BPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, BPSC Test Series
BIHAR Gul Hasan wins first gold medal for state in 25 years It was a golden moment for the Mounted Military Police (MMP) of Bihar after 25 years when its sub-inspector Mohammad Gul Hasad won gold medal at the 36th All India Police Equestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet, 2017. The SVPNPA team won 20 gold, five silver … Read more
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
BIHAR INS Vikramaditya Formally Affiliated to Bihar Regiment Indian Naval Ship Vikramaditya, the Indian Navy’s largest ship, and its sole aircraft carrier were formally affiliated to the Indian Army‘s highly-decorated and battle-hardened Bihar Regiment and the Indian Air Force’s No 6 Squadron. It is tasked with maritime strike operations with its Jaguar fighter aircraft. A glittering … Read more
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
BIHAR Biharsharif makes it to Smart City list Union housing and urban affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has announced the name of nine more cities chosen in the latest round of the Centre’s flagship Smart Cities Mission. The number of cities picked under the project now stands at 99. Under the scheme, each … 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 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