Jaipur: The office of the commissioner for specially-abled persons has urged the panchayati raj and local self-govt departments to take steps to implement a 4% horizontal reservation for persons with disabilities in the upcoming Panchayati Raj and urban local body elections in Rajasthan.The move follows a representation by Hemant Bhai Goyal, national chairman of the…
Jaipur: As the kharif season approaches, Rajasthan govt has assured farmers of adequate availability of urea and other key fertilizers, even as it steps up monitoring to curb hoarding and black marketing. Officials Saturday said the state currently has a strong stock position, particularly of urea, at 3.67 lakh metric tonnes—higher than last year’s levels.The…
Jaisalmer: A Great Indian Bustard (GIB) egg, transported 770 kms by road on March 21 from a captive breeding centre in Sam, Jaisalmer, to Naliya in the Rann of Kutch region of Gujarat, hatched successfully on March 26. This was part of an innovative wildlife conservation effort called the Jumpstart Approach.The critically-endangered cargo made the…
Jaipur: After spending six days recovering from a medical ordeal that could have proved fatal, Achuki, a 23-year-old new mother who was negligently administered a transfusion with the wrong blood type, was discharged from the state-run Zenana Hospital Friday, reports Intishab Ali.The case of medical negligence occurred on March 22, when doctors erroneously transfused Achuki…
Kota: In an innovative push to make environmental education interactive, trees at a govt school in Jhalawar district are now speaking to students. Under the initiative “Tree Talk – Every Tree Has Something to Say,” nearly 500 plants at the Mahatma Gandhi Govt School in the Pachpahar area have been equipped with QR codes. When…
