Nov 2018

RAJASTHAN Important details about Election Conditions for recognition as a State Party   Secure at least 6% of the valid vote & win at least 2 seats in an Assembly General Election   Secure at least 6% of the valid vote & win at least 1 seats in a Lok Sabha General Election   Win … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan among top 6 states to cross 3,000 dengue cases   Rajasthan has joined the club of six states that have reported more than 3,000 dengue cases in 2018 so far. In October till now, more than 200 persons have been diagnosed with dengue. Most of the cases of dengue are being reported from Jaipur. In the … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   ·        India to Top U.S. As 2nd-Largest Carbon Spewer From Power: IEA Report   The International Energy Agencyin its latest report ‘World Energy Outlook’ stated that India will overtake the U.S. to become the world’s second-biggest emitter of carbon dioxide from the power sector before 2030. Carbon dioxide emissions from India’s power sector … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   ·        India re-elected as member of ITU council till 2022   India elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union-ITU Council for another four-year term from 2019 to 2022. The elections to the Council were held during the ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 at Dubai. India secured 165 votes and ranked third … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   US announces USD 5 million reward for information on 26/11 perpetrators   The United States has announced a 5 million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual who committed, conspired, aided or abetted the 2008 Mumbai attack.   The move comes less than … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   ·        World’s largest supercomputer ‘SpiNNaker’ switched on for the first time   The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer SpiNNaker (‘Spiking Neural Network Architecture’ machine), which was designed and built to work like ahuman brain, has been switched on for the first time. Made up of one million processors, SpiNNaker can complete over 200 million-million actions per second. … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan among top 6 states to cross 3,000 dengue cases   Rajasthan has joined the club of six states that have reported more than 3,000 dengue cases in 2018 so far. In October till now, more than 200 persons have been diagnosed with dengue. Most of the cases of dengue are being reported from Jaipur. In the … Read more

RAJASTHAN   ·        Rajasthan Heritage : Sun Temple Sun Temple of Ranakpur is a famous Sun or Surya temple well known as the Surya Narayan Temple. This 13th centry temple was rebuilt in 15th century after destruction. Sun temple is bilt with white lime stone in Nagara style with a delicate ornamented work.   Sun … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL   SpiNNaker: Largest brain-mimicking supercomputer switched on for first time   The world’s largest supercomputer Spiking Neural Network Architecture (SpiNNaker) machine designed to work in same way as human brain was switched on for the first time.   It designed and built at University of Manchester in UK. It can model more biological … Read more

RAJASTHAN Stretches of two rivers polluted by sewage: Report   Stretches of two rivers in Rajasthan, Banas and Chambal are polluted by sewage. A report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) aimed at restoring water qualityin rivers has revealed that these two rivers are among 351 polluted river stretches across the country.   Water samples drawn from … Read more