11.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Bihar sees substantial rise in new voters   74 lakh new electors in the age group of 18-19 years, as per the updated data released by the election commission recently. There are a total of 7.17 lakh young voters in the same age bracket.   Overall voters in the state now stands at 6.98 … Read more

02.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Licence mandatory for selling tobacco products    The advisory issued by Patna municipal corporation on November 3, ordering tobacco sellers not to sell any other nontobacco products like bread, candies, water bottles etc under one roof and to obtain license for selling tobacco products before December 1, is yet to be implemented in … Read more

13-10-2017 Bihar Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Prime Minister to lay foundation stone of multiple sewerage and highways projects in Bihar   Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of four sewerage and four National Highways projects, worth over Rs 3,760 crores, in Bihar.   The cost of four sewerage projects at Beur, Karmalichak and Saidpur is estimated at Rs 738.04 … Read more

14-15 .01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Bihar needs some serious thinking on secondary education: ASER   For the first time, annual status of education report (ASER) – 2017 by Pratham, to be released in New Delhi, has gone beyond the basics to focus on students in the 14-18 age group, i.e. the secondary and higher secondary stage – the Achilles’ … Read more

04.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   E-way bill: Bihar demands necessary troubleshooting mechanism The Bihar government has flagged implementation concerns surrounding the e-way bill, asking for a 24-hour troubleshooting mechanism and setting up a helpdesk before rolling out the system. With effect from February 1, transporters will have to carry an electronic-way bill or e-way bill while moving goods among … Read more

18.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  BIHAR Drones to keep tab on Railways project   The East Central Railway (ECR) has decided to use high-tech drone cameras to keep a close surveillance on the progress of ongoing railway projects worth several crores in the zone during 2017-2018 fiscal.   Drones are being used by the railways for the first time for 11 … Read more

01.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   President Kovind to launch third phase of agriculture road map on Nov 9   President Ram Nath Kovind will launch the third phase of Bihar agriculture road map (2017-22) at Bapu Hall of Samrat Ashok International Convention centre in Patna on November 9. This would be Kovind’s maiden official visit to the state after being elected President … Read more

17.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR ·        ASER 2017: Major challenges in way of Bihar’s secondary education ð  The annual status of education report (ASER) – 2017 released on Tuesday has highlighted the growing challenge of living up to the aspirations of Bihar youth in terms of better post-elementary opportunities keeping in view rapid expansion at primary education level. ð  … Read more

08-12-2017 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Application, website soon to take the waste food to needy   Roughly 1.3 billion tonnes of edible food produced in the world is discarded every year. Had only one fourth of the food wasted globally been saved, it would have been sufficient to feed 900 million people all over.   Launched in Patna, ‘Don’t … Read more

07-12-2017 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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