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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
RAJASTHAN Government clears 4% quota for persons with disabilities The state government on Thursday (January 24) approved four per cent reservation for persons with disabilities in government jobs and education. In Rajasthan, persons with disabilities already enjoyed three per cent reservation in government jobs and education. It has now been increased from three … Read more
INTERNATIONAL India and Morocco sign Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters An Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters was signed between Government of Republic of India and Mr Mohamed Aujjar, Minister of Justice on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco. The Agreement will strengthen … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government issues guidelines for CM Yuva Sambal Yojana The state government has issued detailed guidelines for the Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana under which, the unemployed graduates are given an allowance of Rs 3,500 for girls and Rs 3,000 for boys per month. Though the scheme was launched from February this year. Under the … Read more
INTERNATIONAL UNESCO adds Jamaican reggae, Georgian wrestling and Japanese rituals in coveted list of intangible heritage UN cultural agency UNESCO has added six new elements viz. Jamaican reggae, Georgian wrestling and Japanese ritual into its coveted list of “intangible heritage”. They were added at UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of … Read more
RAJASTHAN Digitalisation of Textbooks in Rajasthan The introduction of ‘energised’ (QR code imposed) Science and Mathematics textbooks for students of Classes IX and X from this academic year (2018-19) will provide additional content for topics in the syllabus which are difficult to comprehend for an average student. QR codes providing contextualised interactive audio-visual content and … 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
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