Oct 2019

HARYANA Haryana gets hung assembly, BJP needs six more to form govt   Haryana ended up with a hung assembly with the ruling BJP emerging as the largest party bagging 40 seats, but still six short of the halfway mark needed to form the next government.   In the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP cornered … Read more

HARYANA   ID cards, voter slips in Braille for blind   Identity cards and photo voter slips had been printed in Braille for the convenience of visually impaired persons in the state.   Apart from this, many types of facilities are being provided to specially abled voters, including the provision of wheelchairs, ramps at polling … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   Disarmament Week: 24-30 October Disarmament Week is an annual event that is observed from 24 October to 30 October in various parts of the world. The observance revolves around raising public awareness of the dangers of the arms race and the need for international disarmament. An important focus of this week is trying … Read more

HARYANA     ·       Air quality ‘severe’ in 13 cities ð Of the 23 cities in the country which have “severe” air quality index (AQI), 13 are in Haryana. The “severe” air quality affects people’s health and seriously impacts those infected with some diseases. ð In the top 10 cities with worst air quality in … Read more

HARYANA Karnal station betters cleanliness rank Improving its ranking, Karnal railway station, one of the oldest stations in the country built by the British in 1892, secured 186th place among 720 stations of the country in the cleanliness ranking under Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat 2019. Karnal station was at 241st rank during last year’s cleanliness … Read more

HARYANA ●      Indian Oil constructed a 0.85 km of road with plastic waste at Faridabad Indian Oil Research and Development Centre has constructed a 0.85 km of road with different concentrations of plastic waste at Faridabad. The move by Indian Oil aims to utilize single-use plastic waste.  For the construction of the road, around 16 million tonnes of waste plastic from … Read more

HARYANA Haryana’s 6th deficient monsoon in 10 years   Even as India experienced its wettest monsoon in 25 years, situation is grim in Haryana, which received 42% rainfall below normal in June-September this year. Rainfall up to 19% above or below the average is taken as normal and rainfall 20-59% below the average is classified as deficient by … Read more

HARYANA Mohali to wait till 2021 for water from Kajauli   The city’s wait for extra supply of drinking water from Kajauli has extended to 2021, as Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (Gmada) is unlikely to complete the Jandpur purification plant before December 2020.   For quenching its thirst, Mohali must wait another year, while neighbouring Chandigarh … Read more

HARYANA Faridabad’s air quality worsens With air quality ranging from moderate to poor and threatening to turn worse in the coming days, the municipal corporation (MC) has decided to activate graded action response plan (GRAP). Particulate matter (PM) 2.5 rose to 258 against the safe level of 60. Announcing GRAP implementation, directions were issued to … Read more

HARYANA Ratnavali 2019 inaugurated by central minister of state in Kurukshetra University   The central minister of state for Jal Shakti, social justice and empowerment and Ambala MP Rattan Lal Kataria inaugurated the Haryana cultural heritage event Ratnavali 2019 at Kurukshetra University (KU)   It has become the hallmark of Haryana. Ratnavali is a celebration of Haryanavi … Read more