11.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   State to have 6 waste mgmt plants   The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has stepped up its efforts to set up solid waste management plants in the state following high court directions. As many as six such plants are supposed to be set up at Baddi, Mandi, Kangra, Chamba, Sirmaur and … Read more 11.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

06.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal CM announces 24X7 helpline for women   In a significant decision after taking over as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur has announced setting up of a 24×7  helpline, called Gudiya, for women.   Thakur, who was at Press Club Shimla, said three special crime cells would be set up, one … Read more 06.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

06.01.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan reports 70% growth in PhD enrolments   The state has recorded a whopping 70% growth, topping all other states, in enrolling research scholars in the country. The desert state has seen enrolment for PhDs jump from 4,134 to 7,010 between 2015-16 and 2016-17, according to All India Survey On Higher Education 2016-17.   Surprisingly, during … Read more 06.01.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

01.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur launches cleanliness drive   Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur kicked off a cleanliness drive from the state capital under the Swachh Bharat Mission by launching a campaign to clean drinking water reservoirs.   He said his government is committed to total cleanliness under the Swachh … Read more 01.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

29.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Tourist hotspots to be developed: Govind   Forests, Transport and Youth Services and Sports Minister Govind Singh Thakur said that work on ropeways at tourist hotspots in the state would be started soon to promote tourism. He said monorails would also be started to visit areas that were yet to be explored. … Read more 29.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

26.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Improving state’s financial health priority: CM-designate   Chief Minister-designate Jai Ram Thakur today said whatever harsh steps needed to be taken to improve the grim financial health of the state would be taken.   Responding to a query about the second capital status bestowed on Dharamsala by the Virbhadra regime, he said … Read more 26.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

15.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   State reels under cold wave conditions   Cold wave conditions continued in the state despite dry weather and sunny day as night temperature dropped and mercury remained 10 to 12°C below the freezing point in high altitude tribal areas.   Keylong was coldest at night with a low temperature of minus 6.3 … Read more 15.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

06-12-2017 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Policy to combat drug menace soon   The police will undertake exhaustive documentation of the areas under narcotic cultivation and the extent of problem to prepare a policy framework so that a sustained campaign for eradication, enforcement, awareness and rehabilitation can be undertaken against the drug menace.   Having constituted a task … Read more 06-12-2017 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

26-27.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal Pradesh reels under cold wave conditions   The mid and higher hills and tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh reeled under cold wave conditions as the minimum temperatures were recorded between two to five degrees below normal. The minimum temperatures stayed between 10 to 14 degrees Celsius below the freezing point in … Read more 26-27.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs