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UTTAR PRADESH UP govt celebrate the first time the state’s foundation day The Uttar Pradesh government celebrated for the first time the state’s foundation day, the day when the erstwhile United Provinces was renamed as Uttar Pradesh in 1950, but very few people know how the state got its name. The idea to … Read more 27.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uppcl installing 1 crore pre-paid meters under saubhagya scheme In the biggest ever move to curb line loss and power pilferage to bring down the cost revenue collection, UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has undertaken the task of installing a whopping 1 crore pre-paid meters under Saubhagya Scheme. In April, … Read more 06-07.05.18 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 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
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
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
UTTAR PRADESH Government’s initiative to make barren land agricultural The Uttar Pradesh Government has taken an initiative to make the barren land agricultural as effort is that no district is left with barren land. To attain this, officers have been asked to implement ;and improvement policy. Minister of State for Parti Bhumi … Read more 05.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP Govt raises e-tender ceiling to Rs 10 lakh In view of reports of inconvenience in the tendering process, the state government raised the ceiling for e-tenders to Rs 10 lakh on Tuesday. After this, local tenders could be issued for any government job worth less than Rs 10 lakh. This … Read more 18.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Upsrtc to start a direct bus service between the state and the himalayan nation After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to build a strategic rail link between Nepal’s Kathmandu and Raxaul in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) is also contemplating to start a direct bus service between the … Read more 08-09.04.18 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