May 2021

HIMACHAL PRADESH   The Low-Cold Apple Varieties Developed By Farmer in Himachal State Are Widely Spread   A Himachal Pradesh farmer has created an innovative self-pollinating apple variety that does not require long chilling hours to flower and set fruit.   Commercial cultivation of this apple variety has started in the low-lying areas of  Himachal … Read more 30-31.05.21 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Colleges told to compile RTI data   The Higher Education Department has asked the deputy directors of the department and public information officers/principals of the government colleges, as well as Sanskrit colleges, to compile data for submission of the annual report of RTI to the state Information Commissioner and Education Secretary, and … Read more 17.05.21 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Sanitation workers to get Rs 2K as incentive for three months   All sanitation workers in the urban local bodies (ULBs), including municipal corporations, municipal councils, nagar parishads and nagar panchayats, will be given an incentive of Rs 2,000 per month for April, May and June, 2021, keeping in view the vital … Read more 03.05.21 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   PRIs must provide all help to patients: CM Himachal   Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur exhorted elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to come forward to help in timely shifting of Covid patients under home isolation to hospital.   The Chief Minister urged the elected representatives to keep a strict vigil … Read more 05.05.21 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Covid has killed more men than women in Himachal: Data   Covid-19 has been harsher on men than women in the state. Of the 1,484 deaths till Saturday, 970 men (65.4 per cent) and 514 women (34.6 per cent) have succumbed to the virus. According to data made available by the health … Read more 20.05.21 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Religious sect may get nod to sell land gifted by followers   The Himachal Government could allow a religious sect to sell the land gifted by its followers in relaxation of the Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972 as the matter will be considered by the Cabinet tomorrow. Sources confirmed … Read more 13.05.21 Daily HPPSC Current Affairs