03 & 04.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   ·               Eid prayers in a gurudwara in U’khand   ð Muslims and Sikhs on Saturday set an example of communal harmony in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath, 300 kilometres from there, when the local gurudwara offered Muslims space to offer Eid prayers.   ð Muslims had gathered at a local ground in large numbers to offer … Read more 03 & 04.09.17 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

30.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Govt looks to complete Char Dham project before 2018-end   The government looks to complete the ‘Char Dham’ road connectivity project in Uttarakhand before 2018-end with 10 proposals related to the ambitious Rs 12,000-crore scheme getting green clearance, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.   Environment clearances have been received for 10 of the proposals of Char Dham project, built … Read more 30.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

18.08.17 & 19.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Uttarakhand Research Circle to conserve endangered ferns.   The Uttarakhand Research Circle (URC) will start a conservation programme for selected ferns that are depleting due to over exploitation for medicines. Kalika in Ranikhet and Kaza in Nainital are going to be the first two sites where plots for their plantation will be set … Read more 18.08.17 & 19.08.2017 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

13.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Uttarakhand blind footballers aim for international glory The Uttarakhand football team for the blind won the All India Invitational Blind Football (IIBF) tournament in Kerala in May, defeating seven other teams to bring the trophy home. The team achieved this with a partially sighted goalkeeper although the rules stipulate that the goalkeeper can be a normal sighted … Read more 13.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

06.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Guarding the guardians: Uttarakhand to give Aadhaar-linked unique IDs to cow vigilantes.   To keep “genuine” cow protection activists safe and also check violence by “self-proclaimed vigilantes”, the Uttarakhand Gau Seva Aayog, a government body for overseeing cow protection measures in the state, has decided to provide unique IDs to activists in the … Read more 06.08.2017 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

23.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Villagers protest construction of Pancheshwar dam   The Pancheshwar Multipurpose Development Project is the biggest joint project of the Mahakali Treaty, signed between India and Nepal in 1996. However, the proposed dam will submerge 134 villages in Pithoragarh and Champawat districts that border Nepal and Almora. Around 30,000 families from three Uttarakhand districts will be … Read more 23.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

24.07.17  Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Anil Kumar Raturi is new DGP of Uttarakhand   Anil Kumar Raturi appointed the new Director General of Police of Uttarakhand. He will replace DGP MA Ganapathy, who will join as additional director general of police (ADG), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Raturi takes over from M A Ganpati who has been appointed as … Read more 24.07.17  Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs