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UTTAR PRADESH Child rapes up 82% in 2016, UP records a 400% jump Instances of child rape increased by 82% in 2016 in comparison to the previous year. Uttar Pradesh registered a four-fold increase in such offences with the number of child rapes going up from 596 in 2015 to 2,115 last year, according to … Read more 02-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH DMs asked to earmark land in their areas for industries Industrial and Infrastructure Development Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has asked all district magistrates in the state to identify at least 500 acre of land in their respective areas which could be used for industrial development. The instructions have been issued ahead of the investors’ … Read more 01-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Expenditure by candidates towards campaign shot up The ongoing Urban Local Bodies elections in Uttar Pradesh have given much the needed boost to the local economy, particularly the unorganized sector which has been reeling under the twin impact of the demonetization and implementation of Goods and services Act. Expenditure by … Read more 30.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Around 52 per cent of 1.29 crore electorate cast their votes Amid reports of sporadic incidents of violence and protest over names missing from electoral rolls, an estimated 52 per cent of the total 1.29 crore electorate cast their votes in the second phase of urban local body elections in … Read more 29.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH 18 district hospitals in UP to have MRI units 18 district hospitals in Uttar Pradesh are set to get Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) units, including P L Sharma district hospital in the city. A proposal has been made by the hospital authorities here to be sent to the state government. MRI facility is unavailable in many district … Read more 28.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Employment of women under MNREGA as low as 20% in west UP. The Uttar Pradesh government has expressed its displeasure over the fact that only 13% of those given jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in Bareilly district were women. In the rest of west UP, as well, the figure is … Read more 26-27.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Government will create an `industrial hub’ in up : cm Claiming improvement in law and order situation in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that his government will create an `industrial hub’ that would make a mark in the country and will become a cynosure of all eyes. Yogi … Read more 25.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP ties up with AIFF to prepare under-14 football teams in all its government schools Buoyed by the overwhelming response to FIFA Under-17 World Cup held in the country last month, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to promote football at school-level and put together under-14 teams in each school. Later, selectors will pick up players from … Read more 24.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Samsung partners with UP govt to set up 20 healthcare centres Samsung Indiaannounced a partnership with Uttar Pradesh State Government for ‘Smart Healthcare Programme’. Under this programme, Samsung India will set-up 20 new smart healthcare centers across Uttar Pradesh to offer affordable and quality healthcare to patients from the economically and socially … Read more 23.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Soon, app to track activities in UP government schools In a move that education officials say will keep the state level authorities updated on the inspections that take place in UP government schools from time to time, now co-coordinators will have to carry out the inspection via an Android app. The app, which … Read more 22.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs