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

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

17.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Discoms of 14 West UP districts meet, act against defaulters   In an introspection meeting comprising 14 discoms of as many Western UP districts, some tough decisions, including ordering of FIRs, issue of show cause notices and blacklisting certain power vendors, were taken. The districts include Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Ghaziabad and Noida.   … Read more 17.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

12.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH UP to have major share in defence production   Union minister of state for defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre stated on Wednesday that Uttar Pradesh would have a major share in the country’s defence production and will transform India from an importer of arms to an exporter.   Bhamre was in Lucknow to attend … Read more 12.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

11.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi launches ‘science bus’ among students   Aiming to nurture scientific temper among students, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a `Science Bus’ which would carry out   Simple experiments about daily life and dispel superstition in far flung areas. The CM flagged off the bus from his official 5, KD Marg residence … Read more 11.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

10.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP’s 4th tiger reserve proposed in Chitrakoot   The forest department has sent a proposal to the state government to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary as the fourth tiger reserve in UP. The reserve may become a habitat for tigers crossing over from Panna tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh.   In 2015, the forest … Read more 10.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

04.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cut shorts Karnataka campaign to visit storm affected Uttar Pradesh   Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathcut short his election campaign in Karnataka and headed to Uttar Pradesh where more than 73 peoplehad died in a dust-storm followed by heavy rains. The weather office has predicted more thunderstorms in parts of the country … Read more 04.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

25.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Railways to hand over century-old heritage bridge to UP government   In a bid to save its heritage structures, the Railways has decided against dismantling the 113-year old Lord Curzon Bridge in Allahabad and will hand it over the Uttar Pradesh government for its preservation.   The construction of the 61-metre- long … Read more 25.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

22-23.04.18 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