BPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, BPSC Test Series
BIHAR Railway projects hanging fire in state The railways’ ambitious move to execute the pending projects on a cost-sharing basis with the states is yet to bear desired results in many states, including Bihar where certain projects are hanging fire because of resource crunch. According to a Railway Board official, Jharkhand and Karnataka have positively responded to the railways’ … Read more
BIHAR Bihar Government launches Safe City Surveillance scheme for Women Safety The Bihar government has launched Safe City Surveillance Scheme for checking crime against women. It aims to bring all major public places under watch of close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and improve overall crime control in the state. The scheme has been launched in a phase-wise … Read more
BIHAR Nitish conferred with 1st Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been selected for the 1st Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Public Life. He was conferred the award at an official function of Jammu & Kashmir government held at Jammu. The award was constituted recently by the … Read more
BIHAR 95,000 tuberculosis cases reported in Bihar last year Additional executive director of State Health Society Sanjay Kumar Singh on expressed concern over lack of tuberculosis test facility at integrated counselling and test centres (ICTCs) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres where HIV patients co-infected with multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB visit. In 2016, nearly 65,000 TB cases … Read more
BIHAR No tiger death case reported in Bihar this year Year 2017 has proved to be a good year for tigers in Bihar as no case of death of big cat has so far been reported from any part of the state . The number of big cats has also surged in state’s lone tiger … Read more
BIHAR Bihar wins Kalam award for grievance redressal The state has won Kalam Innovation in Governance Award (KIGA) for exemplary implementation and monitoring of the Bihar Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act (BRPGRA). The Act, first of its kind in the country, was introduced in 2015 to give legal right to citizens for time-bound hearing and redressal of their grievances. … Read more
BIHAR Stage set for Magadh University bifurcation The preparatory exercise for bifurcation of Magadh University (MU) is nearly complete and Patliputra University will soon start functioning. According to education minister Krishnanandan Prasad Verma, the process for appointment of Patliputra University VC has already begun and things will automatically be put on the fast track once … Read more
BIHAR Bihar to host Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s conference from Feb 16 Speakers of state assemblies and chairpersons of legislative councils from across the country as well as heads of legislative bodies of some neighbouring countries would converge here in February 2018 to take part in the four-day conference of India region chapter of … Read more
BIHAR Nitish bats for EBC quota in central jobs, varsities Chief minister Nitish Kumar on pitched for separate reservation for the EBCs (extremely backward classes) in the central government’s appointments as well as admissions in central education institutions on the line of Bihar government’s Karpoori formula. The Centre currently provides 27% reservation to OBCs (other backward classes), which include … Read more
BIHAR Nitish Kumar launches excavation at Jayanagar hills in Lakhisarai Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday launched an excavation work at the Jayanagar hills, 125km from Patna, in Lakhisarai district. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently approved the excavation for a year based on the recent discovery of a medieval period monastery (6-10th century AD) at Jayanagar. … Read more