24.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Govt to set up 7.5 lakh public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2018-end   The government has decided to give a major push to Wi-Fi deployment across the length and breadth of the country and will facilitate the setting up of as many as 7.5 lakh public-internet hotpots by the end of next year. … Read more 24.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

22-23.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP government mulling merging Shia, Sunni Waqf boards   The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling forming a “UP Muslim Waqf board” by merging the separate Sunni and Shia Waqf boards to prevent “wastage of money”.   According to the Waqf Act 1995, Shia or Sunni should have at least 15 per cent share in total … Read more 22-23.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

21.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Now, traffic cops come up with helmet zones   Traffic police have announced a dozen stretches in the city as ‘helmet zones’. They are planning to ensure that all two-wheeler riders passing through these stretches wear helmets. The stretches will be monitored by a police team who will check motorists at entry … Read more 21.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

20.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Tata Power to contain line losses in UP   The state government has engaged a private firm, Tata Power, to help contain line losses. This is the first such move to control state’s line losses through Public Private Partnership (PPP).The firm, sources said, has been paid Rs31cr for two years to help UPPCL scan consumers’ … Read more 20.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

19.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Varanasi to get 2 new Sewage Treatment plants before March for Clean Ganga Process   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi will soon get two sewage treatment plants as part of the government’s bid to curb Ganga water pollution. The sewage treatment plants, having a total 260 million liters daily capacity, will be … Read more 19.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

18.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Taj Mahal finds place of pride in UP govt’s 2018 calendar   The Taj Mahal, which has been in the crosshairs of controversy, has finally found a place in the 2018 calendar brought out by the Uttar Pradesh The 17th century architectural marvel is included in the month of July in the calendar brought … Read more 18.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

17.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Official figures out: Uttar Pradesh has over 16,000 madrassas   Uttar Pradeshhas 16,461 madrassas, including 560 government-aided and 8,171 attached to the Madrassa Modernisation scheme, as per the data on the madrassa portal of the UP Board of Madrasa Education.   Until now, the state government did not have official figures on the madrassas under … Read more 17.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

16.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   24-hr helplines set up to fight dengue fever. The district administration has set up two round-the-clock toll-free numbers – 1077 and 18004257023 – to receive complaints and help people in connection with dengue and other fever cases.   Many fever-affected people change their doctors if they feel ill even after consultation. To the new … Read more 16.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

15.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP athletes to get jobs in 11 state government departments   Uttar Pradesh sports minister Chetan Chauhan announced that state government departments had been directed to make provision for jobs for athletes, so that sporting talent would not be forced to leave the state.   Now no sportsman of UP will have to leave … Read more 15.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

14.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP govt plans to digitize land records in 70 districts   The Uttar Pradesh government plans to digitise land records in 70 districts of the state. A total of Rs 15.71 crore will be spent on this project.   The main objective of the Centre’s National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP) is … Read more 14.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs