Daily Current Affairs – 01 May 2026

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The Wildlife Census 2025 conducted in Rajasthan reveals a significance trend in the state's forest and wildlife conservation. On Buddha Purnima at 5 PM, the Forest Department is counting wildlife using the waterhole method, which counts wildlife around water sources. Data from 2014 to 2025 shows that Rajasthan’s estimated wildlife population increased from 21,759 in 2014 to 2,71,813 in 2025. Most importantly, wildlife outside protected areas is considerably greater than inside sanctuaries and parks. In 2025, 58,885 animals were found...

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Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma called for investments for Rajasthan's agriculture revolution at the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet 2026 Investor Meet held in Ahmedabad. The Chief Minister said that Rajasthan is well poised to emerge as an agri-business hub because of its multiple crop production of bajra, mustard, isabgol and cumin. The meet highlighted opportunities in agriculture, agritech, animal husbandry, dairy, food and spice processing, cold chain, drones and artificial intelligence in agriculture. The main GRAM 2026 will be held in...

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The Chief Secretary, V. Srinivas, recently chaired a review meeting of Saksham Anganwadi, Poshan 2.0 and Mission Shakti in Jaipur. The review meeting was in connection with the Directorate of ICDS and the Directorate of Women Empowerment of the Women and Child Development Department. The State Empowered Programme Committee also discussed the implementation of key welfare schemes. The Chief Secretary instructed the officials to follow the directions of the Government of India as given in the Fifth National Chief Secretaries'...