Nov 2018

ANDHRA PRADESH Vizag to soon become a hub for digital education   AP government to launch India’s first i-hub to promote social and emotional learning through digital pedagogy.   The Intelligent Global Hub for Digital Pedagogies (IGHDP) or i-hub consisting of a research centre for learning, design university,4-D school, global certification bureau, startup incubator and skill development institute will … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Heli-tourism services to be relaunched from December 28   The Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) is going to relaunch heli-tourism services from December 28, marking the Visakha Utsav. The chopper rides will be available till January 16, 2019.   Advance bookings for the rides will be open from November 14. About 660 people … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH ·        Tribal Araku farmers get global recognition ð  Tribal farmers who grow the now globally famous Araku Coffee are truly going places. After its thunderous debut in Paris a few months ago, Araku Coffee has become very well-known and its cultivators are being recognised and celebrated throughout the world.   ð  In yet … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Port cargo in Andhra Pradesh records 15 per cent growth   With ports in Andhra Pradesh growing at 15 per cent a year, the state government has devised strategies to reach the top position in cargo handling in the country.   Ports in Andhra Pradesh have grown at about 15% year-on-year from 131 MMT to … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Heritage : BLOCK PRINTING   Close to Jaipur is the small township of Sanganer, the name synonymous today with the finest block printed cottons. Some of the ‘Sanganeri chipas’ have moved to Jaipur and their colourful printed creations are widely available. Block printing is a finely developed art in other parts of Rajasthan … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Indian Navy completes refit of Maldivian Coast Guard Ship Huravee in Visakhapatnam   Maldivian Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) Huravee successfully completed her refit at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam and the ship was formally handed over to Major Mohamed Jamshad, Commanding Officer MCGS Huravee in a ceremony organized to commemorate the occasion on 15 November 2018. … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH   ·        AP tops in employability level among states ð   Andhra Pradesh has emerged on top in terms of employability among the states with the engineering graduates having the highest level of employability, according to India Skills Report-2019. ð  Employability level of B.Tech and B.E graduates from the state shot up significantly to … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh will have separate High Court from January 1: Supreme Court   Come New Year and the State of Andhra Pradesh will have a separate high court as the Supreme Court has given the green signal for issuing the notification to this effect.   It will be the 25th high court in the country … Read more

RAJASTHAN Job generation target given December deadline   The Industries department has been striving hard to meet the target of employment generation schemes of state and central governments. The district centers have been asked to fulfill the targets of the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme of central government and Bhamashah Rojgar Srajan Yojna of state … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Art : Malwa painting   17th-century school of Rājasthanī miniature paintingcentred largely in Mālwa and Bundelkhand (in modern Madhya Pradesh state); it is sometimes referred to as Central Indian painting on the basis of its geographical distribution. The school was conservative, and little development is seen from the earliest examples, such as the Rasikapriyā (a poem analyzing the love sentiment) … Read more