Nov 2018

TAMILNADU ·        60 govt schools in Coimbatore to get biometric attendance systems ð   A Total of 60 government schools here will soon get biometric attendance systems for teachers. ð  Officials in the school education department said they had asked for biometric systems for 60 schools in the Coimbatore revenue district, which comprises four educational districts, in the first phase ð  … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·        Rajasthan might be no.1 jeera producer ð  By November last week, cumin acreage in Gujarat stands 36% lower at 1.22 lakh hectares as against 1.91 lakh hectares in the same period last year. ð  On the contrary, Rajasthan has witnessed 24% increase in sowing area at 3.1 lakh hectares as compared to 2.5 … Read more

TAMILNADU Centre approves 354 crore disaster relief to Tamil Nadu   Union home minister Rajnath Singh has given approval for releasing the second instalment of the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund for Tamil Nadu, amounting to 354 crore for the current fiscal. A similar allocation was made towards the first instalment in June … Read more

RAJASTHAN Government targets to eradicate malaria from Rajasthan by 2022   Rajasthan eyes to achieve zero indigenous case of malaria by 2022.   In the state, more than 3,000 cases of malaria have reported till date this year. However, for the past two years, no death due to malaria has reported from the state. In 2016, last death … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu announces relief package of 1,000 crore for cyclone relief   Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami announced immediate allocation of Rs 1,000 crore for relief and restoration work after Cyclone Gaja left a trail of destruction and claimed 46 lives in the state’s central and coastal districts.   A sum of Rs 3,800 will be paid to each … Read more

RAJASTHAN Government targets to eradicate malaria from Rajasthan by 2022   Rajasthan eyes to achieve zero indigenous case of malaria by 2022. Malaria, once a common fever, is still contributing not only to mortality and morbidity but imposes economic burden on the people. In the state, more than 3,000 cases of malaria have reported till date this year. … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu to increase TB detection clinics   The state has decided to make testing facilities across the state. While the annual detection rate for the disease in the state is 132 per one lakh population, studies how that it should touch at least 200 per one lakh people.   The TB case notification has … Read more

RAJASTHAN     Fairs in News : Pushkar Fair   Pushkar Fair is one of the most famous and oldest fairs in India where the visitors can witness myriads of the color of Indian culture. The fair, famously known as ‘Pushkar Mela,’ is primarily celebrated to glorify the Kartik Purnima Festival, which takes place during … Read more

TAMILNADU TNPL plans to procure wood from cyclone-affected farmers   Tamil Nadu Papers Limited (TNPL), the state-owned producer of newsprint and writing paper, has come forward to procure wood pulp.   There are five major species of trees are procured by TNPL as raw material to make paper, casuarina and eucalyptus are the ones primarily used. … Read more

RAJASTHAN 10 years on, Gurjar quota issue remains unsolved Reservation is being granted by the governments in power. Rajasthan, currently, has some 50 per cent reservation that includes 21 per cent for OBCs, 16 per cent for SCs and 12 per cent for STs and 1 per cent for MBC. Despite violent agitations, long drawn … Read more