March 2019

TAMILNADU Chennai’s DakshinaChitra to celebrate Ugadi festival   DakshinaChitra will celebrate Ugadi festival from March 27 to 31. As part of the celebrations, Devarakonda Banjara troupe from Andhra Pradesh will perform tribal dance forms and there will also be a display and sale of crafts by artisans from Andhra Pradesh.   The troupe will be performing different types of dances … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government to set up regulatory body to monitor private hospitals   The state government is planning to set up a regulatory authority for monitoring their activities, the fees they charge and the treatment they provide.   As of now, there is no Act or any government body in place, which keeps a check … Read more

TAMILNADU Samagra Shiksha to conduct State Level Achievement Survey   The school education department under the Samagra Shiksha will conduct State Level Achievement Survey (SLAS) in government schools in the district. The survey would be held in the form of a test for Classes IV, VII and IX.   The main motive of the survey is to find the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Land pooling Act likely after Lok Sabha pools   Rajasthan government’s ambitious but much delayed land pooling Act may come into force after the Lok Sabha elections.   Land pooling policy was devised as an alternative to the cumbersome process of land acquisition for development. As per the Act, part of land will be used for urban infrastructure development … Read more

TAMILNADU Good nesting season for Olive Ridley turtles, says TN forest department   Through the Olive Ridley nesting season so far, theForest Department of Tamil Nadu State has recorded 251 nests and has collected 28,527 eggs which have been taken to their hatcheries. This is double the number of nests recorded by the department the previous year. The olive ridley … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan chalks out strategy to improve health indicators   After failing miserably to secure respectable place in overall delta ranking of NITI Aayog, the five aspirational districts of the state identified by the Centre need improvement in 49 different indicators set by NITI Aayog. The health department has chalked out a strategy to improve health indicators in the … Read more

TAMILNADU Chennai to get second greenfield airport   TheTamil Nadu government has finally taken the first step towards building the second greenfield airport near Chennai.Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) Limited has issued a Request for Proposal to appoint a consultant for preparing a draft report and identify potential sites near the city. Tidco was chosen as … Read more

RAJASTHAN Jaipur’s Swachh ranking slips 5 spots to reach 44th   Dropping down five positions from last year, Jaipur city stood at 44th position in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 survey ranking conducted by the ministry of housing and urban affairs. The city ranked 39th in 2018.   The city stood first in the state, followed … Read more

RAJASTHAN Pay ₹30 cr to central board over Luni pollution, NGT asks state   The National Green Tribunal has directed the state government to deposit ₹30 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) within a month for pollution of Barmer district’s Luni river.   On January 7, 2019, the NGT had ordered for constitution … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu’s 16-year-old, P Iniyan, becomes India’s 61st chess Grandmaster   IniyanPanneerselvam defeated Ukraine’s 37-year-old Grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk in Noisiel Open chess tournament in France to become India’s 61st  Viswanathan Anand is India’s first Chess Grandmaster and he achieved the norm way back in 1987. He is also a five-time World Chess champion.    INTERNATIONAL … Read more