24.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Cabinet meet gives nod to setting up Uttarakhand Road Safety Fund.   To ensure that tourism-related activities are being conducted according to the guidelines of the National Green Tribunal, the Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday decided to include an area of 1km on each side of the banks of Ganga from Rishikesh to Kaudiyala … Read more 24.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

23.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Uttarakhand forms separate body for Doon smart city project.   The Uttarakhand government evening gave approval to formation of Dehradun Smart City Limited Company as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to look into the implementation of the ambitious project. The government order in this regard was issued.     INTERNATIONAL India welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump’s new … Read more 23.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

17.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand     Butter Festival to be celebrated today   The annual butter festival at Dayara Bugyal in Uttarkashi will be celebrated today. The festival is held on Bhadon Sankranti which falls on August 17.   The festival is locally known as Anduri Utsav. Residents of Raithal and other villages celebrate nature’s bounty by smearing … Read more 17.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

15.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Rescue operations continue in Uttarakhand   Three days after a cloudburst triggered a flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, rescue operations are still underway, officials said. Inclement weather and tough terrain in Malpa was hampering the operation, they said. The officials feared the death toll might rise. So far 17 persons have died and more than 30, including a JCO … Read more 15.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

14.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand     Awareness campaign to save elephants   The state will be witness to one of the biggest campaigns to conserve wild elephants organised in the country in recent times.   The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Union Government’s Project Elephant, is organising a 15-day awareness campaign — The Gaj … Read more 14.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

30.07.17 & 31.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Direct benefit transfer facility to cover 125 social schemes   To ensure that genuine recipients are benefited and leakages in distribution of subsidies are plugged, the Uttarakhand government will soon extend the countrywide Aadhaar-enabled Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) facility to all the 125 social security schemes being run in the state.   Under … Read more 30.07.17 & 31.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

29.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Focus on Uttarakhand in World Food Summit.   Uttarakhand will participate as the focus state in the World Food India Summit 2017. The three-day event will be held in New Delhi from November 3. More than 30 countries will participate in the event and Italy will be focus country. The summit will showcase India’s food and … Read more 29.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

26.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Airport Authority of India and Uttarakhand Government signs agreement on aviation development The Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Government of Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA). The scope of the MoU is to identify relevant factors influencing the development of Civil Aviation infrastructure in Uttarakhand. It … Read more 26.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

25.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Uttarakhand doctors to be first in India to issue 3 copies of prescriptions   The Uttarakhand health department has directed doctors to issue prescriptions for generic medicine in triplicate, in line with standard practice in western countries. The state became the first in the country to implement the system. Under triplicate prescription system, the physician will … Read more 25.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

21.07.17  Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Work begins on Uttarakhand’s first war memorial   After a wait of forty years, finally the construction work of Shaurya Sthal, the first war memorial in public domain in Uttarakhand began.   Gadgets and mobile apps will be developed to help visitors download biographies and pictures of the martyrs.     The nine walls being constructed in the … Read more 21.07.17  Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

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