july 2018

KERALA Soon, dial 101 for all emergencies   The emergency number of the Kerala Police is set to change from 100 to 101.   Soon, 101 will become the Statewide dedicated hotline for all public safety exigencies, including crime, fire, accidents, health and personal emergencies, natural disasters, and even, power outages and pipe bursts.   … Read more 31.07.18 Kerala (KPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN No expenditure on environmental awareness in last 3 years: Report   The state environment department has not spent a single rupee on environmental awareness and improvement in the last three years. According to the state environment department’s annual progress report (2017-18), the last expenditure on environmental awareness and improvement was done in 2013-14 when … Read more 05.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Adopt a Heritage – Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’     The ‘Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’ scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India. Under the scheme, the government invites entities, including public sector companies, private sector firms … Read more 19.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

KERALA Vegetable hub to be model village   Minister for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes A.K. Balan laid the foundation stone for Vattavada model village project. The government was giving importance to create basic infrastructure facilities in areas where the backward communities lived. It would help in their social uplift and economic growth.   With … Read more 10.07.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

KERALA Welfare tag for shops Act   Shops and commercial establishments will be permitted to function on all days, but employees should compulsorily be given a day’s holiday   The amendments to the Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1960, aim at putting an end to sexual exploitation of women and ensuring the welfare of employees. … Read more 05.07.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

KERALA Portal launches ‘rush-o-meter’ to predict sellout time of train tickets   The chances of getting a confirmed ticket on a long-distance mail or express train may improve, if a new feature being rolled out by a travel portal claiming to predict the sellout time of available tickets proves to be accurate.   The feature, … Read more 13.07.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Now tourists can enjoy cow safari in Rajasthan   The cow safari, scheduled to start from Janmashtami, can allow tourists to visit Hingonia Gaushala on bullock carts and they will be able to witness first-hand cows’ upkeep inside the cow shelter home.   The Hingonia cow shelter, which around two years back, was in … Read more 03.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

KERALA AI to help police unmask criminals   Artificial intelligence (AI) powered facial recognition technology will soon become part of the standard law enforcement tool kit of the Kerala Police.   The department’s cyber research facility, Cyberdome, at Technopark here has developed a family of state-of-the-art, AI algorithms to help the local police search hundreds of hours … Read more 17.07.18 Kerala (KPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Centre allocates over Rs 2,000 cr for highways in Rajasthan  According to data released by the ministry, the funds have apparently been allocated as per the need as in 2012-13 it was Rs 12.24 crore which increased to Rs 215.50 crore in 2014 but dipped in 2015 with only Rs 107.16 crore but saw a massive … Read more 25.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN IIT creates tech to treat water with sunlight and Rajasthani clay   IIT Jodhpur has come up a low-cost and environment friendly technology for treating contaminated water by using Rajasthani clay and sunlight.   This technology can be used to treat contaminated water containing textile industry effluents, which is a major problem in Western … Read more 20.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs