Dec 2018

RAJASTHAN   ·        Rajasthan Institutions : BUREAU OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION (BIP) ð  Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP), is the nodal agency for investment promotion in the state, was established in 1991 to facilitate large investment in the state. BIP serves as a one-stop knowledge house with respect throughout the ‘conceptualization-to commissioning’ stage. The most important … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   ·        Israel permits medical marijuana exports   Israel’s Parliamentapproved a law to permit exports of medical marijuana, allowing Israel to tap the lucrative global market. Israel will become the third country, after the Netherlands and Canada, to take its medical cannabis global. The Israeli Cabinet is yet to approve. This step is seen as a … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   SpaceX successfully launches 64 small satellites using reusable Falcon 9 rocket.   Elon Musk-led SpaceX has successfully launched 64 small satellites into low Earth orbit onboard of its reusable and preflown Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This has set new record in United States of launching satellites … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt working on logistics for farm loan waiver of 50 lakh farmers in Rajasthan   State government has started building the roadmap for farm loan waiver in the state.   Other departments like department of finance has also sought information from department of cooperatives regarding the farm loan waiver and the farmers who will … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan History : Nasirabad revolt of 1857   First of all, this revolt was started in Nasirabad. The main reason behind this was that the British government sent Ajmer’s 15th Bengal Infantry to Nasirabad because government had no faith in this Infantry.   All the soldiers were angry with this decision of the … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   ·        Germany approves USD 8 billion rail and road tunnel link to Denmark   German authorities gave their approval to an US$8 billion(6.30 billion pounds) rail and road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, despite environmental objections. It is part-funded by the European Union. The 19 km (11.8 mile) Fehmarnbelt link, connecting the Danish island of … Read more

RAJASTHAN After Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan too waives farm loans   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot  announced that farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh defaulted till November this year will be waived. The CM said it would cost the state exchequer Rs 18,000 crore. Rajasthan is the fourth state to waive farm loans after Congress-held MP and Chhattisgarh and … Read more

RAJASTHAN Second highest all-girls education institutions in Rajasthan   The trend of separate educational institutes for girls may have become a passé in the county but not in Rajasthan. The desert state has the second highest number of dedicated girls’ colleges in the country making it the most conservative state. Figures released by the HRD ministry says that … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   Merriam-Webster selects ‘Justice’ as its 2018 Word of the Year   Merriam-Webster has declared ‘Justice’ as the 2018 Word of the Year. As per Merriam-Webster says, the word ‘Justice’ is used in many phrases like racial justice, social justice and obstruction of justice.   Every year Merriam-Webster, the American dictionary-publishing company, publishes the … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan pink sandstone for Abu Dhabi temple   Pink sandstone from Rajasthan will be used in the construction of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi. Work for the temple was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in February this year and is expected to be completed by 2020. Spread over 55,000 sqm land, the temple will be hand carved by … Read more