August 2018

RAJASTHAN Education dept announces 3,290 ‘Ujiyari Panchayats’   Education department announced 3,290 panchayats in the state as ‘Ujiyari Panchayats’.   Government schools in such panchayats had zero dropout rate of students around 50 lakh students will be enrolled in secondary schools under the enrolment campaign in the state.   Directions have been given to officers … Read more 31.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

      INTERNATIONAL   ·        Scotland 1st country in the World to give students free sanitary products   Scotland has become the world’s first country to provide freesanitary products to all students in a bid to tackle “period poverty”. Scottish government approved a £5.2 million ($6.7 million) initiative that will make sanitary products free at all … Read more 28.08.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL   ·        UK announces new organ donation plan to address Indian origin shortages   The UK government has announced new plans to change the law for organ and tissue donation to address the urgent need for organs within theIndian-origin communitiesin the country. The proposed new system of consent for organ and tissue donation is expected … Read more 08.08.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·        State has maximum mother milk banks in Asia   Rajasthan has the largest network of human milk banks in Asia, says the health department.   Rajasthan alone has 18 mothers’ milk banks run by the state government, which is more than China that has 17 mother milk banks. Apart from these 18 banks, … Read more 22.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN CM opens country’s biggest techno-hub in Jaipur   Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has inaugurated the Bhamashah Techno Hub in Jhalana Industrial Area of Jaipur.   Raje said the country’s biggest centre equipped with the ultra-modern technology will help around 700 entrepreneurs to work under one roof and realise their dreams.   The centre … Read more 18.08.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

      INTERNATIONAL   ·        EU-India joined hands to develop new Influenza vaccine   EU – India committed EUR 15 million each to fund for this cause through the “Horizon 2020”  Indian government and the European Union (EU)partnered for Rs. 240 crore research programme to develop a Next Generation Influenza Vaccine to protect people throughout the … Read more 29.08.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

    INTERNATIONAL   ·        India and Thailand concludes Maitree Military Exercise   A two-week long platoon level military exercise called ‘Exercise Maitree 2018’ concluded at Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar. The main aim of the military exercise is to strengthen the partnership between armies of the two countries.   The exercise began with a cross … Read more 21.08.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

    INTERNATIONAL   ·        Rashida Tlaib set to become 1st Muslim woman in US Congress   She (42-year-old) is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants and won a Democratic primary election to represent Michigan’s 13thdistrict, securing 33.6 percent of the vote. Tlaib is set to replace John Conyers. She served in the Michigan state house from 2009 to … Read more 09.08.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   ·        UN E-Government Index: India ranked 96th Denmark tops the list   India jumped 22 places to 96th rank in the top 100 of the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI) 2018. Denmark, with an index value of 0.9150, topped the 2018 E-Government Development Survey. The E-Government survey is released by the United Nations in … Read more 01.08.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

      INTERNATIONAL   ·        Tokyo to deploy facial recognition in the Summer Olympics 2020   The Summer Olympics of 2020has been planned to happen in Tokyo. In Tokyo 2020 the athletes and the staff will be scanned by cutting-edge facial recognition technology. This is the first time facial recognition ever that is to be deployed … Read more 07.07.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs