19.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh government doctors want retirement age increased to 65 yrs   Doctors at the government hospitals in the state are gearing up for an agitation with a demand for increasing their retirement age to 65 years. Government doctors with MBBS qualification, who have been requesting the government to increase the age … Read more 19.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

18.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Biometric attendance must at Andhra Pradesh government offices   The Andhra Pradesh government has made the installation of biometric attendance systems and eoffice facility mandatory in all government departments including district-level offices. The related government order.   The state also constituted a three-member nodal authority to monitor and ensure the implementation of the e-office and … Read more 18.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

17.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Book Hundis’ to promote love of reading in government schools   To cultivate a love of reading among students, State-run schools will create ‘Book Hundis’. Many school libraries have a good collection of books gathering dust. One reason why the library is a deserted zone is because students are denied permission to … Read more 17.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

17.10.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·               State govt begins process to invoke RAJPASA in Barmer crude oil theft The state government has initiated the process for invoking provisions of RAJPASA (Rajasthan Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act, 2006) in the high profile Barmer crude oil theft case.   Rajasthan Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act, 2006, provides for preventive detention of … Read more 17.10.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

16.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   State to go for e-prescriptions to combat antibiotic resistance   Sale of medicines without proper prescriptions by both online and brick and mortar pharmacies, the main cause of anti-microbial resistance, will be a thing of the past in Andhra Pradesh soon with the Drug Control Administration (DCA) taking up a first-of-its initiative … Read more 16.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

15.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   India’s Andhra Pradesh investigates planting of Monsanto’s unapproved GM cotton   One of India’s biggest cotton-growing states has formed a panel to investigate how 15 percent of the state’s cotton acreage has been planted with a non-approved genetically modified strain developed by Monsanto and may bring criminal charges.   Monsanto last year withdrew … Read more 15.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs