Oct 2018

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan Heritage :Kalibangan – Indus Valley Civilization   Kalibangan is a town on the banks of the Ghaggar river, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, 205 kms. north of Bikaner. The existence of Indus Valley civilization in desert of Thar and the remnants of the pre-Harappan and Harappan settlements that have been unearthed here have played … Read more 29.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Hard-pressed govt tightens its belt   Exposing the sorry affairs of state finances,  the government has asked all the departments to go for a 25 per cent cut in revenue expenditure for the last two quarters of the current financial year so as to rationalise  expenditure.   The government has also  said  the expenditure … Read more 24.10.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

GOA ·        Cannot begin process for e-auctioning of mineral blocks: state tells Centre ð  The state government has told the Union Ministry of Mines that it cannot begin the process of e-auctioning of mineral blocks as the ‘Centre has not taken decision on the request made by the Chief Minister for amending  Mines and Mineral … Read more 11.10.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN The plastic bags to be replaced with Biodegradable.   Biodegradable bags, made of starch from maize, are likely to replace regular polythene bags in the state.   After imposing effective ban on usage of plastic bags, government has been looking for a substitute.     The bags have been certified by third-party testing agencies … Read more 16.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Digitalisation of Textbooks in Rajasthan The introduction of ‘energised’ (QR code imposed) Science and Mathematics textbooks for students of Classes IX and X from this academic year (2018-19) will provide additional content for topics in the syllabus which are difficult to comprehend for an average student. QR codes providing contextualised interactive audio-visual content and … Read more 27-28.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Preparations begin for IFFI-2018   Preparations have begun for the 49th edition of the International Film Festival of India to be inaugurated at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium on November 20,  and the ministry of information and broadcasting will set up its camp office in the Entertainment Society of Goa complex next … Read more 25.10.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Centre withdraws Rs 37 crore grant for research from Rajasthan University  Rajasthan University (RU) is facing a setback after the Centre’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has withdrawn the grant of Rs 37 crore to the university reportedly due to RU’s inability to spend the amount wisely. In 2014, Promotion of University … Read more 11.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Goa to soon set up institute of strategic studies  The Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS), an organisation of former diplomats, academicians, retired Army personnel and experts from varied fields, is in the process of shortlisting land in Goa with the state government to set up an institute of strategic studies in the state. … Read more 12.10.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

GOA Centre’s GoM to discuss Goa’s mining issue on October 13   The group of ministers appointed by the Union government will meet on October 13 to discuss the current crisis in Goa’s mining industry.   Goa’s mining industry came to a halt in March this year after the Supreme Court in an order on … Read more 06-7.10.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Heritage: – Bhandeshwar and Sandeshwar Jain Temples   These are one of the oldest temples in the state located at Bikaner. Built in the fourteenth century, these temples are named after two brothers named Bhandeshwar and Sandeshwar respectively. These temples were built in commemoration of the twenty third Tirthankara Parshvanathji. Made chiefly of … Read more 20-21.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs