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RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bans certain categories of pan masala The Rajasthan government announced a ban on pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured ‘supari’ in the state. With this, Rajasthan has become the third state after Maharashtra and Bihar to announce such a move. All such products will now be banned … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government implements seventh pay commission recommendations The Rajasthan government implemented the recommendations of the seventh pay commission, a decision that will benefit over 12 lakh employees and pensioners. Government employees will get the revised salary from the month of October. The government has acted on the recommendation of DC Samant committee, which was … Read more
RAJASTHAN Nine districts to get free pneumonia vaccine in Rajasthan Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) is being introduced as part of universal immunisation programme (UIP) in nine districts of Rajasthan from World Health Day on April 7. In the first phase this vaccine will be administered to children in nine districts namely Banswara, Barmer, … Read more
RAJASTHAN · State govt begins process to invoke RAJPASA in Barmer crude oil theft The state government has initiated the process for invoking provisions of RAJPASA (Rajasthan Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act, 2006) in the high profile Barmer crude oil theft case. Rajasthan Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act, 2006, provides for preventive detention of … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan reaps rich dividend of India-Israel cooperation Burgeoning cooperation between India and Israel has been most beneficial for Rajasthan with state receiving the best technical know-how in agriculture sector and water harvesting. It has been the first visit of any Indian prime minister to Israel in 70 years but for Rajasthan chief minister’s West … Read more
RAJASTHAN NGT gives clearance to 9-tonne refinery in Barmer’s Pachpadra The National Green Tribunal(NGT) gave environmental clearance to country’s biggest 9-tonne refinery to be set up at Pachpadrain HPCL has 74% and state government has 26% stake in this project. Refinery-cumpetrochemical complex will be ready by 2021. HPCL refinery at Mumbai has capacity of 7.5million … Read more
RAJASTHAN Now, Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education to give one-time affiliation to private schools. The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education(RBSE) on Saturday dismissed the temporary and permanent affiliationsystem and initiated one-time affiliation certificate for private schoolsin the state. The board has also decided to take one-time affiliation fees from private schools. Now, there will be two different … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bans certain categories of pan masala The Rajasthan government announced a ban on pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured ‘supari’ in the state. With this, Rajasthan has become the third state after Maharashtra and Bihar to announce such a move. All such products will now be banned … Read more
RAJASTHAN Now, use Facebook for college admissions. ð Rajasthan college education dept directive allows Facebook and Gmail accounts as valid identity document The education department, in its admission policy for 2016-17, has allowed Aadhaar and Bhamashah cards as well as Facebook and Gmail accounts for ‘single sign on identity’ (SSOI) registration. Earlier, only … Read more
INTERNATIONAL Venezuela, Libya suspended from voting in UNGA. Venezuela and Libya were suspended from voting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in the 2016-17 session for not paying dues to the world body. This is for the second time in two years both countries have been suspended. Venezuela was to … Read more