BPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, BPSC Test Series
BIHAR 5,000 new cancer patients are diagnosed in state every year Every year, the world gets around 1.2 crore new cancer patients, while 70 lakh die annually due to the disease. In India, around 3 lakh people suffer from cancer every year, while in Bihar, on an average, around 5,000 new patients are diagnosed … Read more 06.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR 3,400 grooms abducted for ‘pakadua vivah’ in 2017 “Pakadua vivah is rampant in Bihar. About 3,405 youths have been kidnapped for forced marriage in the state. In most of the cases, marriages were solemnised at gunpoint or threats to their life and families. According to the data, about 3,070 youths were kidnapped for ‘pakadua … Read more 03.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Bidupur bridge to be ready by 2021, says minister Patna will soon have its own avatar of Bandra-Worli Sea Link with the government setting the deadline of 2021 for readying the Kachchi Dargah- Bidupur bridge over the Ganga. Touted as the longest river bridge in India, the six-lane stretch connecting Patna and Vaishali will be … Read more 02.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR BSEB seeks opinions on scholarship rules Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Tuesday sought public opinion on the proposed regulation of the special scholarship — ‘Desh Ratan Dr Rajendra Prasad Medha Chatravriti’. The special scholarship will be given to the top 10 rank holders in matriculation (Class X) examination and 5 rank holders … Read more 01.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR 3 hydroelectric projects closed, eight transferred to Jharkhand The state cabinet approved the closure of three hydroelectric power projects due to technical and financial unviability. It also cancelled the two proposed hydroelectric projects due to unavailability of land and decided to hand over its eight hydroelectric units in Jharkhand to the Jharkhand government. All these … Read more 31.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Government to provide science-based information to farmers in state To strengthen linkage between scientists and farming community and provide science-based information at famers’ doorsteps, the Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) initiated ‘Kisan Chaupal’, which is now likely to be adopted across the country for disseminating scientific information to farmers. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) … Read more 28-29.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
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 27.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR 53 crore children to get deworming tablets on February 19 Over 5.53 crore children in the age group of 1-19 years will be administered Albendazole – a chewable tablet – in all government, government-aided and private schools to mark National Deworming Day (NDD) on February 19. The state health department has drawn up a … Read more 25.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
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 24.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Bihar industry ready for spl status tradeoff with IDF With the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) taking the steam out of longstanding special category status demand, trade and industry bodies are now pitching for announcement of an industrial development fund (IDF) in the Union budget 2018 to help industrially backward states, … Read more 23.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs