August 2018

RAJASTHAN Afforestation in state will help reduce pollution in Delhi   Afforestation of agriculturally marginal lands in Rajasthan and Gujarat would help in effectively reducing dust pollution in Delhi, which recently witnessed severe deterioration in air quality due to dust storm in neighbouring states.   The drop in air quality brought into light the new … Read more 19-20.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN CM opens country’s biggest techno-hub in Jaipur   Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has inaugurated the Bhamashah Techno Hub in Jhalana Industrial Area of Jaipur.   Raje said the country’s biggest centre equipped with the ultra-modern technology will help around 700 entrepreneurs to work under one roof and realise their dreams.   The centre … Read more 18.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   All punjab cong mps, mlas to donate one month salary   All MPs and MLAs of Punjab Congress will donate their one-month salary to support the Kerala flood relief measures. The decision follows a directive from AICC president Rahul Gandhi to all Congress members of Parliament and members of legislative assemblies across the … Read more 18.08.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Pb, hry hc launches it initiatives for litigants   The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Sunday launched a slew of IT-based initiatives to facilitate the litigants and lawyers.   Justice Krishna Murari, Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court unveiled the IT initiatives namely e-Payment of High Court services, android based mobile … Read more 17.08.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN 10 years saw more than 48k suicide cases in state: Study   There is need for the Rajasthan government to set up a crisis intervention centre to prevent suicides, which were more than 48,000 in the state from 2007 to 2017.   The need is to implement the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the … Read more 17.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab police organized workshop to prevent cybercrime threats on real-time basis   Punjab police organized the first-ever workshop in collaboration with National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre New Delhi (NCIIPC) with an aim to prevent cybercrime threats on a real-time basis. It was organized by IT&T wing to sensitize the senior police officers about vulnerable … Read more 16.08.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Gavial count goes up in Chambal sanctuary   The Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary of Kota is witnessing growth in the number of gavials, which were on the verge of extinction some years ago.     There has been a gradual rise in the nesting and population of gavials at Gudla over the last five years. … Read more 16.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab govt rolls out flagship ‘e-naksha online building plan approval system’   The Punjab Government rolled out flagship ‘e-naksha online building plan approval system’ (OBPAS) — a one-stop place for all the architects or citizens to submit drawings or documents for the building plan approval and would cater to the 165 ULBs as … Read more 15.08.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN State to observe September as ‘Nutrition Month   The state will observe September as ‘nutrition month’ (poshan mah) to cut stunting (low height for age) and wasting (low weight for height) by 2% every year until 2022. Door-to-door nutrition campaigns will be held in September in all rural and urban areas.   The woman … Read more 15.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab designates sp rank officers as nodal officers to prevent violence, lynching   The Punjab Government on Tuesday designated SP rank officers as Nodal Officers for taking measure to prevent incidents of mob violence and lynching.   The decision came in compliance of the directions of the Supreme Court’s July 17, 2018, judgment … Read more 14.08.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs