nov 2019

GOA IFFI 2019 begins in Goa   ð The 50th edition of International Film festival of India, IFFI, started in Goa.   ð The festival will see sessions on all the traditional aspects of cinema like Acting, Direction, and editing.   ð IFFI Lifetime Achievement award winner, French actor Isabelle Huppert will be conducting a … Read more 12.11.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA   Satya Pal Malik takes oath as Goa Governor   New Governor of Goa, Satya Pal Malik took the oath of office.   Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court, Pradeep Nandrajog administered him the oath in a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan at Dona Paula near Panaji.   Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant … Read more 01.11.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa wants Supreme Court mining review to be fast-tracked   The Goa government, which filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the February 2018 order suspending mining operations in the state, has prayed for fast-tracking the hearing in the matter.   The state has submitted all the necessary data to convince the … Read more 15.11.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA ·       Kadamba plateau may get piped water by December   ð  With the work for the new 27 MLD (million liters per day) water treatment plant at Opa nearing completion, the upcoming township at Kadamba Plateau in Bainguinim-Old Goa, for which the plant is being constructed, may get potable tap water by December this … Read more 10-11.11.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Traffic cops seek nod for AI cameras for better management   The city traffic police have sought a nod for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cameras that can capture in one shot over 11 offences including driving without helmet, wrong-side driving, high-beam violation etc.   According to traffic police, a comprehensive survey of Jaipur’s major streets revealed that … Read more 16.11.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

GOA Goa: Grants for schools to promote road safety Marg Suraksha’, a grant-in-aid scheme for creating awareness on road safety and civic responsibility has been notified by the government. The objective of the scheme is to promote awareness on road safety among students by establishing civic clubs in schools and colleges in the state. It … Read more 20.11.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government plans 9,894 community loos by March in state   Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (gramin), the state government has set a target to build 9,894 community sanitary complexes (CSCs) at a budget of around Rs 200 crore in the villages of Rajasthan by March 31, 2020. On October 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared … Read more 13.11.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

GOA Students in Goa schools to get two breaks to drink water Following in the footsteps of states like Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, Goa too has issued instructions to schools to ring a short bell twice during school hours to signal a ‘water drinking break’ for students. The directives will be applicable from … Read more 16.11.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Government to set up panel to study merger of co-op societies: CM With some prominent cooperative banks facing financial irregularities, chief minister Pramod Sawant has said that a five-member committee would be set up to study and finalise the merger of some societies and also spoke against granting permission to new cooperative societies for now. CM said the advisory panel … Read more 09.11.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to open 167 English schools from July 2020   The Rajasthan government has decided to open 167 English medium schools in an equal number of blocks from July 2020.   This year, the government had opened 33 English medium schools in each district headquarters. The schools were opened to celebrate the 150 birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi … Read more 17-18.11.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs