sep 2018

HIMACHAL PRADESH     Pollution control board to get award for air purification plan for towns, cities   The Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board has been selected for “SKOCH Order-of-Merit” award in the category of environment for launching the Pollution Abating Plants Abhiyan (PAPA) for the purification of air in towns and cities.   … Read more 07.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets its first transgender engineer Malini Das, a 22-year-old transgender, has become the first in her community who has completed her graduation in i engineering in computer science from a private university.     After Supreme Court judgement dated April 15, 2014 in written petition civil no. 400 of 2012 I am the … Read more 21.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   One per cent increase in forest area of himachal   There has been a steady rise in the green cover of the state due to its consistent efforts.   With a view to increase green cover and ensuring environment conservation, the Himachal Pradesh government has taken various initiatives. The present state government … Read more 01.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

  HIMACHAL PRADESH   ·         State failed to utilise RUSA grants: Report ð  Himachal, which was the first state in the country to implement the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan in 2013, received only Rs 162-crore grant till July 31, 2018, against the proposal of Rs 878.13 crore sent by the government during the 12th Five … Read more 12.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Nod to 200-km Wangtoo power transmission line   The chances of tapping the 3,000 MW unexplored power potential in the Sutlej basin have brightened with the Centre giving nod for the laying of a transmission line near Wangtoo to evacuate power from the tribal districts of Kinnaur and Lahaul Spiti.   Several … Read more 15.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN PM Modi inaugurates Parakram Parv in Jodhpur to mark 2 years of surgical strikes   Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Jodhpur Military Station to inaugurate ‘Parakram Parv’ — an exhibition to commemorate the second anniversary of surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army against terror camps across the Line of Control in … Read more 29-30.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

  HIMACHAL PRADESH   Govt sets target to bring malnutrition level down   Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur set a target to bring the malnutrition level among children from the present 26 per cent to 15 per cent by 2022 to give a push to the National Poshan Mission.   Prime Minister had started this … Read more 06.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Delegates from 20 countries to be at Smart City Expo   Delegates from 20 countries will take participate in a three-day international conference ‘Smart City Expo India 2018’ in Jaipur. The event will be organised from September 26 to September 28 at Jaipur Exhibition and Convent Centre (JECC) in Sitapura.   Jaipur Development Authority … Read more 13.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Cabinet approves financial assistance for Sirhind Feeder Canal and Rajasthan Feeder Canal   The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has  approved providing Central Assistance of Rs. 620.42 Cr. and Rs. 205.758 Cr. for implementation of relining of Rajasthan Feeder Canal and Sirhind Feeder Canal respectively over five years (2018-19 to … Read more 27.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Now, used cooking oil from eateries to be used for biofuel in Rajasthan The Biofuel Authority of Rajasthan has decided to find a solution about the used cooking oil in the restaurants of the city that can be really harmful for public health. This decision is taken after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of … Read more 07.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs