QR codes providing contextualised interactive audio-visual content and … Read more

TELANGANA EC approved for the Kondagattu relief payment   TheElection Commission (EC) of India has accepted the request made by the Telangana State government to allow it to pay compensation to the victims of the bus accident at Kondagattu in Jagtial district, Telangana. The road mishap claimed 62 lives and resulted in injuries to over 50 people. EC said that … Read more

RAJASTHAN A fourth of Aravali hills in Rajasthan gone forever   In a starting revelation, Supreme Court appointed central empowered committee(CEC) on Tuesday told the court that 31 out of 128 hills in Aravali region in Rajasthan have vanished in the last 50 years due to massive illegal mining, compelling the court to direct the state to … Read more