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RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh discontinues ceremonial guard of honour Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh has discontinued the ceremonial guard of honour accorded to his office, Raj Bhawan officials said. While a letter in this regard was sent by his office to the state government, the practice was discontinued during his recent visit to Jodhpur … Read more 16.06.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Maternal mortality rate declines by 45 points The maternal mortality rate (MMR) of Rajasthan has declined by 45 points (18.4%) from 244 in 2011-13 to 199 in 2014-16, reveals Sample Registration System (SRS) data released on Wednesday. The data states that in India MMR has reduced by 37 points (22.2%). Improving … Read more 08.06.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
KERALA Kerala to introduce new entertainment tax State government will soon introduce entertainment tax on films in other languages that are being screened in Kerala. GST regime, contrary to the promises, has trimmed the state’s tax revenue. Many enterprises have devised plans to escape the tax net. At present, there is no mechanism for the government … Read more 13.06.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Sabarimala chosen as Swacch Iconic Place The Union government has selected Sabarimala as a Swachh Iconic Place as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission. The project has already been executed in 20 places. Sabarimala is the only place from Kerala selected for implementation in the third and last phase of the project. … Read more 28.06.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Centre proposes 590km Kutch-Rajasthan waterway The Centre has proposed a Rs 10,000 crore project to develop a 590km long inland waterway connecting Gujarat and Rajasthan through the Jawai River, Luni River and Kori Creek in the Rann of Kutch. This project will create an alternative transport route to the railways. Industrial corridors are … Read more 01.06.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN RHB to take online route for clearing large stock After several failed attempts to sell surplus houses, the Rajasthan Housing Board(RHB) is now adopting ‘online method’ to reach the buyers. The decision was taken to woo buyers within the state and other parts of the country. Due to prolonged slump in the real estate … Read more 05.06.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Sikar secures first position in district health ranking Sikar secured first place in the district health ranking, which will be done every month for motivating the districts to improve healthcare services in their respective districts based on their rankings. Jaipur I and Jaipur II’s dismal performance has earned them 29th and 19th rankings in … Read more 29.06.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN No books for Urdu medium schools in Rajasthan Since the year 2005-06 supply of books to the Urdu medium schools have been stopped due to various reasons and teachers in those schools are forced to teach the students translating from the Hindi medium books. There are eight Urdu medium schools left in Rajasthan after state has … Read more 28.06.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
KERALA Kerala gets ₹329 cr under RUSA Phase II The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has sanctioned ₹329 crore for Kerala under the second phase of funding under the Rashtriya Uchathar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). The RUSA project approval board, which met in New Delhi on May 25, sanctioned ₹50 crore each for the Cochin University … Read more 02.06.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Jaipur leaps to 39th place in national Swachh rankings From a lowly rank of 215 last year, Jaipur catapulted to 39th cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2018,when the rankings were declared by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs. Udaipur with a ranking of 85 was the other city from Rajasthan that figured in … Read more 22.06.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs