04-05.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Rs 52.88 crore for stadiums in 8 Bihar districts: Sports minister   State culture, sports and youth affairs minister Krishna Kumar Rishi has said his department has allotted Rs 52.88 crore for the construction of eight indoor stadiums called Khel Bhawan, one each in eight districts of the state.   A Khel Bhawan each is to come … Read more

08.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Nitish Kumar favours quota for backward classes in private sector jobs   Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar  favoured reservation for backward classes in private sector jobs and said there should be a debate on the topic at the national level. Nitish Kumar also defended Bihar government’s recent decision to extend provisions of reservation in … Read more

22-23.10.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   New PhD regulations in Bihar universities   PhD aspirants in Bihar will now be required to adhere to the new regulations approved by the chancellor about a month back. The new guidelines are based on the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M Phil/PhD Degrees) Regulations, 2016. The ordinance has been sent to … Read more

31.10.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Greenfield airport likely in Nalanda   The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday proposed to develop a greenfield airport at Rajgir in Nalanda district. A presentation in this regard was made by Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, at a meeting between Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and chief minister Nitish Kumar. TPS is an … Read more

27.10.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   New cell to look after Patna district parks   The Bihar cabinet headed by CM Nitish Kumar gave the nod to two infrastructure schemes, including a state environment and forests department proposal to form Patna Park Circle and a road construction department (RCD) proposal to widen the 13.247km road from Punaichak to Rukanpura via Samanpura.   Altogether 35 … Read more

14.12.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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