Oct 2019

PUNJAB   Union minister Hardeep Puri launches Guru Nanak Chair at Birmingham University   Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated a new Guru Nanak Chair, supported by the Indian government, at the University of Birmingham to enable research around the teachings of the founder of the Sikh religion.   The minister announced the new … Read more 31.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   PM releases commemorative coins to mark 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak   Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Guru Nanak not only belonged to Sikhs but his ideas were a heritage of the entire world and humanity, as he hailed the direct connectivity that will be established with Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan on … Read more 30.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   ·       State to institute Guru Nanak award   ð The Punjab Cabinet today decided to institute ‘Sri Guru Nanak Dev Award for Promotion of Peace and Interfaith Understanding’ in commemoration of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. The coveted award will carry a citation and cash prize of Rs 11 lakh … Read more 29.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB     De-addiction: Punjab implements new Act   Bringing them under the ambit of the new Mental Healthcare Act, the Punjab health department has started the provisional registration of private de-addiction centres in the state.   The move has come after the Punjab and Haryana high court direction on regularising private drug-de addiction centres … Read more 27-28.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB ● Punjab to dedicate 1st innovation summit to Guru Nanak As part of the commemoration of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the Punjab government has dedicated its first ever ‘Punjab Innovation and Technology Summit 2019’, scheduled on November 5 under its ‘Mission Innovate Punjab’, to the founder of Sikhism. The summit is … Read more 26.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB Punjab cabinet approves strategic action plans for four departments   The Punjab cabinet gave in-principle approval for a Four-Year Strategic Action Plan (4SAP)–2019 to 2023, to set sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the departments of social security and child development and women welfare, transport, industry and commerce and cooperation.   The action plan, which … Read more 25.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB Punjab jails recorded highest number of suicides in 2017 Punjab jails witnessed the highest number suicide in the country in 2017, as per the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data released. According to the data, Punjab reported 14 unnatural deaths, including 13 suicides, and in its total 26 prisons in the year. In case … Read more 24.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab records 24 % increase in farm fires, no challan issued so far   Punjab has recorded a 25 per cent increase in stubble burning incidents as compared to 2018, which the state government attributed to early harvesting of paddy crop this year.   The number of farm fires in Haryana, however, has … Read more 23.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   State lags behind, no eggs, milk in midday meals yet   Nutrition and caloric value are questionable in the midday meals provided at government schools. While majority of the states in the country have switched to rich nutritional items such as egg and milk – termed as complete food – lakhs of students … Read more 22.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  PUNJAB CII adopts 100 villages to check farm fires To mitigate air pollution caused by stubble burning, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has adopted more than 100 villages and 1,00,000 acres of farm area in the districts of Ludhiana, Barnala and Patiala in Punjab, and Rohtak, Sirsa and Fatehabad in Haryana to enable … Read more 20-21.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs