july 2018

RAJASTHAN Raje to inaugurate milk scheme today   Chief minister Vasundhara Raje will inaugurate the Annapurna Milk Scheme at Rajasthan Adarsh Senior Secondary School at Dahmi Kalan near Jaipur on Monday.   With the inauguration, milk will be provided to 62 lakh students studying across 66,506 schools, under the Mid-day Meal Scheme.   Under the … Read more

TELANGANA Municipal bodies from the State win 22 Skoch awards   The Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department has bagged 22 Skoch awards under various categories for various reforms, innovations and citizen-centric policies across the country this year. The awards are given in governance and other fields by Skoch group, a think tank dealing with … Read more

TELANGANA Civil aviation research centre to come up in Hyderabad   A Rs 250-crore Civil Aviation Research Organisation (CARO) will come up within 18 months at Begumpet in Hyderabad.   Laying the foundation stone for the CARO project to be implemented under the Airports Authority of India, Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said the … Read more

RAJASTHAN First private UAV unit to be set up in Kota   India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up by DCM Shriram Industries Group on the campus of Shriram Rayons in Kota.   UAVS and LBPVS are likely to be used … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Mother-child health to improve with Rajsangam   The state government aims to improve the health of mother and child with the coordinated efforts of frontline workers — Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAS), Anganwadi Workers (AWW) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMS).   The state government had signed a memorandum of understanding with Mumbai-based Tata … Read more

TELANGANA Green Challenge’ goes viral in TS   The recent transfer of teachers taken up by government has left at least 2,000 schools across the State without a single teacher or vidya volunteer appointed on an honorarium. As a result, all of them are closed. The only remedy for reopening of the schools lay in … Read more

TELANGANA Major reservoirs in State yet to get considerable inflows   Major reservoirs both in the Krishna and Godavari basins in Telangana are yet to get a heavy flood even after 41 days into this south-west monsoon season as the forecast of rise in the flood to Almatti and Tungabhadra projects in Karnataka brings some … Read more

TELANGANA Singareni plans for an integrated mine put on hold   At a time when the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) is planning to open several new mines this year to improve its performance, its proposals for environmental clearance for one integrated (opencast-cum-underground) project and expansion of one opencast project have been put on hold … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan inks agreement with Microsoft for digital literacy   To provide free digital training to students, the higher education department has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft.   In order to strengthen the PM’S digital India initiative and CM’S digital Rajasthan, Microsoft has signed a MOU with Rajasthan, under which 9,500 students … Read more

RAJASTHAN UK government aims to strengthen ties with Rajasthan   British deputy high commissioner Geoff Wain was in state recently to explore possibilities of a greater collaboration between United Kingdom and Rajasthan in trade and academic processes.   Trade between India and the UK rose by 15 per cent to reach 18 billion pounds during … Read more