After the resignation of Tirath Singh Rawat, two-time Khatima MLA Pushkar Singh Dhami has been declared as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Dhami represents the Khatima constituency in Udham Singh Nagar district, the region known as ‘terai’ and dominated ...

The Union Cabinet recently gave approval to the transfer of land of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, ITBP to Government of Uttarakhand for development of Aerial Passenger Ropeway System between Dehradun and Mussoorie. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The proposed Ropeway is a mono-cable ropeway of ...

Devotees with negative RT-PCR test report will only be allowed to enter the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The test should be done 72 hours prior to the date of visit to the Mela site. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 According to UNESCO, Kumbh Mela (the festival of the sacred ...

The Uttarakhand government had sought withdrawal of “inner-line permit” (ILP) system in Niti Valley of Chamoli district and Nelang Valley of Uttarkashi district for better border management and expansion of tourism and other economic activities in villages located there. Daily Current Affairs ...

BJP's surprise choice for the top job in Uttarakhand Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn-in as the state's new chief minister, replacing Trivendra Singh Rawat ahead of next year's Assembly polls. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Article 163(1): There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief ...

Gairsain in Chamoli district had announced as the summer capital of Uttarakhand. After this Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat sprung a surprise in the state assembly by declaring the town as a new administrative division of the state, a third commissionerate after Kumaon and Garhwal. Daily ...

Rescue and search operations were briefly halted at NTPC’s Tapovan hydel project afternoon after police in Uttarakhand issued an alert over rising water levels in the Alaknanda river and its tributary Dhauliganga. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower Plant is a ...

Flash flood incident in Uttarakhand is another warning of the dangers that a Himalayan state like Uttarakhand faces from natural processes like landslides, snow avalanches cloudbursts or lake bursts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As we saw in 2013 in the same state, such processes can ...

A glacier break is suspected to have caused the flash floods in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli. When glaciers melt, the water in glacial lakes accumulates behind loose, natural “glacial/moraine dams” made of ice, sand, pebbles and ice residue. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A GLOF refers to the ...

Glacier breaks off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district causing flash flood in Dhauliganga River, devastating the Dhauliganga Dam and endangering people. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Scientists are not sure what triggered the sudden surge of water near Chamoli in Uttarakhand ...