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RAJASTHAN Rajasthan HC notice over condom ads regulation Rajasthan High court issues notice to the Centre challenging the ban of condom advertisements during day time on television as an ” unhealthy practice and indecent for children. The petition has challenged the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry advisory issued to all television channels on Dec 11 2017 … Read more
RAJASTHAN Smart transmission management system launched in Rajasthan Pushpendra Singh, minister of state for energy, launched the smart transmission operation management system through web in the state. Through this system, functions of scheduling of generation and demand, deviation settlement, energy accounting and billing, approval of open access, etc., are automated through web-based services. … Read more
Daily Current Events – 01.07.17 RAJASTHAN · Rajasthan’s more than six lakh registered beneficiaries to get revised social security pensions from July 1 More than six lakh pensioners in Rajasthancovered under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Samman PensionYojana’ will begin receiving increased pensions from Saturday, July 1. The revised social security pensions were announced by chief minister Vasundhara Rajewhile presenting … Read more
RAJASTHAN Solar energy: 29 Rajasthan government colleges pay zero sum on electricity Taking a major leap in harnessing solar power, state’s 29 government colleges are fulfilling their 100% power needs through solar energy. The solar panels were set up in these colleges in 2017-18 under the previous government to reduce expenditure on power. Until last year, 10 colleges … Read more
RAJASTHAN Vedanta to invest $850 mn to raise Rajasthan oilfields output ð Vedanta Ltd announced a USD 850 million investment for raising oil and gas production from its Rajasthan oilfields by about 100,000 barrels a day. ð In a regulatory announcement, the company said its board of directors has approved brownfield growth projects. … Read more
RAJASTHAN Industrial policy gives incentives to companies for recruiting locals Rajasthan’s new industrial policy will offer “incentives” to companies providing jobs to natives, official sources said, in a move aimed at addressing state’s growing unemployment problem ahead of the assembly elections slated later this year. The new policy is likely to come … Read more
RAJASTHAN Need new ideas to boost Rajasthan’s camel population: Researcher Ilse Kohler Rollefson, German researcher, veterinarian and ethnographer who has been researching camels in India since the 1990s, in an article in the July issue of Seminar magazine makes a case for finding a way to use the male camel as a draught animal to … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rare disease policy yet to see light of the day Policy proposal for diagnosis and appropriate treatment of rarediseases was submitted in 2015, but it is yet to see the light of day owing to the apathy of the state government. Rare diseaseis a segment of diseases which is still not in the priority … Read more
RAJASTHAN Govt seeks world record tag for ‘Daughters Are Precious’ event The state health department will get the ‘Daughters Are Precious’ event registered with the Guinness World Records. Last year, the department felt that by enforcing the PCPNDT Act, sex determination and female foeticide could be controlled to a limited extent. Higher success … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan saves energy worth Rs 144 crore Rajasthan, which has retrofitted 8 lakh smart LED street lights under the Ujala scheme, has saved energy worth Rs 144 crore. The company under the ministry of power has retrofitted 40 lakh LED street lights and has distributed 27 crore LED bulbs at affordable rates … Read more