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Uttarakhand 350 Jan Aushadhi Kendras to come up across Uttarakhand. Under the Centre’s initiative to promote generic medicines across the nation, the department of pharamaceuticals has decided to open 350 Jan Aushadhi Kendrasin Uttarakhand. The department will be offering 600 medicines and 54 surgical items at affordable prices at the new centres. Uttarakhand has … Read more 16.07.17 Uttarakhand Current Affairs
TRIBES OF INDIA Tribals constitute 8.61% of the total population of the country, numbering 104.28 million (2011 Census) and cover about 15% of the country’s area. The fact that tribal people need special attention can be observed from their low social, economic and participatory indicators. Whether it is maternal and child mortality, size of agricultural … Read more Tribes : Habitat, Economy and Society of Gonds, Bhils,Santhals, Nagas, etc and Trends of their Transformation.
Amendments to the Constitution are made by the Parliament, the procedure for which is laid out in Article 368. An amendment bill must be passed by both the Houses of the Parliament by a two-thirds majority and voting. In addition to this, certain amendments which pertain to the federal nature of the Constitution must … Read more Constitutional Amendment methods and important constitutional amendments.
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand CM launches mobile app to help Kanwariyas Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawatlaunched a mobile application – Har Shiv Shankar – Sawan Mein Kanvad – to help the Kanwarias coming to Haridwar to collect water from Ganga river. The mobile application, which can be easily downloaded, provides information to pilgrims on various facilities like route, traffic divers and … Read more 12.07.17 Uttarakhand Current Affairs
Uttarakhand Young government doctors to be posted in dist hospitals in hills for 3 years. In a move aimed at ‘disciplining’ young government doctors and instilling in them a sense of duty towards patients, the Uttarakhand health department has decided to incorporate a new set of guidelines in the bonds signed by MBBS students. … Read more 09.07.17 Uttarakhand current affairs
Foundation of the Mauryan Empire: The foundation of the Maurya Empire in 321 B.C. by Chandragupta Maurya was a unique event in history. Particularly in view of the fact that it was found shortly after Alexander’s victorious campaigns in North-West India during 327 B.C. – 325 B.C. There is no unanimity with regard to … Read more Mauryan Empire :- Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusar, Ashoka and his Dhamma; Decline of Mauryan Empire; Political, Social, Economic, and Cultural life etc. in Mauryan period.
Jainism Originated in India thousands of years ago and is thought to have heavily influenced the two other main belief systems of the region at that time: Hinduism and Buddhism. The religion centres on the progress of one’s soul towards a divine consciousness through self-reformation, wisdom and self-control and pacifism towards all living creatures. There … Read more Religious Movements in 6th century B.C: Jainism, Buddhism and other sects.
History of uttarakhand (Part 1) Uttarakhand the place which is known as ‘Land of gods’ or ‘ Devbhumi’. The Himalaya, believed to be the dwelling place of lord Shiva- the destroyer among the three principal gods of hindu trinity has drawn travellers and mystics alike since time immemorial.The names’ Manas’ ‘Kedarkhand’ and ‘ Kurmachal’ are … Read more Introduction of History of uttarakhand
East West division of Himalayas Kashmir Himalayas Kumaon Himalayas Nepal Himalayas Sikkim Himalaya Assam Himalayas ( Punjab Himalayas ) < [ satlaj – kali] < [ Kali – Kosi] < [ Kosi – Teesta] < [ Teesta- Dihang] [ Indus – sutlaj] (Brahmaputra) Classification of Himalayas on the basis of Geographic Location Punjab … Read more East West division of Himalayas
The officials were corrupt and treated the people very mercilessly, thus the morale of the people became very low and they were rendered inefficient. After the Gurkhas had established their hold over Garhwal and Kumaon, their borders came directly in touch with those of the British territory in Gorakhpur and elsewhere. They began to … Read more Gurkha British War: History of Uttarakhand