December 2020

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Spiti villagers to vote at highest polling station   The voters of Langcha panchayat in the Spiti valley are expected to exercise their right to franchise in the panchayati raj elections at Tashigang village, the world’s highest polling station situated at a height of 15,256 feet above sea level.   However, the … Read more 25.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Industries corpn draft accounts approved   Draft accounts of 2019-20 of the HP General Industries Corporation were approved at the meeting of Board of Directors.   A meeting of BoD held under the chairmanship of Industries Minister of Bikram Singh also discussed in detail the financial achievements of six months of years … Read more 24.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   India and ADB sign USD 10 million PRF to help expand horticulture production and farm household income in Himachal Pradesh India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a USD 10 million project readiness financing (PRF) to help finance piloting activities and design and capacity building for an ensuing project that … Read more 23.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   NHAI invites bids for survey on bypass in Una   In view of the traffic congestion in Una city, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited online bids from private consultancy firms to conduct a survey regarding the possibility of road bypasses on the outskirts of the city or an … Read more 22.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH 24X7 emergency services begin at Una health centre   Rural Development Minister Virender Kanwar launched 24×7 emergency health services at the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Thanakalan village in Bangana subdivision of Join Our Telegram Channel Subscribe on YouTube the district today. The CHC is at present providing only medical services during the … Read more 20-21.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Landslide uproots pipes, water supply to Shimla affected   The water supply to Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, will remain partially affected for a couple of days as pipes of the Giri water project, one of the main supply sources to the city, have been damaged due to a landslide. Shimla … Read more 19.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   36 projects okayed under state scheme in Himachal   36 new projects had been approved under the Mukhyamantri Swavalamban Yojana in Mandi district. Their total cost is proposed to be Rs 6.95 crore. A grant of Rs 1.23 crore will be provided on this. “The projects approved include mainly projects related to … Read more 18.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal Pradesh adjudged best hill state in crime tracking   Himachal Pradesh has been adjudged as the best performing state in the implementation of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) in the category of hill states.   The National Crime Records Bureau had organised a two-day seminar on Crime … Read more 17.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Health workers in Himachal to get Covid vaccine first, says expert   The state has the infrastructure ready for Covid-19 immunisation as and when the vaccine becomes available. “Health workers will be administered the vaccine first and the state is close to identifying the first-phase beneficiaries. Besides, cold chain and session sites … Read more 16.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   74 Mandi villages to be under ‘adarsh scheme’   As many as 74 villages of the Mandi district would be developed under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) in the coming days. Under the scheme, each selected village (more than 50 per cent Scheduled Caste (SC) dominated villages) will get Rs … Read more 15.12.20 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs