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UTTAR PRADESH Ambedkar portrait must in all UP govt schools, colleges The Yogi Adityanath government in UP has now made it compulsory for all state-run schools and colleges to have a portrait of the Babasaheb Ambedkar, complete with a mention of his date of birth and demise. The administration had earlier ordered the installation of … Read more 08.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh finalises 3 more expressways of over 500 km put together Uttar Pradesh is readying to expand its network of highways by another 500 km by 2021 to nearly 1,432 km, the longest in the country, following the decision of the Yogi Adityanath government to finalise the alignment of three new expressways to … Read more 28.04.18 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
UTTAR PRADESH UP govt signs agreement with Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture for vision document on Taj protection Uttar Pradesh government has signed an agreement with School of Planning and Architecture and sanctioned Rs 76 lakh to prepare a vision document on the protection of Taj Mahal as directed by the Supreme Court. The … Read more 23.03.18 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
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
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
UTTAR PRADESH UP moves ahead on simultaneous polls UP government has set up a seven-member electoral reform committee to look at the possibility of having simultaneous elections in the state and having a common electoral roll for all elections. The committee, set up under the chairmanship of cabinet minister Sidharth Nath Singh, is … Read more 29-30.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh India’s most polluted state: Greenpeace report ð With 15 of its cities among 30 cities with highest levels of toxic air in the country, Uttar Pradesh is India’s most polluted state, says a Greenpeace India report. ð Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi turned out to be the … Read more 01.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP assembly clears bill to control organised crime UP Assembly passed a stringent bill to control organsied crime amid walkout of Opposition members, who term it a “draconian” legislation. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath re-introduced the UP Control of Organised Crime Bill (UPCOCB) in assembly on Tuesday as legislative council, where ruling BJP doesn’t have a majority, rejected … Read more 27.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs