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BIHAR Bihar discoms file power tariff petition for next fiscal The North Bihar Power Distribution Company and the South Bihar Power Distribution Company on Tuesday evening filed their electricity tariff petition for the next fiscal (2018-19) with the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC). The BERC will take at least three months to take a call on the … Read more 07-12-2017 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Declare Cyclopean Wall as heritage site: CM Nitish Kumar Chief minister Nitish Kumar pitched for a world heritage status to 22km-long Cyclopean Wall while inaugurating the three-day Rajgir Mahotsav at Rajgir International Convention Centre (RICC). The Cyclopean Wall at Rajgir is among the oldest specimens of this type of masonry across the world. Our government’s … Read more 28.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR HC seeks Bihar government reply on new rules The Patna high court ordered the state government to file a counter affidavit within three weeks regarding the anomalies in newly formed rules and regulations for engaging law officers. Under the new rules, only those lawyers having at least 20 years of experience are eligible … Read more 24.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND U’khand to be first state to have convocation attire Uttarakhand would be the first State in the country to have traditional attire for convocation ceremonies of its universities. If everything goes as per the plan, then from January 1, 2018, common attire for the convocation would be implemented. It is … Read more 22.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
BIHAR ‘22% boys, 29% girls in Bihar have sex before 15 years of age’ Almost 22% boys and 29% girls had sexual encounters before attaining the age of 15 years whereas 30% boys, 5% unmarried and 27% married girls had multiple partners, a survey conducted on ‘understanding the lives of adolescents and young … Read more 22.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Health minister flags off 65 ambulances State health minister Mangal Pandey flagged off 65 ambulances of the 102 service from the premises of State Health Society, Bihar in Patna. The health department has outsourced the toll-free 102 call centre as well as the operation and management of the fleet of ambulances and mortuary vans to a … Read more 19-20.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR No need to hide mobiles, now jail inmates can officially make calls Making phone calls secretly from prisons is a big menace the jail authorities have to grapple with. Quite frequently, mobile phones are recovered during raids in prisons. Now, making phone calls will be legal for more than 30,000 inmates … Read more 17.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Bihar jails to be linked with ERP system Buoyed by the success of Prison-enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) system in Patna based Beur jail in 2012-13, Bihar’s rest 55 jails would now be extended this facility. The system could be adopted after its formal inauguration by CM Nitish Kumar at state’s first … Read more 15.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR 60% students enrolled in Patna University courses are girls: VC Patna University (PU) vice-chancellor Rash Bihari Prasad Singh has expressed satisfaction over high enrolment of girls in different courses. “It is a matter of pride that more than 60% of the students enrolled in different courses in PU are girls,” he said. Adding that PU is not only empowering … Read more 12-13.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Bihar to have organic farming corridors along Ganges: Nitish Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the state would give a boost to organic farming by forming a “corridor” along both sides of the river Ganges. “Organic farming is the way forward. Many enterprising farmers in our state have taken initiatives on their … Read more 10.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs