10.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   On lines of Mann ki baat, Uttarakhand CM starts video conferencing with students.   On lines of PM Narendra Modi’s “Mann ki Baat,” chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat  started a video conferencing session with school goers hailing from different parts of the state. In a first of its kind initiative in Uttarkahand, the CM heard the … Read more 10.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

14.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Rawat 24th among 25 crorepati CMs   Uttarakhand Chief Minister TS Rawat is ranked 24th among the 25 CMs who are crorepatis, based on the analysis done of the declared assets of chief ministers of 29 states and 2 union territories.   TS Rawat with declared assets of 1.15 crore is richer than … Read more 14.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

31.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Centre lauds Uttarakhand’s swachh initiatives, urges other states to imbibe them   Uttarakhand’s Urban development initiatives of Swacch Bharat Abhiyan have been identified as “Best Practices” by the government of India and are being circulated to all the other states for replication. V K Jindal, joint secretary (Swacch Bharat Mission) has written a letter … Read more 31.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

10.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Industrialists Urged To Join In State’s Growth   Industrialists should carry forward the potential and inputs of local people to promote entrepreneurship in village areas of Uttarakhand, said Uttarakhand Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) Director General Dr Rajendra Dobhal.   He state this while addressing the industrialists in an industrial academia interaction … Read more 10.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

01.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Vigilance Dept Trapped 194 Govt Officials Since Formation Of State   Vigilance Department has trapped 194 Government officers of various departments, including 54 gazetted officers,  while receiving bribes since Uttarahand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in November 2000.  Besides, the government officers, caught red-handed while receiving bribe, were booked under appropriate sections … Read more 01.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

23 & 24.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   HC seeks report on poor condition of US Nagar health centre   Uttarakhand high court asked the state government to submit a reply within two weeks regarding the poor state of a primary health center in Jaspur, Udham Singh Nagar district.   Primary health centres were created as a first line of defence in … Read more 23 & 24.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

26.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   Nepal first country in south-east Asia to eliminate trachoma   Nepal has become the first country in south-east Asia to eliminate trachoma, world’s leading cause of preventable blindness of infectious origin, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Trachoma was the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the Himalayan nation in the 1980s. … Read more 26.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

21.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   State to get 800 to 900 m units power from Punjab   Uttarakhand will receive between 802 million units and 900 million units of electricity in December to March from Punjab, to offset the gap between demand and supply in the lean winter months.   In the winter months the water discharge in … Read more 21.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

India and Its Neighbors

India has a long land frontier and coastline. It shares boundaries with Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma) and Sri Lanka. India has official political relations with most nations. India is considered as the world’s second most populous and democratic country. Foreign policy of India has always regarded the concept of neighbourhood as one … Read more India and Its Neighbors

09.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   NCTE Refuses To Approve Special Btc Of U’khand   In a decision which could create problems for thousands of teachers of Government primary schools, the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) has refused to approve the Special Basic Training Certificate (BTC) of Uttarakhand.   There are more than 13,000 serving teachers in Uttarakhand … Read more 09.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs