March 2019

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan has over 6 lakh unemployed persons, Jaipur on top with 60,000   The National Career Service (NCS) data of the ministry of labour and employment shows that Jaipur has the highest number of unemployed persons in the state, nearly 60,000. According to the data, the total number of registered job seekers in the state are … Read more 16.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   BHEL installed 1st solar EV charging station on Delhi-Chandigarh Highway   Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL) has set up its first solar-based electric vehicle (EV) charger on the Delhi-Chandigarh Highway. The project is covered under the FAME scheme(Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles). To be implemented from April 1, 2019, theFAME II scheme envisages setting up of about 2,700 charging … Read more 07.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Government institute for poor in Alwar marred by delay   India’s first world-class national institute for poor, backwards and minorities (government funded), to be set up in Alwar, is marred by delay. Union ministry for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had laid the foundation stone on October 1, 2018 is yet to complete its onsite studies … Read more 20.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB Punjab word in Historical books   The first known use of the word Punjab is in the book Tarikh-e-Sher Shah (1580), which mentions the construction of a fort by “Sher Khan of Punjab”. The name is mentioned again in Ain-e-Akbari (part 1), written by Abul Fazal, who also mentions that the territory of Punjab … Read more 28.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

PUNJAB   ·         Math needs attention in pre-primary classes: Study ð  Mathematics-related activities need special attention of the course designers for pre-primary education in Punjab as has been revealed in the second baseline evaluation of the first batch of the pre-primary classes (3-6 years). ð  The second evaluation, during the current session, has shown that … Read more 17-18.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Panel formed to ‘annul’ Nanded Act amendment   In order to nullify the amendment in the Nanded Sikh Gurdwara Apachalnagar Sahib Act 1956 of Takht Hazur Sahib, high priests today held a meeting and constituted a seven-member committee.   The committee would annul the amendment made by the Maharashtra government in the Nanded … Read more 10-11.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

PUNJAB   First Guru Nanak Sacred Forest created in Bathinda Eco Sikh, worldwide organisation of Sikh community which is committed to environment and celebrate Sikh Environment Day on March 14 to give tribute to Guru Har Rai Saheb ji, has created ‘first Guru Nanak Sacred Forest’ of Punjab at village Gilli Patti in Bathinda with novel Japanese technique of Miyakawi afforestation. … Read more 19.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan chalks out strategy to improve health indicators   After failing miserably to secure respectable place in overall delta ranking of NITI Aayog, the five aspirational districts of the state identified by the Centre need improvement in 49 different indicators set by NITI Aayog. The health department has chalked out a strategy to improve health indicators in the … Read more 09.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   UT’s education policy for special kids   Making learning more inclusive, the UTadministration has framed a policy for providing education to students with special needs.   Following Punjab and Haryana high court directions, the policy was submitted to the HC recently.   The policy includes mapping of such children, certification, imparting education, training teachers, arrangement … Read more 23.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

  RAJASTHAN Rajasthan 3rd in hate crimes in India in ’2018: Amnesty India   According to data released on Tuesday by the Amnesty India on its interactive website ‘Halt the Hate’, Rajasthan was third in the country in terms of hate crimes in 2018, topped only by UP and Gujarat. According to the data collected through media reports, there were … Read more 14.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs