Oct 2019

PUNJAB   Punjab joins hand with PGIMER to promote artificial intelligence in health sector   Punjab government and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) have agreed to jointly promote artificial intelligence in the health sector.   Further, global innovation hub and life sciences park being set up at Mohali will also have … Read more 01.10.19 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   Punjab to frame policy to check stray animal menace   The Punjab Government said it will formulate a comprehensive policy to check menace of stray animals in the state. Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mohindra has directed all urban local bodies (ULB) to provide information on stray animals in their areas for this, according … Read more 06-07.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  PUNJAB   Punjab language department to publish 10,000 copies of ‘Mahankosh’   Mahankosh’, also known as the encyclopaedia of Sikhism, will be available soon as the Punjab Bhasha Vibhag of Patiala is getting it reprinted. The state language department is printing 10,000 copies of the book authored by Bhai Kahan Singh of Nabha.   … Read more 02.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   2 cr health insurance beneficiaries in state The publicity hoardings about various schemes put up across the state recently by the government are flashing some astonishing figures. Going by the figures, 2.2 crore of the state’s nearly 3 crore population has been covered under the Sehat Bima Yojana, which means 73 per cent … Read more 04.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   1,000 players from 25 states to take part in Bein water games   The Ekonkar Water Sports Championship, one of the most awaited events to be held ahead of the 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak in Sultanpur Lodhi, will begin on the holy Bein from October 22 in which 1,000 players from … Read more 09.10.19 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