August 2019

TELANGANA Six districts from Telangana top in Swachhta Darpan rankings in India   Six districts in Telangana topped in Phase III of Swachhata Darpan rankings in the country. Of the eight districts that stood first rank, six districts-Warangal Urban, Jagityal, Kamareddy, Peddapally, Rajanna-Sircilla, and Karimnagar districts were from Telangana. One district each from Haryana and Gurajat states … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government to acquire land for northern corridor of Ring Road   The state government will soon start the process to acquire land for northern corridor of the Ring Road that will connect the Jaipur-Agra National Highway with the Jaipur-Delhi National Highway.   The length of the northern corridor will be 44-km and the NHAI will construct … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: At least 100 errors in each textbook   There are at least a 100 mistakes in each of the mathematics textbook sprescribed for Classes VIII, IX, and X, by the Telangana State Council of Educational Research and Training (TSCERT). These include typographical errors, wrong usages of symbols, calculations and conceptual mistakes, among others. Worse, even the spelling of … Read more

RAJASTHAN Finance Commission to visit Rajasthan   The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, N.K. Singh and including Members of the Commission will visit the State of Rajasthan from 16th August to 19th August 2019.   The Commission will hold the other meeting with the representatives of the State’s Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Local … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         Rajasthan gets an award at the World Education Summit ð  Rajasthan has bagged the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi. ð  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati received the award at the summit. ð  Representatives … Read more

TELANGANA ·         India’s first space museum inaugurated in Hyderabad ð  India’s first Space Science Museum opened in Hyderabad. ð  It is a collaborative effort between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the BM Birla Science Centre. ð  The BM Birla Science Centre has given 9000 square feet of space in its Science Museum building. … Read more

TELANGANA State may re-prioritise its spending   Telangana may look at re-prioritising allocations to various sectors in its full-fledged budget for 2019-20 to be presented in the Budget session likely to be convened in the second week of September or even earlier given the signals of economic slowdown. All departments have been asked to send … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award   Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award 2019 in the 14th elets World Education Summit (WES) held at New Delhi. The award is for its achievements in higher education. The award was received by the  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati.  The State was award for … Read more

TELANGANA ·         Hyderabad receives over Rs 10,000 crore investments in real estate sector in 4 years ð  Hyderabad has attracted approximately Rs 10,100 crore worth of investments in real estate sector since the beginning of 2015 till the first half of 2019 as against Rs 1,800 crore from 2008 to 2014, a latest JLL study said. … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         State in forefront of Sanskrit promotion ð   Rajasthan has been in forefront of promoting Sanskrit education and is the only state in the country with an education directorate and an education minister for Sanskrit.   ð  “The Sanskrit education directorate was set up in Rajasthan in 1958 when Mohan Lal Sukhadia was the … Read more