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RAJASTHAN IT carnival conculeded, 125 firms to hire 6,000 Rajasthan youths The fourth IT day of Rajasthan had emerged as huge carnval.The Digifest cum IT-Day lined up events like hackathon 4.0, edu hack, green-a-thon e-mitra/ITGK hackathon and TecRush. Under the Hackathon 4.0, a 36 hour non-stop coding marathon on numerous themes was planned and … Read more
RAJASTHAN Govt to track purchase of rabi crops at MSP The Rajasthan government will monitor procurement of rabi crops at minimum support price (MSP) to avoid a repeat of last year’s farmers’ agitations, said officials assigned with responsibilities for buying the produce. After chief minister Vasundhara Raje announced last month one-time crop … Read more
RAJASTHAN A reverse trend for learning outcome in Rajasthan The National Achievement Survey 2017 conducted by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) found a reverse trend in the learning outcomes from Class III to Class VIII. A comparative data of seven divisional headquarters in Rajasthan shows that Jaipur remains on top in most of the subjects, … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to be declared open defecation free by the end of March The state is all set to be declared open defecation free(ODF) by the end this month, claimed by Government of Rajasthan. He said that 188 out of 191 local bodies have been declared ODF. On solid waste management, 97% of the … Read more
RAJASTHAN PM to launch nutrition mission from jhunjhunu PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will launch the National Nutrition Mission on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8 from Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu. The Centre in December approved the mission to tackle under-nutrition, low birth weight and stunting, and sanctioned ₹ 9,046 crore for a … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets its first childfriendly police station Sadar Dholpur has become the state’s first childfriendly police station with a colourful room for children at the police station. Abandoned children, children accused of crimes, etc. who are brought to the police station will be made to sit in the room. There are colourful … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan artisans carve stones for temples in US Artisans from Bayana town of Bharatpur are busy carving stones imported from Turkey which will be used to construct the Akshardham Temple at Robinsville city in the US state of New Jersey. The temple is being constructed by Swami Narayan TempleTrust of Ahmedabad. Other than New Jersey, … Read more
RAJASTHAN State tops in issuing ID cards to divyangs Rajasthan has topped the country in issuing Universal ID and Disability (UDID) cards, a single document of identification and verification for differentlyabled persons, with a total of 2,22,422 cards made so far. In the latest status report of the department of empowerment of persons … Read more
RAJASTHAN Centre stops job scheme funds for cleanliness drive The Centre has asked the Rajasthan government to stop using national rural job scheme funds for a village cleanliness drive in the state, said officials familiar with the development. In 2016, chief minister Vasundhara Raje announced Mukhyamantri Swachh Gram Yojna (MSGY) to ensure cleanliness … Read more
RAJASTHAN Mission ‘Pink Belt’ to empower women Keeping in mind the series of crimes against women and children, the Rajasthan women’s commission launched mission ‘Pink Belt’ for training women to be physically and mentally strong and have sound knowledge of the law. The mission aims at getting girls from college and school to … Read more