nov 2019

    INTERNATIONAL   ·       Bangladesh partners with China to build Purbachal   Bangladeshhas partnered with Chinato build its first smart city and the biggest planned township on the outskirts of Dhaka. The project also includes a mega water project which upon completion, will divert water from the Meghna river to the settlement. The township is signed under Bangladesh’s … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL   ·       Saudi Arabia elected to UNESCOs World Heritage Committee   Saudi Arabiawas elected to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee for the first time on 27 November 2019. The Kingdom was elected to the UN heritage body’s executive board for the term 2019-2023. The approval confirms Saudi Arabia’s … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·       Jodhpur, Dungarpur to be pilot districts for water project ð Jodhpur and Dungarpur have been identified as pilot districts for the Water Security and Climate Adaptation in Rural India (WASCA) project, under which GIS (Geographic Information System) lab-cum-data centres will be set up. These centres will collect data from various departments for capacity … Read more

RAJASTHAN Livestock population in Rajasthan dips as new crisis hits rural economy   Population of goats has dipped nearly by 4 per cent while that of sheep has declined by 13 per cent in the state, says the 20th Livestock Census report.   The report also added that the overall livestock population in the state has also gone … Read more

    INTERNATIONAL ·       China to launch 5G mobile phone services China’s three state telecoms, namelyChina Mobile’s, China Unicom, and China Telecom’s, announced that it is to launch 5G mobile phone services. The move is to support China’s ambitions to become a technology superpower. China’s commercialization of 5G will is aimed to provide a major boost … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   ·       India, Singapore has agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise   India and Singapore have agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise involving Singapore, India, and Thailand annually from 2020. The agreement was made by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the 4th India-Singapore Defence Ministers’ Dialogue (DMD).   The first Singapore-India-Thailand maritime exercise (SITMEX)was … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·       Rajasthan government declared 1,388 villages in 4 districts as drought affected   The Rajasthan state governmentdeclared 1,388 villages of 13 tehsilsin Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, and Hanuman Garh as drought-affected.   It declared 131 villages of Barmer district as severely drought-affected, 92 villages as moderately drought-affected.   InJaisalmer, 632 villages have been declared as severe, and 40 villages … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL WHO study on physical activity-India ranks 8th   The World Health Organization published its study about physical activity of adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years.   The assessment included physical education, active play, recreation and sports, walking, planned exercises and cycling.   India was ranked eighth reporting lowest level of physical activity. … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   Italy to make climate change study compulsory in schools   Italy will next year become the world’s first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to study climate change and sustainable development.   All state schools would dedicate 33 hours per year, almost one hour per school week, to climate change issues from … Read more

RAJASTHAN Textiles ministry to ink MoU with lab for boosting exports   Rajasthan’s Japanese connect is not limited to the dedicated industrial zone in Neemrana alone. The third largest importer of the world also gets 30% of its garments in womenswear segment from Jaipur. But that’s a scratch compared to the potential.   Out of the $37 … Read more