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RAJASTHAN Ganga all set to be state’s first transgender cop Twenty-four-year old Ganga Kumari is all set to be Rajasthan’s first and India’s third transgender to join a state police force. A two-year-long legal battle has finally borne fruit for Kumari, who could’ve become the first transgender ever to don the police uniform in … Read more 14.11.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH First fauna survey begins in Krishna sanctuary ð The first status survey of the ‘fauna’ in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWL), one of the rarest eco-regions in the world, has been commenced. ð The area in an extent of 194.8 sq. km was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1998 and since then no … Read more 12-13.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan may make Sanskrit compulsory in schools Rajasthan education department may make Sanskrit a compulsory third language from Class IV to Class X in state board schools to ensure that students have access to “ancient wisdom regarding Bharat Varsha”. The decision will be implemented in both government and private schools. Currently, students have the option to … Read more 12-13.11.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH New wind energy projects may have to pay wheeling charges The State government is seriously thinking of doing away with the exemption of wheeling charges for future wind power projects. The State made a significant capacity addition of 3,000-plus Megawatts (MW) in the last two years. The Wind Power Policy … Read more 11.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Vedanta to invest $850 mn to raise Rajasthan oilfields output ð Vedanta Ltd announced a USD 850 million investment for raising oil and gas production from its Rajasthan oilfields by about 100,000 barrels a day. ð In a regulatory announcement, the company said its board of directors has approved brownfield growth projects. … Read more 11.11.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra to tie up with UK in education sector Minister for HRD Ganta Srinivasa Rao has felt that the education sector in the state will develop only through mutual cooperation. The minister met Britain’s foreign affairs committee chairperson Baroness Vermahere. The two discussed faculty exchange, technology development and establishment of partnerships with universities in … Read more 10.11.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN RU gets UGC ‘university with potential for excellence’ tag The University Grants Commission (UGC) has extended the Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE) tag for University of Rajasthan (RU) till March 2019 The tag will help the university, facing financial crunch, in getting grants from the commission. RU, the state’s oldest … Read more 10.11.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH State poised to retain No.1 position in EODB The State government has complied with all the guidelines of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) front. “The State is comfortably positioned to retain its No. 1 slot for the year 2017, leaving behind … Read more 09.11.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Distributors refuse to release ‘Padmavati’ in Rajasthan Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama Padmavati has run into rough weather yet again with the film distributors refusing to release the film in cinema halls in Rajasthan. The distributors said if the film hurts the sentiments of people due to the distortion of historical facts they will … Read more 09.11.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
ANDHRA PRADESH Smart’ plans on the anvil for Tirupati development A CCTV facility equipped with face recognition system captures the image of a professional offender in a crowd and alerts the police department. The sewage water management department gets an alert two days ahead of a possible drainage overflow. The civic officials get … Read more 08.11.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs