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Jaipur: A sudden weather shift triggered by an active western disturbance brought unseasonal rain and hailstorms across Rajasthan Thursday, affecting several districts for the second consecutive day. While the rainfall provided relief from rising temperatures, it also damaged crops and led to a loss of life.An average drop of nearly 9°C in both maximum and…

Jaipur: Rajasthan police’s Special Operations Group has identified nearly 2,000 suspected dummy candidates using AI-enabled software to detect impersonators in govt recruitment exams, a long-running problem in the state.Additional DGP (SOG) Vishal Bansal said the system can detect people who appeared in exams in place of original applicants. “The software is designed to identify and…

Jaipur: The Union Ministry of Textiles has inaugurated a Textile Export Facilitation Centre (TEFC) in Jaipur to help bridge the gap between production and international markets, with end-to-end support for exporters, especially small and medium enterprises. The centre, set up by the ministry’s Textiles Committee, was launched by Amrit Raj, development commissioner for handicrafts.Speaking at…

Jaipur: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the state govt Thursday transferred 25 IAS officers. While the additional chief secretary (ACS) to the chief minister, Bhajan Lal Sharma, Akhil Arora, was relieved of the charges of PHED, ACS (Energy) Ajitabh Sharma was sent out of the Secretariat and made the chairperson of the Revenue Board, Ajmer,…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Thursday pulled up the state govt over dilapidated govt school buildings and lack of basic facilities, while stressing the need for public participation to improve infrastructure.A division bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal and Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that while individuals can construct houses at relatively lower costs, govt…