BJP's surprise choice for the top job in Uttarakhand Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn-in as the state's new chief minister, replacing Trivendra Singh Rawat ahead of next year's Assembly polls. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Article 163(1): There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief ...

Gairsain in Chamoli district had announced as the summer capital of Uttarakhand. After this Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat sprung a surprise in the state assembly by declaring the town as a new administrative division of the state, a third commissionerate after Kumaon and Garhwal. Daily ...

Rescue and search operations were briefly halted at NTPC’s Tapovan hydel project afternoon after police in Uttarakhand issued an alert over rising water levels in the Alaknanda river and its tributary Dhauliganga. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower Plant is a ...

Flash flood incident in Uttarakhand is another warning of the dangers that a Himalayan state like Uttarakhand faces from natural processes like landslides, snow avalanches cloudbursts or lake bursts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As we saw in 2013 in the same state, such processes can ...

A glacier break is suspected to have caused the flash floods in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli. When glaciers melt, the water in glacial lakes accumulates behind loose, natural “glacial/moraine dams” made of ice, sand, pebbles and ice residue. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A GLOF refers to the ...

Glacier breaks off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district causing flash flood in Dhauliganga River, devastating the Dhauliganga Dam and endangering people. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Scientists are not sure what triggered the sudden surge of water near Chamoli in Uttarakhand ...

As 28-year-old filmmaker, Varchasva Dhunta, steered his camera through a vast crowd cheering “Jungle jyaada jaroori hai” (forest is more important), several demonstrators hugged the Thano forest trees along Dehradun’s Jolly Grant Airport Road, enacting the famous “Chipko Aandolan.” Daily ...

State Government Schemes 2020 are the most important part for competitive exams SSC, UPSC, Railways, State Public Service Commission (PSC) exams. Gkseries editors collect and compose these State Government Schemes 2020 Current Affairs news and articles from various newspapers & Magazines like ...

Uttarakhand Government Schemes 2020 are the most important part for competitive exam UKPSC as well as SSC, UPSC, Railways, Public Service Commission (PSC) exams. Gkseries editors collect and compose these Uttarakhand Government Schemes 2020 Current Affairs news and articles from various newspapers ...

Uttarakhand state government has launched the Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana in Dehradun on 13 March 2020. Under this scheme, government will provide nutritious milk once in a week to children studying in class 1st to 8th under Mid Day Meal Scheme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...