HPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, HPSC Test Series
RAJASTHAN Highlights of the Rajasthan budget 2018 Royalty exempted to carry out mining in many areas. Zero belt mining policy will be promoted. GST will be reduced on Kota stone Tax relief of Rs 650 crore given in the budget No new taxes imposed in the current budget District Lease … Read more
NATIONAL Nagaland Gets New Chief Minister, Liezietsu Shurhozelie. Ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) supremo Shurhozelie Liezietsu will take over from Chief Minister TR Zeliang. Recent issue in Nagaland – It is the Conflict in social groups of Nagaland for the 33 % reservation of women in elections. Naga Mothers’ … Read more
NATIONAL Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS AYUSH commissioned in Kochi. Post commissioning, the ship will be based at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Indian Cost Guard (ICG) The establishment of the Indian Coast Guard was first proposed by the Indian Navy to provide non-military maritime services to the nation. … Read more
NATIONAL Dalhousie Road becomes Dara Shikoh Road New Delhi Municipal Council passed a proposal to change the name of Dalhousie Road to Dara Shikoh Road, after the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for “bringing Hindus and Muslims together”. Gujarat becomes the first State in the country for establishing Cashless … Read more
INTERNATIONAL Turkey lifts scarf ban on women soldiers. Turkey’s Army is lifting a historic ban on women officers wearing the Islamic headscarf in the officially secular country The move, ordered by the Defence Ministry, applies to officers working in the general staff and command headquarters and branches Women may wear the … Read more
NATIONAL 17th International Counter Terrorism Seminar held in Haryana. The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurated the 17th International Seminar on Counter Terrorism, being organised by National Security Guard, in Manesar, Haryana. The focus was more on Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). … Read more
RAJASTHAN National deworming day was inaugurated at Dungarpur by feeding tablets to children. At Dungarpur’s gram panchayat bildi, the national deworming day program was started by feeding albendazole tablets to the children. National Deworming Day is a groundbreaking initiative focused on reducing the threat of parasitic worm infections. The … Read more
INTERNATIONAL India, Israel to jointly develop missile for Army India has approved a deal to jointly develop a medium range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM) system for the Army in a Rs. 17,000-crore deal. This is the latest in a series of other variants of SAM systems for the Navy and the Air … 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
INTERNATIONAL 1 France elected new president. France parliamentary assembly has elected former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier by an overwhelming majority to become the country’s new president. He will replace Francois Hollande. NATIONAL 2 Blind cricket world cup (T 20) won by India. Defending champions … Read more