july 2018

MAHARASHTRA Power consumption in Mumbai drops from 3600 to 2400 MW Demand for electricity in Mumbai in the last ten days has reduced drastically to 24,000 Megawatts, which was 36,000 MW before rainfall.   In Maharashtra, power demand has reduced to 12,000 Megawatts, which had surpassed 34,000 MW before the rains. The scorching summer heat … Read more

RAJASTHAN Centre allocates over Rs 2,000 cr for highways in Rajasthan  According to data released by the ministry, the funds have apparently been allocated as per the need as in 2012-13 it was Rs 12.24 crore which increased to Rs 215.50 crore in 2014 but dipped in 2015 with only Rs 107.16 crore but saw a massive … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Mumbai fish samples tested by CIFE are found formalin negative   Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE) in Versova tested 27 samples collected from fish markets across the Mumbai city and found negativefor the formalin, a cancer-causing chemical preservative. The fear of the presence of Formalin in the imported fish has gripped the nation in the past … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Second in the list of foetus test offenders, Haryana tops   A total of 449 convictions have been secured till March this year from across the country, for violations under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 — enacted to stop female foeticide — according to a report released by the … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra Govt to provide Rs. 21,000 crore package for Vidarbha, Marathwada   The BJP-led Maharashtra government announced a special package worth over ₹21,000 crorefor the development of industries, agriculture and tourism in the Vidarbha and Marathwada A new government milk brand “Gondavana” would be created, for this, a plant will be set up in Gadchiroli district to manufacture products under the brand name. A “skill … Read more

RAJASTHAN MJSA-Very less political donation in scheme   The crowd-funded project, Mukhya Mantri Jal Swalamban Abhiyan received least donations from political institutions in the first two phases — 0.007 per cent in Phase-i and 0.2 per cent in Phase-ii.   In other words, of the total ₹35.76 crore the MJSA received in Phase-i from different … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Volkswagen has planned to set up a design centre in Pune   German auto major Volkswagen (VW) Group has planned to set up a design centrein Chakan near Pune. It is aimed to expand the production capacity of the company. VW would be investing ₹8,000 crore, in phases, in the design centre, development of new models and other activities. … Read more

RAJASTHAN AntaraRaj app launched to track use injectable contraceptive in state   The National Health Mission (NHM) Rajasthan has innovatively used Information Technology in the health systems to track the use of Antara, an injectable contraceptive.   Rajasthan is the top performing state in the country when it comes to the use of Antara; it … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road station renamed as Prabhadevi   The station named after Lord Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay Presidency from 1853 to 1860, has been rechristened as Prabhadeviin honour of a local deity of the same name and to erase a “colonial” name. This renaming was first proposed by Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raote in 1991. … Read more

RAJASTHAN IIT creates tech to treat water with sunlight and Rajasthani clay   IIT Jodhpur has come up a low-cost and environment friendly technology for treating contaminated water by using Rajasthani clay and sunlight.   This technology can be used to treat contaminated water containing textile industry effluents, which is a major problem in Western … Read more