10.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

Bihar   Bihar has maximum ‘stressed’ bridges on National Highways.   Bihar has the maximum number of “distressed structures” including bridges and elevated stretches out of the total 147 identified on National Highways by the road transport ministry. According to official data, 112 of these are minor bridges, 11 are elevated stretches and the rest are major bridges. … Read more 10.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

08.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

Bihar   Centre launches legal aid scheme in Bihar.   Remuneration of paralegal volunteers (PLVs) working with different state legal services authorities and district legal services authorities across the country has been doubled. Paralegal refers to a person trained in subsidiary legal matters but not fully qualified as a lawyer.   The PLVs across the country would … Read more 08.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

04.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

Bihar   Now, December 2019 deadline for Ganga driveway.   The state government’s ambitious Loknayak Ganga Path, popularly known as Ganga driveway, is unlikely to meet 2017 deadline due to delay in land acquisition and other issues. Senior Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited (BSRDCL) officials said the project would be completed by December 2019 as the … Read more 04.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

02.08.17 & 03.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

Bihar   65% children not breastfed within one hour of birth in Bihar.   The gender resource centre of Women Development Corporation, in association with Unicef, organized an outreach and experience-sharing workshop on ‘Sustaining BreastfeedingTogether’ to commemorate the World Breastfeeding Week.   As per National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), 48 infants per 1,000 births in Bihar die … Read more 02.08.17 & 03.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs