August 2018

RAJASTHAN Om Prakash clinches gold in rowing at Asian Games   After Bajrang Lal Takhar, Om Prakash has brought laurels for the country with a gold medal in rowing in the Asian Games in Jakarta.   Om Prakash bagged the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with teammates Swarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal and Sukhmeet … Read more

MAHARASHTRA MMR: City’s next big development hotspot   A development boom is taking root in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), boosted by the proposed international airport at Navi Mumbai, and several projects that promise to improve connectivity in the areas.   The state’s urban development department, in 2017, gave location clearances to at least eight … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Monorail operations cost likely to increase by 130%   The operational cost of the country’s only monorail route in Mumbai may rise by more than double.   On August 15, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) appointed a committee to end the deadlock between itself and the monorail operator over the per-trip cost.   … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt nod to Nandi Gaushalas, cost to be borne by agencies initially   The state government has given its approval to the establishment of Nandi Gaushala (shelters for stray bulls, bullocks and male calves) in each district of Rajasthan.   The idea behind the decision is to not just provide home to stray bulls, … Read more

MAHARASHTRA India’s wettest place: Mahabaleshwar pips Cherrapunji this year   According to the India Meterological department (IMD), the hill station in Maharashtra tops even Mawsynram, Cherrapunji’s neighbour in Meghalaya, and now widely considered the place that receives the most rain in the country.   Between June 1 and August 28, the erstwhile wettest place on … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Now, autonomous body to decide curriculum of textbooks in Rajasthan  Rajasthan has formed an autonomous State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in Udaipur, for writing content for state textbooks, curriculum design teachers’ training and research on subjects, especially modern and ancient sciences. The budget for SCERT will be given by the … Read more

MAHARASHTRA ·        Maharashtra government takes steps to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis from three districts   ð  The state government under the National Programme for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) has started Mass Drug Administration (MDA) in Thane, Palghar, and Gadchiroli districts. The drive, which started on August 27, will be carried out with the help of … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·        State has maximum mother milk banks in Asia   Rajasthan has the largest network of human milk banks in Asia, says the health department.   Rajasthan alone has 18 mothers’ milk banks run by the state government, which is more than China that has 17 mother milk banks. Apart from these 18 banks, … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Activists upset with just 110 silence zones across Mumbai   Maharashtra amended the Noise Rules on August 10, 2017 and declared that all the earlier silence zones identified by BMC were no longer in operation as they had not been specifically notified by the State Government. Post this all municipal bodies including BMC were … Read more

RAJASTHAN Gps-fitted radio collars for Sariska tigers soon   After the poaching of tiger ST-11 and disappearance of tigress ST-5, the Sariska Tiger Reserve administration decided to get six high quality radio collars fitted with global positioning system (GPS) by September first week, reserve officials said. These radio collars from Germany cost Rs 5 lakh … Read more