Uttarakhand General Knowledge

UTTARAKHAND   Mission Indradhanush II to cover 10 districts of U’khand   Uttarakhand would undertake a four-month- long intensive immunisation programme to immunise left out children and pregnant women under Mission Indradhanush II programme.   The campaign is being undertaken in 271 districts of 27 States and Union Territories of India.  In Uttarakhand, ten districts … Read more 24-25.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Community radio may help cut disaster risk in Uttarakhand: Experts   Localised community radio stations can help in reaching out to people within minimum time span and can mitigate the losses during and after a disaster, said experts at the state disaster management authority-organised community radio multi-stakeholder network programme in Dehradun.   The … Read more 23.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND       CM Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurates hot air balloon fest, says Uttarakhand to soon host adventure sports summit   Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated a three-day hot air balloon event at police lines on Friday. The state government has also decided to soon host a summit for adventure sports associations to … Read more 22.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand: Cabinet gives green light to Char Dham Shrine Board Act The state cabinet chaired by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday gave its approval to the ‘Char Dham shrine board Management Act’ paving the way for the shrine board to be constituted on the lines of Vaishno Devi shrine board and Tirupati … Read more 21.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand govt planning to launch Sanskrit TV channel After giving Sanskrit the status of second official language of the state, the Uttarakhand government is now planning to launch a Sanskrit TV channel— in the process becoming what officials claim will be the first state in the country to undertake such a project. Sources … Read more 20.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Tele-medicine services to be introduced in Nainital on pilot basis   In one of the first such initiatives to improve delivery of healthcare services in Uttarakhand, the Nainital district administration has decided to initiate a tele-medicine scheme in Betalghat block and Sushila Tiwari Hospital (STH) in Haldwani on a pilot basis. At present, … Read more 19.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   After Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand to declare monkeys ‘vermin’   After Himachal Pradesh, the forest department of Uttarakhand has decided to declare monkeys “vermin” in the state, allowing the local authorities to cull the animal.   Incidentally, Uttarakhand had put wild boars in vermin category in 2016. The state has also decided to get permission to cull wild boars … Read more 17-18.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand’s state bird monal to be conserved with help from Himachal In a bid to safeguard the numbers of the state bird of Uttarakhand, Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus Impejanus), the forest department has procured two male monals from Nehru Pheasantry at Manali in Himachal Pradesh. The birds will be used for conservation and breeding at the GB … Read more 16.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Community radio may help cut disaster risk in Uttarakhand: Experts   Localised community radio stations can help in reaching out to people within minimum time span and can mitigate the losses during and after a disaster, said experts at the state disaster management authority-organised community radio multi-stakeholder network programme in Dehradun.   It was … Read more 15.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   CM approves new NCC battalion in Uttarakhand   Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday said that the state government has approved a new National Cadet Corps (NCC) battalion at Uttarkashi, which would be the fourth in the state.   Presently, NCC battalions are situated at Nainital, Roorkee and Dehradun in Uttarakhand covering … Read more 14.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affair