January 2019

GOA 15 new village libraries set to come up in Goa   The state government, in 2018, approved 15 applications to start new village libraries, after having shut down 21 of them between 2015 and 2017. According to the new guidelines, any village with a population of over 1,000 is eligible to get a library. Besides, librarians … Read more 25.01.19 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Electrocution main reason behind GIB deaths: Govt   The state government submitted the status report on conservation of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) to the Rajasthan high court, listing the reasons behind the dwindling population of the bird.   The GIB has had a tag of being a critically endangered species in the IUCN Red … Read more 25.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Atal Setu in Goa   Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated four-lane, 5.1-kilometer long “Atal Setu”, the third Cable bridge across river Mandovi in Panaji, Goa. This is the third bridge acrossMandovi River.  This bridge would overcome the bottlenecks and curb traffic jams at Panaji Circle and Panaji entrance. INTERNATIONAL   … Read more 24.01.19 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan, Bihar join hands to eradicate child labour   The governments of Rajasthan and Bihar will take joint action to stop trafficking of children from various towns of Bihar to the workshops and home-based production units in Jaipur.   A multi-stakeholder initiative, launched for eradicating child labour, has taken a resolve to rehabilitate the … Read more 24.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA ·         e-learning module for anganwadis on cards ð  The government is planning to introduce e-learning module in anganwadis in the state ð  The department has given administrative approval to transform 100 anganwadis in a cluster and make them better than playschool for which even the syllabus will be changed. ð  The financial assistance will … Read more 23.01.19 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government may set up petroleum university in Jodhpur   The Rajasthan government is mulling over the idea to set up a petroleum university in the state and also introduce a three-year diploma course in petroleum engineering at the Government Polytechnic College in Jodhpur.   The government will open new polytechnic colleges for women at district-level to … Read more 23.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Panaji set to get ‘urban living lab   The Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd (IPSCDL) with the help of Denmark will explore the possibility of exchanging latest technologies as well as work on capacity building for the engineers of Corporation for the City of Panaji (CCP).   Under urban living lab, Goa will … Read more 22.01.19 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN RIICO plans for greener industrial areas   Roads at industrial areas at the state will take a green turn as Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) plans to plant more trees. The measure comes in the sequence of other initiatives in consideration of the corporation towards sustainable industrial growth.   RIICO envisaging … Read more 22.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Cable-stayed Mandovi bridge set to open for public from January 29   The third bridge over River Mandovi would be thrown open to the general public from January 29, two days after its formal inauguration by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on January 27.   The 5.1 km-long bridge is … Read more 20-21.01.19 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to be felicitated for ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’   The state will be felicitated and recognised for its performance on Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) The state is among five to be felicitated under different categories. Recognising state’s performance on BBBP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched pan-India expansion of BBBP in March 2018 from Jhunjhunu.   … Read more 20-21.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs