Oct 2019

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi Adityanath launches single helpline number 112 in Uttar Pradesh   The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to launch a new integrated emergency number 112 for police, medical and fire emergencies, and also the women helpline 1090. The new number 112 will replace the 100 number.   The single number for … Read more 31.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Lucknow-based school bags Guinness World Record title for having 55,547 students   A Lucknow-based school won the Guinness World Record for becoming the ‘world’s largest school in terms of the strength of students.   City Montessori School (CMS) won the global award for having 55,547 students in 2019-20, as stated by CMS … Read more 30.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Over 68% under-5 deaths in UP linked to malnutrition   More than 68% of total under-five deaths in UP are related to malnutrition, says a Lancet study that examined the burden of child and maternal malnutrition in Indian states.   The study by India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative collaborators, led by WHO chief scientist … Read more 29.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi Adityanath to launch Kanya Sumangala Yojana   Uttar Pradesh government launched its flagship scheme Kanya Sumangla Yojna.   The scheme will provide an amount of 15 thousand rupees in a phased manner to every family in which a girl child takes birth.   The scheme has been designed in a way … Read more 27-28.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH ● IIT Kanpur partners with NTT DATA to support entrepreneurship among recent graduates The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) has joined hands with NTT DATA Services, a global technology services firm, to support entrepreneurship among recent graduates. The partnership aims to encourage young entrepreneurs who are working on path-breaking technologies with socio-economic … Read more 26.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   At 276 AQI, Kashi most polluted city in country   In a major health concern for the state, four UP cities were among the five most polluted in the country.   According to the data released by the Central Pollution Control Board, Varanasi was the most polluted city with air quality index … Read more 25.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh tops in sharing sexually explicit content: NCRB data   North India largest state Uttar Pradesh recorded highest number of cases for sharing sexually explicit content on web. In total 517 cases were registered by UP police, while the entire country recorded 1768 cases. The state was followed by Assam which recorded 288 cases, … Read more 24.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   India will be $5 trillion economy if UP touches $1 trillion: Finance panel   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of turning India into a $ 5 trillion economy will not come true until Uttar Pradesh pushes its economy to $ 1 trillion, said finance commission chairman N K Singh.   The finance commission … Read more 23.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   P. tops in crimes against women, says NCRB report   After a delay of two years the annual Crime in India Report 2017 was published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Monday.   As per the report, 3,59,849 cases of crime against women were reported in the country.   Uttar … Read more 22.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH Cane dept goes for e-tendering The Uttar Pradesh Sugarcane and Cane Development department has decided to go for e-tendering to maintain transparency and allow contractors registered with any state of Central government  department to bid for its construction works to create a healthy competition. It may be mentioned that this year e-tendering systems … Read more 20-21.10.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs