sep 2018

RAJASTHAN Joint Indo-Russian air exercise in Jodhpur   With a view to increasing the cooperation in anti-terror operations, joint tactical exercise will be conducted between the Indian Air Force and Russian Air Force December 10 till December 22 in the Thar desert of Rajasthan and the Jodhpur Air Force base. Called Aviaindra, the exercise is … Read more 23-24.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

WEST BENGAL   ·        GRSE bridges for Majerhat ð  he defence ministry’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd will supply two portable bridges to the state government connecting the proposed routes in view of the Majerhat bridge collapse. ð  Company officials said it had received a communication from the state authorities for the bridges that … Read more 23-24.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN UDH to make ‘space’ for tourism projects   Various tourism projects signed under Resurgent Rajasthan will soon be eligible for allotment of land by local bodies without any size limits. The urban development minister reportedly has consent over a proposal to permit local bodies for the purpose. The proposal is aimed towards improving upon … Read more 22.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

WEST BENGAL   Push for GTA elections by December   The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha had requested the Bengal government to conduct elections to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) by December this year.   The GNLF has already termed the GTA unconstitutional and illegal and wants the erstwhile DGHC to be reinstated until Sixth Schedule status … Read more 22.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets its first transgender engineer Malini Das, a 22-year-old transgender, has become the first in her community who has completed her graduation in i engineering in computer science from a private university.     After Supreme Court judgement dated April 15, 2014 in written petition civil no. 400 of 2012 I am the … Read more 21.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

WEST BENGAL   Accidents decline but roads remain unsafe   The number of road accidents under Bengal police’s jurisdiction in the first six months of 2018 declined by 15 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year, according to a study by the traffic department.   Between January and June last year, 6,247 road … Read more 21.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs

WEST BENGAL   Advanced scan on 15 bridges   The government has commissioned a detailed assessment of the stability of 15 bridges and flyovers based on signs of stress noticed during inspections in the wake of the Majerhat bridge collapse.   The structures on the government’s priority list include Dhakuria bridge, Bijon Setu, Durgapur bridge, … Read more 20.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) 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

WEST BENGAL ·        Panchayat boards in two phases   ð   Mamata Banerjee government will constitute gram panchayat boards in two phases instead of one because of clashes over the formation of such bodies, delaying plans to resume development projects before Puja. Ten persons have died in the violence so far.   ð  The government had … Read more 19.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Soon, govt plans Td vaccine for children Soon, the Td (Tetanus and Diphtheria) vaccine will be administered to older teens and pregnant woman also as the government has planned to include Diphtheria vaccine for adolescent and the pregnant woman in universal immunization program (UIP) because a number of Diphtheria cases have been observed in … Read more 19.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs