April 2021

UTTARAKHAND   Sports village’ seeks better infrastructure for its budding talent   Libberheri village in Narsan block of Haridwar district is known for its culture of sports. For years, enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to build sports academies and have trained youngsters in several disciplines like wrestling, judo, kabaddi and volleyball. Villagers claim around … Read more 19.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Forest fires turn Uttarakhand’s air lethal For days now the forests of Uttarakhand have been on fire, turning the air over the pristine hill state lethal. Levels of black carbon, or soot, have shot up six times while that of ozone has trebled — both going straight from safe levels to dangerously toxic ones within perhaps … Read more 17-18.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Govt to regularise & beautify slums on Government land, reiterates CM Chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat announced that the government will work for regularisation and beautification of slums established on government land. He said this while speaking at a function held to mark the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar. Recalling Ambedkar as the … Read more 16.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Doon becomes first city to gets ODF++ recertification With the recertification of ODF++, Dehradun became the first city in Uttarakhand to achieve this status. On Tuesday, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) received the ODF++ recertification in the field survey of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban … Read more 15.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Skill India pavilion launched in Haridwar Kumbh The Union minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, MN Pandey, Union Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, RK Singh along with chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Uttarakhand’s Skill Development and Entrepreneurship minister Harak Singh Rawat digitally launched … Read more 14.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

  UTTARAKHAND   Kumbh sees 0.7% Covid positivity rate Confirming the fears of the experts that the mega religious congregation of Kumbh in Haridwar would accelerate the pace Covid-19 infection, the authorities on Thursday confirmed that 1,700 people were tested positive for the disease from April 10 to 14 in the Mela area. The Kumbh … Read more 13.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Tributes paid to Girija Shankar Trivedi on his death anniversary Various prominent personalities remembered famous poet, writer and journalist Girija Shankar Trivedi and paid him homage on his 13th death anniversary on Thursday. Remembering Trivedi, noted singer musician Buddhinath Mishra said that he was a great teacher and writer of his time and … Read more 12.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   U’khand plans to reserve 25% beds in private hospitals In view of the spurt in the number of Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand, the state government could reserve 25 percent of beds in private hospitals for treatment of Covid-19 patients. The state health department has sent a proposal regarding this to the state administration. … Read more 10-11.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

  UTTARAKHAND   Dehradun RTO plans to digitise 12 lakh files The regional transport office (RTO) of Dehradun is planning to initiate a mega project to digitise all the data of the paper documents stored in its premises. The RTO presently has about 12 lakh files stored in various rooms of its building and as … Read more 09.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand govt asks defence ministry for choppers to control forest fires in hills   In the wake of rising incidence of wildfires in Uttarakhand, the state government has written to the ministry of defence, citing what has been termed a “worsening situation” of forest fires, to provide two IAF helicopters which would be deployed in the Garhwal and Kumaon region to douse … Read more 08.04.21 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs