January 2019

RAJASTHAN Soon, three new drug-testing labs to clear pendency ð  More than 6,000 samples of medicines are pending for quality test as only one drug-testing laboratory is functional in the state. The laboratory is functional in the state, which was set up in 1962. Since then no new drug-testing laboratory has become functional in past … Read more 19.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN State seeks Centre’s help to get Yamuna water share   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has requested the Centre to intervene in the inter-state agreements for distribution of Yamuna waters and ensure that Haryana releases the allocated share of water to Rajasthan from Tajewala headworks.   The chief minister apprised the Union Minister Gadkari of … Read more 12.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government may set up petroleum university in Jodhpur   The Rajasthan government is mulling over the idea to set up a petroleum university in the state and also introduce a three-year diploma course in petroleum engineering at the Government Polytechnic College in Jodhpur.   The government will open new polytechnic colleges for women at district-level to … Read more 23.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     Railway stations on Shimla route now free Wi-Fi zones   Fifteen stations on the Kalka-Shimla route are now free Wi-Fi zones, said an official of the Northern Railway.   He said earlier, this facility was available only at three stations, Kalka, Shimla and Solan in the section. Now, the facility was … Read more 11.01.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     7 lakh families included in ‘jan arogya’ yojana, says govt   The government is committed to improving the health care sector in the state and is making all efforts to ensure that no one is deprived of treatment for any disease due to financial constraints.   Under the yojana, treatment would … Read more 05.01.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan cabinet agrees on bills to scrap minimum educational qualification   The state cabinet in its meeting held agreed to introduce two bills in the ongoing assembly session to scrap the minimum educational qualification norms required to contest panchayat and urban bodies’ elections.   Two bills- Rajasthan Panchyati Raj (amendment) bill 2019, and Rajasthan Nagar Palika … Read more 18.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Electrocution main reason behind GIB deaths: Govt   The state government submitted the status report on conservation of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) to the Rajasthan high court, listing the reasons behind the dwindling population of the bird.   The GIB has had a tag of being a critically endangered species in the IUCN Red … Read more 25.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Kishau project pact   an agreement was signed with six states of upper Yamuna basin for construction of the Kishau multi-purpose project.   The Kishau project is a part of a total of three storage projects which are proposed to be constructed on the Yamuna and its two tributaries — Tons and … Read more 12.01.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN State seeks Centre’s help to get Yamuna water share   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has requested the Centre to intervene in the inter-state agreements for distribution of Yamuna waters and ensure that Haryana releases the allocated share of water to Rajasthan from Tajewala headworks.   The chief minister apprised the Union Minister Gadkari of … Read more 12.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Panel submits report on farm loan waiver   The interdepartmental ministerial committee constituted to recommend the farm loan waiver model for Rajasthan has submitted its report to chief minister.   As far as the loan in the co-operative sector is concerned, it is not an issue as it is in the states purview, but … Read more 27-28.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs