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UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh First State to Endorse Centre’s Triple Talaq Draft Bill Uttar Pradeshbecomes the first state to endorse the Centre’s draft bill that makes instant triple talaq a cognizable and non-bailable offence. As per the draft law, its three years’ imprisonment and a fine to a Muslim man trying to divorce … Read more 07-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Up sugar mills surpassed the sugar industry of maharashtra and Karnataka UP sugar mills have surpassed the sugar industry of Maharashtra and Karnataka in sugar recovery in the current sugarcane crushing season 2017-18. The sugar mills in UP has achieved sugar recovery of 9.9 percent against 9.38 percent in Maharashtra, a … Read more 06-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH State govt committed for empowerment of ‘divyang’: cm Chief minister yogi adityanath said that the state government is committed for empowerment of `divyang’ so that they can help in building the state with their talent and knowledge which has never been harnessed. “The help should come from the government but … Read more 05-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP to host road conference soon Uttar Pradesh government is holding a conference on roads, to deliberate on bringing down cost of construction roads and conserving environment and natural resources. The two-day conference from December 8 will have PWD ministers from many states attending and will be inaugurated by Union surface transport minister Nitin Gadkari … Read more 03/04-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
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