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RAJASTHAN 1st Solar University of Nation – JNLU Jodhpur National Law University (JNLU) will be self-reliant as far as electricity is concerned. The university will run exclusively on solar power. NLU will become the first univ ersity in India to not only generate power, but also sell additional electricity to private companies so that the … Read more
Daily Current Events – 01.07.17 RAJASTHAN · Rajasthan’s more than six lakh registered beneficiaries to get revised social security pensions from July 1 More than six lakh pensioners in Rajasthancovered under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Samman PensionYojana’ will begin receiving increased pensions from Saturday, July 1. The revised social security pensions were announced by chief minister Vasundhara Rajewhile presenting … Read more
RAJASTHAN Govt ‘ban’ on digging of roads till September 30. Keeping in mind that monsoon has arrived in the city Jaipur, the district administration has imposed a sort of “ban” on digging of road by different agencies— government and private as well, for preventing accidents. The district administration has also issued direction … Read more
RAJASTHAN In a first, rainforest trees found in Ranthambore. The bio-diversity of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve(RTR) has thrown up a surprise. a thriving patch of Litsea Glutinosa, essentially rainforest trees, were noticed in the RTR. Presence of this species in RTR is its first report from Ranthambore as well as from Rajasthan. … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Kuppam will be satellite town to Bengaluru The tri-State Kuppam junction would be developed as a satellite town to Bengaluru in view of the close proximity of the places to each other and the rich potential of the Kuppam region for agro-based industries and gold mines. As part of the action … Read more
RAJASTHAN UDAY scheme: Big jolt as Rajasthan’s borrowing capacity restricted. Rajasthan government received a major setback as the Centre forestalled the state’s efforts on borrowing against the repayment of loan amount under Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana(UDAY). The move will reduce the state’s borrowing limit by Rs 4,000 crore. Earlier, Rajasthan was allowed to borrow … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Heli-tourism comes to State The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department has signed an MoU with Mak Aero Space and Aviation Pvt. Ltd, Delhi, to promote heli-tourism. The initial services will be introduced in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. The helicopter transport services will include joy rides, packages, heli-taxi services, packaging … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan’s Sundar Singh Gurjar wins gold medal at World Para Athletics Sundar Singh Gurjar (21) won gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom. In the F46 category, Sundar recorded his personal best effort of 60.36m ahead of Dinesh Priyantha Herath (Sri Lanka) … Read more
RAJASTHAN Biodegradable bags to replace plastic bags. Biodegradable bags, made of starch from maize, are likely to replace regular polythene bags in the state. After imposing effective ban on usage of plastic bags, government has been looking for a substitute. According to officials, biodegradable bags look to be the best available option which … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Water dispute: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana bury the hatchet Three years ago, Two separated states ensured that neither suffers on the issue of sharing water for irrigation and drinking purposes.the Andhra Pradesh government agreed to release water from Srisailamto quench the thirst of Hyderabadis. On its part, Telangana agreed to release water to AP after … Read more