sep 2018

GOA Inaugural Naval Flight Test Seminar held at Goa   The inaugural Naval Flight Test Seminar was held at Goa on 20 Sep 18.   The seminar witnessed some intensive brain-storming sessions on flight testing fixed and rotary wing aircraft towards integrating them on the aircraft carrier and small decks.   There were also a … Read more 21.09.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

GOA ·        Cabinet nod for acquisition of land for IIT-Goa campus ð  The state cabinet has given its approval for acquisition of land admeasuring 4,04,775 square metres identified in the village of Cotarli in Sanguem taluka and Nagvem in Quepem taluka for setting up of the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Goa … Read more 29-30.09.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan used only 21% swacch mission funds  Government of Rajasthan had released Rs 292.81 crore to Local Bodies (ULBs) during 2015-17 for solid waste management under Swachh Bharat Mission out of which only 21% fund was utilised, says the CAG report.   Besides, there were no effective plans for ‘reducing, reusing and recycling’ of … Read more 10.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Respiratory diseases insidiously spreading in Goa, says study   A Lancet study has said the incidence of respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD and asthma has  witnessed a substantial rise in Goa in the last 26 years.   The latest study has revealed that the crude prevalence of COPD, which … Read more 15.09.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Cabinet approves financial assistance for Sirhind Feeder Canal and Rajasthan Feeder Canal   The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has  approved providing Central Assistance of Rs. 620.42 Cr. and Rs. 205.758 Cr. for implementation of relining of Rajasthan Feeder Canal and Sirhind Feeder Canal respectively over five years (2018-19 to … Read more 27.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Crime declines in South Goa in first six months of 2018   Maina-Curtorim police registered 40 cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) from January to June 2018 this year and detected 32 cases.   As per police records no case of murder was  reported  for the first six months of this year, only one case … Read more 16-17.09.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

GOA Installation of bio-toilets to begin by November   In a move to make the state open defecation free (ODF), the Goa State Waste Management Corporation (GSWMC) will start installing bio-toilets in identified individual households and public places within the next two months so as to meet its deadline of December 19.   The Corporation … Read more 05.09.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

GOA Cancer kills nearly 1,000 people in Goa every year   Cancer has consistently been claiming close to 1,000 lives every year for the last three years and has turned out to be one of the major killer diseases in Goa.   ð  The lethal combination of tobacco and alcohol consumption accounts for 30 per … Read more 10.09.18 Goa (GoaPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN PM Modi inaugurates Parakram Parv in Jodhpur to mark 2 years of surgical strikes   Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Jodhpur Military Station to inaugurate ‘Parakram Parv’ — an exhibition to commemorate the second anniversary of surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army against terror camps across the Line of Control in … Read more 29-30.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bags awards for implementing housing schemes    Rajasthan shined at the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Aawas (rural), Pradhan Mantri Sadak and MGNREGA at the national level by winning several awards. Rajasthan bagged the first prize at the state level in achieving the the target under the Prime Ministers Rural Housing scheme while Banswara … Read more 20.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs