August 2019

MAHARASHTRA Minister for satellite mapping of reservoirs   The state government is keen on satellite mapping of dams in the wake of the recent floods in Sangli and Kolhapur. State water resources minister Girish Mahajan said the satellite images of weather conditions for a longer period would be tallied with the schedules of the operations of the reservoirs … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government to acquire land for northern corridor of Ring Road   The state government will soon start the process to acquire land for northern corridor of the Ring Road that will connect the Jaipur-Agra National Highway with the Jaipur-Delhi National Highway.   The length of the northern corridor will be 44-km and the NHAI will construct … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker 2019 Open title won by Kreishh Gurbaxani   Mumbai KreishhGurbaxani is currently at the no. 2 spots in the India junior snooker rankings. He won the 2019 Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker Open title.He defeated Odisha’s Asutosh Padhy for 5-4 in the 4-hour final contest. He was awarded the champion’s trophy and a cheque of Rs 30,000.The runner up trophy and a … Read more

RAJASTHAN Finance Commission to visit Rajasthan   The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, N.K. Singh and including Members of the Commission will visit the State of Rajasthan from 16th August to 19th August 2019.   The Commission will hold the other meeting with the representatives of the State’s Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Local … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         Rajasthan gets an award at the World Education Summit ð  Rajasthan has bagged the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi. ð  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati received the award at the summit. ð  Representatives … Read more

MAHARASHTRA ·         President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates Bunker museum ð  President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the underground ‘Bunker Museum’ at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. ð  The 15,000 square feet underground bunker museum has virtual reality booths in which visitors can “time travel” to the 19th century. ð  The bunker was created in the 19th century … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra: Plan to divert excess water to arid parts   Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the state had planned to divert excess rainwater from the Konkan to the Godavari basin to help make Marathwada and North Maharashtra drought-free.   Excess water from the Wainganga that flows to Telangana would be diverted to east and west Vidarbhathrough the Wainganga-Nalganga tunnel … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award   Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award 2019 in the 14th elets World Education Summit (WES) held at New Delhi. The award is for its achievements in higher education. The award was received by the  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati.  The State was award for … Read more

MAHARASHTRA ·         Maharashtra government disburses Rs 7.14 crore to flood-ravaged districts ð  The Pune divisional commissionerate has disbursed Rs 7.14 crore as part of the flood relief compensation announced by the state government to the flood-ravaged districts of Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur. ð  Total 22,962 families in the division have been affected as per the survey and assessment … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         State in forefront of Sanskrit promotion ð   Rajasthan has been in forefront of promoting Sanskrit education and is the only state in the country with an education directorate and an education minister for Sanskrit.   ð  “The Sanskrit education directorate was set up in Rajasthan in 1958 when Mohan Lal Sukhadia was the … Read more