Jan 2020

UTTAR PRADESH UP govt earmarks Rs 783 cr for improvement of education in minority-dominated areas The Uttar Pradesh government has earmarked Rs 783 crore in its 2020-21 budget for improvement of education and basic infrastructure facilities under the ‘Pradhanmantri Jan Vikas Karyakram’ in minority-dominated areas. Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) seeks to provide better … Read more 31.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

NASA’s Spitzer space telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003 and retired on 30 January 2020. Spitzer carries three instruments on board: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS)   Arvind Krishna elected IBM CEO … Read more 30.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ to help cyclone-hit Madagascar INS Airavat has been deployed for ‘Operation Vanilla’ The ship is carrying five pallets each of victualing, clothing and naval stores along with three pallets of medicines   India successfully test-fires K-4 missile On January 19, 2020, India successfully test-fired 3,500 … Read more 29.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) in Assam, currently spread over four districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri. villages dominated by Bodos that were presently outside the BTAD would be included and those with non-Bodo population would be excluded The … Read more 28.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UPRERA to set up e-Courts for redressal of complaints   Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UPRERA) announced to set up e-Courts to redress complaints of aggrieved parties through an integrated management module. The new system will come into effect from February 2, 2020.   The e-Courts will ensure transparency, efficiency and … Read more 24.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh: Cow sanctuary to produce bio fertilizer, boost organic farming The first Go-Abhyaranya (cow sanctuary) of the state, coming up on 27 bigha land surrounded by river, forest and hills in Halia region of Mirzapur district, will produce bio fertilizer. The bio fertilizer will give an impetus to the Yogi Adityanath government’s bid of promoting organic farming in … Read more 23.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Lucknow: IIT-Kanpur signs MoU with TurboTech at DefExpo   IIT-Kanpur and TurboTech Precision Engineering Private Limited (TurboTech), an aerospace and defence company entered into an MoU at DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow. While IIT-Kanpur will work on designing the sub-sections of the projects, TurboTech will be responsible for physical realisation of the designs and a complete … Read more 22.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh: Now, ‘quality’ points key for teacher’s job The Uttar Pradesh government has set upper age limit of 40 for appointment of assistant teachers in government-aided junior high schools in the state. This comes along with the newly-introduced written test for appointment of assistant teachers and headmasters in these schools. Changing the procedure of appointment of assistant … Read more 21.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh: Budget to be tabled in state legislative assembly on February 19 The state government is likely to table its fourth Budget for FY 2020-21 on February 19. The annual Budget is likely to be the highest so far and may cross Rs 5 lakh crore. Sources in the state finance … Read more 19-20.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Soon, Uttar Pradesh to get third zoo in Gorakhpur The cabinet, gave its nod to an amount of Rs 234 crore for the construction of Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan zoological garden in Gorakhpur. To be built on a proposed area of 121.34 acres, it would be the third zoo in state after Lucknow and Kanpur. The … Read more 18.01.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs