Himachal Pradesh: Point-Wise State Current-Affairs/GS Articles 2023 (Including PIB)- Download PDF

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Aug 7, 2021

Threat Posed by Avian Influenza 

Recently, Avian influenza popularly known as bird flu has been reported from the states of Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh. H5N1 and H5N8 are the two virus types identified so far in the outbreaks. Both the virus types come…

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Health

Aug 5, 2021

STARs Project 

The World Bank approved 500 million USD on June 28,2020 to improve learning outcomes in India. Using interventions in selected states to improve the overall monitoring and measurement activities in the Indian school education system.

Scheme Overview

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Government Schemes/Projects

Jul 31, 2021

Second Edition of India Innovation Index Released (Govt. Committees, PIB) 

The second edition of the India Innovation Index was released recently by NITI Aayog along with the Institute for Competitiveness on January 20,2021. This report is an examination of innovation capabilities and performance of the states and union territories along with the recogn…

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Government Schemes/Projects

Jul 5, 2021

Women Will Web Platform 

A new web platform Women Will has been launched by Google on March 8,2021 on the occasion of “International Women՚s Day” . It has further announced a grant to train 1 million Agri workers on digital and financial literacy.

Main Highlights

  • Women Will initiat…

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Women & Minority Empowerment

Jun 22, 2021

Ladakhs Tso Kar Wetland Complex 

  • Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh has been added to Ramsar sites list by India. This was done under an international convention, meant for preserving ecological character of selected wetlands across the globe.
  • Tso Kar wetland has become India՚s 42nd Ramsar site and second in the U…

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HealthEnvironment

Himalayan Serow 

  • For the first time in the Himalayan cold desert region, a Himalayan serow has been sighted. Several species of serows are found in Asia. Himalayan serow is also known as Capricornis sumatraensis thar.
  • This is also for the very first time serow was recorded through human sighting t…

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EnvironmentRailways

Nov 2, 2019

Geography & You – Revision Time – Weather Highlights Feb 2017 Part 1 

1. Hot Weather Season (March to May) Outlook for 2017 India՚s averaged annual mean temperatures was warmest in 2016. In January 2017, the country՚s mean temperature was recorded above normal with anomalies of 0.67°C the eighth…

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Oct 29, 2019

Geography and You – Revision Time - March April 2017 Part 3 

9. GOES-16Over GOES-13, GOES-16 imagery offers advantages in terms of cyclone forecasts by offering a higher spatial and temporal resolution. GOES-16 is a Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) which acts as a single-channel near infrared detector that helps in monitoring for the s…

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May 30, 2018

Expected Most Important Topics for UPSC - 2018 (Part - 11) 

Indian China Standoff- Indo-Bhutan Ties - Standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Doklam (located at the tri-junction of India, China and Bhutan) underlines India՚s relationship with Bhutan, including military responsibilities.

  • June 2017: Chinese Army (People՚s Liberation Ar…

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Expected Most Important Topics for UPSC - 2018 (Part - 16) 

Government released India Youth Development Index & Report 2017 - India has 65% of the population less than the age of 35 years and 50% below 25 years of age and it is expected to be youngest in the world by 2020 with median age of 29 years.

  • The National YDI value is 0.569 with wi…

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