July 2019

KERALA Pinarayi Vijayan to launch rollout of hi-tech labs at schools Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayanwould launch the rollout of hi-tech labs at primary and upper primary schools in government and aided schools in the state. Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), which carries out the hi-tech school and lab projects, had completed in May the e-tender … Read more 02.07.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to focus on climate change with new action plan   Thirty-six years ago, Rajasthan set up the directorate of environment (DOE) to reduce vulnerability and build resilience to climate change impacts, but it remained only on paper and the directorate never became functional.   In 2012, the government drafted the Rajasthan Action Plan … Read more 18.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

KERALA Hi-tech labs for primary schools Around 5 lakh children have joined State schools in the past three years, a proof of the acceptance of the Public Education Rejuvenation Mission among students, parents, and the public. The hi-tech lab project employed technical education for achieving academic excellence. A total of 45,000 classrooms for Classes 8 … Read more 03.07.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala will host Women Startup Summit 2019   The Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) is hosting the Women Startup Summit on August 1.   The summit will be hosted in association with the Indian Women Network floated by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), at the Integrated Startup Complex, Kochi.   Successful women leaders, startup founders, … Read more 13.07.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government has launched Student Police Cadet (SPC) scheme   The Rajasthan governmenthas launched Student Police Cadet (SPC) scheme, a Police training program, for class 8 and 9 students . The training aims to curb rising adolescent delinquency and strengthen teenagers mentally and physically. Also, it aims to make the students aware of basic laws and legal procedures. All aspects of … Read more 21-22.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

KERALA reaffirms amnesty scheme for Maoists   More than a year after announcing an amnesty-cum-rehabilitation scheme for Maoists, the State government has repeated the promise of job and entrepreneurship opportunities to draw them away from extreme ideologies.   The State Cabinet had approved the scheme in May 2018.   The activists will be categorised into … Read more 31.07.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN UPSC pre-qualifiers to get free hostel, food   Students qualifying the preliminary round of the Union Public Service Commission exam can now get free hostel, food, study material, coaching and library facilities as per a recent circular issued by the Rajasthan institute of cooperative education and management (RICEM). RICEM is a training institution promoted … Read more 24.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·         Govt plans to amend Act to ensure life term for food adulteration ð  The Rajasthan government plans to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act to make the provision of life imprisonment penalty against those found guilty of food adulteration. ð  The government also plans to make food adulteration a nonbailable offence and … Read more 30.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

KERALA • 3 PATA awards for Kerala Tourism  Women empowerment initiatives of the Responsible Tourism Mission, especially its ethnic food restaurant at Kumarakom, was conferred Gold awards of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).  ‘Come out and Play’, advertisement campaign of the Kerala Tourism, and its official website www.keralatourism.org also bagged the PATA Gold … Read more 17.07.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN CM inaugurates two units of Chhabra thermal power plant   With the start of unit 5 and 6 of CSTPS, Rajasthan witnessed addition of 1,320 megawatts of additional power generation.   The two CSTPS units have augmented the Chhabra power station’s installed capacity to 2.320 megawatts.   There was power generation of only 13 … Read more 03.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs