Daily Current Affairs – 17 March 2026

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A collection of stories in the Rajasthani language has won the 2025 Sahitya Akademi Award, made in the category of story collection. Jaipur District Collector Dr. Jitendra Kumar Soni is the author of the story collection, titled Bharkhama. The award was inaugurated by the Sahitya Akademi as an annual award on Indian works in the 24 recognised Indian languages. This award is relevant not just in that it has been a famous literary work in Rajasthan, but also in that...

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One of the old and popular animal fairs of Rajasthan, the Shri Mallinath Animal Fair of Tilwara in Barmer had started on Sunday with the hoisting of the fair flag. It was the inauguration ceremony following the Pooja by Minister of state in charge of industries and commerce- K.K.Bishnoi and in charge of the district- Sushil Kumar Yadav. The fair has attracted big attention this year with its huge horse market with horses valued in many lakhs of rupees being...

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Bhuvnesh Jain who is the Deputy Editor of the Patrika of Rajasthan was awarded the Maharana Mewar Samman in the 42nd  Annual Samaroh of Samman Samaroh held in Udaipur by the Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation. It was conducted on Sunday evening in the City Palace where the international, national, Rajasthan-level and city-level awards were given.  Key Highlights of the Event Udaipur hosted the 42 nd annual honour ceremony of Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation. It occurred on Sunday evening at City...

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According to Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, the tribal people are reputed to have a rich tradition and unique culture and strong attachment to nature. He said that the development journey of the State of Rajasthan is not complete without the involvement of the tribal society whose role to the State has been very crucial. In an effort to address a crowd of people on the Beneshwar Dham of Dungarpur during the Tribal Pride Day, he indicated that the day was...

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Khanhaiya Lal Chaudhary, the Minister of Public Health Engineering declared that women also have a very significant role to play in the development of the country and boosting the economy in rural areas. Addressing the Raj Sakhi Mela 2026 programme in Tonk district, he explained that women empowerment is a significant source of economic foundation of the nation. He further went ahead to say that the Lakhpati Didi Yojana of the Rajivika Mission led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...

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  Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Vasudev Devnani had an extensive array of development strategies of Ajmer in a Holi get-together and media interaction organized in Jaipur on 16 March. It was announced that the proposed Ayurveda University in Ajmer will be given a special focus which will be the first significant institutional growth in the city after close to 38 years. The proposed university will also encourage research in the field of Yoga, Naturopathy, and Homeopathy in addition to...