Oct 2018

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan Scheme : Rajshree Yojana   From the birth of a girl to class 12th, financial assistance of up to 50,000 parents is provided to the parent for education, health and care. This amount is given in the following steps.   2500 rupees at birth of daughter   2500 rupees for one year of … Read more 19.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL     Armies of India and Japan to hold first ever joint exercise from November 1   Armies of India and Japan will hold their first ever joint exercise from November 1 at a jungle warfare school in Mizoram’s Vairengte with a focus on strengthening counter-terror cooperation.   The focus of the two-week-long … Read more 19.10.18 Jammu & kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Schemes : Bhamashah Sawasthya Bima Yojana   In the Bamashah Health Insurance scheme, every eligible family is being provided 30,000 rupees for general ailments every year and Rs. 3 lakhs for critical illnesses.In addition to the expenses incurred during the recruitment of the hospital, the expenditure upto 15 days after the recruitment is … Read more 18.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   World Food Day: 16 October     World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger.   The theme of World Food Day 2018 is ‘Our actions are our future – A zero hunger world by 2030 is possible’.     India is 58th most competitive economy in WEF … Read more 17.10.18 Jammu & kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Schemes :- Adarsh School scheme   In order to provide better education to the students in the rural areas of the state and to provide better facilities to the schools, Rajasthan Government has adopted innovation in the education sector in the last four years in every Gram Panchayat of the state for modern … Read more 17.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL   World Students’ Day: 15 October   World Students’ Day is observed to mark the birthday of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. It is observed on Kalam’s birthday, 15 October.   In 2015 the United Nations declared 15 October “World Students’ Day”.     Kalam was the 11th president of India.     … Read more 16.10.18 Jammu & kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN The plastic bags to be replaced with Biodegradable.   Biodegradable bags, made of starch from maize, are likely to replace regular polythene bags in the state.   After imposing effective ban on usage of plastic bags, government has been looking for a substitute.     The bags have been certified by third-party testing agencies … Read more 16.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Bhilwara dairy launches packaged cow milk   Bhilwara dairy has started selling of packed cow milk in the market. Bhilwara Zila Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh, a co-operative union of milk producers affiliated to Rajasthan Co-operative Dairy Federation (RCDF) is the only second dairy board in the state, after the one in Bikaner, which is … Read more 15.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

JAMMU AND KASHMIR   Crime against women on rise   The latest figures of the J&K Police show an increase in the cases of crime against women in the state. A report of the J&K police department revealed that the total number of cases of violence increased from 2,929 in 2016 to 3,363 in 2017. The … Read more 15.10.18 Jammu & kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

    INTERNATIONAL   ·        World Bank Human Capital Index: Singapore Tops, India Ranks 115th   World Bank released the Human Capital Index (HCI) as part of the World Development Report 2019. Broader theme of the World Development Report (WDR) this year is“The Changing Nature of Work”.  The World Bank has launched a Human Capital Project (HCP).  The HCI has … Read more 13-14.10.18 Jammu & kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs