07.09.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat government gives panel more time to set fees.   Gujarat government, through a notification, has increased the time available for fixing fees by the the fee regulatory committee formed under the Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (regulation of Fees) Act 2017. The government has clearly stated that the fee regulatory committee will now declare … Read more

06.09.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Google signs MoU for digital Gujarat.   Gujarat government has signed an MoU with Google India towards actualizing the ‘Digital Gujarat’ movement under ‘Digital India’.   Under the MoU Google will train small and medium scale entrepreneurs the use of digital platform for business development under the ‘Digital Unlocked’ programme,and will provide ‘cloud’ … Read more

05.09.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat goes lax on Zika surveillance   Lax approach to sero-surveillance by the state health department in Ahmedabad and other cities in the state is alarming, especially because the virus spreads by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue and chikungunya. The spike in Aedes aegypti numbers comes after the monsoon, whic … Read more

03 & 04.09.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   ·               President Ram Nath Kovind to lay foundation stone for Link-4 of SAUNI Scheme in Rajkot.   ð President Ramnath Kovind will today lay the foundation stone for the link – 4 of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Scheme -SAUNI- Yojana in Rajkot district. ð The project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his tenure as Chief … Read more

02.09.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Gujarat on September 4 to launch projects     President Ram Nath Kovind visit Jasdan town of Rajkot district on September 4 to launch some projects and attend various programs. This is for the first time when our country’s president is coming to Rajkot to attend a government program. … Read more

01.09.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT     Central scheme for senior citizens launched in Gujarat   Union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot launched a scheme that provides for physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to theBPL category. The centrally-sponsored scheme, `Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana’,was unveiled on April 1 this year and since then it has already been launched in … Read more

31.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Manoj Das appointed as Principal Secretary to Gujarat CM   Manoj Das, 1990 batch senior IAS, Principal Secretary Industry and Mines department has been appointed as Principal Secretary to the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.   Das who has vast experience of working on the important assignments in the Government of India and key assignments in … Read more

30.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Google explores tie-up with govt   Search engine giant Google is likely to tie up with the Gujarat government to train university students in cyber security and for research activity in educational institutions, labour improvement etc. Google will also help develop relevant image libraries and promote tourist destinations in the state.   Google India has already … Read more

29.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

  GUJARAT   PM hails Jamiat for cleaning 22 flood-hit temples in Gujarat   Prime Minister Modi  hailed Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind, a leading Islamic organisation, for cleaning 22 temples and two mosques affected by recent floods in Gujarat. The PM lauded JUH volunteers’ service and said they set a “fine and inspiring” example of unity for cleanliness as he … Read more