sep 2018

RAJASTHAN Joint Indo-Russian air exercise in Jodhpur   With a view to increasing the cooperation in anti-terror operations, joint tactical exercise will be conducted between the Indian Air Force and Russian Air Force December 10 till December 22 in the Thar desert of Rajasthan and the Jodhpur Air Force base. Called Aviaindra, the exercise is … Read more

TAMILNADU   ·        Thanjavur: Big Temple cleaning taken up in big way   ð  The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has taken up chemical cleaning of the ‘Gopurams’ of the historic Big temple here in view of the ‘Kumbabishekam (consecration) to be performed to the Lord Shiva shrine either this year or next year.   … Read more

RAJASTHAN UDH to make ‘space’ for tourism projects   Various tourism projects signed under Resurgent Rajasthan will soon be eligible for allotment of land by local bodies without any size limits. The urban development minister reportedly has consent over a proposal to permit local bodies for the purpose. The proposal is aimed towards improving upon … Read more

TAMILNADU New solar policy in the works in Tamil Nadu   Tamil Nadu will soon have a new solar policy with the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), the state nodal agency for renewable energy, putting out the draft of the Tamilnadu Solar Energy Policy, 2018 for comments from various stakeholders. It envisages various incentives for energy … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets its first transgender engineer Malini Das, a 22-year-old transgender, has become the first in her community who has completed her graduation in i engineering in computer science from a private university.     After Supreme Court judgement dated April 15, 2014 in written petition civil no. 400 of 2012 I am the … Read more

TAMILNADU TEDA to install 1 lakh solar farm pumps   Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), the nodal agency for renewable energy in the State, has envisaged an ambitious plan to roll out one lakh grid-connected solar powered agriculture pumps at a project cost of ₹13,500 crore.   The project aims to incentivise farmers generating solar … Read more

TAMILNADU MLL to set up its warehouse in Chennai, South India   Mahindra Logistics Ltd. (MLL) plans to set up its multi-modal warehouses of half-a-million sq.ft in the Chennai,South India. This is to strengthen position in the location. MLL, the country’s largest third-party solutions, provider said it plans to enter the freight-forwarding business in Chennai and set … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bags awards for implementing housing schemes    Rajasthan shined at the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Aawas (rural), Pradhan Mantri Sadak and MGNREGA at the national level by winning several awards. Rajasthan bagged the first prize at the state level in achieving the the target under the Prime Ministers Rural Housing scheme while Banswara … Read more

TAMILNADU ·        Centre despatches 16 rakes of coal to T.N., more to come   ð  With the Centre despatching 16 rakes of coal to Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, the coal stock will suffice for four days.   ð  The Union Power Ministry held a high-level meeting last week and and decided to send 16 rakes of coal … Read more

RAJASTHAN Soon, govt plans Td vaccine for children Soon, the Td (Tetanus and Diphtheria) vaccine will be administered to older teens and pregnant woman also as the government has planned to include Diphtheria vaccine for adolescent and the pregnant woman in universal immunization program (UIP) because a number of Diphtheria cases have been observed in … Read more