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RAJASTHAN Solar plants of 620 MW get operational at Bhadla park With the commissioning of 620 MW by three companies, the total capacity of Bhadla solar park has reached 1365 MW Spread over 4,500 hactare, Bhadla solar park near Jodhpur has a capacity for 2245 MW which is set to be saturated in next six … Read more 02.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
WEST BENGAL India and ADB Sign $240 Million Loan for 3 West Bengal Districts Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed $240 million loan for providing safe and sustainable drinking water to about 1.65 million people in three districts of the state of West Bengal affected by arsenic, fluoride, and … Read more 02.10.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
WEST BENGAL Kolkata launched Indias first flood forecast system with $1 mn assistance from ADB Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) launched a Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System (FFEWS)for Kolkata City. It is also India’s first comprehensive city-level FFEWS. It will reduce economic loss and impacts on livelihood and improve flood awareness and safety at the … Read more 01.10.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan: MSMEs in focus ahead of assembly elections The medium, small and micro enterprises in Rajasthan seem to be drawing upon extra focus just ahead of Assembly elections. The industries department has recently announced several clusters and a state-level facilitation centre for the MSME sector. In the sequence investment promotion centres will soon … Read more 01.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
WEST BENGAL · Rajnath Agrees State’s Necessity of Central Forces ð There is need for central security forces in the state. The forces were removed earlier from the state for the election purpose in different states, as it was demanded by the Election Commission. Due to which the central force was temporarily withdrawn … Read more 29-30.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN PM Modi inaugurates Parakram Parv in Jodhpur to mark 2 years of surgical strikes Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Jodhpur Military Station to inaugurate ‘Parakram Parv’ — an exhibition to commemorate the second anniversary of surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army against terror camps across the Line of Control in … Read more 29-30.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
WEST BENGAL Country’s first community-based early warning system for landslides deployed in Darjeeling The Eastern Himalayas consist of young-fold mountains with higher slopes that receive more rains than the western Himalayas. “In disaster situations, locals first respond and, therefore, GSI decided to put them at the centre of a system where are … Read more 28.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Vice President Inaugurates Smart City Expo India 2018 at Jaipur The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the creation of pedestrian non-motorized zones is the need of the hour curb traffic congestions. The object of this three days long expo is to have discussions among different experts … Read more 28.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
WEST BENGAL Kolkata launches India’s first flood forecast system The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, with the support of the Asian Development Bank, has launched the country’s first flood forecasting and early-warning system. It will provide real-time data on inundation, rainfall intensity, temperature, air quality and other climate-related data This is expected to help … Read more 27.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Cabinet approves financial assistance for Sirhind Feeder Canal and Rajasthan Feeder Canal The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved providing Central Assistance of Rs. 620.42 Cr. and Rs. 205.758 Cr. for implementation of relining of Rajasthan Feeder Canal and Sirhind Feeder Canal respectively over five years (2018-19 to … Read more 27.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs