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RAJASTHAN 62 lakh poor kids get admissions under RTE Act Rajasthangranted admission to 2.62 lakh students of Economically Weaker Sections (EWC) under Right to Education Act in 33,091 private schools across the state through lottery. The lottery was for academic session 2018-19. With this, Rajasthan has the highest number of admissions under the Act. The … Read more 17.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Department of tourism bags 2 top awards Rajasthan’s department of tourism bagged two prestigious awards – Times Travel Awards 2018 for ‘Best Marketing Initiative – Domestic Tourism’ and Brand Equity Marketing Magazine Award for ‘Best Print Media Creatives’. Department of tourism collected the Editor’s Choice award for ‘Best Marketing Initiative – Domestic Tourism’ at … Read more 22-23.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan second in environment-related offences Salman Khan’s involvement in 1998 blackbuck poaching case is an indicator as to how Rajasthan has remained one of leading states in reporting environment-related offences. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2016 report, the state registered a total of 190 cases for violations related to Wildlife Protection Act … Read more 08-09.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan govt spent less fund on welfare of women: CAG The latest report by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has highlighted that total expenditure against Gender Budgeting decreased from 78.6% to 62.4% during 2012-17. The examination of leading schemes like Missing Gramya Shakti (MGS), Rajeev Gandhi Balika Empowerment Scheme (SABLA) etc has highlighted several … Read more 09.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Nine districts to get free pneumonia vaccine in Rajasthan Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) is being introduced as part of universal immunisation programme (UIP) in nine districts of Rajasthan from World Health Day on April 7. In the first phase this vaccine will be administered to children in nine districts namely Banswara, Barmer, … Read more 07.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN IT carnival conculeded, 125 firms to hire 6,000 Rajasthan youths The fourth IT day of Rajasthan had emerged as huge carnval.The Digifest cum IT-Day lined up events like hackathon 4.0, edu hack, green-a-thon e-mitra/ITGK hackathon and TecRush. Under the Hackathon 4.0, a 36 hour non-stop coding marathon on numerous themes was planned and … Read more 22.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Railway introduce a semi high speed train on Delhi Jaipur route to reduce travel time to 90 mins The Railway Ministry is planning to introduce a semi-high speed train on the Delhi-Jaipur route which would operate at the speed of 200 kmph and cover the distance within 90 minutes. Currently, existing tracks on routes can support … Read more 10.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan blood banks told to get linked to eRaktkosh The National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) has directed the state blood banks to work as a network of blood banks and not independently by connecting through Centre’s eRaktkosh, a central website and mobile application launched by the Union health ministry. The web portal was inaugurated on … Read more 11-12.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN A reverse trend for learning outcome in Rajasthan The National Achievement Survey 2017 conducted by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) found a reverse trend in the learning outcomes from Class III to Class VIII. A comparative data of seven divisional headquarters in Rajasthan shows that Jaipur remains on top in most of the subjects, … Read more 27.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN With 22% ‘girls only’ colleges, Raj tops women education Rajasthan government has taken a major leap in girls’ education. Once infamous for its poor female literacy rate, the state today has the highest number of dedicated educational institutes for girls. 22% of colleges in Rajasthan are ‘girls only’ which is the highest percentage … Read more 28.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs