March 2019

RAJASTHAN Jaipur’s Swachh ranking slips 5 spots to reach 44th   Dropping down five positions from last year, Jaipur city stood at 44th position in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 survey ranking conducted by the ministry of housing and urban affairs. The city ranked 39th in 2018.   The city stood first in the state, followed … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL India, Australia to hold a joint exercise on maritime security from 2 April   India and Australia are set to further deepen defence and strategic relationship with the third edition of the biennial, bilateral exercise AUSINDEX 19 from April 2 to April 16 at Vishakhapatnam.   The upcoming exercise will focus on anti-submarine … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL Finland tops Global Happiness Index for the second straight year Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the world for the second year.   Indian figures at 140th place, seven spots down from last year, on this year’s UN World Happiness Report.   The report was released by the Sustainable Development … Read more

INTERNATIONAL     India stands worlds 2nd largest arms importer says SIPRI   According to the latest report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India was the world’s second largest importer of major arms in 2014–18 and accounted for 5%of the global total. Saudi Arabia which holds the long-held tag as largest importer accounted for 12% of the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government allocate land, funds for defence academy   Rajasthan is set to become the second state in the country to open a defence academy (coaching) aiming to provide free coaching to aspirants in defence services, including preparations for highly competitive National Defence Academy and Staff Selection Board for the state domicile students. The education department has … Read more

RAJASTHAN New crop loans to farmers after Aadhaar-based certification   In a policy decision, the cooperative department of Rajasthan has decided to provide new crop loans to farmers only after the Aadhaar based certification through digital marketing register (DMR).   The online process, in which the loan payment will be made to the farmers through … Read more

INTERNATIONAL World’s longest salt cave found in Israel   Israeli cave explorers discovered the cave named Malham, the world’s longest salt cavewith striking stalactites near the Dead Sea. Previously, Iran’s N3 cave held the record. Malham Cave: The cave named Malham is stretched over 10 km.It runs through Mount Sodom, Israel’s largest mountain, and spills out to the southwest corner of the adjacent Dead … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   RBI, Bank of Japan sign Bilateral Swap Arrangement   Reserve Bank of India and Bank of Japan have signed a Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA).   It was negotiated between India and Japan during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tokyo in October 2018.   The BSA provides for India to … Read more