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INTERNATIONAL India 145th among 195 countries in healthcare access, quality: Lancet India ranks 145th among 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare in 2016, behind its neighbours like China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, according to a Lancet study. In 2016, India’s healthcare access and quality scored at … Read more 24.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uttar pradesh diwas’ commence in lucknow Uttar Pradesh Diwas’ being held for the first time and scheduled to commence in Lucknow from Wednesday will be a gala event to be inaugurated by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu. Despite coming into existence in 1950, it is the first time that UP Diwas is being celebrated. Governor … Read more 24.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP govt contemplating to include 17 other backward castes in sc/st list The Yogi Adityanath government is contemplating to include 17 Other Backward Castes in the Schedule Caste list and send its recommendation to the Centre for approval. The power to declare any caste as Scheduled Caste rests with the Centre. … Read more 22-23.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH CM advocates modernization of madarsas The Chief Minister said that his government would also improve the quality of education in Sanskrit schools in the state so that students could study job-oriented courses. Besides, Union minister of Minoroy Affairs MukhtarAbbas Naqvi, ministers and officials of nine states— Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, … Read more 20.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Settlement dating back almost 4,000 years found in UP A team from BHU has unearthed a town thousands of years old near Dwarkapur-Agiyabeer villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Basti. The settlement, discovered during an archaeological excavation by a team of the ancient Indian history culture and archaeology departments of the university, is estimated to be … Read more 13.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches number of schemes for poor in Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a number of schemes for the poor in Varanasi and emphasized on harnessing solar energy for cooking. After inaugurating a 101-megawatt solar power plant in Mirzapur along with French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr. Modi laid the … Read more 10.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg from September 25-28, 2018. The organisers of the four-day event are expecting speakers from about 100 countries, including India, China, the US, Spain and Denmark. The conference on wind is … Read more 29.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP’s new film policy gets a thumbs-up from filmmakers The much-awaited film policy of the UP government was finally released a few days ago at the UP Investor’s Summit in Lucknow. A booklet detailing the policy was released in the presence of Dr Neelkanth Tiwari, minister of state for Law and … Read more 06.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Industries to get power under open access policy A month ahead of the scheduled investors meet in UP, the state government has given yet another sop to the industries by allowing them to get power from their choice of power distribution company. The power will be wheeled to the industrial units under the … Read more 16.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Up govt. Assures investors over incentives under the policies The UP government assured investors of maintaining consistency in investor-friendly policies and new units would continue to get incentives as promised under the policy. The government clarified its stance after potential investors in pharmaceutical sector raised the issue. While announcing … Read more 13.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs