August 2018

UTTARAKHAND   Health dept pleads ignorance of number of clinical establishments   Though the Uttarakhand High Court in a landmark judgment has directed the State Government to seal all such hospitals and clinics not registered under Clinical Establishment Act, the queer fact is that the health department is ignorant of the number of clinics and … Read more 24.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand to launch helpline for crime against cow  Uttarakhand Gau Seva Ayog is planning to start a helpline number on the lines of emergency number 100 and medical number 108 to enable people directly alert the state government agencies about any crime related to cow and progeny. The Ayog is also listing “Gau … Read more 28.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   State signs MoU with US firm to produce sex-sorted semen doses for cattle  The Uttarakhand Livestock Development Board (ULDB) signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based Inguran LLC Sexing Technology to produce sex-sorted semen doses by 2019.   Under the scheme, the central government has selected ten top frozen semen production institutes … Read more 25.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   U’khand holds roadshow, woos Gujarat investors   To attract investment in the northern state of Uttarakhand, its government held a roadshow in the city and expressed confidence that a good number of entrepreneurs from Gujarat would invest in their state. The roadshow was organised in the run-up to Uttarakhand’s first-ever investor summit ‘Destination … Read more 18.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   U’khand to get 107 automatic weather stations by oct   Uttarakhand is most likely to get all 107 automatic weather stations, surface field observatory with the combination of optical gauge and others, automatic rain gauges, and snow gauges by the month of October this year. Once installed, they would help the state get … Read more 12-13.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Policy for exam centres of uvsp formulated     The schools having more than 75 students in the class X and XII board examinations of Uttarakhand Vidhyalayi Shiksha Parishad (UVSP) would be given the benefit of being the examination centres of UVSP in the board examination of 2019.  Releasing the draft of a policy … Read more 09.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Price factor makes napkin project a failure   The project initiated by the State Government to provide sanitary napkin-making tools to the village women in four districts of the State by way of empowering them economically as well as creating awareness among them about hygiene norms has been facing problem as the price … Read more 10.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   In a first, Uttarakhand to use EVMs for students’ union polls  In a first in Uttarakhand, the state government has decided to use electronic voting machines (EVM) in students’ union elections. While EVMs have been made mandatory for colleges having a strength of over 10,000 students, other degree colleges would be provide the … Read more 26-27.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   10k cr likely to come in agri-horti sector from summit   An investment to the tune of over Rs 10,000 crore is expected to come in the agriculture and horticulture sectors alone from the ensuing ‘Investment Summit’, said the State Agriculture Minister.   Hailing the recent increase in the minimum support price (MSP) … Read more 01.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   India’s first national park has turned 82   Corbett, the man and Corbett, the national park , are known the world over and have placed Uttarakhand prominently on the world wildlife tourism map since long. People all over the world identify Uttarakhand region with this famous national park which is a constant reminder … Read more 17.08.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs