23.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   State to provide land to Hindustan Salts for mining   Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur directed the Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, to provide land to Hindustan Salts Limited to restart mining rock salt in the state. The mines initially started in May 1963. They were closed in January 2011 after the … Read more 23.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

08.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN 14-yr-old swimmer Gauravi Singhvi does Rajasthan proud in Mumbai   Ninth-grader Gauravi Singhvi, 14, from the City of Lakes set another record by covering a distance of 48 kilometers in 9 hours 22 minutes in Mumbai on Tuesday. She is the youngest swimmer in the state to do so. She began her mission from … Read more 08.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

24-25 .12.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN To monitor big cats, Rajasthan will have hi-tech anti-poaching system by January   The core areas of five popular wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan – Sariska, Ranthambore, Mukundra, Jhalana and Jawaibag – will be equipped with hi-tech wildlife surveillance (WS) and antipoaching system (APS), a step foresters say will go a long way in curbing … Read more 24-25 .12.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

17.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Women commission gets new chairperson   HP Government set in the process of appointing politicians as chairpersons/vice-chairpersons of boards and corporations and other statutory bodies and nominated senior party leader and former chairperson of the Parwanoo Municipal Council Dr Daisy Thakur as Chairperson of the Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (HPSCW) … Read more 17.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

05.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     Himachal Pradesh to settle 52-year-old power arrears with Punjab and Haryana   The Himachal PradeshCabinet approved settling over half a century old electricity arrears with Punjab and Haryana in three Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects in compliance with a Supreme Court order in terms of differential energy return. The differential energy … Read more 05.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

06.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN AICTE lauds Rajasthan’s ranking system for engineering colleges   Rajasthan Technical University’s (RTU) system of ranking its engineering colleges on a scale of 1000 points has won praise from the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE), the body governing all technical institutes in the country. AICTE has sought details of the system after which it … Read more 06.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

DMPQ-. Throw light on the Writ jurisdiction of state High courts.

. Article 226 of the Constitution empowers a high court to issue writs including habeas corpus, mandamus, certiorari, prohibition and quo-warrento for the enforcement of the fundamental rights of the citizens and for any other purpose. The phrase ‘for any other purpose’ refers to the enforcement of an ordinary legal right. The high court can … Read more DMPQ-. Throw light on the Writ jurisdiction of state High courts.

06.02.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Sports Bill to be back in Budget session   With the change of guard, the Himachal Pradesh Sports (Registration, Recognition and Regulation of Associations) Bill 2015, which had been put on back burner by Governor Acharya Devvrat for the past more than two years, will again come for discussion in the coming … Read more 06.02.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

12.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Scientific techniques for farming: Minister   Scientific and mechanised techniques would be adopted for improving agriculture in the state.   There were many schemes for the promotion of agriculture, but there was need to create awareness among masses. He said agriculture could play a major role in improving the economy of the … Read more 12.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs