Uttarakhand General Knowledge

UTTARAKHAND   ICFRE signs 10-year MoU with IUFRO A ten-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, India and International Union of Forestry Research Organisation (IUFRO), Vienna, Austria to achieve global forest sustainability. The IUFRO is a global network for forest science co-operation inter connecting … Read more 19-20.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Registry of cancer patients to begin in Uttarakhand In an effort to get the real picture of prevalence of Cancer and its types affecting Uttarakhand, a population based Cancer registry is being set up at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh. Incidentally there is no such system in place at present … Read more 18.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand police launches 24X7 WhatsApp helpline number for women safety   Uttarakhand police on Wednesday launched a dedicated 24×7 WhatsApp Helpline Service to help women in distress in the state. Police officials said that women in any emergency situation can register their complaint on the number — 9411112780.   Women who don’t want to go to … Read more 17.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand to monitor air quality across all 13 districts Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has decided to monitor air quality across all 13 districts under its ‘State Air Quality Monitoring Programme. Till now, air quality was monitored manually barely twice a week and 104 times annually at five locations of these three cities. The … Read more 16.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand governmet mulls ban on mobile inside college classrooms The state government is mulling a ban on the use of mobile phones inside classrooms during classes in all colleges. In order to facilitate this, the government will conduct a poll to ask students whether they feel that mobiles should be allowed in the … Read more 15.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand clinches third position in kayaking, canoeing tournament The Uttarakhand team bagged one gold, four silvers and four bronzes in the 30th National Kayaking & Canoeing Senior Championships, which was concluded on Thursday in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The state team secured an overall third position in the tournament. The tournament had two categories, senior men’s and women’s. … Read more 14.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  UTTARAKHAND   Government schools in Uttarakhand to be built with wood to minimise damage due to natural disasters: CM   Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced that all the new government schools in the state will be built of wood and other assorted material. This, he said, will not only minimise human loss during disaster but … Read more 12-13.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND U’khand to get separate adventure dept   To promote adventure tourism in state the Uttarakhand government would set up an adventure department. The CM said that the state government has developed new places of tourist interest in last three years and necessary facilities for tourists are being arrangement at tourist spots while keeping in … Read more 11.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   U’khand lost 1,258 leopards in 19 yrs, 94 big cats killed in 2019 The Himalayan state has lost 1,258 leopards ever since the state was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000, suggests data of the forest department. Rampant urbanisation in and around forest areas and unchecked solid waste which attracts felines are major causes … Read more 10.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs