January 2021

UTTAR PRADESH   Govt sanctions Rs 32 crore to curb cybercrime in UP   The state government sanctioned Rs 32.8 crore on Tuesday for strengthening cyber stations in a bid to check cybercrime. The amount would be spent on database management, purchasing forensic tools, data analysis software, data extraction software for cyber labs of all cyber stations in the state, … Read more 13.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP govt to launch anti-land mafia software on Jan 14   With an aim to eliminate land mafia, the Uttar Pradesh government has developed an anti-land mafia software called ‘DHARA’. The software will help in prevention of duplication of revenue records, which will prevent manipulation of records by officers. Based on GIS, … Read more 12.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP is 7th state hit by bird flu; culling begins in Haryana   Uttar Pradesh became the seventh state in the country where bird flu was confirmed on Saturday even as culling began in poultry farms of Haryana’s Panchkula and reports of more birds found dead in the last 24 hours poured in from Punjab, … Read more 10-11.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   A Study Group Constituted To See Ammoniacal Nitrogen in Yamuna   A meeting was convened between the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) and the officials of DPCC (Delhi Pollution Control Committee), HSPCB (Haryana State Pollution Control Board), DJB (Delhi Jal Board), Haryana and Irrigation, Irrigation & Water Resources Department, and Flood Control … Read more 09.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   PNB in alliance with IIT-Kanpur, FIRST to set up fintech innovation centre   Punjab National Bank (PNB), the country’s second largest public sector bank, has announced an alliance with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and FIRST (Foundation for Innovation & Research in Science & Technology), to jointly establish the Punjab … Read more 08.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   VIKALP to push technology-enabled school education in UP   Taking technology enabled learning to the next level and to aid teachers, parents and students with simplified and localized content, the basic education department would be initiating an Open Education Resource (OER) platform.   Developed with the help of HCL Foundation, the platform VIKALP caters … Read more 07.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Kashi to soon have its own ‘twin towers’   The integrated commissioner complex (ICC) will come up in ‘twin towers’ at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency with an investment of Rs 171 crore on revenue model with the help of private investors. While one tower will accommodate only government offices, the other … Read more 06.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP December revenue up Rs 2,522 crore as compared to previous year   Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the state economy is fast heading for recovery and revenue receipts have recorded an increase of Rs 2,522 crore in December 2020 as compared to the recovery registered in the corresponding month in 2019.   … Read more 05.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP is likely to bring ordinance soon to control religious places   The UP government is likely to soon introduce an ordinance to regulate and control the religious places on private and public land. A presentation in this regard was made before Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently. After that top circles in the ruling party and the bureaucratic … Read more 03-04.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Noida to soon get commando unit   Police in Noida will soon have a special commando force that will be equipped to be handle emergency law and order situations. The unit, which is being trained by the CRPF in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch, is likely to be officially put into use from early next year.   Every district, … Read more 02.01.21 Daily UPPSC Current Affairs