Uttarakhand Current Affairs

India’s first ‘Grass Conservatory’ inaugurated in Uttarakhand’s Ranikhet

India’s first ‘grass conservatory’ spread over an area of two acres was inaugurated on November 14, 2021 at Ranikhet in Almora district. Funded under the Central Government’s CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) scheme, the conservatory was developed in three years by the research wing of Uttarakhand Forest Department, Chief Conservator of Forest […]

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PM Narendra Modi Unveils Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi and Statue in Kedarnath

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on Friday, November 05, 2021 to inaugurate key infrastructure projects related to the redevelopment of Kedarnath. He was addressing a large gathering of teerth-purohits and devotees at the Kedarnath temple after unveiling a 12-foot statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya at the seer’s rebuilt samadhi. The Prime Minister also

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India’s biggest aromatic garden opened in Nainital, Uttarakhand

Recently, a beautiful aromatic garden, having 140 fragrant plant species across India, like Tulsi, Chandan, Parijat, etc., planted across 3 acres of land, was opened in Lalkuan, in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand. As per forest officials, this garden is the biggest such facility in the country. This project has been developed by the research wing of

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Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia flags off the Doon Drone Mela in Uttarakhand

Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia along with the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, General (Retd.) Dr. V.K. Singh flagged off the Doon Drone Mela 2021 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Shri Scindia flagged off the event with a paragliding demonstration and also interacted with the drone companies exhibiting their prototypes

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6th India-UK joint military exercise ‘AJEYA WARRIOR’ begins in Uttarakhand

The 6th Edition of India–UK Joint Company Level Military Training EXERCISE AJEYA WARRIOR has commenced at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand. The exercise is part of an initiative to develop interoperability and sharing expertise with friendly foreign nations. Armies would familiarise themselves with each other’s weapons, equipment, tactics, techniques, etc. The two-week military exercise will culminate on October 20, 2021. The exercise will further strengthen bilateral

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India’s largest open-air fernery inaugurated in Uttarakhand

Uttrakhand Forest Department developed an open-air fernery. This is said to be the biggest fernery of India. Ranikhet Fernery inaugurates by Dr. Nilambar Kunetha, a well-known Pteridophyte, an expert on ferns, in Ranikhet, today. It is an effort of three years of Research Wing of the Uttarakhand Forest Department under GOI’s CAMPA scheme. India’s largest

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Uttarakhand, Punjab, Tamil Nadu get new governors

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, who retired as the deputy chief of Army, governor of Uttarakhand, a post which fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation. According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Maurya and appointed Singh as the governor of the state. President Ram Nath Kovind

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Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya Resigns

Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Wednesday resigned from her post citing personal reasons. Maurya submitted her resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind, the governor secretary BK Sant said, according to news agency ANI. Maurya put in her papers two years before completing her tenure amid speculations that she might take a fresh plunge into Uttar

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Indian Meteorological Department issued orange alert predicts heavy rain

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) recently issued an orange alert for Uttarakhand. The state has been receiving intermittent rains causing waterlogging and landslides. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 IMD is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and

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India’s highest herbal park inaugurated near Indo-China border

India’s highest altitude herbal park was inaugurated at Mana village close to the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. The herbal park is situated at a height of 11,000 feet. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Mana village in Uttarakhand is the last Indian village in Chamoli bordering China and is adjacent to the famous Himalayan

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