August 2018

TAMILNADU TN cinemas: Dwindling in audience & revenue   In the last five years, the number of screens operating in Tamil Nadu and in the state has come down. About five years ago this was not the case and decades back cinema theatres would celebrate silver and golden jubilee of screening movies.   While cinema … Read more

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

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu CM inaugurated India’s tallest Film Studio   Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has inaugurated India’s tallest Film Studio named ‘MGR Centenary Film Studio‘. The 56 feet tall, 110 metres long and 100 feet wide studio was constructed using funds collected by the Federation of Film Employees Union of South India (FEFSI), at Paiyanur. The … Read more

RAJASTHAN MOU signed, state to get Yamuna water in summer   In order to meet future water requirements, Rajasthan, along with five other states, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the construction of ~4,000 crore Lakhwar multipurpose project in the upper Yamuna basin.   The MOU between Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and … Read more

RAJASTHAN   World Bank to provide $250 million loan to state for improving power distribution   The World Bank will provide a $250 million loan facility to Rajasthan for improving the performance of its electricity distribution sector.   The Second Programmatic Electricity Distribution Reform Development Policy Loan for Rajasthan is the second in the series … Read more

TAMILNADU Madras Security Printers develops a GPS based software for Chennai Corporation   The e-Governance Leader Madras Security Printers (MSP) has developed a GPS based software for Greater Chennai Corporation for Fleet & Fuel Management.   The Fleet management system developed will help in monitoring the vehicles for efficient operations – reducing the operation cost … Read more

TAMILNADU   Electric buses on cards: Minister MR Vijayabhaskar   State transport minister MR Vijayabhaskar, and other higher-ups on Friday held discussions with UK-based C-40 agency regarding operation of electric buses in the city.   The 4,000 mofussil buses announced earlier in the state Assembly, would also hit the road in a phased manner.   … Read more

RAJASTHAN   To boost tourism in Rajasthan, government promotes unexplored heritage sites   Rajasthan, which houses centuries old heritage buildings and monuments, has notched up an important place in global tourism. Lakhs of tourists annually visit its known heritage buildings famous for unique sculpture, which is a great source to boost state’s revenue along with … Read more

TAMILNADU   Tamil Nadu to develop 32 model schools soon   In a move to attract public and private organisations to develop government schools, the state government has selected one government higher secondary school in every district to develop it as a model school.   The move will attract public and philanthropists, alumni of government … Read more

RAJASTHAN RTU’s A-category list has no government engineering college In a major embarrassment for the state technical education department, none of its 13 government engineering colleges have made it to the Quality Index Value A-Category list of engineering colleges that was released by the Rajasthan Technical University (RTU).   Government engineering colleges failed to score … Read more