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UTTARAKHAND U’khand’s first Airplane Restaurant to open in Doon India’s seventh and Uttarakhand’s first airplane restaurant ‘Aerodine’ a multi cuisine restaurant is all set to open. This one of its kind restaurant will offer a new experience of dining in a real airplane. While the plane is originally a 180 seater Airbus … Read more 04.09.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND · CM announces cash rewards for local bodies becoming plastic-free Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the municipal corporation which first becomes plastic free will be awarded Rs 1crore. Rawat announced that the first municipality and first Nagar Panchayat to become plastic-free will be awarded Rs 75 lakh and Rs … Read more 03.09.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand to get 1st medical device manufacturing park The state is all set to have north India’s first medical equipment manufacturing and testing park. In a major boost to the healthcare sector, State Industrial Development Corporation of UttarakhandLimited (SIDCUL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kalam Institue of Health Technology (KIHT) … Read more 01-02.09.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand to set up a Special Tiger Force for Corbett Tiger Reserve The Uttarakhand governmenthas determined to set up a Special Tiger Force for Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve. It will function as an abundantly required second layer of protection with the big cat. The force can have 85 posts. The STPF is effective in checking outlaw … Read more 31.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand , UP lost 57% grasslands in past 30 years: WII Study In a study conducted by Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, it was found out that Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand lost 240 square kilometres (sq km) of grassland area in the last three decades. The findings confirm that the grasslands reduced from 418 sq km … Read more 30.08.19 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
UTTARAKHAND Climate change to hit 150 native fish species in hill states An internal study of Wildlife Institute of India has revealed that climate change will affect around 150 native fish species of the Himalayan states, including Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh. Common snow trout, found in Himalayan region and much sought after … Read more 28.08.19 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 treats only 32% of its waste water: Niti Aayog report Highlighting the poor state of water management in the state, a recent report released by the center government’s think tank, Niti Aayog, has ranked Uttarakhand among the states performing water management poorly. Though it moved four ranks up, the state could score only … Read more 24.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND · Chief Secretary stresses on special efforts to address skewed sex ratio ð The Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has directed all the district magistrates to mark dark areas where the sex ratio is skewed in their respective districts. Special action plans should be drafted for such areas, the chief secretary stressed. … Read more 25-26.08.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs