12.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   2nd highest no. of child labourers in Lucknow   In contrast to its rich legacy of sophistication, warmth, courtesy and polite mannerisms, City of Nawabs is now home to the second largest number of children working as labourers in the country. Over 5.9% of all children in the 5-14 years age group … Read more 12.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

08.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH     UP behind India’s remarkable improvement in maternal mortality   Making a big leap towards improving maternal health, India recorded a decline of 82 points in its maternal mortality ratio according to the Special Maternal Mortality Bulletin released by Census department.   Evaluating maternal mortality indicators for two year period 2014-16, the demographers found that … Read more 08.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

06.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP to achieve ODF status by 2nd October, 2018   UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) in Lucknow with all District Magistrates of the State through Video Conferencing last evening.   Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India was also … Read more 06.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

02.06.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi govt launched `gram chaupal’ for villages   With an aim to take the policies of Modi and Yogi Governments to the village level the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has launched `Gram Chaupal’  where senior party leaders, ministers and law makers are holding meeting at the village by holding chaupal. … Read more 02.06.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

1.06.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Sugarcane department to launch ayush hospitals   Sugarcane department is mulling to launch Ayush Hospitals in association with Medical Health department and launch them in 109 cane development societies and 24 co-operative sugar mill societies across the state. “The Yogi government is prresently operating a scheme to provide free medical treatment through … Read more 1.06.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

31.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL ·        World No Tobacco Day is celebrated on 31 May   Every year, on 31 May, World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).   The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is “Tobacco and heart disease.” The day highlights the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for … Read more 31.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

30.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   ·        Cochin International Airport, Worlds 1st Fully Solar Energy-Powered Airport: UNEP   The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)recognized Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport. CIAL is India’s first airport to be constructed in public-private-partnership (PPP) model in 1999. It is the busiest and largest airport … Read more 30.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

25.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL   5th India CLMV Business Conclave held at Phnom Penh, Cambodia   The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India along with Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia organized the 5thIndia-CLMV Business Conclave in Phnom Penh on 21-22 May 2018.   After four rounds of the Business Conclave in India, this initiative was … Read more 25.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

23.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL     26th BASIC Ministerial meeting of Environment Ministers in Durban   The 26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of Environment Ministers was held in Durban, South Africa for co-operation to protect the climate for present and future generations.   The BASIC grouping is a bloc of four countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – … Read more 23.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

16.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH World Bank may fund core road development project   The World Bank may fund the $570 million Core Road Development Project with a road safety component, in Uttar Pradesh.   Negotiations for the project began in 2013, but could not reach a logical conclusion.   Now, the Yogi Adityanath government had taken up … Read more 16.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs