April 2019

INTERNATIONAL World Heritage Day 2019: 18 April   World Heritage Day is celebrated every year on April 18.   The day is also known as the International Day for Monuments and Sites.   The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the diversity of cultural heritage, monuments and their relevance.   The theme for 2019 … Read more 18.04.19 Goa (Goa PSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·         Commercial breeding of famous Marwari, Kathiawadi horses soon   The National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE), Bikaner campus, is all prepared to sell frozen semen of high breed horses commercially. These breeds include Kathiawadi and Marwari and ponies like Manipuri and Spiti Valley. So far, they have been giving it for free to the defence … Read more 18.04.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Vedanta Ltd. gets approval for expansion of its plant in Rajasthan   Mining firm Vedanta Ltd. has received environment clearance for the expansion of itsoil and gas operation in Rajasthan. This would entail the company an investment of 12,000 crore. The proposal is to expand onshore oil and gas production from 3,00,000 BOPD (barrels oil per day) … Read more 17.04.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL World Hemophilia Day: 17 April   Every year April 17 is celebrated as World Hemophilia Day to increase awareness about haemophilia and other bleeding disorders.   This year, the theme of World Hemophilia Day is ‘outreach and identification’.   Haemophilia is an inherited genetic disorder that weakens the ability of the body to clot … Read more 17.04.19 Goa (Goa PSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN 316 fodder depots opened in western Rajasthan   Western Rajasthan is facing severe drought due to insufficient rains for last two years.   The state government has started 316 fodder depots in Barmer and Jaisalmer districts to save the cattle in the region. The depots have been opened in 206 gram panchayats of Barmer and 110 gram panchayats of … Read more 16.04.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

GOA   Goa varsity to start vaastu, jyothish shastra courses   Students will soon be able to pursue higher education programmes offered by Goa University in ancient Indian knowledge systems like vaastu shastra and jyotish shastra, as also take up study of the ancient Indian languages of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit. Vaastu shastra and jyotish shastra are … Read more 16.04.19 Goa (Goa PSC) Current Affairs

GOA INTERNATIONAL India to partner with Japan and UAE to set up two projects in Africa   India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan. Also, India will partner with the UAE to set up an ICT centre(Information and Communications Technology center) in Through this partnership, India has undertaken many projects like the ambitious Pan African e-networkproject on tele-education and … Read more 14-15.04.19 Goa (Goa PSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Government to speed up relocation process for Sariska villages   The forest administration plans to expedite the process of relocation of villages in Sariska Tiger Reserve(STR) to create inviolate spaces within the reserve.   The relocation plan of villages in the core and buffer areas of STR, which are a major factor behind poaching and … Read more 14-15.04.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

GOA   Two Japanese navy planes land in Goa   As part of the steady increase in Indo-Japanese military-to-military cooperation, two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) P-3C long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft arrived at the naval airbase INS Hansa in Goa where they will participate in a joint exercise with the Indian Navy.   The Indian Navy’s Boeing P8-I … Read more 13.04.19 Goa (Goa PSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Dudhsagar Dairy to get registered as multi-state co-op society   The Mehsana District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited popularly known as Dudhsagar Dairy on Sunday resolved that it will register itself as a multi-state cooperative society.   The dairy’s management is arguing that it is procuring around 10 lakh litres milk per day from milk producers of Rajasthan. But since … Read more 13.04.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs