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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
RAJASTHAN 108 ambulance service gets 65% fake calls a month. The integrated emergency response service or “Jeevan Vahini” in Rajasthan that provides the 108 and 104 ambulance services, gets 65% fake calls every month, an official said. Presently there are 645 emergency 108 ambulances, 586 Janani Express or 104 ambulances meant for ferrying … Read more 05.08.2017 Rajasthan (RPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Govt seeks world record tag for ‘Daughters Are Precious’ event The state health department will get the ‘Daughters Are Precious’ event registered with the Guinness World Records. Last year, the department felt that by enforcing the PCPNDT Act, sex determination and female foeticide could be controlled to a limited extent. Higher success … Read more 19-20.11.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN AICTE lauds Rajasthan’s ranking system for engineering colleges Rajasthan Technical University’s (RTU) system of ranking its engineering colleges on a scale of 1000 points has won praise from the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE), the body governing all technical institutes in the country. AICTE has sought details of the system after which it … Read more 06.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rare disease policy yet to see light of the day Policy proposal for diagnosis and appropriate treatment of rarediseases was submitted in 2015, but it is yet to see the light of day owing to the apathy of the state government. Rare diseaseis a segment of diseases which is still not in the priority … Read more 20.07.17 RAS Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Cabinet clears proposal for mini secretariat in Sriganganagar The state cabinet on Wednesday cleared the proposal for construction of a mini secretariat on the land of the Rajasthan Ganganagar Sugar Mills in Sriganganagar. State parliamentary affairs ministers said that 37 government offices in Ganganagar including local courts, district collectorate and SP office … Read more 04.10.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
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
RAJASTHAN Jaipur’s Gandhinagar Railway Station Becomes Fully Women Operated Station The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur, Rajasthan became railway station to be fully-managed by women. Gandhi Nagar is an important railway station in Jaipur situated on the Jaipur-Delhi rail route. The station has a footfall of more than 7,000 passengers every day. There are … Read more 20.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan ranks No. four in crime against women The figures released by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) showed that crime rates in Rajasthan have witnessed a marginal drop in 2016 compared to 2015 even as it has brought to fore challenges ahead of the state police, especially in controlling crime against women and weaker sections of … Read more 02-12-2017 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
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 13.07.17 RAS Current Affairs