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INTERNATIONAL · Russia Started Building Turkey’s First Nuclear Power Plant The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) was awarded a construction license for Akkuyu NPP, Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, which is being built in Mersin province, in southern Turkey. JSC Akkuyu Nuclear is the Russian-owned company which is responsible for the project. The USD20 … Read more 06.04.18 Haryana(HPCS) Current Affairs
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 06.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Trial run of first India-Bangladesh container train flagged off The trial run of the first container train between India and Bangladesh was flagged off from Kolkata city. The train left for Bangladesh with 60 containers loaded with almost 1,200 tonnes of de-oiled cake, used as a raw material for animal feed. … Read more 05.04.18 Haryana(HPCS) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN 11,000 youths to get skill training in Rajasthan The Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) has signed 16 Mous under Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana (DDUGKY) and Regular Skill Training Program (RSTP) to train over 11,000 youths. The RSLDC signed three Mous under the DDUGKY, 12 under the RSTP and … Read more 05.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Indo-Kyrgyzstan joint training exercise KHANJAR-V concludes The fifth Indo-Kyrgyzstan Joint Training Exercise KHANJAR-V culminated on 29 March, after a joint tactical validation exercise and a closing ceremony held at Counter Insurgency Jungle Warfare School. Two week of joint training that commenced on 16 March included understanding tactics of platoon level, developing … Read more 04.04.18 Haryana(HPCS) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Education department gears up for student enrolment drive The state education department is set to push its human resource (teachers) to make Pravesh Utsav (admission festival) a success with record breaking admissions in the election year. The tentative dates for the festival are May 1 to 19 and June 19 to 30. The … Read more 04.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL · Bloomberg Billionaires Top 100 Index Released Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani have been ranked 19th on Bloomberg Billionaires Top 100 Index as he becomes the third richest Asian on the list. With a net worth of approximately $38.3 billion, Ambani’s wealth is pegged at about over 1.5 percent of India’s … Read more 03.04.18 Haryana(HPCS) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Harsimrat Kaur Badal to inaugurate Rajasthan’s first mega food park in Ajmer Union Food Processing Industries Minister Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal will inaugurate the first mega food park at Roopangarh Village in Ajmer, Rajasthan. The Food Park is being set up at a cost of Rs 113.57 crore and will benefit around … Read more 03.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL First US shale gas reaches India; GAIL’s Dabhol terminal receives cargo India’s first liquefied natural gas cargo from the United States landed at the Dabhol regasification terminal in Maharashtra. Receiving the first-ever shipment of 1.2 lakh tonne LNG under the long-term contract of 20 years, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan also announced … Read more 01-02.04.18 Haryana(HPCS) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan plots major startup drive with funds, infrastructure, mentoring ecosystem Rajasthan may have entered the startup space late, but the state government is now pushing the pedal harder to accelerate the pace and beat first-mover locations such as Telangana, Pune and even Bengaluru in creating a compelling ecosystem. The government-led initiative is elaborate and encompassing all … Read more 01-02.04.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs