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

29.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit   The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg from September 25-28, 2018.   The organisers of the four-day event are expecting speakers from about 100 countries, including India, China, the US, Spain and Denmark.   The conference on wind is … Read more 29.05.18 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

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

19.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Multipurpose Educational Hub for Minority The Uttar Pradesh Government has released a total amount of Rs. 453 lakh for setting up 03 government model colleges inGhaziabad and Siddharthnagar districts under the MultipurposeEducational Hub, being run for Minorities. Out of the totalreleased amount, Rs. 151 lakh each has been given to setup oneGirls … Read more 19.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

18.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP police planning a ‘digital’ leap to check alarming rise in cyber crimes   Confronted with a growing number of cyber crimes, UP police are planning to revamp the cyber cell wing. According to sources, a fund of Rs 5 crore has been released to improve the infrastructure of the department.   … Read more 18.05.18 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

15.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP ranked first in rural development schemes in country   Uttar Pradesh has been ranked first in the overall performance ranking of states in the sphere of rural development. The rankings have been released by the Union rural development ministry.   UP scored ‘extremely well’ in the Centre’s flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Gramin Avas … Read more 15.05.18 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