April 2019

UTTARAKHAND   Police start installation of CCTV cameras in stations   As per High Court orders, Uttarakhand Police are installing CCTV cameras in all police stations of the state. In the first phase of this project 132 police stations have been chosen out of which 19 are in Dehradun.   Out of 158 police stations … Read more 18.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand exploring traditional Badri-Kedar route for emergencies, adventure tourism   Police in Uttarakhand are now working on reviving the traditional route from Rishikesh to Kedarnath and Badrinath along the banks of Ganga to facilitate quick access during emergencies as well as promoting adventure tourism.   Besides use in emergencies, the traditional routes also have the potential to be developed for … Read more 17.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand police bags spot in top 10 in country   In a report titled “Status of Policing in India”, Uttarakhand police has secured a spot among the top 10 best performing police units of the country. The report published by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies ranked police forces of 24 states on the basis of … Read more 16.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL India to partner with Japan and UAE to set up two projects in Africa   India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan. Also, India will partner with the UAE to set up an ICT centre(Information and Communications Technology center) in Through this partnership, India has undertaken many projects like the ambitious Pan African e-networkproject on tele-education and tele-medicine … Read more 14-15.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand HC seeks govt’s response over closure of industrial units   The HC had ordered CPCB to inspect each and every industry in the state to see whether the norms laid down under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Hazardous … Read more 13.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   58% spike in pendency cases in Uttarakhand courts in 4 yrs: RTI   Total pendency of cases in Uttarakhand courts have registered an increase of 58% between 2014 and 2018, and has reached 2,66,387 which includes the high court till December 31, 2018, stated an RTI report.   Interestingly, criminal cases pending across courts registered … Read more 12.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND ITBP organises first National Sky Running Championship   Border guarding force Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) along with Sky Running Association of India organised the National Sky Running Championship at Mountaineering and Skiing Institute of ITBP at Auli in Uttarakhand.   This is the first time such championship was organised at a high altitude … Read more 11.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttrakhand History : Separate Hill State   After independence the issue of separate hill state could not get sufficient support as the power elite at the higher level did not favour it. In 1946, Badri Dutt Pandey demanded separate hill state, which was turned down by the then Premier of United Provinces G.B. … Read more 10.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand History : Chipko Movement   The Chipko movement took birth on March 27, 1973 in Gopeswar in Chamoli district of Garhwal division, when one Satvodaya worker, Chandi Prasad Bhatt organised the people to oppose commercialisation of forests. People of the region were deprived to use ash tree for agricultural implements. These trees … Read more 09.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttrakhand History :The University Movement   In the decade preceding the year 1971, the demand for a University in the region was discussed so much in the local press that it was not difficult to build up a movement around this issue. During the summer of 1971 the youth of Srinagar took initiative … Read more 07-08.04.19 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs