Dec 2019

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Job scenario in state bleak   Dwindling job opportunities in the public and private sectors have become a cause of concern for the 8.66 lakh unemployed youth who were registered in various employment exchanges across the state.   The recently concluded Vidhan Sabha session where figures of employment were laid in the … Read more 18.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     HP gets highest ice-skating rink in Kaza   The highest ice-skating artificial rink at an altitude of 3,720 metre has been set up in the remote Kaza town in Spiti by the government.   The aim of setting up the rink is to promote ice-skating and hockey among the youth, an … Read more 17.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL International Tea Day 2019 The United Nations (UN) has declared May 21 as International Tea Day on the recommendations of India, however, this day is celebrated on December 15 Every Year. The proposal was made by India at the International Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Intergovernmental Group meeting held in Milan 4 years ago. … Read more 15-16.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Chitkara varsity placed 7th in swachh ranking   Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, ranks seventh on the list of cleanest higher education institutions in the country in the Swachh Campus Ranking-2019 of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.   The Swachh Campus Ranking is an exercise to rank higher educational … Read more 14.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   In 2 yrs, Rs7.69 crore spent under Centre’s maternity scheme   The state nodal officer of Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Onkar Thakur, said under the scheme Rs7.69 crore had been allocated to beneficiaries in Mandi district from 2017 to December 2019. He said under the scheme, the Women and Child … Read more 13.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   UNESCO team visits Kalka-Shimla rail section   Reactive monitoring mission of UNESCO for the Kalka-Shimla railway today visited Shimla to check the heritage conservation of station, station building and surroundings on the level of world heritage measures.   Two members Hiyashi (Japan) and Peterson Michael (Australia) of reactive monitoring mission of UNESCO … Read more 12.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     8.4 lakh unemployed in state   Minister for Industries Bikram Thakur, informed the house that till July this year 8,43,470 unemployed were registered with the employment department of the state. The minister also informed that in the last one year the present government had provided 1,46,961 jobs to employed youth in … Read more 11.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     Legal services authority mobile app launched   High Court Chief Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy today launched the mobile application of State Legal Services Authority. The Chief Justice, who is also patron-in-chief of the authority, said the purpose of the mobile application was to provide user-friendly interface on mobile devices for easy … Read more 08-09.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Forest Dept ropes in schoolkids to enhance green cover   The Forest Department has roped in schoolchildren to ensure their participation and cooperation in protecting forest and enhancing the green cover which is vital for environment protection.   The department had started the Van Mitra scheme with a view to inculcating the … Read more 07.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     Himachal on fiscal correction path, CAG report shows Comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG) in its latest report for year ending March 31, 2018, tabled in the state assembly on Saturday stated that Himachal Pradesh was on a fiscal correction path. However, the state has not yet amended the Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary … Read more 06.12.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs