Oct 2018

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan textiles industry goes to downturn   For the last two years there has been no growth in the textile industry, the mainstay of Bhilwara’s economy. The city is home to 850 textile units that create direct employment for 85,000 people and indirect employment for 60,000. Unlike in other industrial towns, here migrants make … Read more

TAMILNADU Solar park project in Trichy gets approvals under smart cities mission   Trichy Corporation has managed to obtain both administrative and technical approvals for establishing a 2.5 megawatt (MW) solar park under smart cities mission to generate electricity from sunlight.   The civic body earlier submitted a proposal with a high power committee comprising senior bureaucrats … Read more

TAMILNADU Income tax collections in Tamil Nadu up 138% in seven years   According to CBDT data, Income tax collections in Tamil Nadu have increased by 137.89% between 2010-11 and 2017-18 as per the latest Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) data. In 2010-11, the total income tax collection in the state was Rs 28,409 crore but … Read more

RAJASTHAN Statue of Unity waste to carve Gate of Unity   The waste material from the construction of the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, will be used to construct a Gate of Unity in the outskirts of Sikar in Rajasthan.   The gate will be about 46 feet high, on top of which, there will be a six-feet-tall statue of Sardar … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu CM opens Rs 629crore infra projects   Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami  inaugurated over bridges, residential quarters, police stations, fire and rescue services stations and other infrastructure projects by highways and minor ports, home and energy departments costing Rs 629 crore.   The projects inaugurated on Wednesday include Malliakarai-Rasipuram-Tiruchengode-Erode Road upgraded at … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan Heritage :Kalibangan – Indus Valley Civilization   Kalibangan is a town on the banks of the Ghaggar river, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, 205 kms. north of Bikaner. The existence of Indus Valley civilization in desert of Thar and the remnants of the pre-Harappan and Harappan settlements that have been unearthed here have played … Read more

TAMILNADU In a 1st, bananas to be shipped to Italy   For the first time in the country, a trial container of banana will be shipped to Italy. The container, laden with 21 tonnes of grand naine variety of banana, will leave Kochi port on November 1 and is expected to reach the Port of Trieste, Italy, … Read more

RAJASTHAN Digitalisation of Textbooks in Rajasthan The introduction of ‘energised’ (QR code imposed) Science and Mathematics textbooks for students of Classes IX and X from this academic year (2018-19) will provide additional content for topics in the syllabus which are difficult to comprehend for an average student. QR codes providing contextualised interactive audio-visual content and … Read more

TAMILNADU Regularised layouts in TN to come under scrutiny of RERA Act   Unauthorised layouts regularised under the regularisation of unapproved plots scheme will come under the blanket cover of the Real Estate Act. The Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA) has sought the commissioner of town and country planning to direct layout promoters, who have … Read more

RAJASTHAN A fourth of Aravali hills in Rajasthan gone forever   In a starting revelation, Supreme Court appointed central empowered committee(CEC) on Tuesday told the court that 31 out of 128 hills in Aravali region in Rajasthan have vanished in the last 50 years due to massive illegal mining, compelling the court to direct the state to … Read more