June 2019

BIHAR Centre cancels Bihar’s mega bridge project involving Chinese firms The Centre has cancelled the tender of a mega bridge project over the Ganga in Bihar as Chinese companies are involved in it The capital cost of the entire project, including a 5.6-km-long bridge, other minor bridges, underpasses and a rail overbridge, was estimated at over Rs 2,900 crore. The decision … Read more 30.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs

BIHAR Rebuilt flank of MG Setu to open next month The reconstruction of the other flank of Mahatma Gandhi Setu, the communication lifeline between north and south Bihar, is likely to start next month, if everything goes as planned. The Afcons Infrastructure limited, the construction firm entrusted with the task of refurbishing the 35-year-old cantilever … Read more 28-29.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs

BIHAR Bihar: Migrant workers to be engaged in railway projects The East Central Railway (ECR) has decided to provide employment to migrant workers in about 32 districts of the state under PM’s ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA)’. The ECR jurisdiction spreads over in four states – Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Though the GKRA scheme … Read more 27.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs

BIHAR   Do plot-wise survey for irrigation facilities: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar   CM Nitish Kumar asked water resources department (WRD) officials to conduct a plot-wise survey across the state to make an accurate assessment about the existing facilities and required irrigation capacity for each farmland.   Ahars, payens and ponds are being renovated under … Read more 26.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs

BIHAR   Now, traffic inspectors, DSPs to issue e-challan in Bihar Motorists violating the Motor Vehicles Act will now be able to make cashless e-challan payments by sweeping their debit or credit cards through hand-held devices from July 1 at all traffic police stations in the state. Earlier in February, the department had provided around 200 hand-held … Read more 23.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs

BIHAR Bihar seeks ST status for Noniya caste The state government has decided to recommend to the Centre that people of Noniya caste found in the state be considered synonymous with the Khariya tribal group, paving the way for their eventual inclusion in Scheduled Tribes (ST) category by the Centre. In Bihar, Noniya caste has otherwise been … Read more 21-22.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs

BIHAR   PPU colleges gear up for NAAC assessment   After the prolonged lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Patliputra University (PPU) is gearing up to get its colleges National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation as per recent the advisory issued by Raj Bhavan.   PPU vice-chancellor Prof Gulab Chand Ram Jaiswal said out of 25 constituent colleges, 12 … Read more 20.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs

BIHAR Varsities yet to study impact of coronavirus on lives in rural areas Even as the UGC had directed the universities and colleges to facilitate studies on the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on rural lives and also the role played by the agrarian communities in its containment more than 10 days back, no institution in the state … Read more 19.06.20 Daily BPSC Current Affairs