August 2019

ANDHRA PRADESH BEE to Andhra Pradesh: Save more power for growth   The bureau of energy efficiency (BEE) has urged the state energy department to take part in capacity building in energy-efficient technologies. This will help AP, which is emerging as an industrial hub, to play a pivotal role in the industrial sector, especially in micro, small … Read more 20.08.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government to acquire land for northern corridor of Ring Road   The state government will soon start the process to acquire land for northern corridor of the Ring Road that will connect the Jaipur-Agra National Highway with the Jaipur-Delhi National Highway.   The length of the northern corridor will be 44-km and the NHAI will construct … Read more 20.08.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Ramagundam sixth worst SO2 emitter in India: Report   Several Indian cities and towns are world’s worst hotspots of sulphur dioxide emission, according to a report released by Greenpeace.   The Greenpeace report, which was released after analysing data from NASA’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument satellite, revealed that the thermal power plants, or clusters, in Singrauli, … Read more 18-19.08.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Finance Commission to visit Rajasthan   The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, N.K. Singh and including Members of the Commission will visit the State of Rajasthan from 16th August to 19th August 2019.   The Commission will hold the other meeting with the representatives of the State’s Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Local … Read more 18-19.08.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·         Rajasthan gets an award at the World Education Summit ð  Rajasthan has bagged the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi. ð  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati received the award at the summit. ð  Representatives … Read more 17.08.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH ·         Emulating Telangana, Andhra Pradesh may go for mobile canteens ð  Following the closure of the Anna Canteens, the state government has decided to implement the Telangana model of mobile canteens in most of the districts, including Visakhapatnam. ð  However, before launching the initiative, the state government has several factors to take into consideration, … Read more 17.08.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh CM launches village volunteer system CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy launched the flagship programme, Village Volunteers System, for taking governance to the doorsteps of the people. The programme would involve 2.8 lakh volunteers.   The Village secretariats would be set up in each village to deliver governance to people in 72 hours. This … Read more 16.08.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award   Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award 2019 in the 14th elets World Education Summit (WES) held at New Delhi. The award is for its achievements in higher education. The award was received by the  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati.  The State was award for … Read more 16.08.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH ·         GVMC to reduce garbage, improve clean city ranking ð  The Greater VisakhapatnamMunicipal Corporation (GVMC) seeks to improve its’ star rating of garbage-free cities’ to improve its rank in Swachh Surveksham 2020.Visakhapatnam was ranked the seventh cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2018, a drop in four places from its third rank in the 2017 cleanliness survey. Subsequently, … Read more 15.08.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·         State in forefront of Sanskrit promotion ð   Rajasthan has been in forefront of promoting Sanskrit education and is the only state in the country with an education directorate and an education minister for Sanskrit.   ð  “The Sanskrit education directorate was set up in Rajasthan in 1958 when Mohan Lal Sukhadia was the … Read more 15.08.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs