August 2018

    INTERNATIONAL   Tower in Mauritius to be named after late PM Vajpayee   During the World Hindi Conference being held in Mauritius, the Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth announced that the cyber tower which Atal Ji had contributed to set up in Mauritius will henceforth be named as Atal Bihari Vajpayee tower.   A … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL   ·        Russia, China set to launch joint military exercises   China will join Russia in a giant military exercise, sending a message of deterrence to the U.S. which has designated Beijing and Moscow as “revisionist powers”.   The five-day Vostok 2018 exercises, to be held from September 11, will be bigger than … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   24th World Congress of Philosophy held in Beijing, China   The World Congress of Philosophy is organized every five years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) in collaboration with one of its member societies.   The XXIV World Congress will be held in Beijing, China, from August 13 to August … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL     ·        Santali becomes 1st Indian tribal language to get own Wikipedia edition   The Santhali Wikipedia got approval from the language committee of the Wikimedia Foundation on June 28 and went live on August 2. It presently has content of about 70,000 words. Santali is written in Ol Chiki scriptand spoken by 4 … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   ·        Apple becomes First $1 Trillion Company in History   Apple Inc. became the first S.-based company with a market value of $1 trillion, four decades after it was co-founded by Steve Jobsin a Silicon Valley garage and later revolutionized the worlds of computing, music and mobile communications. The iMac desktop computer, the iPod, iPhone, and iPad … Read more

RAJASTHAN Jaipur, Jodhpur cleanest railway stations in NWR   Jaipur and Jodhpur railway stations have made both the state and the NWR division proud. Jaipur railway station achieved second position in the Cleanliness Survey Report 2018, which was recently released. The NWR has stood first in all the zones in this cleanliness report. While Jaipur … Read more

      INTERNATIONAL   Vietnam to host Indian Ocean conference   The third edition of Indian Ocean Conference is set to begin on August 27 at Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.   The theme of the two- day conference will focus on ‘Building Regional Architectures’.   This year’s conference will see 43 countries as … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   ·        UK announces new organ donation plan to address Indian origin shortages   The UK government has announced new plans to change the law for organ and tissue donation to address the urgent need for organs within theIndian-origin communitiesin the country. The proposed new system of consent for organ and tissue donation is expected … Read more

RAJASTHAN   To boost tourism in Rajasthan, government promotes unexplored heritage sites   Rajasthan, which houses centuries old heritage buildings and monuments, has notched up an important place in global tourism. Lakhs of tourists annually visit its known heritage buildings famous for unique sculpture, which is a great source to boost state’s revenue along with … Read more

RAJASTHAN   World Bank to provide $250 million loan to state for improving power distribution   The World Bank will provide a $250 million loan facility to Rajasthan for improving the performance of its electricity distribution sector.   The Second Programmatic Electricity Distribution Reform Development Policy Loan for Rajasthan is the second in the series … Read more