GPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, GPSC Test Series
GUJARAT Surat gets closer to getting more int’l, domestic flights After an inordinate delay, the Surat airport has moved a step further in getting limited international airport and increased air connectivity to the domestic destinations. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has accorded the concept and execution-level approval for displacement of runway 22 on … Read more
GUJARAT Polluted rivers: Gujarat ranks 4th Sabarmati riverfront is considered a model in giving facelift to an ailing river. However, if figures of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) submitted in Lok Sabha on January 5 are considered, Sabarmati is among Gujarat’s 20 most polluted rivers. Further, Gujarat ranks fourth among top … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat government made essential suggestions in Pre- Budget meeting at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel attended the pre- budget meeting called up by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely at Delhi wherein he gave some important suggestions. While addressing this meeting Patel said that , Gujarat Government has done exceptionally well in solar sector and the state government … Read more
GUJARAT Narendra Modi to host third world leader in Gujarat in 3 years The Israeli PM will be the third international leader to be hosted in Ahmedabad in a span of over three years ever since Modi became PM in May 2014. Modi hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping on his birthday on September 17, 2014, followed … Read more
GUJARAT Creating a launchpad for new ideas Amid the boom and bust of the global startup scenario, the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) — a pet project of PM Narendra Modi — aims to create an ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs with help ranging from grooming to funding. Modi along with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu will visit iCreate on … Read more
GUJARAT Just 5% of sewage from municipalities in Gujarat is treated The state is in a bit of a mess on the sewage treatment front. Only 5% of the sewage generated by 162 municipalities is treated. The situation is no better in the eight municipal corporations. Industrial pollution was more dangerous than the … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat University sends question papers ‘code-locked’ To ensure that there was no case of paper leak, Gujarat University had sent the question papers to the colleges in a locked aluminum box. The lock had a code which was given to the observers just half-an-hour before the examination began. During the semester-I exams for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, … Read more
GUJARAT China is watching Gujarat polls closely India’s economic reforms are “an issue of deep concern to China because of its increasing economic interaction with India”. The outlook for India’s economic reforms is deeply related to a good number of Chinese companies doing business in India such as Xiaomi and OPPO. If the BJP wins … Read more
GUJARAT Tired of Gujarat reluctance on Gir lions, MP to release tigers in Kuno Madhya Pradesh seems to have given up the ambitious Asiatic lion translocation programme from Gir lion sanctuary in Gujarat to Kuno-Palpur sanctuary in MP. After nearly two-decades of unsuccessful tussle with Gujarat over translocation of Gir lions to Kuno-Palpur sanctuary near Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh government … Read more
GUJARAT Total 1,283 qualify in Gujarat State Eligibility Test A total of 1,283 candidates from across the state have qualified in the Gujarat State Eligibility Test(GSET). The 12th GSET which is conducted for determining the eligibility for lectureship in universities and colleges of Gujarat was held on August 27. M S University was the nodal agency for … Read more