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RAJASTHAN Om Prakash clinches gold in rowing at Asian Games After Bajrang Lal Takhar, Om Prakash has brought laurels for the country with a gold medal in rowing in the Asian Games in Jakarta. Om Prakash bagged the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with teammates Swarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal and Sukhmeet … Read more 25.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH Supreme Court notice to Andhra Pradesh on Polavaram project The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government from Orissa government seeking stay of all construction activities in the Indira Sagar Polavaram project and for quashing the final approval granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. According … Read more 25.08.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH Alibaba Cloud offers hitech solutions to A.P. Alibaba Cloud India (ACI) signed an MoU with the A.P-Economic Development Board (AP-EDB) for leveraging the Chinese company’s ET (Extreme Tech) City Brain solutions in diverse sectors like real-time governance, smart city and integrated traffic management, small and medium enterprises and skill upgrading. ACI’s … Read more 24.08.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Govt nod to Nandi Gaushalas, cost to be borne by agencies initially The state government has given its approval to the establishment of Nandi Gaushala (shelters for stray bulls, bullocks and male calves) in each district of Rajasthan. The idea behind the decision is to not just provide home to stray bulls, … Read more 24.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH NABARD sanctions ₹466 cr. to State The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) sanctioned nearly ₹466 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for the development and widening of 42 rural roads, providing assured drinking water supply to more than 700 tribal habitations and implementing 19 Lift Irrigation (LI) … Read more 23.08.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Now, autonomous body to decide curriculum of textbooks in Rajasthan Rajasthan has formed an autonomous State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in Udaipur, for writing content for state textbooks, curriculum design teachers’ training and research on subjects, especially modern and ancient sciences. The budget for SCERT will be given by the … Read more 23.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH · Amaravati bonds for Andhra Pradesh’s new capital gets BSE listing ð Amaravati bonds were listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), With this, the State government crossed another milestone in raising funds for the construction of capital city Amaravati. ð Earlier, bonds worth ₹2,000 crore were floated by the A.P. … Read more 22.08.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN · State has maximum mother milk banks in Asia Rajasthan has the largest network of human milk banks in Asia, says the health department. Rajasthan alone has 18 mothers’ milk banks run by the state government, which is more than China that has 17 mother milk banks. Apart from these 18 banks, … Read more 22.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH Tata group interested in investing in A.P. The Tata group on Monday evinced interest in investing in the hospitality industry and the electric vehicle manufacturing sector in the State. The State government had set a target of constructing one lakh rooms — a boost to hotel industry. With picturesque places, … Read more 21.08.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Gps-fitted radio collars for Sariska tigers soon After the poaching of tiger ST-11 and disappearance of tigress ST-5, the Sariska Tiger Reserve administration decided to get six high quality radio collars fitted with global positioning system (GPS) by September first week, reserve officials said. These radio collars from Germany cost Rs 5 lakh … Read more 21.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs