July 2019

    INTERNATIONAL Iran is to restart the activities at the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, western Iran   Iran is to restart the activities at the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor,western Iran. The anouncement was made byAli Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.Heavy water are used in reactors to produce plutonium. Plutonium is a … Read more

RAJASTHAN UPSC pre-qualifiers to get free hostel, food   Students qualifying the preliminary round of the Union Public Service Commission exam can now get free hostel, food, study material, coaching and library facilities as per a recent circular issued by the Rajasthan institute of cooperative education and management (RICEM). RICEM is a training institution promoted … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan risks running out of water: Study   Rajasthan could reel under extreme water crisis in the coming years with the per capita water (PCW) availability going down from 2028 billion cubic metre (BCM) in 1951 to 637 BCM in 2016, state government figures say. The study prepared by the water resources department stated that during the said period, … Read more

RAJASTHAN Nal Se Jal’ scheme   The ambitious scheme proposes to provide piped water to all by 2024.   According to the estimate, only 16% of the families and 25% of the population in the state are presently covered by piped water. It is estimated that a whopping Rs 70,000 crore is required to make this dream … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to adopt Maharashtra model to combat dreaded swine flu   Though Maharashtra has a high mortality rate compared to Rajasthan, the state government is all set to follow Maharashtra model in its fight against swine flu.   While Rajasthan had an average of four deaths per 100 cases, the death rate was 11 per 100 … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         Govt plans to amend Act to ensure life term for food adulteration ð  The Rajasthan government plans to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act to make the provision of life imprisonment penalty against those found guilty of food adulteration. ð  The government also plans to make food adulteration a nonbailable offence and … Read more

RAJASTHAN State to launch campaign against measles-rubella   The state government will launch a measles-rubella (MR) campaign from July 22 to administer the MR vaccine to children aged between 9 months and 15 years free of cost.   The campaign will cover about 22.6 million children in the target group and continue until the coverage … Read more

RAJASTHAN Panel to monitor colleges in districts   The college education department of Rajasthan is setting up district resource assistance committees (DRACS) in each district “to monitor colleges, enhance coordination among them and provide resource help to them at district level.   The DRACS are being constituted under the resource assessment and college with excellence … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL Facebook slapped with 5 billion US Dollar fine for users’ privacy violation   US regulators formalized a record 5 billion US Dollar fine on Facebook for violation of users’ privacy in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving 87 million users.   The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the penalty was the largest … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL World Youth Skills Day: 15 July   On July 15 every year, World Youth Skills Day is marked to promote youth skills development and abilities.   In 2019, UNESCO and the UNEVOC network will join the global celebrations to mark the day and also to raise awareness about the importance of youth … Read more