10-11.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Money sanctioned under educational hub scheme   The Government, under the Multi Purpose Educational Hub Scheme in minorities dominated areas, has sanctioned an amount of Rs. 302 lakh in the current financial year for setting up a Model Inter College each for boys and girls in Baghpat for educational participation and upliftment … Read more 10-11.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

09.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   10 new NH routes in UP to be broadened   The state government will soon hand over 10 state highways, which have recently been declared part of national highways, to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). These highways will then be turned into four-lane stretches. Officials said that the state government has … Read more 09.06.18 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

07.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Centre govt is likely to fix floor price of sugar to rs 3,000 per quintal   A bailout package from the Centre is in the offing for the UP sugar industry reeling under the impact of excess sugar production leading to mounting arrears of cane farmers.   The Centre is likely to … Read more 07.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

05.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP govt included ncert books in the academic session 2018-19   The Uttar Pradesh Government has included NCERT books in the academic session 2018-19 to teach modern subjects in recognised madarsas being run by the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Board. Directions have been issued to the management of all recognised madarsas to … Read more 05.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) 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

27-28.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   Netherlands joins Solar Alliance The Netherlands has become the 64th signatory member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).   The joint statement issued hailed the Netherlands as India’s “Gateway to Europe”.   India also welcomed the Netherlands as the Partner Country for the TechSummit in 2019.     Barbados elects Mia Mottley as … Read more 27-28.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

26.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   Nepal first country in south-east Asia to eliminate trachoma   Nepal has become the first country in south-east Asia to eliminate trachoma, world’s leading cause of preventable blindness of infectious origin, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.   Trachoma was the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the Himalayan nation in the … Read more 26.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs