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PD Siwal committee constituted by Central Government to probe into NTPC’s Unchahar Thermal Power Plant incident
The Union Power Ministry has constituted a 4-member committee to investigate into the causes of the recent accident that occurred on 1st November 2017 at NTPC’s Unchahar Thermal Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district. The committee, headed by ..
India’s first-ever conservation reserve for black buck to come up in Allahabad
India’s first-ever conservation reserve for black buck will come up on over 126 hectares in the trans-Yamuna region of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. The State cabinet has recently approved a Blackbuck Conservation Reserve in the Meja forest division that is ..
India’s first Blackbuck conservation reserve to come up in UP
The Uttar Pradesh State Cabinet has approved Blackbuck Conservation Reserve in trans-Yamuna belt near Allahabad. It will be first of its kind conservation reserves in India exclusively dedicated to blackbuck. In this regard, state government has evoked Section 36 A ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
SC bans dirty pet-coke, furnace oil in Haryana, Rajasthan, UP
The Supreme Court banned use of pet-coke and dirty furnace oil in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh from November 1, 2017 in a bid to reduce air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR). The apex court bench comprising ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
India’s first STP under Hybrid Annuity Mode to come up in Haridwar and Varanasi
India’s first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) under Hybrid Annuity Mode will come up in Haridwar (Uttarakhand) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). In this regard, a tripartite agreement was signed between National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and state level executing agencies ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
NMCG approves Eight Projects under Namami Gange Programme
The Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved eight projects worth Rs. 700 crore under Namami Gange Programme The four projects pertain to sewage management in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, three are related to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Royana Singh become first woman chief proctor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Royana Singh, an assistant professor at the Institute of Medical Science (Anatomy Department), has been appointed as the first woman chief proctor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU). She succeeded O P Singh, who recently resigned from the post after taking ..
Deendayal Hastkala Sankul: Government launches trade facilitation centre for handicrafts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Deendayal Hastkala Sankul, a trade facilitation centre and Crafts Museum for handicrafts at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The centre and Crafts Museum was proposed by Union Finance Minister in his 2014-15 Budget speech to develop and ..