Oct 2018

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

RAJASTHAN CM Vasundhara Raje inaugurates her dream Dravyavati project  amid fanfare  In a grand event, chief minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the ambitious Dravyavati River Project from Experience Centre.   The project aims to reduce pollution, treat 170 million litres of sewerage a day, create green spaces, social space social spaces, cycle tracks, jogging tracks along its banks, … Read more

TELANGANA Country sees dip in road accidents   There is a marginal decrease in road fatalities in the last year, according to the annual report released by the Union ministry of road transport and highways.   The report said the number of road accidents had declined by 3.3 per cent to 4,64,910 in 2017, from … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana hit most in Krishna water distribution   The Telangana region in the erstwhile combined Andhra Pradesh has suffered more than the Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra regions in the Krishna Basin during the deficit years, AP’s witness before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT-II).   The suffering in Telangana region was higher compared to … Read more

RAJASTHAN • Rajasthan to introduce ‘sports philosophy’ in higher education institutions  In the first such course being introduced, higher education institutions of Rajasthan will have to include ‘sports philosophy’ as a subsidiary subject for all streams of studies.  According to government sources, sports philosophy is also likely to be introduced in medical education … Read more

RAJASTHAN NGT starts inspection of polluting industrial units in Jodhpur   The Rajasthan Pollution Control Board has begun inspection of textile and steel industries of Jodhpur in pursuance of the directions of the NGT. Total 418 units will be inspected by six teams of the board According to World Health Organisation report, Four of the … 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 Enabling PwDs to vote for truly universal franchise   In a first of its kind move, the State election authority, the Chief Electoral Officer, has started constituency and district wise mapping of the persons with disabilities (PwD) for ensuring that they are enabled to exercise their franchise in the next elections whenever they are … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana: Largest Hackathon in Telugu states   Hackathon India in association with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments and other agencies is conducting India’s biggest hackathon from October 5 with nearly 20,000 participants readying to pitch for 500 projects.   Students from both states will find solutions for NASA SpaceAPP Challenges, Smart City Challenges, Cyber … Read more

TELANGANA   GHMC sets new target of Rs 2,500 crore revenue   The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has set a new target of collecting Rs 2,500 crore through building permissions and property tax collection for the financial year 2018-19.   The civic body has already collected Rs 776 crore pertaining to property tax and Rs … Read more