Uttarakhand state government launched Saubhagyawati Yojana 2020 for pregnant women and newborn children. In this scheme, the state government set up to provide food kit and clothes to beneficiary pregnant ladies as well as infants. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The state ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated six sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Uttarakhand worth Rs 521 crore under the Namami Gange Mission. PM Modi said the projects will prevent discharge of 15.2 crore litres of polluted water into the Ganga in Uttarakhand per day. Daily Current Affairs ...

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed a 180-feet bailey bridge in Jauljibi sector of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand in less than three weeks despite frequent landslides and heavy rains. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The 50-metre span concrete bridge was ...

Uttarakhand is going to set up India’s first conservation centre for snow Leopardsin the forests of Uttarkashi district. According to officials, the centre will be developed by the Uttarakhand forest department along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Daily Current Affairs ...

Uttarakhand government might lift the 'Inner Line Permit' in some areas of the hill state adjoining the border areas with an aim to develop areas for 'border tourism'. The Inner Line Permit (ILP) is required to visit some areas of the state which are ecologically and otherwise deemed sensitive. ...

The Zonal Master Plan (ZMP), prepared by the Government of Uttarakhand and appraised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has accorded approval by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on 16th July, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bhagirathi ...

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) operationalized the first ever helicopter services from Dehradun’s Sahastradhara helipad to Gauchar, and Chinyalisaur under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN) of Government of India. MoCA awarded the ...

The railway authorities have decided to replace Urdu language on signboards at state platforms with Sanskrit. The signboards will now be written of railway stations in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. The decision has been taken as per provisions of the Railway Manual, which says that names of the ...

Uttarakhand Government launches virtual classroom project connecting 500 secondary schools in the state facing a shortage of teachers will benefit from the new technology. The project was launched under the Information and Communication Technology scheme of Samagra Sikshar Abhiyan in Uttarakhand. ...

Uttarakhand would soon have a High Altitude institute of mountain medicine, training and research center. Once completed, the state of the art institute dealing with health issues related with high altitudes would be first of its kind in Asia. Six Sigma health care, a company which at present ...