Jan 2020

HARYANA 60 Hisar villages say no to liquor vends   The panchayats of 60 villages in Hisar district have put in their applications at the excise department to join the alcohol prohibition scheme. However, it is not yet clear whether the application is valid according to rules. The list of these villages will be sent to the … Read more

HARYANA Rani Rampal Sports Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile capability displayed to the world as the ASAT weapon, Mission Shakthi developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) On March 27, 2019 the DRDO shot down a live satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of 300 km using a modified interceptor of the Ballistic Missile Defence … Read more

HARYANA Haryana govt to give free books to students of Class 9th to 12th in state run schools Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said free books will be given to students studying in Class 9 to 12 in state-run schools. He said at present, the state government is already providing free books, school bags, other … Read more

HARYANA Haryana diverted highest share of forest cover in North India Even though Haryana has the lowest forest cover in the country, the state has diverted the highest percentage of forest land for non-forestry purposes over the last four years in north India. According to the Forest Survey of India report, 2019, the state has diverted 15.29 … Read more

HARYANA In per capita SDP, Haryana tops among bigger states The Economic Survey 2019-20 released on Friday reveals that Haryana is on the top in the country among bigger states in the matter of per capita net State Domestic Product (SDP) at current prices (2011-12 series) as on August 1, 2019.   With per capita … Read more

HARYANA Haryana: Ensure 55 litres drinking water per day per person in rural areas   Haryana chief secretary Keshni Anand Arora has directed all the deputy commissioners (DCs) to work on priority basis to provide 55 litres of pure drinking water per person per day in rural households, under Jal Jeevan Mission, so that the target of providing 100% Functional … Read more

HARYANA Haryana Assembly ratifies 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill The Haryana Assembly ratified the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill, passed by the Parliament in December last year. Earlier, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Bihar Assemblies had ratified the Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad on December 9, … Read more

HARYANA Women will comprise 15% of Haryana police force: CM Manohar Lal Khattar The percentage of women in the Haryana Police force will be increased by 15% in the next five years. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the step would certainly boost the morale of the women. Khattar said that it was commendable to see how … Read more

NASA’s Spitzer space telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003 and retired on 30 January 2020. Spitzer carries three instruments on board: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS)   Arvind Krishna elected IBM CEO … Read more

HARYANA Haryana to expand single-point connection, HERC okays 10,000 smart meters After launching the scheme in selective group housing societies of Faridabad and Gurgaon, electricity distribution companies are all set to expand the networking of single-point connections for the colonies, commercial centres and in the rural areas. This comes along with the electricity distribution companies’ … Read more