sep 2018

JAMMU AND KASHMIR   To attract investment, state approves single window Act   In a landmark initiative aimed at easing the flow of investment through business ventures in the state, the state on Monday approved the ‘J&K Single Window (Industrial Investment and Business Facilitation) Act-2018’.   The act, aimed at a comprehensive overhaul of outdated … Read more

RAJASTHAN Jaipur Literature Festival begins in Houston   Jaipur Literature Festival was begun in Houston with a soulful music performance followed by stimulating discussions.   Subscribe on YouTube The festival is touted as the world’s largest free literary festival.   The inaugural session also saw Congress leader and writer Shashi Tharoor discuss his book “Why … Read more

JAMMU AND KASHMIR   Govt profiles Kashmiri youth applying for passports, visas   Amid reports of Kashmiri youth getting inclined towards militancy and a few of them moving to Pakistan for arms training on valid travel documents, security agencies in J&K have started profiling the youth who are applying for passports and visas.   Apart … Read more

RAJASTHAN Sawai Singh Shekhawat to be honoured with Meera Puruskar   Jaipur-based poet and writerSawai Singh Shekhawat will be honoured with Meera Puruskar by Rajasthan Sahitya Academy for his contribution to Hindi  The Award function will be held in October, this year. He has published seven booksof poetry and his first Rajasthani story, Koonpal, was translated in Hindi, Telgu & Dogari. He served … Read more

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

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

INTERNATIONAL   ·        IWC defeated the proposal to create Whale Sanctuary   The International Whaling Commission (IWC) defeated a proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic at a meeting in Brazil. The proposal received support from 39 countries but was opposed by 25. Brazil first introduced the proposal in 2001. Japan and few other nations argued … Read more

RAJASTHAN Subscribe on YouTube Election Commission survey finds 1.12 lakh fake voters in Jaipur When the Jaipur Election Department investigated 10 lakh voters in 19 Assembly constituencies of the district, it was found that there are 1,12,000 fake voters. The data showed that most of the fake voters are from Sanganer, Vidhyadhar Nagar and Kishanpole … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   ·        India, US annual combat exerciseYudh Abhyas 2018to be held at Uttarakhand   The 2-Week long Yudh Abhyas 2018 exercise will be condcuted at Chaubatia in Uttarakhand from 16 to 29 September, 2018. It will be fourteenth edition of exercise in Yudh Abhyas series which was started in 2004 under US Army Pacific Partnership Program. Last year, Yudh Abhyas was … Read more

RAJASTHAN Delegates from 20 countries to be at Smart City Expo   Delegates from 20 countries will take participate in a three-day international conference ‘Smart City Expo India 2018’ in Jaipur. The event will be organised from September 26 to September 28 at Jaipur Exhibition and Convent Centre (JECC) in Sitapura.   Jaipur Development Authority … Read more