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INTERNATIONAL · Japan to test mini space elevator Researchers at Shizuoka University, a Japanese team, has developed a space elevator, a miniature version on satellites. The first trial of the miniature version of the apparatus and monitoring equipment on satellites will be conducted in the month of September. This will be the world’s first … Read more 06.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Compared to last year, Rajasthan records lesser rains this time Till September 4, rainfall received in the state is 5.41 per cent lower to normal rainfall. As per Water Resource Department data, state has received 441.16 mm of rainfall against the normal rainfall of 466.42 mm in the period of June 1 to … Read more 06.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Curtain Raiser :Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Exercise KAZIND 2018 Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Army Exercise ‘KAZIND’ will be conducted between the Indian and Kazakhstan Army from 10 to 23 Sep 2018 in Otar region, Kazakhstan. This is the third joint military exercise between the two countries which have a history of extensive cooperation … Read more 05.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL · India and Nepal Sign MoU On Preliminary Survey Of Railway Line Between Raxaul and Kathmandu Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri and Nepal’s Secretary of Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Madhusudan Adhikari signed the MoU in Kathmandu. India and Nepal agreed in April 2018 to construct a … Read more 04.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL 6th East Asia Summit and 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting held in Singapore Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu attended the 6thEast Asia Summit- Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-EMM) and 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) in Singapore. Singapore is currently holding the Chair of ASEAN. The 6th East-Asia Economic … Read more 02-03.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Jaipur’s Vishwakarma area most polluted in state, says report Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) has released the data collected by pollution surveillance centres in eight cities of the state. As per the data, Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKI) has the highest particle matter (PM 10 rate) in the state. Jaipur came up as the most polluted … Read more 05.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN More clusters to help promote MSME in Rajasthan The state industries department in Rajasthan is gearing up for more clusters to promote medium, small and micro enterprises (MSME) in the state. The state has not taken due advantage of the central government’s modified industrial infrastructure up-gradation scheme for cluster development. The … Read more 04.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Internet shutdowns cost state ₹659 crore in 3 years: Report Seventeen instances of internet shutdowns over 2015, 2016 and 2017, cost Rajasthan ~659.37 crore , shows an April 2018 report by think tank, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Mobile internet shutdowns alone added up to 594 hours in … Read more 02-03.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL · NASA set to launch Ice, Cloud Land Elevation satellite to track earth’s melting ice The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (icesat-2)will measure the average annual elevation change of land ice covering Greenland and Antarctica to within the width of a pencil, capturing 60,000 measurements every second. Icesat-2 which is scheduled to … Read more 01.09.18 West Bengal(WBPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Sushma Swaraj inaugurated ‘Jaipur Foot’ camp in Vietnam capital Hanoi External Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajwho is on a four day two nation tour of South East Asia which includes Vietnam and Cambodia, presented free India-made prosthetic limbs for 500 Vietnamese beneficiaries. Last month, it was announced in Jaipur that about 1,000 differently-abled people in Myanmar and Vietnam would be provided … Read more 01.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs