Uttrakhand Current Affairs, GK & News
Uttarakhand opens Biodiversity Park
The State of Uttarakhand has recently opened a biodiversity park in Haldwani as the rich botanical heritage of the state is facing threats from climate change and degrading habitat loss, degrading landscapes and development activities. Highlights The Park was established on World Environment Day. The hill state that is rich in biodiversity has been losing ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Biodiversity • Conservation • Fauna conservation • national park • Plantation • Uttrakhand • World Environment Day
Awards under Swasth Bharat Yatra
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had launched Swasth Bharat Yatra to amplify its Eat Right India initiative. Swasth Bharat Yatra was a 100-day consumer outreach programme. The Yatra saw the participation of around 2.5 crore people across various States and UTs. It also led to the creation of 21,000 local ‘Eat ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Delhi • Eat Right Champions • Eat Right India initiative • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India • FSSAI • Goa • Gujarat • Jammu and Kashmir • Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra • Meghalaya • Punjab • Swasth Bharat Yatra • Tamil Nadu • Uttar Pradesh • Uttrakhand
Uttarakhand Govt sets up Committee to survey industries using silica dust
A high level committee has been constituted by the Uttarakhand government with a view to conduct a detailed survey of the industries using silica dust in the state. The panel would conduct its study and submit its report within 2 months. The health examination of those working in industries using silica dust would be carried out ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Topics: Committees • Current Affairs - 2017 • Current Affairs 2014 • IBPS • Socio-Economic • Uttrakhand
Climate change may lead India to war: UN report
UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its report evaluating affects of climate change on human health, settlements and natural resources issued a warning that if no actions are taken to limit the ill-effects of global warming, Asia may face pressure on water resources and food-grain production in the future, thereby mounting the risk of armed ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
Topics: Bangladesh • China • Current Affairs 2014 • Health • Odisha • Pakistan • Uttrakhand
World Bank approved $250 million aid for Uttarakhand
The World Bank approved financial aissistance of $250 million for Uttarakhand, in the wake of rains and landslides that wreaked havoc in the state in June 2013. The fund would be used to help the state undertake rehabilitation work and improve its capacity for disaster management. India had asked for assistance from multi-lateral organizations like ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Topics: Current Affairs 2013 • India-International Relations • Uttrakhand • World Bank