August 2018

RAJASTHAN Om Prakash clinches gold in rowing at Asian Games   After Bajrang Lal Takhar, Om Prakash has brought laurels for the country with a gold medal in rowing in the Asian Games in Jakarta.   Om Prakash bagged the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with teammates Swarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal and Sukhmeet … Read more

TELANGANA Hyderabad: ID proof must for name change of married women   Aadhar guidelines allow married women to keep both their maiden name and their husband’s name on the card but make it mandatory to furnish supporting proof.   The guidelines have slated 18 supporting documents including a notarized affidavit to be produced as proof. … Read more

TELANGANA TRS govt to issue new food security cards   New food security cards are set to replace the current ration cards soon. During the Telangana movement, the TRS had announced that after coming to power it would issue the new cards, but the promise remained only in files for the past four years.   … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt nod to Nandi Gaushalas, cost to be borne by agencies initially   The state government has given its approval to the establishment of Nandi Gaushala (shelters for stray bulls, bullocks and male calves) in each district of Rajasthan.   The idea behind the decision is to not just provide home to stray bulls, … Read more

TELANGANA HMDA to pool 440 acres under Land Pooling Scheme   The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has pooled 189 acres of land at Pratap Singaram under the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS). Earlier, farmers have given consent to develop 200 acres and recently several of them given consent to develop additional 240 acres.   The … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Now, autonomous body to decide curriculum of textbooks in Rajasthan  Rajasthan has formed an autonomous State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in Udaipur, for writing content for state textbooks, curriculum design teachers’ training and research on subjects, especially modern and ancient sciences. The budget for SCERT will be given by the … Read more

TELANGANA ·        Hyderabad: Private schools flout fee norms   ð  Despite several Supreme Court and High Court judgments stating that schools were not to hike fees without proper instructions from Fee Regulatory Committees of the state, private schools have been increasing their fees. There has been a consistent hike in school fee structures from 20 per … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·        State has maximum mother milk banks in Asia   Rajasthan has the largest network of human milk banks in Asia, says the health department.   Rajasthan alone has 18 mothers’ milk banks run by the state government, which is more than China that has 17 mother milk banks. Apart from these 18 banks, … Read more

TELANGANA   18 new fire stations to come up across the Telangana soon   The state government has sanctioned a request from the Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department to establish 18 new fire stations in the state, in addition to the 97 fire stations and 15 fire outposts spread over 10 divisions … Read more

RAJASTHAN Gps-fitted radio collars for Sariska tigers soon   After the poaching of tiger ST-11 and disappearance of tigress ST-5, the Sariska Tiger Reserve administration decided to get six high quality radio collars fitted with global positioning system (GPS) by September first week, reserve officials said. These radio collars from Germany cost Rs 5 lakh … Read more