August 2019

UTTARAKHAND   Rishikesh now has first sex-sorted semen lab of country   Uttarakhand was selected to kickstart the project among 18 other states, with Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat being the two other top contenders. The main object of the scheme was to restrict the number of male animals and increase the number of indigenous female animals through artificial … Read more 21.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   16,000 rise in per capita income of Uttarakhand   The second revised provisional estimates released by the directorate of economics and statistics has revealed that the per capita income in the state was slightly better at Rs 1.98 lakh as against the national figure of Rs 1.26 lakh for the financial year 2018-19.   The per capita … Read more 04-05.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand, Haryana and Punjab Agriculture universities join hands to go ‘digital’ under one roof   Three major institutions of higher education, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar and Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana have joined hands to transform agriculture education from black board teaching to … Read more 06.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Solar sector attracts Rs 600 crore investment   With investments of Rs 600 Crores in last one year, the solar power sector is showing signs of becoming a sunshine industry for the rural areas of Uttarakhand. The Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) has given clearance to 208 projects based on solar power … Read more 02.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   ·         Over 1,100 people killed in natural disasters in Uttarakhand since 2010 ð  At least 1,128 people have been killed and 850 others have suffered injuries in the incidents triggered due to natural disasters in Uttarakhand since 2010, according to the figures collated by the disaster management department. The data also reveals that more than … Read more 14.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Government starts online chopper booking for Kedarnath Pilgrims who are willing to visit Kedarnath shrine by helicopter can now book tickets for all available helicopter services through the online portal heliservices.uk.gov.in. The facility which was started from August 7 has already enabled 1013 people to book their tickets to Kedarnath in the first two … Read more 11-12.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

    Project to make U’khand villages plastic free to start from October 2   Enthused by positive response shown by the central Government, the Panchayati Raj department is gearing itself for laying the foundation stone of the Common Waste Recycling Facility (CWRF) at Haridwar on October 2.   It is learnt that the union … Read more 27.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand finally gets BCCI affiliation   After a wait of nearly two decades, the state cricket board — Cricket Association of Uttarakhand(CAU), finally received affiliation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).   The decision was taken by the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) at its meeting in New Delhi.   The affiliation … Read more 16.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND ·         Tourism Secy directs for developing Sita Mata circuit ð  The State’s Tourism secretary Dilip Jawalkar inspected the religious sites under the planned Sita Mata circuit in Pauri district ð   A Sita Mata circuit would be developed in the Garhwal region. The ancient important religious sites like Raghunath temple situated in Devprayag, Sita Koti, … Read more 17.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   ·         Uttarakhand to focus on upgrading government hospitals ð   In an attempt to improve health services in the hill state, the Trivendra Singh Rawat government has decided to upgrade the various government hospitals in Uttarakhand and try to fill up over 2,700 sanctioned posts of medical and paramedical personnel for the same. ð  The state government has decided to … Read more 29.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs