Jan 2020

UTTARAKHAND Sanskrit to replace Urdu at Uttarakhand stations The railway authorities have decided to replace Urdu language on signboards at state platforms with Sanskrit. The signboards which have names of railway stations written in Hindi, English and Urdu will now be written in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. In 2010, the Uttarakhand government had become the first in the country … Read more 01.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) in Assam, currently spread over four districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri. villages dominated by Bodos that were presently outside the BTAD would be included and those with non-Bodo population would be excluded The … Read more 28.01.20 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   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   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. Addressing school students, teachers, and members of SEEDS (the organisation that has partnered … Read more 04.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand DMMC gets Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC), Uttarakhand, (in the institution category) and Kumar Munnan Singh (individual category) have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020. A winning institution receives a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 51 lakh and … Read more 08.01.20 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 Pre-histroic murals in Almora Pre-historic murals have been claimed to have been found in Pattharkhola village of Almora. the murals painted in a saffron colour corresponded exactly to the murals of Lakhudiyar, a famous prehistoric site near Petsal village of Almora. International Coronavirus- Emergency in China Coronavirus is an umbrella term for viruses that … Read more 25.01.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Film shooting will open in Uttarakhand For this, the government will develop the infrastructure for shooting films in the state. Filmmakers will be given all the facilities for shooting, so that they do not have to bring actors from outside or resources for shooting. Currently filmmakers have to bring huge resources, equipment, actors and … Read more 26-27.01.20 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